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46th Operations Group
Emblem of the 46th Operations Group
Active	1943–1946; 1993–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army  United States Air Force

The46th Operations Group was a component of theUnited States Air Force46th Test Wing assigned toEglin Air Force Base, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 October 2012, and its functions consolidated under the96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

The 46 OG was the flying component of the 46th Test Wing. It designed and executed flight and ground test and evaluation of USAF conventional munitions and electronic countermeasures. The40th Test Squadron flew a mixture ofF-15,F-16,NC-130 andA-10 Aircraft.

ItsWorld War II predecessor unit, the46th Bombardment Operational Training Wing was a command and control organization for replacement training units (RTU) that trained personnel onB-17 Flying Fortress,B-24 Liberator, andB-29 Superfortress bombers. Its group's graduates were then assigned to combat units in overseas theaters worldwide as replacement personnel.

• Established as46 Bombardment Training Wing on 15 February 1943

Activated on 21 February 1943

Redesignated46 Bombardment Operational Training Wing on 15 April 1943

Inactivated on 9 April 1946

Disestablished on 8 October 1948

• Reestablished, and redesignated46 Operations Group on 31 August 1993

Activated on 8 September 1993^[1]

Inactivated on 1 October 2012

• II Bomber Command, 21 February 1943
• I (later XX) Bomber Command, 15 May 1943
• Second Air Force, 6 October 1943
• Strategic Air Command, 21 March – 9 April 1946
• 46th Test Wing, 8 September 1993 – 1 Oct 2012^[1]

Groups

• 19th Bombardment Group, 4 September 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 302d Bombardment Group, 1 September – 17 December 1943^[1]

Squadrons

• 39th Test (later, 39th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 September 1999
• 40th Test (later, 40th Flight Test) Squadron: 8 September 1993 – 1 October 2012
• 337th Flight Test Squadron: 1 July 1994 – 1 September 1997^[1]

• Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 21 February 1943
• Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma, 15 September 1943
• Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, 21 June 1945 – 9 April 1946
• Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 8 September 1993 – 1 Oct 2012^[1]

• F-15, 1993–2012
• F-16, 1993–2012
• F/EF-111, 1993–1995
• NC-130, 1993–2012
• A-10, 1994–2012

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