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The 514th Flight Test Squadron is a
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of the
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, which has been stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah since 1973, performing functional flight checks on aircraft undergoing major maintenance. The first predecessor of the
squadron Squadron may refer to: * Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies * Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, ...
was formed as the 514th Bombardment Squadron in the Middle East in 1942 to reinforce the
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in North Africa with personnel and aircraft diverted from delivery to the China Burma India Theater. The squadron moved forward, eventually being stationed in Italy, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, and was awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations for its combat actions. Following
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, the squadron returned to the United States, where it converted to Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, but was inactivated in March 1946. The squadron was redesignated the 514th Reconnaissance Squadron and activated in 1947 as a weather reconnaissance unit. It continued the reconnaissance mission until February 1951, when it was inactivated and its assets transferred to another squadron. The squadron returned to the bombardment mission later that year, and upgraded to jet
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bombers in 1954. It continued to fly the Stratojet until they were phased out of the Air Force inventory, and the squadron was inactivated in 1965. The squadron's second predecessor was organized as the 6514th Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base in 1970 to test
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s. It moved to Hill in 1973 and assumed its current mission. The two squadrons were consolidated in 1992 as the 514th Test Squadron


Mission

The 514th's current mission is to accomplish high-risk acceptance flights on F-16 Fighting Falcon,
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and C-130 Hercules aircraft following depot level maintenance. its aircrews provide the final quality control checks to ensure aircraft are airworthy and capable of returning to combat units. As the OO-ALC Center Test Authority, the squadron is the focal point for managing and providing test process expertise and support for all test and evaluation at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex.


History


World War II


Background

In early 1942, the
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was threatening British forces in Egypt. In response, two contingents of American heavy bombers were diverted to support them. A flight of Consolidated B-24 Liberators being ferried to India was halted from its travel in June and some Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses from the
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and 436th Bombardment Squadrons were flown to the Middle East from India. On 20 July 1942, these elements were organized into the 1st Provisional Group at
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, Palestine.


North African operations

On 31 October 1942, the 1st Group was dissolved and replaced by a formal Army Air Forces unit, the
376th Bombardment Group 376th may refer to: * 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, inactive wing of the United States Air Force, last stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Republic *376th Air Refueling Squadron, inactive United States Air Force u ...
. The 514th Bombardment Squadron was activated as one of its four component squadrons.Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 264–265 The squadron was originally equipped with a mix of Liberators and Flying Fortresses, but by the end of the year, the B-17s were transferred to
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and the squadron became an all B-24 unit. Moving forward to bases in Egypt and Libya, the squadron attacked shipping in the Mediterranean and harbor installations in Libya, Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy to cut enemy supply lines to North Africa. After the fall of Tunisia in May 1943, the squadron focused on attacks on
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s, marshalling yards, and other objectives in Sicily and Italy, moving forward to
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, Tunisia in late September. Its actions during these attacks on enemy targets from its activation through August 1943 earned the squadron its first Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC). On 1 August 1943, operating from
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, Libya, the squadron participated in
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, the low level attack on
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near Ploesti, with the squadron's parent group leading the attack formation. As it approached its assigned targets, the lead aircraft realized that an order from the group commander, who had misidentified the initial point, put the
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off course. The group attempted an attack on the Romana Americana refinery, its assigned objective from a different direction. By this time, enemy air defenses had been alerted and intense
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forced the unit to attack targets of opportunity. The squadron was awarded its second DUC for this operation.


Strategic bombing campaign

The squadron moved to
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, Italy in November 1943, where it became part of Fifteenth Air Force and would remain until April 1945. It primarily flew long range
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missions to targets in Italy, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans to bomb factories, marshalling yards, oil refineries, oil storage facilities, airdromes, bridges, harbors, and other objectives. On 16 June 1944, it received a third DUC for an attack on oil industry targets in Bratislava. The squadron also provided
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for
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, the landings at
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and flew
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missions to support the Battle of Monte Cassino between February and March 1944. In the fall of 1944, it assisted the
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in its advance through the Balkans, and in early 1945, supported
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, the spring offensive in Northern Italy. The squadron was withdrawn from combat in April 1945 and left Italy for the United States. The squadron arrived at
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, Nebraska in May 1945 and began conversion to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. However the war in the Pacific ended before the squadron was fully trained. After it moved to
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, California on 1 November, the squadron was not fully manned or equipped. It was inactivated on 7 March 1946, and most of its few resources at
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, Florida were absorbed by other elements of the
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.


