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In January 1954, the group mission shifted to tactical bombardment and it was redesignated the 4400th Bombardment Group. The group expected to transition to Martin B-57 Canberra aircraft. As this was to take place, TAC decided to replace the Table of Distribution 4400th Group and its squadrons with the regular 345th Bombardment Group , which ...
The three squadrons of the 4400th Combat Crew Training Group performing this mission were Air National Guard units that had been mobilized for the war. At the start of 1953, these squadrons were returned to state control and the 424th was activated [ 1 ] and took over the mission, personnel, and equipment of the 122d Bombardment Squadron ...
When the 4400th was replaced by the 345th Bombardment Group, three of the group's four World War II squadrons were reactivated and the 424th squadron was reassigned to the 345th group. The same month, the first Martin B-57 Canberras accepted by the Air Force were assigned to the group.
Bombardment groups of the United States Air Force Military units and formations disestablished in 1954 This page was last edited on 22 December 2019, at 19:53 (UTC) .
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.
The following month, the federalized 115th, [a] 117th and 122d Bombardment Squadrons of the Air National Guard, flying B-26s were assigned to the group. They were joined by the 115th Bombardment Squadron in December when it was relieved from attachment to the 47th Bombardment Wing. The three National Guard squadrons were returned to state ...
The squadron was reactivated at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia in July 1954 when its parent 345th Bombardment Group replaced the 4400th Bombardment Group there. The squadron was initially equipped with some of the 4400th's Douglas B-26 Invaders , pending the delivery of its Martin B-57B Canberra jet bombers.
In the early 1960s, the U.S. armed forces were developing units specifically designed to counter guerrilla warfare.The first USAF unit of this nature was the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron code named "Jungle Jim" that were later renamed the 1st Air Commando Wing (after the similarly named 1st Air Commando Group which served in the China Burma India Theater of World War II).