82d Training Wing
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| 82d Training Wing | |
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| Active | Constituted 13 January 1942 (USAAF) Established 28 July 1947 (USAF) |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Air Force |
| Type | Training |
| Part of | Air Education and Training Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Sheppard Air Force Base |
| Decorations | Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
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| Current commander |
Brigadier General Richard Devereaux |
The 82d Training Wing (82 TRW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
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[edit] Mission
The 82nd Training Wing is the host unit of Sheppard AFB, Texas. The wing conducts all ground-based technical training at the base.
The wing also conducts technical and health-care training for men and women of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as several allied nations. It is the largest of four technical training wings in Air Education and Training Command and is the most diversified in scope of training. The 82nd, 782nd, and 88th Training Groups conduct training at Sheppard and at geographically separated locations around the country. The 982nd Training Group conducts training at locations worldwide
[edit] Subordinate Organizations
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82d Training Group (82 TRG)
782d Training Group (782 TRG)
882d Training Group (882 TRG)
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982d Training Group (982 TRG)
82d Mission Support Group (82 MSG)
82d Medical Group (82 MDG) |
Additionally, the 82d Comptroller Squadron (82 CPTS) reports directly to the 82 TRW.
[edit] History
Constituted as the United States Army Air Forces 82nd Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 13 Jan 1942. Activated on 9 Feb 1942 at Harding Field, Louisiana. Redesignated 82nd Fighter Group in May 1942. Inactivated in Italy on 9 Sep 1945.
Established as 82d Fighter Wing on 28 Jul 1947 by the United States Air Force. Organized on 15 Aug 1947. Inactivated on 2 Oct 1949.
Redesignated 82d Flying Training Wing on 22 Jun 1972. Activated on 1 Feb 1973. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1993. Redesignated 82 Training Wing, and activated, on 1 Jul 1993.
[edit] Operational History
[edit] World War II
Moved to North Africa in Dec 1942 and served with Twelfth Air Force until Nov 1943. Took part in the defeat of Axis forces in Tunisia, the reduction of Pantelleria, the conquest of Sicily, and the invasion of Italy. Operated against the enemy's air transports; flew dive-bombing and strafing missions; escorted medium bombers in their attacks on enemy shipping and their raids on Naples and Rome; and gave direct support to the ground forces during the invasion of Italy. Received a DUC for a low-level strafing raid against enemy aircraft concentrations at Foggia on 25 Aug 1943. Received second DUC for performance on 2 Sep 1943 when the group protected a formation of bombers that encountered strong opposition from enemy interceptors during an attack on marshalling yards near Naples.
Moved to Italy in Oct 1943. Assigned to Fifteenth Air Force in Nov. Continued to function occasionally as a fighter-bomber organization, supporting Allied armies, flying interdictory missions, and attacking strategic targets. Received third DUC for performance on 10 Jun 1944 when the 82nd Group braved head-on attacks by hostile fighters to dive-bomb an oil refinery at Ploesti and then strafed targets of opportunity while returning to base. Engaged primarily in escort work, however, from Oct 1943 to May 1945, covering the operations of heavy bombers that attacked aircraft industries, oil refineries, and other targets in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania, and Bulgaria.
[edit] Cold War
The 82d trained to maintain proficiency in fighter escort and tactical fighter operations from, 1947-1949.
The 82d replaced and absorbed resources of the 3525th Pilot Training Wing in February 1973 at Williams AFB, Arizona and assumed undergraduate pilot training operations until March 1993. It began undergraduate pilot training for females in September 1976 and graduated first class of ten women on 2 September 1977.
[edit] Post Cold War
On 31 March 1993, the 82d Flying Training Wing was inactivated along with the closure of Williams Air Force Base by BRAC. The unit was reactivated as the 82d Training Wing on 1 July 1993 at Sheppard AFB, Texas, replacing the 3700th Technical Training Wing as a non-flying host unit.
Since July 1993, the 82 TRW has conducted technical, field, and medical training but flew and possessed no aircraft.
[edit] Operations
[edit] Assignments
[edit] Major Command
- Strategic Air Command (1947 – 1949)
- Air Education and Training Command (1972 - Present)
[edit] Numbered Air Force
- 12th Air Force (1942 - 1943)
- 15th Air Force (1943 - 1945), (1948 – 1949)
- 1st Air Force (1949)
- 2nd Air Force (1993 – Present)
[edit] Bases stationed
- Harding Field, LA 9 Feb 1942
- Muroc, CA 30 Apr 1942
- Los Angeles, CA May 1942
- Glendale, CA c. 16 Aug-16 Sep 1942
- Northern Ireland Oct 1942
- Telergma, Algeria Jan 1943
- Berteaux, Algeria 28 Mar 1943
- Souk-el-Arba, Algeria 13 Jun 1943
- Grombalia, Tunisia 3 Aug 1943
- San Pancrazio, Italy c. 3 Oct 1943
- Lecce, Italy 10 Oct 1943
- Vincenzo Airfield, Italy 11 Jan 1944
- Lesina, Italy c. 30 Aug-Sep 1945
- Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire (1947 – 1949)
- Williams Air Force Base, Arizona (1973 – 1993)
- Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas (1993 – Present)
[edit] Aircraft Operated
- P-38 Lightning (1942 - 1945)
- P/F-51 Mustang (1947 – 1949)
- T-37 Tweet (1973 – 1992)
- T-38 Talon (1973 – 1993)
[edit] References
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.
- Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0.
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