330th Combat Training Squadron

330th Combat Training Squadron
330th Combat Training Squadron
	Students train to become BCC Battle Management Operations Specialists at Robins AFB
Active	1942–1963; 1988–1994; 2002–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Training for Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2)
Part of	Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Robins Air Force Base
Motto(s)	CTS Trains the Best!
Engagements	European Theater of Operations ; Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation ; 1943 and 1943; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ; 1959, 1963, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1993, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2020, and 2021; Meritorious Service Award ; 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019; Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
330th Combat Training Squadron emblem (approved 12 May 1989)
330th Bombardment Squadron emblem (SAC era)
330th Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)

Last updated February 17, 2024

The 330th Combat Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 461st Air Control Wing based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

Commanders of the 330th Combat Training Squadron

The Commander of the 330th Combat Training Squadron is an Air Force position generally held by a Lieutenant Colonel. The 330 CTS is responsible for organizing, equipping, and ensuring the combat capability of all student Airman for the Battle Control Center (BCC), in a competitive and challenging training environment.

	Commander	From	Through
1	Col Kenneth A. Cool	March, 1942	June, 1943
2	Maj Ramsey D. Potts	June, 1943	August, 1943
3	Capt John R. Roache	August, 1943	Unknown
4	Maj Clarence R. Porter	Unknown	16 March 1944
5	Lt Col James C. Beam	16 March 1944	1 May 1944
6	Maj Harley D. Sather	1 May 1944	26 May 1944
7	Maj J.J. Smith	26 May 1944	31 May 1944
8	Maj George O. McCafferty	31 May 1944	1 June 1944
9	Maj Henry K. Segars Jr.	1 June 1944	18 September 1944
10	Maj Arthur Williamson	18 September 1944	6 October 1944
11	Lt Col Arther P. Hurr	6 October 1944	24 March 1945
12	Maj Robert J.D. Johnson	24 March 1945	August, 1945
13	Capt Albert J. Loeffler	August, 1945	September, 1945
14	Maj William H. Moore	September, 1945	Unknown
15	Lt Col Robert H. Stuart	June, 1948	Unknown
16	Col William W. Wisman	Unknown	22 October 1951
17	Lt Col Robert K. Simeral	22 October 1951	January, 1954
18	Lt Col Joseph J. Semanek	January, 1954	8 October 1954
19	Lt Col Bryan M. Shotts	8 October 1954	2 April 1958
20	Lt Col Jack O'Reagan	2 April 1958	May, 1959
21	Lt Col Robert J. Jones	May, 1959	July, 1960
22	Lt Col Fancis J. O'Sullivan	July, 1960	September, 1961
23	Lt Col Frank A. Sheehan	September, 1961	June, 1963
24	Lt Col Rowan M. Perkins	June, 1963	July, 1963
25	Lt Col Rex E. Zepp	July, 1963	September, 1963
26	Lt Col Billy F. Richey	24 August 1988	16 March 1990
27	Lt Col Jeffery J. Parker	16 March 1990	1 November 1990
28	Lt Col Danny M. Rouse	1 November 1990	28 February 1992
29	Lt Col William F. Kuerz II	28 February 1992	Unknown
30	Lt Col Steve Barrett	1 March 2002	5 March 2004
31	Lt Col John Hansen	5 March 2004	19 December 2005
32	Lt Col Patrick W. Taylor	19 December 2005	19 December 2007
33	Lt Col Derrick Dykes	19 December 2007	9 August 2009
34	Lt Col Mark Burnette	9 August 2009	22 April 2011
35	Lt Col Michael A. Reschke	22 April 2011	5 April 2013
36	Lt Col William B. Jackson	5 April 2013	6 April 2015
37	Lt Col Brandon C. Durant	6 April 2015	21 April 2017
38	Lt Col Kendra Li	21 April 2017	12 April 2019
39	Lt Col Sean P. Cullen	12 April 2019	23 April 2021
40	Lt Col Michael J. Gutierrez	23 April 2021	20 April 2023
41	Lt Col Kyle E. Stramblad	20 April 2023	Present

History

World War II

Established in early 1942 initially as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator reconnaissance squadron, flying antisubmarine patrols. Later trained under Third Air Force in Florida. Completed training in late 1942; deploying to European Theater of Operations as one of the initial heavy bomber squadrons assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England, September 1942.

Engaged in long-range strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe. Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt in December 1942; operating from airfields in Libya and Tunisia. Raided enemy military and industrial targets in Italy and in the southern Balkans, including the Nazi-controlled oilfields at Ploiești, Romania, receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry in that raid. Also flew tactical bombing raids against Afrika Korps defensive positions in Tunisia; supporting British Eighth Army forces in their advance to Tunis, in September and October 1943.

