Lineage

Constituted 33 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated: 33 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 3 Feb 1944; 33 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 30 Apr 1946; 33 Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 Jul 1948. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 15 Mar 1963. Redesignated 33 Flying Training Squadron on 9 Feb 1990. Activated on 11 May 1990. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1992. Activated on 1 Oct 1998.

Assignments

22 Bombardment Group, 1 Feb 1940 (attached to 22 Bombardment Wing, 10 Feb 1951-15 Jun 1952); 22 Bombardment Wing, 16 Jun 1952-15 Mar 1963. 64 Flying Training Wing, 11 May 1990; 64 Operations Group, 15 Dec 1991-1 Oct 1992. 71 Operations Group, 1 Oct 1998-.

Stations

Patterson Field, OH, 1 Feb 1940; Langley Field, VA, 16 Nov 1940; Muroc, CA, 9 Dec 1941-28 Jan 1942; Brisbane, Australia, 25 Feb 1942; Ipswich, Australia, 1 Mar 1942; Antil Plains, Australia, 7 Apr 1942; Woodstock, Australia, 20 Jul 1942; Iron Range, Australia, 29 Sep 1942; Woodstock, Australia, 4 Feb 1943; Dobodura, New Guinea, 15 Oct 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, c. 10 Jan 1944 (air echelon at Charters Towers, Australia, 11 Jan-19 Feb 1944); Owi Island, New Guinea, 14 Aug 1944; Angaur, Palau Islands, 26 Nov 1944; Samar, Philippine Islands, 21 Jan 1945; Clark Field, Luzon, 12 Mar 1945; Okinawa, 15 Aug 1945; Ft William McKinley, Luzon, 23 Nov 1945; Kadena AB, Okinawa, 15 Jun 1946-c. 7 May 1948; Smoky Hill AFB, KS, 18 May 1948 (deployed at RAF Station Lakenheath, England, c. 16 Nov 1948-c. 14 Feb 1949); March AFB, CA, 10 May 1949-15 Mar 1963 (deployed at: RAF Station Lakenheath, England, 18 Nov 1949-16 Feb 1950; Kadena AB, Okinawa, 8 Jul-29 Oct 1950; RAF Station Wynton, England, 5 Sep-9 Dec 1951; RAF Station Upper Heyford, England, 9 Dec 1953-5 Mar 1954). Reese AFB, TX, 11 May 1990-1 Oct 1992. Vance AFB, OK, 1 Oct 1998-.

Commanders

1Lt Theodore Q. Graff, 1 Feb 1940; 1Lt Vernet V. Poupitch, 25 Apr 1940; 1Lt Charles M. Stockdale, 29 May 1940; 1Lt Theodore Q. Graff, 25 Jul 1940; Maj William Ball, 18 Nov 1940; Maj George H. Sparhawk, 15 May 1941; Maj Dwight Devine II, 11 Aug 1941; 1Lt William A. Garnett, 12 Dec 1941; Capt Hubert J. Kcnopack, 26 Apr 1942; Maj Hugh B. Manson, 13 Sep 1942; Maj Richard W. Robinson, 26 Apr 1943; Maj John H. Disbro, 28 Dec 1943; Maj Roger E. Kindig, 1 May 1944; Maj Arthur C. Henry, 14 Aug 1944; Maj Albert H. Hutchinson, Jr., 8 Feb 1945; Capt Edwin H. Gibb, Jr., 14 Sep-c. 31 Oct 1945; unmanned, c. 1 Nov 1945-14 Jun 1946; Maj Lowell B. Fisher, 15 Jun 1946; Lt Col Roy N. Millyer, Jr., Aug 1947; Capt William P. Lemme, 1 Apr 1948; Maj Edward M. Nichols, Jr., 27 Sep 1948; Lt Col Ralph A. Reeve, 11 Aug 1949; Col Willard W. Wilson, Jun 1950; Lt Col Cecil C. Metz, 14 Jan 1952; Maj Joseph F. Nesmith, 6 Mar 1952; Lt Col Earle E. Sweetland, Jul 1952; Maj Stanley E. Tucker, Nov 1952 (acting); Lt Col Earle E. Sweetland, c. 29 Jan 1953; Lt Col David C. Jones, Jul 1954; Col Paul H. Francis, 21 Aug 1954; Maj Joseph W. Cotton, Jr., 9 Feb 1956 (temporary); Lt Col Robert H. Murray, Mar 1956; Lt Col Norman J. Keefer, 9 May 1958; Maj Robert M. Halferty, Jun 1960 (acting); Lt Col Roy H. Crew, Sept 1960; Lt Col Jeo J. Casagrande, May 1961; Lt Col Gayle C. Miller, Jun 1962-15 Mar 1963. Lt Col Billy G. Hill, 11 May 1990; Lt Col Michael Miller, 25 Jun-1 Oct 1992. Lt Col Richard C. Warner, 1 Oct 1998-.

Aircraft

B-18, 1940-1941; B-26, 1941-1943; B-25, 1943-1944; B-24, 1944-1945; B-29, 1946-1952; B-47, 1953-1963. T-37, 1990-1992. T-37, 1998-.

Operations

Antisubmarine patrols from California, Dec 1941-Jan 1942; combat in southwest and western Pacific 5 Apr 1942-7 Jan 1943, 7 Oct 1943-early Jan 1944, and 10 Mar 1944-July 1945. Combat in Korea, 13 Jul-21 Oct 1950. Trained student pilots, 1990-1992, and since 1998.

Service Streamers

None.

Campaign Streamers

World War II: Antisubmarine, American Theater; East Indies; Papua; Bismarck Archipelago; New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; Western Pacific; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater; Antisubmarine, Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Korea: UN Defensive; UN Offensive.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers

None.

Decorations

Distinguished Unit Citations: Papua, 23 Jul 1942-[7] Jan 1943; New Guinea, 5 Nov 1943. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: [1 Oct] 1998-30 Jun 1999. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 10 Jul-24 Oct 1950.

Emblem

Approved on 10 Apr 1941.

Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 26 Jun 2000

Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through Jun 1999