Weather reconnaissance

The squadron was redesignated the 514th Reconnaissance Squadron and activated at North Field, Guam, where it assumed the personnel and equipment of the
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, which was simultaneously inactivated.Markus, ''et al''., pp. 143, 152 The squadron performed weather reconnaissance missions in the Pacific. After the onset of the
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these missions included combat support. In September 1950, a squadron crew, flying a WB-29 continued a typhoon reconnaissance mission despite the loss of one engine. The information concerning this typhoon was vital for operations in Japan preparing for the
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. In February 1951, the squadron inactivated and transferred its mission, personnel and equipment to the 54th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron.


Strategic Air Command

The squadron was redesignated the 514th Bombardment Squadron and reactivated at
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, Kansas in June 1951. The squadron was again equipped with Superfortress bombers and assigned to the 376th Group. It began training in strategic bombardment in August. However, SAC's mobilization for the Korean War highlighted that SAC wing commanders focused too much on running the base organization and did not spend enough time on overseeing actual combat preparations. To allow wing commanders the ability to focus on combat operations, SAC air base group commanders became responsible for managing the base housekeeping functions. Under the plan implemented in February 1951 and finalized in June 1952, the wing commander focused primarily on the combat units and the maintenance necessary to support combat aircraft by having the combat and maintenance squadrons report directly to the wing and eliminating the intermediate group structures. As a result of this "dual deputy" reorganization, the 376th Group was inactivated and the squadron was assigned directly to the
376th Bombardment Wing 376th may refer to: * 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, inactive wing of the United States Air Force, last stationed at the Transit Center at Manas International Airport, Kyrgyz Republic *376th Air Refueling Squadron, inactive United States Air Force u ...
in June 1952. The squadron moved to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana in October. By November 1952, electronic countermeasures (ECM) training began to predominate over bombardment, and by September 1953, ECM had become the unit's primary mission.Ravenstein, pp. 200–202 In 1954, the squadron converted to Boeing B-47 Stratojet Stratojet jet
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s. It moved again in 1957, this time to
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, Ohio. After 1958, Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-47 units began to assume an alert posture at their home base.Schake, p. 220 (note 43) During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, SAC dispersed its B-47s on 22 October. Most dispersal bases were civilian airfields with
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or Air National Guard units. B-47s were configured for execution of the Emergency War Order as soon as possible after dispersal. On 24 October SAC went to
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2, placing all aircraft on alert. On 15 November 1/6 of the dispersed B-47s were recalled to their home bases. The remaining dispersed B-47s and supporting tankers were recalled on 24 November. On 27 November SAC returned to normal alert posture. The squadron continued to train in electronic warfare techniques until beginning to phase down for inactivation in March 1965 with the retirement of the Stratojet from SAC's inventory.


Flight testing

The 6514th Test Squadron was activated in May 1970 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it was assigned to the 6512th Test Group. Its mission was to support flight testing and modifications of the
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reconnaissance drone, being used in the Vietnam War by the 556th Reconnaissance Squadron to gather intelligence over strongly defended areas over North Vietnam. The squadron moved to Hill Air Force Base, Utah in 1973 and became a component of the
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.Rogers, At Hill, the squadron continued conducting and supporting the Firebee as well as other remotely piloted vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise missile test missions, and supported various test operations at the
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. From the late 1970s, the 6514th operated a Lockheed DC-130H Hercules (later NC-130H) drone launch control airplane along with an HC-130H. It added two C-130B (later, NC-130B) and a DC-130A in the 1980s. The squadron also used a few Sikorsky HH-53C and Sikorsky CH-3E helicopters to retrieve drones and missiles and transport people to and from remote sites on the range. By the mid-1980s, the heavy helicopters gave way to Bell HH-1H Huey helicopters. The 6514th was consolidated with the 514th as the 514th Test Squadron in October 1992. It absorbed the 15th Test Squadron mission in 1993 and began depot flight testing C-130, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. It ended its drone and range mission and realigned under Ogden Air Logistics Center on 30 September 1995. Currently, the 514th quality-control checks involve performing flight checks, which means flying planes that have usually been stripped to the bone and put back together again. The standard check flight for an F-16 can take up to an hour, while the A-10 and C-130 flights can last for an hour and a half. In addition, the 514th provides delivery of foreign military sales aircraft all over the world, from Thailand to Italy. Many of those aircraft come from the
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, or "bone yard," at
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, Arizona, and the 514th sends pilots there to test them once they have been reassembled and put back into flying condition. In 2003, the military reserve force assumed the flight check mission, and the squadron was reassigned to Air Force Reserve Command's
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.


