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340th Flying Training Group
The 340th Flying Training Group is a reserve component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Twenty-Second Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command, at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The group is the headquarters for reserve flying training squadrons that are associate squadrons of Air Education and Training Command flying training squadrons.
The group's first predecessor is the 340th Bombardment Group. After training in the United States, the group deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it flew North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, primarily on air support and air interdiction missions, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions. After V-E Day, the group returned to the United States, where it was inactivated in November 1945.
The group was again active in the reserve from 1947 to 1949, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped with operational aircraft during this period. It was again organized in July 1968 at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, where it conducted crew training on the General Dynamics FB-111 until inactivating in December 1971 as the bomber version of the "Aardvark" was deployed to other operational squadrons. In June 1977, the group was redesignated the 340th Air Refueling Group and activated with Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.
The second predecessor of the group was activated in October 1952 as the 340th Bombardment Wing as the Air Force reopened Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. It flew Boeing B-47 Stratojets at Whiteman until September 1963, as the B-47 began to be withdrawn from Strategic Air Command operations. It was not inactivated with the withdrawal of its Stratojets. but moved on paper to Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, where it absorbed the Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses of the 4130th Strategic Wing, which was discontinued. The wing operated the B-52 until 1966, when it was inactivated as older model B-52s were withdrawn from service. It remained inactive until 1982, when it was consolidated with the 340th Air Refueling Group. The consolidated unit was expanded to become the 340th Air Refueling Wing in 1984 and continued the air refueling mission until it was inactivated in 1992, as Air Mobility Command reorganized its refueling force. It was activated in its current role in 1998.
The 340th administers and executes the Air Education and Training Command and Air Force Reserve Command Associate Instructor Pilot Program and provides Active Guard Reserve and Traditional Reserve instructor pilots to augment the cadre of active duty pilots conducting pilot training.
The Group consists of a headquarters element at Randolph Air Force Base and five Associate Reserve Flying Training Squadrons flying the T-38/AT-38, T-1, and T-6.
The 340th Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II. From August 1942 to November 1945 it controlled 4 operational squadrons: the 486th, 487th, 488th, & 489th Bombardment Squadrons utilizing the North American North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
The unit was constituted as 340th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 10 August 1942 and was activated on 20 August. It trained with B-25 Mitchell bombers for duty overseas. It arrived in the Mediterranean theater in March 1943. It was assigned first to Ninth Air Force, and in August 1943 to Twelfth Air Force when the Ninth moved to England.
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340th Flying Training Group
The 340th Flying Training Group is a reserve component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Twenty-Second Air Force of Air Force Reserve Command, at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The group is the headquarters for reserve flying training squadrons that are associate squadrons of Air Education and Training Command flying training squadrons.
The group's first predecessor is the 340th Bombardment Group. After training in the United States, the group deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it flew North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, primarily on air support and air interdiction missions, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions. After V-E Day, the group returned to the United States, where it was inactivated in November 1945.
The group was again active in the reserve from 1947 to 1949, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped with operational aircraft during this period. It was again organized in July 1968 at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, where it conducted crew training on the General Dynamics FB-111 until inactivating in December 1971 as the bomber version of the "Aardvark" was deployed to other operational squadrons. In June 1977, the group was redesignated the 340th Air Refueling Group and activated with Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.
The second predecessor of the group was activated in October 1952 as the 340th Bombardment Wing as the Air Force reopened Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. It flew Boeing B-47 Stratojets at Whiteman until September 1963, as the B-47 began to be withdrawn from Strategic Air Command operations. It was not inactivated with the withdrawal of its Stratojets. but moved on paper to Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, where it absorbed the Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses of the 4130th Strategic Wing, which was discontinued. The wing operated the B-52 until 1966, when it was inactivated as older model B-52s were withdrawn from service. It remained inactive until 1982, when it was consolidated with the 340th Air Refueling Group. The consolidated unit was expanded to become the 340th Air Refueling Wing in 1984 and continued the air refueling mission until it was inactivated in 1992, as Air Mobility Command reorganized its refueling force. It was activated in its current role in 1998.
The 340th administers and executes the Air Education and Training Command and Air Force Reserve Command Associate Instructor Pilot Program and provides Active Guard Reserve and Traditional Reserve instructor pilots to augment the cadre of active duty pilots conducting pilot training.
The Group consists of a headquarters element at Randolph Air Force Base and five Associate Reserve Flying Training Squadrons flying the T-38/AT-38, T-1, and T-6.
The 340th Bombardment Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II. From August 1942 to November 1945 it controlled 4 operational squadrons: the 486th, 487th, 488th, & 489th Bombardment Squadrons utilizing the North American North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
The unit was constituted as 340th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 10 August 1942 and was activated on 20 August. It trained with B-25 Mitchell bombers for duty overseas. It arrived in the Mediterranean theater in March 1943. It was assigned first to Ninth Air Force, and in August 1943 to Twelfth Air Force when the Ninth moved to England.