Lineage • Established as
46 Bombardment Training Wing on 15 February 1943 : Activated on 21 February 1943 : Redesignated
46 Bombardment Operational Training Wing on 15 April 1943 : Inactivated on 9 April 1946 : Disestablished on 8 October 1948 • Reestablished, and redesignated
46 Operations Group on 31 August 1993 : Activated on 8 September 1993 : Inactivated on 1 October 2012
Assignments •
II Bomber Command, 21 February 1943 •
I (later XX) Bomber Command, 15 May 1943 •
Second Air Force, 6 October 1943 •
Strategic Air Command, 21 March – 9 April 1946 •
46th Test Wing, 8 September 1993 – 1 Oct 2012
Components Groups •
19th Bombardment Group, 4 September 1943 – 1 April 1944 •
302d Bombardment Group, 1 September – 17 December 1943
Squadrons •
39th Test (later, 39th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 September 1999 •
40th Test (later, 40th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 October 2012 •
337th Flight Test Squadron: 1 July 1994 – 1 September 1997
Stations •
Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 21 February 1943 • Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma, 15 September 1943 •
Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, 21 June 1945 – 9 April 1946 •
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 8 September 1993 – 1 Oct 2012
Aircraft • F-15, 1993–2012 • F-16, 1993–2012 • F/EF-111, 1993–1995 • NC-130, 1993–2012 • A-10, 1994–2012 ==References==