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72nd Fighter Wing

The 72d Fighter Wing was a wing of the United States Army Air Forces. It was assigned to Second Air Force, stationed at Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado. It was inactivated on 9 April 1946.

History

The wing was initially activated in August 1943 as the 72d Bombardment Operational Training Wing, a command organization for heavy bomber training. Ten days after activation, it was redesignated the 72d Fighter Wing and became single-engine fighter training organization for Second Air Force. The wing had jurisdiction over fighter Operational Training Unit and Replacement Training Unit in the midwest.

Stations assigned to the wing included:

Lineage

  • Constituted as 72d Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Heavy) on 12 August 1943
Activated on 20 August 1943
Redesigned 72d Fighter Wing on 1 September 1943
Inactivated on 9 April 1946
  • Disbanded on 15 June 1983
  • Reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesigned 372d Electronic Warfare Group
  • Disbanded on 9 September 1992

Assignments

  • Second Air Force, 12 August 1943 – 9 April 1946

Components

Stations

Aircraft

Campaign

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