Lineage

; 514th Bombardment Squadron * Constituted as the 514th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 October 1942 : Activated on 31 October 1942 : Redesignated 514th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 3 May 1944 : Redesignated 514th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 23 May 1945 : Inactivated on 7 March 1946 * Redesignated 514th Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Weather on 16 September 1947 : Activated on 15 October 1947 : Inactivated on 20 February 1951 * Redesignated 514th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 25 May 1951 : Activated on 1 June 1951 : Inactivated on 15 March 1965 * Consolidated with the 6514th Test Squadron on 1 October 1992 ; 514th Flight Test Squadron : Designated as the 6514th Test Squadron and activated on 15 May 1970 * Consolidated with the 514th Bombardment Squadron on 1 October 1992 : Redesignated 514th Test Squadron on 2 October 1992 : Redesignated 514th Flight Test Squadron on 1 March 1994


Assignments

* 376th Bombardment Group, 31 October 1942 * 498th Bombardment Group, 10 November 1945 – 7 March 1946 * 43d Weather Wing, 15 October 1947This was a table of organization unit, organized in September 1945 and inactivated on 3 June 1948. It was replaced by a table of distribution wing organized on 1 June 1948. In October 1948 the table of distribution wing was renumbered to conform with Air Force policy that such units (later called MAJCON units) be numbered in 4-digit series allotted to the Major Commands. * 43d Weather Wing (later 2143d Air Weather Wing), 1 June 1948 – 20 February 1951 * 376th Bombardment Group, 1 June 1951 (attached to
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) * 376th Bombardment Wing, 16 June 1952 – 15 March 1965 * 6512th Test Group (later 6510th Test Wing), 15 May 1970 * Air Force Flight Test Center, 1 January 1973 * 6510th Test Wing, 1 March 1978 * 6545th Test Group (later 545th Test Group), 1 January 1979 * Ogden Air Logistics Center, 30 September 1995Factshet, 514th Flight Test Squadron. Although prepared in 2008, the factsheet omits the reassignment to the 413th Group in 2003. * 413th Flight Test Group, 1 October 2003 – present


Stations

* RAF Lydda, Palestine, 31 October 1942 *
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, Egypt, 8 November 1942 *
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, Libya, 10 February 1943 * Soluch Airfield, Libya, 25 February 1943 * Benina Airport, Libya, 16 April 1943 * Enfidaville Airfield, Tunisia, c. 26 September 1943 (detachment operated from Benina Airport, Libya, 3–11 October 1943) * San Pancrazio Airfield, Italy, 19 November 1943 – 19 April 1945 * Harvard Army Air Field, Nebraska, 8 May 1945 *
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, Nebraska, 25 June 1945 * March Field, California, 10 November 1945 * MacDill Field, Florida, 22 December 1945 – 7 March 1946 * North Field, Guam (by 1949, Andersen Air Force Base), 15 October 1947 – 20 February 1951 * Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 June 1951 * Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 10 October 1951 * Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, 1 December 1957 – 15 March 1965 * Edwards Air Force Base, California, 15 May 1970 * Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 18 September 1973 – present


Aircraft

* Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942 * Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1942–1945 * B-29 Superfortress, 1945, 1947–1951, 1951–1954 * TB-29 Superfortress, 1947–1951 * RB-29 Superfortress, 1947–1951 * WB-29 Superfortress, 1947–1951 *
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, 1948–1951 *
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, 1949–1950 *
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, 1954–1961 * E-47 (later EB-47 Stratojet), 1961–1965 * Ryan AQM-34Q Firebee, 1970–1995 * Lockheed DC-130 Hercules, 1970–1995 * Lockheed NC-130H Hercules, 1970–1995 * BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile, 1979–1990 * HH-53C MARS (Mid-Air Retrieval System), ? until 1988 * HH-1H, 1987 until ? * Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, 1993–present * Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 1993–present * General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, 1993–present


Awards and campaigns


See also

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B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces This is a list of United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator combat units during World War II including variants and other historical information. Heavy bomber training organizations primarily under II Bomber Command in the United States and ...
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations Units in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) were the second-largest user of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. There were a total of six combat groups (twenty-four squadrons) equipped with the bomber assigned to the ...
* General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operators * ''Lady Be Good'' (aircraft) *
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* List of B-47 units of the United States Air Force *
List of Douglas C-47 Skytrain operators List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The C-47 has served with over 90 cou ...
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List of Lockheed C-130 Hercules operators The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a multipurpose military transport aircraft used by many different nations around the world. This is a list of the specific military units, as well as some civilian airlines, that fly it. Africa Algeria ;Alg ...
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List of United States Air Force test squadrons This is a list of United States Air Force test squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Air Force and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Most units in this list are assigned to Ai ...


References


Notes

; Explanatory notes ; Citations


Bibliography

* * * * Lloyd, Alwyn T. (2000), A Cold War Legacy: A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946–1992, Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.; 1st edition, * * * * * * * * Rogers, Brian. United States Air Force Unit Designations since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications, 2005. . {{USAAF 2d Air Force World War II
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