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533rd Training Squadron
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[citation needed]
Commanders
CommanderLt Col Adam Jodice
Insignia
World War II fuselage code[3]VP

The 533rd Training Squadron (533 TRS) is a United States Space Force unit. It is assigned to the Space Training and Readiness Command, California, where it trains Space Force personnel on space systems. It was activated in this role in 1994.

The

V-E Day
, the squadron returned to the United States, where it was inactivated.

In 1962, the squadron became the 533d Strategic Missile Squadron. It was equipped with LGM-25C Titan II missiles and stood alert during the Cold War until inactivating in 1986. In 1978, one of its sites was destroyed, when one of its missiles exploded.

Mission

The mission of the unit is to conduct technical training for the nation's space operators going into the United States Space Force. It provides a pipeline into three Space Force Warfighter shredouts- Orbital Warfare, Space Battle Management, and Electronic Warfare.

History

World War II

Training in the United States

533d Bombardment Squadron emblem (approved 4 September 1943)[2]

The

North Atlantic Ferry Route on 15 May.[2][4][5]

Combat in the European Theater

381st Group B-17s en route to target c. 1944[note 1]

The air echelon of the squadron arrived at

Heroya, Norway, stopping production for over three months.[4][7]

The squadron also flew deeper penetration missions into Germany. It hit oil refineries at

Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC).[4] All squadron bombers that returned from this mission[note 2] received battle damage.[8] It received a second DUC for attacks on aircraft plants in Germany on 11 January 1944. In late February 1944, the unit participated in Big Week, the intensive attacks on the German aircraft industry.[4]

The squadron was occasionally taken off strategic operations to perform

lines of communications and airfields near the battle zone during the Battle of the Bulge. It also supported the Allied crossing of the Rhine and push through central Germany in March 1945.[4]

Return to the United States and inactivation

The squadron flew its last mission on 26 April 1945 and the majority of the unit's aircraft departed the theater on 24 May 1945. Ground personnel sailed on the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 24 June, arriving in the US by the end of the month. The squadron was located at

Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota a few days later and was inactivated on 24 August 1945.[2][5][4]

Strategic Air Command missile operations

Titan II missile in its silo
Patch with 533d Strategic Missile Squadron emblem

The unit was redesigned the 533d Strategic Missile Squadron and organized at

alert for over 20 years during the Cold War. On 24 August 1978, an accident at Site 533-7 involving an oxidizer leak killed two Air Force personnel, and caused the temporary evacuation of local communities. The damage to the site was determined to be unrepairable and the silo was permanently closed.[citation needed
]

The squadron operated the following missile sites:

LGM-25C Titan II Sites
533-1 (27 Nov 1963-22 Aug 1985), 3.1 mi NNE of Potwin, KS 37°58′54″N 097°00′04″W / 37.98167°N 97.00111°W / 37.98167; -97.00111 (533-1)
533-2 (16 Nov 1963-5 Jun 1985), 7.5 mi N of El Dorado, KS 37°55′28″N 096°50′37″W / 37.92444°N 96.84361°W / 37.92444; -96.84361 (533-2)
533-3 (7 Nov 1963-3 Oct 1985), 3.7 mi W of Leon, KS 37°41′55″N 096°50′54″W / 37.69861°N 96.84833°W / 37.69861; -96.84833 (533-3)
533-4 (4 Nov 1963-29 Jul 1985), 6.8 mi W of Beaumont, KS 37°39′41″N 096°39′25″W / 37.66139°N 96.65694°W / 37.66139; -96.65694 (533-4)
533-5 (30 Oct 1963-14 Mar 1985), 7.7 mi WNW of Latham, KS 37°34′17″N 096°46′27″W / 37.57139°N 96.77417°W / 37.57139; -96.77417 (533-5)
533-6 (14 Oct 1963-29 Apr 1985), 6.1 mi ESE of Douglass, KS 37°30′09″N 096°54′12″W / 37.50250°N 96.90333°W / 37.50250; -96.90333 (533-6)
533-7 (20 Jul 1963-24 Aug 1978), 2.3 mi S of Rock, KS 37°24′28″N 096°59′57″W / 37.40778°N 96.99917°W / 37.40778; -96.99917 (533-7)[note 3]
533-8 (5 Jul 1963-2 Jul 1984), 7.9 mi E of Winfield, KS 37°15′42″N 096°51′14″W / 37.26167°N 96.85389°W / 37.26167; -96.85389 (533-8)
533-9 (21 Oct 1963-27 May 1986), 3.5 mi WNW of Oxford, KS 37°17′35″N 097°13′38″W / 37.29306°N 97.22722°W / 37.29306; -97.22722 (533-9)

In October 1981, President

532d Strategic Missile Squadron.[10]

After removal from service, the silos had reusable equipment removed by Air Force personnel, and contractors retrieved salvageable metals before destroying the silos with explosives and filling them in. Access to the vacated control centers was blocked off. Missile sites were later sold off to private ownership after demilitarization. Today the remains of the sites are still visible in aerial imagery, in various states of use or abandonment.[citation needed]

Space training

533d Training Squadron emblem (1994)
Former emblem of the 533d Training Squadron

Redesignated and activated on 1 October 1994 as the 533d Training Squadron, Air Education and Training Command the 533d provided initial qualification training for attack warning, space surveillance, and counterspace missions. Until 2003, The 534th Training Squadron trained crews in satellite command and control. That year, the 534th inactivated and the 533d assumed its training responsibilities.[10]

The 533d trains approximately 400 space professionals a years in both an officer and enlisted course. Beginning in October 2019 the 533d started its newest iteration of Space Training called UST Next. The UST Next course teaches topics in space law, history, orbital mechanics, rocketry, space systems, physics, RF technology, doctrine, and space capabilities.

