672d Technical Training Squadron

672d Technical Training 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 1 Oct 1959.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 672d Bombardment group on 28 Mar 1943

Activated on 28 Mar 1943

Inactivated on 15 Nov 1945

• Redesignated 672d Strategic Missile Squadron on 12 Dec 1957

Activated on 1 Jan 1958

Redesignated: 672d Technical Training Squadron on 25 Apr 1958

Inactivated on 1 Oct 1959.

Stations

• Will Rogers Field, Oklaholma, 28 Mar 1943
• Will Rogers Field, Oklaholma, 4 Aug-10 Dec 1943
• Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 28 Jan 1944
• Dobodura Airfield, New Guinea, 4 Feb 1944
• Saidor Airfield, New Guinea, io Apr 1944
• Kornasoren Airfield Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, c. 1o Sep 1944
• Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 6 Dec 1944
• McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines, 22 Dec 1944
• Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, 17 Aug 1945
• Itami Air Base, Japan, 3-15 Nov 1945
• Cooke AFB, California, 1 Jan 1958
• RAF Feltwell, England, 20 May 1958
• RAF Lakenheath, England, 17 Aug-1 Oct 1959.

Aircraft and missiles

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

Operational history

Combat in Southwest Pacific, 27 Mar 1944-17 Jun 1945. Trained RAF missile crews, 20 May 1958-1 Oct 1959.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from 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 0892010924.