534th TRAINING SQUADRON

MISSION The 534th Training Squadron conducts Enlisted Space Prerequisite Training and initial qualification training for non-rated operations satellite command and control crews assigned to AFSPC, Air Force Research Laboratory, and units. The unit also develops courseware and performance training scenarios for 11 awarding courses, and operates a $4.6 million simulator used to train missile warning, global navigation, and communication satellite operations.

LINEAGE 534th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) constituted, 28 Oct 1942 Activated, 3 Nov 1942 Redesignated 534th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 20 Aug 1943 Inactivated, 28 Aug 1945 Redesignated 534th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, 28 Jan 1947 Inactivated, 27 Jun 1949 Redesignated 534th Training Squadron, 4 Aug 1994 Activated, 1 Oct 1994

STATIONS Gowen Field, ID, 3 Nov 1942 Ephrata, WA, 1 Dec 1942 Pyote AAB, TX, 5 Jan 1943 Pueblo AAB, CO, 6 Apr-9 May 1943 Ridgewell, England, 2 Jun 1943-24 Jun 1945 Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, 3 Jul-28 Aug 1945 Sioux City AAB, IA, 27 Feb 1947-27 Jun 1949 Falcon AFB, CO, 1 Oct 1994 Vandenberg AFB, CA, 30 Apr 1996

ASSIGNMENTS 381st Bombardment , 3 Nov 1942-28 Aug 1945 , 27 Feb 1947 381st Bombardment Group, 30 Sep 1947 351st Bombardment Group, 3 May 1948-27 Jun 1949 , 1 Oct 1994

WEAPON SYSTEMS B-17, 1942-1945 B-17F B-17G AT-6 AT-11, 1947-1949

COMMANDERS

HONORS SERVICE STREAMERS None

CAMPAIGN STREAMERS World War II European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Air Offensive, Europe Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Air Combat

ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMERS None

DECORATIONS Distinguished Unit Citations , Germany, 8 Oct 1943 Germany, 11 Jan 1944

EMBLEM

534th Bombardment Squadron

534th Training Squadron emblem approved, 29 Mar 1995

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OPERATIONS Combat in ETO, 22 Jun 1943-25 Apr 1945.

Space initial qualification training, Oct 1994.

Air Force Historical Research Agency. U.S. Air Force. Maxwell AFB, AL.