On 1 September 2020 the 533d transitioned from the United States Air Force into the United States Space Force under Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional).

Structure

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 533d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 October 1942
Activated on 3 November 1942
Redesignated 533d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943
Inactivated on 28 August 1945
  • Redesignated 533rd Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Titan) and activated on 26 February 1962 (not organized)
Organized on 1 August 1962[13]
Inactivated on 1 November 1985
  • Redesignated as 533d Training Squadron on 4 August 1994
Activated on 1 October 1994
  • Inactivated as United States Air Force unit on 1 September 2020
  • Activated as a United States Space Force unit on 1 September 2020

Assignments

Stations

  • Gowen Field
    , Idaho, 3 Nov 1942
  • Ephrata Army Air Base
    , Washington, 1 December 1942
  • Pyote Army Air Field
    , Texas, 27 December 1942
  • Pueblo Army Air Base
    , Colorado, 6 April–10 May 1943
  • RAF Ridgewell (AAF-167),[14] England, 2 June 1943 – 24 June 1945
  • Sioux Falls Army Air Field
    , South Dakota, 3 July–28 August 1945
  • McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 August 1962[13] – 1 November 1985
  • Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, 1 October 1994 – present

Aircraft and missiles

  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942–1945
  • LGM-25C Titan II, 1962–1986[13]

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer Award Dates Notes
Distinguished Unit Citation
 8 October 1943 Bremen, 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Distinguished Unit Citation 11 January 1944 Germany, 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
 1 January 1966-30 June 1967 533d Strategic Missile Squadron[15]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1971-30 June 1972 532d Strategic Missile Squadron[16]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1974-30 June 1975 532d Strategic Missile Squadron[16]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1981-30 June 1983 533d Strategic Missile Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1984-1 November 1985 533d Strategic Missile Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1997-30 June 1999 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2000-30 June 2001 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2005-30 June 2006 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2008-30 June 2010 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2010-30 June 2011 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2011-30 June 2013 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2013-30 June 2015 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2015-30 June 2017 533d Training Squadron[17]
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 2017-30 June 2019 533d Training Squadron[17]
Campaign Streamer Campaign Dates Notes
Air Offensive, Europe 2 June 1943 – 5 June 1944 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Air Combat, EAME Theater 2 June 1943 – 11 May 1945 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Normandy 6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Northern France 25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Rhineland 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Ardennes-Alsace 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]
Central Europe 22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945 533d Bombardment Squadron[2]

List of commanders

  • Lt Col Jason N. Schramm, May 2016–June 2018[18]
  • Lt Col Joseph G. Clemmer[19]
  • Lt Col Charles Cooper, 9 July 2020[20][21]
  • Lt Col Jonathan Arehart, 30 June 2022[22]
  • Lt Col Adam Jodice, 12 July 2024[23]

See also

References

Notes
  1. prisoners of war
    , six were killed. Missing Aircrew Report 2930.
  2. ^ Eight of the 17 bombers dispatched by the 381st Group were shot down on this mission. Freeman, p. 75.
  3. ^ Site closed 24 Aug 1978 after an accident involving an oxidizer leak killed two Air Force personnel, caused the temporary evacuation of local communities, and damaged the site.
Citations
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 640
  3. ^ Freeman, p. 288
  4. ^ a b c d e f Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 268-269
  5. ^ a b c Freeman, p. 253
  6. ^ Freeman, p. 52
  7. ^ Freeman, pp. 53, 63
  8. ^ Freeman, p. 75
  9. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 206-207
  10. ^ a b "Vandenberg AFB Fact Sheets: 381st Training Group". 30th Space Wing Public Affairs. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Space Force Det 1 activates on Goodfellow AFB". 21 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Keesler activates Space Force Det 2". 29 September 2023. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d Lineage, including assignments stations, and aircraft/missiles, through 1963 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 640
  14. ^ Station number in Anderson
  15. ^ Air Force Pamphlet 900-2, 15 June 1971, p. 419
  16. ^ a b Air Force Pamphlet 900-2, Vol. II, 30 Sep 1976, p. 79
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 23 February 2020. (search)
  18. ^ "Biography - Colonel Jason N. Schramm" (PDF). starcom.spaceforce.mil. United States Space Force. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  19. ^ "533d Training Squadron Student Welcome Packet" (PDF). 30 May 2019.
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  21. ^ Cashin, Kaitlin (22 December 2020). "533rd TRS transitions to STAR Delta Provisional". spoc.spaceforce.mil. Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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  23. ^ "The 533d Training Squadron Change of Command".

Bibliography

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

  • 381st Bomb Group
  • Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner by John Comer 533d Squadron (8th Air Force, 1st Division, 381st Group)
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