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Military unit
The
46th Operations Group
was a component of the
United States Air Force
46th Test Wing
assigned to
Eglin Air Force Base
, Florida. It was inactivated on 1 October 2012, and its functions consolidated under the
96th 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. The
40th Test Squadron
flew a mixture of
F-15
,
F-16
,
NC-130
and
A-10
Aircraft.
Its
World War II
predecessor unit, the
46th Bombardment Operational Training Wing
was a command and control organization for replacement training units (RTU) that trained personnel on
B-17 Flying Fortress
,
B-24 Liberator
, and
B-29 Superfortress
bombers. Its group's graduates were then assigned to combat units in overseas theaters worldwide as replacement personnel.
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- Established as
46 Bombardment Training Wing
on 15 February 1943
- Activated on 21 February 1943
- Redesignated
46 Bombardment Operational Training Wing
on 15 April 1943
- Inactivated on 9 April 1946
- Disestablished on 8 October 1948
- Reestablished, and redesignated
46 Operations Group
on 31 August 1993
- Activated on 8 September 1993
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- Inactivated on 1 October 2012
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Groups
Squadrons
Stations
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Aircraft
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- 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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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
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