# 330th Combat Training Squadron

The 330th Combat Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 461st Air Control Wing based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

## Commanders of the 330th Combat Training Squadron

The Commander of the 330th Combat Training Squadron (CTS) is an Air Force position generally held by a Lieutenant Colonel. The 330 CTS is the Battle Control Center (BCC) formal training unit (FTU) responsible for delivering combat ready Airmen to the worldwide BCCs.
| | Commander | From | Through |
| 1 | Col Kenneth A. Cool | March, 1942 | June, 1943 |
| 2 | Maj Ramsey D. Potts | June, 1943 | August, 1943 |
| 3 | Capt John R. Roache | August, 1943 | Unknown |
| 4 | Maj Clarence R. Porter | Unknown | 16 March 1944 |
| 5 | Lt Col James C. Beam | 16 March 1944 | 1 May 1944 |
| 6 | Maj Harley D. Sather | 1 May 1944 | 26 May 1944 |
| 7 | Maj J.J. Smith | 26 May 1944 | 31 May 1944 |
| 8 | Maj George O. McCafferty | 31 May 1944 | 1 June 1944 |
| 9 | Maj Henry K. Segars Jr. | 1 June 1944 | 18 September 1944 |
| 10 | Maj Arthur Williamson | 18 September 1944 | 6 October 1944 |
| 11 | Lt Col Arther P. Hurr | 6 October 1944 | 24 March 1945 |
| 12 | Maj Robert J.D. Johnson | 24 March 1945 | August, 1945 |
| 13 | Capt Albert J. Loeffler | August, 1945 | September, 1945 |
| 14 | Maj William H. Moore | September, 1945 | Unknown |
| 15 | Lt Col Robert H. Stuart | June, 1948 | Unknown |
| 16 | Col William W. Wisman | Unknown | 22 October 1951 |
| 17 | Lt Col Robert K. Simeral | 22 October 1951 | January, 1954 |
| 18 | Lt Col Joseph J. Semanek | January, 1954 | 8 October 1954 |
| 19 | Lt Col Bryan M. Shotts | 8 October 1954 | 2 April 1958 |
| 20 | Lt Col Jack O'Reagan | 2 April 1958 | May, 1959 |
| 21 | Lt Col Robert J. Jones | May, 1959 | July, 1960 |
| 22 | Lt Col Fancis J. O'Sullivan | July, 1960 | September, 1961 |
| 23 | Lt Col Frank A. Sheehan | September, 1961 | June, 1963 |
| 24 | Lt Col Rowan M. Perkins | June, 1963 | July, 1963 |
| 25 | Lt Col Rex E. Zepp | July, 1963 | September, 1963 |
| 26 | Lt Col Billy F. Richey | 24 August 1988 | 16 March 1990 |
| 27 | Lt Col Jeffery J. Parker | 16 March 1990 | 1 November 1990 |
| 28 | Lt Col Danny M. Rouse | 1 November 1990 | 28 February 1992 |
| 29 | Lt Col William F. Kuerz II | 28 February 1992 | Unknown |
| 30 | Lt Col Steve Barrett | 1 March 2002 | 5 March 2004 |
| 31 | Lt Col John Hansen | 5 March 2004 | 19 December 2005 |
| 32 | Lt Col Patrick W. Taylor | 19 December 2005 | 19 December 2007 |
| 33 | Lt Col Derrick Dykes | 19 December 2007 | 9 August 2009 |
| 34 | Lt Col Mark Burnette | 9 August 2009 | 22 April 2011 |
| 35 | Lt Col Michael A. Reschke | 22 April 2011 | 5 April 2013 |
| 36 | Lt Col William B. Jackson | 5 April 2013 | 6 April 2015 |
| 37 | Lt Col Brandon C. Durant | 6 April 2015 | 21 April 2017 |
| 38 | Lt Col Kendra Li | 21 April 2017 | 12 April 2019 |
| 39 | Lt Col Sean P. Cullen | 12 April 2019 | 23 April 2021 |
| 40 | Lt Col Michael J. Gutierrez | 23 April 2021 | 20 April 2023 |
| 41 | Lt Col Kyle E. Stramblad | 20 April 2023 | Present |

