| 词条 | 370th Flight Test Squadron |
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|unit_name= 370th Flight Test Squadron |image=Formation 151019-F-HP195-118.jpg |image_size=300 |caption=KC-10, KC-46 and KC-135 in formation at Edwards AFB |dates= 1942–1946; 1946–1965; 2001–present |country={{USA}} |branch={{air force|USA}} |type= |role= Flight Testing |size= |command_structure=Air Force Reserve Command |current_commander= |garrison=Edwards Air Force Base |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles=Southwest Pacific Theater Korean War[1] |notable_commanders= |anniversaries= |decorations=Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation[1] |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label=370th Flight Test Squadron embloem (approved 19 June 2002)[1] |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label=370th Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 27 March 1943)[1] }} The 370th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 413th Flight Test Group, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. MissionThe squadron is assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve and performs flight testing. HistoryWorld War IIFormed as a heavy bombardment group in January 1942, trained in the Pacific Northwest under Second Air Force, with B-17 Flying Fortresses. Reassigned to Seventh Air Force in Hawaii, November 1942 and performed performing search and rescue and antisubmarine patrols until January 1943 while transitioning to long-range B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. Deployed to Central Pacific from Hawaii throughout 1943 for long-range combat bombardment operations against Japanese forces in the Central Pacific; New Guinea; Northern Solomon Islands and Eastern Mandates campaigns. Deployed to the New Hebrides in the South Pacific and operated from numerous temporary jungle airfields, engaging in long-range bombardment operations during the Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon and Southern Philippines campaigns until the end of the war in August 1945. Assigned to Clark Field, Philippines after the war ended, demobilized with personnel returning to the United States, unit inactivated as paper unit in January 1946 in California. Strategic Air CommandReactivated as Boeing B-29 Superfortress squadron at MacDill Field, Florida in August 1946 as part of Strategic Air Command. Was a training unit for antisubmarine warfare.[1] Korean WarDeployed to Okinawa during the Korean War, carrying out combat operations over Korea throughout the conflict.[1] Remained in Okinawa until November 1954 when moved to the United States on paper. Return to Strategic Air CommandReformed at Lincoln Air Force Base, Nebraska, as a Boeing B-47 Stratojet medium jet bomber squadron, performed Operation Reflex deployments to North Africa until phaseout of B-47 in 1965 and inactivated.[1] Flight TestingReactivated as a flight test squadron in 2001.[1] Lineage
Activated on 15 April 1942 Redesignated 370th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy c. March 1944 Inactivated on 18 January 1946
Activated on 4 August 1946 Redesignated 370th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 May 1948 Discontinued and inactivated, on 25 March 1965
Activated in the reserve on 1 October 2001[1] Assignments
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Operated from Henderson Field (Midway Atoll), 22–24 December 1942 Operated from: Luganville Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, c. 6 February-c. 18 March 1943
Operated from Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield, Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, c. 20 September-12 November 1944{{Col-break|width=50%}}
Operated from: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, beginning c. 4 August 1950
Operated from: RAF Lakenheath, England, 11 July-5 October 1956
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References{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432724/370-flight-test-squadron-afrc/ |last1=Kane|first1=Robert B.|title=Factsheet 370 Flight Test Squadron (AFRC)|date=June 29, 2010|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|deadurl=no |accessdate=July 22, 2017}} Bibliography{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
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