Lineage

Constituted 586th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 15 Feb 1943. Activated on 5 Mar 1943. Redesignated: 586th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 Oct 1944; 586th Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 3 Dec 1945. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946. Consolidated (1 Oct 1992) with the 6586th Test Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on 15 Dec 1982. Redesignated: 586th Test Squadron on 1 Oct 1992; 586th Flight Test Squadron on 15 Mar 1994.

Assignments

394th Bombardment Group, 5 Mar 1943?31 Mar 1946. 6585th (later 46th) Test Group, 15 Dec 1982?.

Stations

MacDill Field, FL, 5 Mar 1943; Ardmore AAFld, OK, 12 Jul 1943; Kellogg Field, MI, 23 Aug 1943?15 Feb 1944; Boreham, England, 11 Mar 1944; Holmsley, England, 28 Jul 1944; Tour-en-Bassin, France, 29 Aug 1944; Bricy, France, 27 Sep 1944; Cambrai/ Niergnies, France, 12 Oct 1944; Venlo, Holland, 7 May 1945; Kitzingen, Germany, Sep 1945?15 Feb 1946; Bolling Field, DC, 15 Feb?31 Mar 1946. Holloman AFB, NM, 15 Dec 1982?.

Aircraft

B?26, 1943?1945; A?26, 1945?1946. AT?38, 1991?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 23 Mar 1944?20 Apr 1945. Tested missile systems, Dec 1982?.

Honors

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: France, 7?9 Aug 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan 1984?31 Dec 1985; 1 Jan?31 Dec 1987; 1 Jan 1991?31 Dec 1992. French Croix de Guerre with Palm: 6 Jun?14 Sep 1944.

Emblem

On a Blue disc within a White border an atomic symbol formed by the interlaced contrails of a White flight symbol, a Yellow drone and a Red missile all converging at lower right center points up and all within a narrow Blue border. Approved on 8 Dec 1983 (DFSC 84?05549); replaced emblem approved on 29 Jun 1943 (23726 A.C.).