## History
### World War II

Established in early 1942 initially as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator reconnaissance squadron, flying antisubmarine patrols. Later trained under Third Air Force in Florida. Completed training in late 1942; deploying to European Theater of Operations as one of the initial heavy bomber squadrons assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England, September 1942.
Engaged in long-range strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe. Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt in December 1942; operating from airfields in Libya and Tunisia. Raided enemy military and industrial targets in Italy and in the southern Balkans, including the Nazi-controlled oilfields at Ploiești, Romania, receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry in that raid. Also flew tactical bombing raids against Afrika Korps defensive positions in Tunisia; supporting British Eighth Army forces in their advance to Tunis, in September and October 1943.
Returned to England with disestablishment of IX Bomber Command in North Africa. From England, resumed long-range strategic bombardment raids on Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States' air offensive. The squadron was one of the most highly decorated units in the Eighth Air Force, continuing offensive attacks until the German capitulation in May 1945.
Returned to the United States in June 1945; being re-manned and re-equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers. Trained for deployment to the Central Pacific Area to carry out very long range strategic bombing raids over Japan. Japanese capitulation in August canceled plans for deployment, instead became Continental Air Command (later Strategic Air Command) B-29 squadron.

### Cold War

During the Cold War, the squadron was equipped with new weapons systems as they became available, performing strategic bombardment training with the B-50 Superfortress, an advanced version of the B-29 in 1950. The B-50 gave the unit the capability to carry heavy loads of conventional weapons faster and farther as well as being designed for atomic bomb missions if necessary. By 1951, the emergence of the Soviet MiG-15 interceptor in the skies of North Korea signaled the end of the propeller-driven B-50 as a first-line strategic bomber. Received Boeing B-47 Stratojet jet bombers in 1954, and in 1955 began receiving early model of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Inactivated in 1963 due to retirement of the B-52B and also budget restrictions.

### Post Cold War

Reactivated in 1988 as the 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron. The squadron received aircraft from the inactivating 320th Bombardment Wing at Mather Air Force Base. In 1992 after the deactivation of SAC, the 330 FTS aligned under the 398th Operations Group at Castle Air Force Base, California and continued training KC-135 and B-52 crew members to become flight instructors. The squadron inactivated in 1994 after the end of the Cold War and the reduction of the B-52 fleet. Reactivated in 2002 at Robins Air Force Base as an advanced training unit for the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft. Transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard when the Guard became the primary operator of the JSTARS. Returned to the regular Air Force in 2011 as the 461st Air Control Wing assumed the JSTARS mission which ran successfully until February 2023. In April 2023, the 330th Combat Training Squadron began its present mission, training disciplined combat ready warriors to execute the Battle Management Control Squadron taskings.

## Lineage

* Constituted as the 330th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 28 January 1942
    Activated on 1 March 1942
    Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943
    Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 23 May 1945
    Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 28 May 1948
    Redesignated 330th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 1 February 1955
    Inactivated on 15 September 1963
    Redesignated as 330th Combat Flight Instructor Squadron on 5 August 1988
    Activated on 24 August 1988.
    Redesignated as 330th Flying Training Squadron on 1 June 1992
    Inactivated on 20 January 1994
    Redesignated as 330th Combat Training Squadron on 28 June 2002
    Activated on 13 August 2002
    Allotted to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2002
    Relieved from allotment to the National Guard Bureau on 1 October 2011

### Assignments

* 93d Bombardment Group, 1 March 1942 (attached to 93d Bombardment Wing after 10 February 1951)
* 93d Bombardment Wing, 16 June 1952 – 15 September 1963
* 93d Bombardment Wing, 24 August 1988 – 1 September 1991
* 398th Operations Group, 1 June 1992 – 20 January 1994
* 93d Operations Group, 13 August 2002
* 116th Air Control Wing, 1 October 2002
* 461st Operations Group, 1 October 2011 – present

### Aircraft/Weapons Systems

* Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1942–1945
* Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1945–1949
* Boeing B-50 Superfortress, 1949–1954
* Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1954–1955
* Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1955–1963, 1988–1992
* Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, 1988-1993
* Boeing E-8 Joint STARS, 2002–2023
* Battle Control Center (BCC) 2023–Present