380th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron

Four B-25J Mitchells of the 380th Bombardment Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group, beginning their attack run over a target in Northern Italy in late 1944.

Activated in mid-1942 as a North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber squadron,[2] trained by Third Air Force in the southeastern United States. Deployed initially to England in September 1942[2] and flew some missions under VIII Bomber Command over German-occupied France attacking enemy troop formations, bridges and airfields. Was part of the Operation Torch invasion of North Africa in November 1942, being deployed to the new Mediterranean Theater of Operations, being assigned to Twelfth Air Force in French Morocco in November. In North Africa, the squadron engaged primarily in air support and interdiction operations, bombing marshalling yards, rail lines, highways, bridges, viaducts, troop concentrations, gun emplacements, shipping, harbors, and other objectives in North Africa.

The squadron also engaged in psychological warfare missions, dropping propaganda leaflets behind enemy lines. Took part in the Allied operations against Axis forces in North Africa during March–May 1943, the reduction of Pantelleria and Lampedusain islands during June, the invasion of Sicily in July, the landing at Salerno in September, the Allied advance toward Rome during January–June 1944, the invasion of Southern France in August 1944, and the Allied operations in northern Italy from September 1944 to April 1945. Inactivated in Italy after the V-E Day in September 1945.

Reactivated as part of the reserve in 1947, it is unclear whether or not the squadron was manned or equipped. Inactivated in 1949.[2]

Reactivated in 1952 as a Strategic Air Command squadron, receiving Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombardment training from 90th Bombardment Wing, April–August 1952. Acted as a training squadron until 1954 when it replaced the propeller-driven B-29s with new Boeing B-47E Stratojet swept-wing medium bombers, capable of flying at high subsonic speeds and primarily designed for penetrating the airspace of the Soviet Union. In the early 1960s, the B-47 was considered to be reaching obsolescence, and was being phased out of SAC's strategic arsenal. B-47s began being sent to AMARC at Davis-Monthan in early 1965; was inactivated in March.[2]

Reactivated as the 380th Space Control Squadron in 2008,[1] assuming the personnel and equipment of Detachment 1, 310th Space Group. Redesignated 380th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron in December 2022.[1]

• 310th Bombardment Group, 15 March 1942 – 12 September 1945
• 310th Bombardment Group, 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949
• 310th Bombardment Wing (later 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing), 28 March 1952 – 25 March 1965
• 310th Operations Group, 7 March 2008
• 710th Operations Group, 1 October 2017 – present[1]

• North American B-25 Mitchell, 1942–1945
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1952–1954
• Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1954–1965[5]

Explanatory noted

Citations

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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