The 15th Bombardment Training Wing is a disbanded

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unit. Its last assignment was with

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, at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, where it was inactivated on 9 April 1946.

History

The

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was activated at

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, California in December 1940 and assigned to the Southwest Air District. Its operational components were the 47th and 48th Bombardment GroupsMaurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 384-385 In September 1941, the

was inactivated and its personnel used to form the 4th Air Support Command.Futrell, p. 13 It trained groups and heavy bombardment replacement crews for Second Air Force June 1942 until February 1945 when it ceased all activity.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 15th Bombardment Wing on 19 October 1940 : Activated on 18 December 1940 : Inactivated on 3 September 1941 * Activated on 23 June 1942 : Redesignated 15th Bombardment Training Wing in January 1943 : Redesignated 15th Bombardment Operational Training Wing in April 1943 : Inactivated on 9 April 1946 : Disbanded on 8 October 1948

Assignments

* Southwest Air District, 18 December 1940 – 3 September 1941 *

, 23 June 1942 – 6 April 1946

Components

* 47th Bombardment Group: 14 August-1 September 1941 * 48th Bombardment Group: 15 January-1 September 1941 * Numerous groups assigned for training, 1942–1946

Stations

* March Field, California, 18 December 1940 *

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, California, c. 2 August – 3 September 1941 *

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, Idaho, 23 June 1942 *

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, Iowa, November 1942 * Gowen Field,

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, July 1943 *

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, Colorado, May 1944 *

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, Colorado, 8 September 1944 – 9 April 1946

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