Returned to England with disestablishment of IX Bomber Command in North Africa. From England, resumed long-range strategic bombardment raids on Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States' air offensive. The squadron was one of the most highly decorated units in the Eighth Air Force, continuing offensive attacks until the German capitulation in May 1945.

Returned to the United States in June 1945; being re-manned and re-equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers. Trained for deployment to the Central Pacific Area to carry out very long range strategic bombing raids over Japan. Japanese capitulation in August canceled plans for deployment, instead became Continental Air Command (later Strategic Air Command) B-29 squadron.

Cold War

During the Cold War, the squadron was equipped with new weapons systems as they became available, performing strategic bombardment training with the B-50 Superfortress, an advanced version of the B-29 in 1950. The B-50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary. By 1951, the emergence of the Soviet MiG-15 interceptor in the skies of North Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber. Received Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bombers in 1954, and in 1955 began receiving early model of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Inactivated in 1963 due to retirement of the B-52B and also budget restrictions.

Post Cold War

Reactivated in 1988 as the 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron. The squadron received aircraft from the inactivating 320th Bombardment Wing at Mather Air Force Base. In 1992 after the deactivation of SAC, the 330 FTS aligned under the 398th Operations Group at Castle Air Force Base, California and continued training KC-135 and B-52 crew members to become flight instructors. The squadron inactivated in 1994 after the end of the Cold War and the reduction of the B-52 fleet. Reactivated in 2002 at Robins Air Force Base as an advanced training unit for the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft. Transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard when the Guard became the primary operator of the JSTARS. Returned to the regular Air Force in 2011 as the 461st Air Control Wing assumed the JSTARS mission which ran successfully until February 2023. In April 2023, the 330th Combat Training Squadron began its present mission, training disciplined combat ready warriors to execute the Battle Management Control Squadron taskings.

Lineage

Constituted as the 330th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942

Activated on 1 March 1942

Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943

Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 23 May 1945

Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 May 1948

Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 1 February 1955

Inactivated on 15 September 1963

Redesignated as 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron on 5 August 1988

Activated on 24 August 1988.

Redesignated as 330th Flying Training Squadron on 1 June 1992

Inactivated on 20 January 1994

Redesignated as 330th Combat Training Squadron on 28 June 2002

Activated on 13 August 2002

Allotted to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2002

Relieved from allotment to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2011^[1]

Assignments

93d Bombardment Group, 1 March 1942 (attached to 93d Bombardment Wing after 10 February 1951)
93d Bombardment Wing, 16 June 1952 – 15 September 1963
93d Bombardment Wing, 24 August 1988 – 1 September 1991
398th Operations Group, 1 June 1992 – 20 January 1994
93d Operations Group, 13 August 2002
116th Air Control Wing, 1 October 2002
461st Operations Group, 1 October 2011 – present^[1]

Stations

Barksdale Field, Louisiana, 1 March 1942
Page Field, Florida, 18 May-13 August 1942
RAF Alconbury (AAF-102),^[3] England, 7 September 1942
RAF Hardwick (AAF-104),^[3] England, c. 6 December 1942 – 15 June 1945

Air echelon operated from Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria, 7–15 December 1942; RAF Gambut, Libya, 16 December 1942 – 25 February 1943; Benghazi Airport, Libya, 27 June-26 August 1943; Oudna Airfield, Tunisia, 18 September-3 October 1943

Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 26 June–26 July 1945
Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas, 20 August 1945
Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico, 13 December 1945
Castle Field (later Castle Air Force Base), California, 21 June 1946 – 15 September 1963
Castle Air Force Base, California, 24 August 1988 – 20 January 1994
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, 13 August 2002 – present^[1]

Aircraft/Weapons Systems

Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1942–1945
Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1945–1949
Boeing B-50 Superfortress, 1949–1954
Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1954–1955
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1955–1963, 1988–1992
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1988-1993
Boeing E-8 Joint STARS, 2002–2023
Battle Control Center (BCC) 2023–Present

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Robertson, Patsy (19 March 2017). "Factsheet 330 Combat Training Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
↑ Watkins, p. 48
1 2 Station number in Anderson.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL yes: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979 . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556 . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 . Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9 . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Watkins, Robert (2008). Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force In World War II. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-1987-7.

External links

The 93rd Bombardment Group Museum, Station 104, Hardwick. A small museum on the actual airfield site in Nissen (Quonset) and brick built huts.

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[330CTSfacts-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Robertson, Patsy (19 March 2017). "Factsheet 330 Combat Training Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[2] Watkins, p. 48

[Anderson-3] 1 2 Station number in Anderson.

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