The 46th Operations Group 46 OG is a component of the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 46th Test Wing

46th Test Wing

The 46th Test Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The wing operates as tenant unit at Holloman AFB, NM.-Mission:...

. It is assigned to Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately 3 miles southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County....

, Florida.

The 46 OG is the flying component of the 46th Test Wing, It designs and executes flight and ground test and evaluation of USAF conventional munitions and electronic countermeasures. The 40th Test Squadron flies a mixture of F-15

F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories with no losses in dogfights...

, F-16, NC-130 and A-10 Aircraft.

Its World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 predecessor unit, the 46th Bombardment Operational Training Wing was a command and control organization for replacement training units (RTU) that trained personnel on B-17 Flying Fortress; B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber...

, and B-29 Superfortress

B-29 Superfortress

The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States Air Forces in late-World War II and through the Korean War. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft to see service during World War II...

 bombers. Its groups graduates were then assigned to combat units in overseas theaters worldwide as replacement personnel.

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.

Assignments

• II Bomber Command
  II Bomber Command
  The II Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to Second Air Force, based at Fort George Wright, Washington. It was inactivated on 6 October 1943....
  
  , 21 February 1943
• I (later XX) Bomber Command
  XX Bomber Command
  The XX Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Far East Air Forces, based on Okinawa. It was inactivated on July 16, 1945.- History:...
  
  , 15 May 1943
• Second Air Force
  Second Air Force
  The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....
  
  , 6 October 1943
• Strategic Air Command
  Strategic Air Command
  The Strategic Air Command was both a Major Command of the United States Air Force and a "specified command" of the United States Department of Defense. SAC was the operational establishment in charge of America's land-based strategic bomber aircraft and land-based intercontinental ballistic...
  
  , 21 March-9 April 1946
• 46th Test Wing
  46th Test Wing
  The 46th Test Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The wing operates as tenant unit at Holloman AFB, NM.-Mission:...
  
  , 8 September 1993–present

Components

Groups

• 19th Bombardment Group, 4 September 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 302d Bombardment Group, 1 September-17 Ded 1943

Squadrons

• 39th Test (later, 39th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 September 1999
• 40th Test (later, 40th Flight Test) Squadron
  40th Flight Test Squadron
  The 40th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 46th Operations Group, based at Eglin AFB, Florida.-Lineage:...
  
  : 8 September 1993–present
• 337th Flight Test Squadron
  337th Flight Test Squadron
  The 337th Flight Test Squadron was most recently part of the 46th Test Wing and based at McClellan Air Force Base, California. It performed depot acceptance testing until being inactivated with the closure of McClellan AFB on 13 July 2001....
  
  : 1 July 1994 – 1 September 1997

Stations

• Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 21 February 1943
• Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
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  , 15 September 1943
• Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  , 21 June 1945 – 9 April 1946
• Eglin AFB, Florida, 8 September 1993–present

Aircraft

• F-15, 1993–present
• F-16, 1993–present
• F/EF-111, 1993–1995
• NC-130, 1993-Presnet
• A-10, 1994–present