337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, US Air Force

337TH TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted 337 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 15 Jul 1942. Redesignated 337 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 22 Jun 1943. Inactivated on 29 Nov 1945. Redesignated 337 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 13 May 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 29 May 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 337 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 6 Nov 1953. Activated on 18 Nov 1953. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 15 Mar 1963. Redesignated 337 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, and activated, on 20 Mar 1963. Organized on 15 Sep 1963. Redesignated 337 Bomb Squadron on 1 Sep 1991. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1994. Redesignated 337 Test and Evaluation Squadron on 8 Apr 2004. Activated on 14 May 2004. From 14 May 1943 to 21 Apr 1945, squadron conducted strategic bombardment of shipyards, submarine bases, marshalling yards, oil facilities, airfields, and aircraft plants. On occasion, flew tactical sorties against gun emplacements, rocket sites, enemy troops, and communications centers. On 17 Aug 1943, earned first Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC), striking targets at Regensburg and Schweinfurt, Germany. On 14 Oct 1943, participated in the war's single most important raid on ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt. On 9 Apr 1944, earned second DUC in attack on aircraft components factories at Poznan, Poland. In support of Normandy operations on 6 Jun 1944, attacked enemy field batteries and miscellaneous targets. Beginning in 1968 B-52 aircraft and crews deployed to Southeast Asia (SEA) for bombardment operations. For much of the conflict, furnished aircraft and crews to SAC organizations based in SEA. Squadron non-operational at Dyess AFB, 27 Jun-19 Sep 1970 and c. 8 Apr 1972-28 Oct 1973.

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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved 29 August 1967; latest rendering 26 November 2018.

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