page_title: 865th Bombardment Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 865th Bombardment Squadron
caption_attribution_description: English: On the left is: "Pious Plunderer" B-24J-175-CO Liberator s/n 44-40668 865th BS, 494th BG On the right is: "Armed Venus" B-24J-175-CO Liberator s/n 44-40740 867th BS, 494th BG
context_page_description: The 865th Technical Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 1st Missile Division at Redstone Arsenal. Alabama, where it trained Italian Air Force personnel on the SM-78 Jupiter. It was inactivated on 1 November 1959.
  The squadron was first activated as the 865th Bombardment Squadron during World War II. After training in the United States, it deployed to the Pacific, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Japan. It returned to the United States and was inactivated in 1946. In 1958, it was redesignated the 865th Strategic Missile Squadron and conducted intermediate range ballistic missile training until again inactivating.
context_section_description: The 865th Technical Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 1st Missile Division at Redstone Arsenal. Alabama, where it trained Italian Air Force personnel on the SM-78 Jupiter. It was inactivated on 1 November 1959.
  The squadron was first activated as the 865th Bombardment Squadron during World War II.  After training in the United States, it deployed to the Pacific, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Japan.  It returned to the United States and was inactivated in 1946.  In 1958, it was redesignated the 865th Strategic Missile Squadron and conducted intermediate range ballistic missile training until again inactivating.
caption: Squadron B-24 Liberators on their way to a target, 24 February 1945
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