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15th Bombardment Training Wing | |
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Active | 1940–1946 |
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Role | Bombardment Training |
The 15th Bombardment Training Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Second Air Force, at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 9 April 1946.
The wing was activated at March Field, California in December 1940 and assigned to the Southwest Air District. Its operational components were the 47th and 48th Bombardment Groups [1] In September 1941, the wing was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command. [2]
It trained groups and heavy bombardment replacement crews for Second Air Force June 1942 until February 1945 when it ceased all activity. [1]
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .