672d Technical Training Squadron

672d Technical Training Squadron
Emblem of the 672d Bombardment Squadron
Active	1943–1959
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Missile Training

The 672d Technical Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 705th Strategic Missile Wing,, based at RAF Lakenheath, England. It was inactivated on October 1, 1959.

History

Combat in Southwest Pacific, March 27, 1944 – June 17, 1945. Trained RAF missile crews, May 20, 1958 – October 1, 1959.

Lineage

• Constituted 672d Bombardment group on March 28, 1943

Activated on March 28, 1943

Inactivated on November 15, 1945

• Redesignated 672d Strategic Missile Squadron on December 12, 1957

Activated on January 1, 1958

Redesignated: 672d Technical Training Squadron on April 25, 1958

Inactivated on October 1, 1959.

Stations

• Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, March 28, 1943
• DeRidder AAB, Louisiana, August 4 – December 10, 1943
• Oro Bay (Cape Sudest) Airfield, New Guinea, January 28, 1944
• Dobodura Airfield, New Guinea, February 4, 1944
• Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, April 10, 1944
• Kornasoren Airfield Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, c. September 10, 1944
• Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, December 6, 1944
• McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines, December 22, 1944
• Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, August 17, 1945
• Itami Air Base, Japan, November 3–15, 1945
• Cooke AFB, California, January 1, 1958
• RAF Feltwell, England, May 20, 1958
• RAF Lakenheath, England, August 17 – October 1, 1959.

Aircraft and missiles

• A-20 Havoc, 1943–1945
• PGM-17 Thor, 1958–1959

See also

• List of United States Air Force missile squadrons

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.