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  2. 509th Composite Group - Wikipedia

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    The 715th and 830th Bombardment Squadrons were assigned to the 509th on 6 May 1946, and the group was redesignated the 509th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy on 10 July. [78] The 320th Troop Carrier Squadron was inactivated on 19 August. [80]

  3. 509th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    On 10 July 1946, the group was renamed the 509th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) and the 320th TCS was disbanded. With the creation of the United States Air Force as a separate service, the group became the combat component of the 509th Bomb Wing on 17 November 1947, although it was not operational until 14 September 1948, when Col. John D. Ryan ...

  4. 509th Bomb Wing - Wikipedia

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    The wing's 509th Operations Group is a direct descendant organization of the World War II 509th Composite Group (509th CG). The 509th CG had a single mission: to drop the atomic bomb . The group made history on 6 August 1945, when the Boeing B-29 Superfortress " Enola Gay ," piloted by Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr. , dropped the first atomic bomb on ...

  5. Bombardment group - Wikipedia

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    The Army Air Forces also employed two composite groups with their own TO&Es: the 28th Bomb Group (15 B-24 and 30 B-25), and the 509th Composite Group (15 B-29 and 5 C-54). 19 heavy groups and one light bomb group were to be converted to very heavy groups for duty against Japan, but the war ended before the plan was carried out.

  6. List of United States Air Force bomb squadrons - Wikipedia

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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...

  7. 509th Weapons Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The squadron was first activated as the 609th Bombardment Squadron, one of the four original squadrons of the 400th Bombardment Group, at Pyote Army Air Base, Texas, in March 1943. The group was equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberators and served under Second Air Force as an Operational Training Unit (OTU) at several bases in the southwestern ...

  8. The Great Artiste - Wikipedia

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    The Great Artiste was a U.S. Army Air Forces Silverplate B-29 bomber (B-29-40-MO 44-27353, Victor number 89), assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group. The aircraft was named for its bombardier, Captain Kermit Beahan , in reference to his bombing talents.

  9. List of Strategic Air Command bases - Wikipedia

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    301st Bomb Group/Bomb Wing 1950–1951; 307th Bomb Group 1948–1949; 307th Bomb Wing 1956; 321st Bomb Wing 1954–1955; 340th Bomb Wing 1955; 384th Bomb Wing 1957; 509th Bomb Group 1949; 509th Bomb Wing 1951; 509th Bomb Wing 1952; 705th Strategic Missile Wing 1958; SAC REFLEX base 1959–1964