29th Flying Training Wing The 29th Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last based at Craig AFB , Alabama . It was inactivated when Craig AFB was closed as a budget reduction action after the Vietnam War . The unit ' s origins begin with its United States Army Air Forces World War II predecessor , the 29th Bombardment Group ( 29th BG ) . It originally conducted anti - submarine warfare over the Caribbean during the early years of the war as part of Third Air Force . Later , the 29th BG was a Replacement Training Unit ( RTU ) of the Army Air Forces Training Command . In 1944 , the group was reequipped with B - 29 Superfortress es and was engaged in combat as part of Twentieth Air Force . The 29th Bomb Group ' s aircraft engaged in very heavy bombardment B - 29 Superfortress operations against Japan . The group ' s World War II tail code was a " Square O " . History . World War II . Constituted as the 29th Bombardment Group ( Heavy ) on 22 December 1939 . Activated on 1 February 1940 at Langley AAF , Virginia . Equipped with B - 17C Flying Fortresses and B - 18 Bolo s , the group trained and took part in aerial reviews as part of the GHQ Air Force . After the attack on Pearl Harbor , the 29th was reassigned to Third Air Force and flew antisubmarine patrol missions in the Caribbean area , December 1941 – June 1942 from MacDill AAF , Florida . After the antisubmarine mission was turned over to the Navy and Coast Guard , the 29th was reequipped with B - 24 Liberator bombers and was reassigned to Gowen AAF , Idaho , where it functioned as an operational training ( OTU ) and later as a replacement training unit ( RTU ) . The group was inactivated on 1 April 1944 along with a general phasedown of B - 24 training . The group was immediately redesignated as the 29th Bombardment Group ( Very Heavy ) and was reactivated the same day . Equipped with B - 29 Superfortress es , the unit was remanned and reassigned to Pratt Army Airfield , Kansas . At Pratt , the unit prepared for overseas duty and was deployed to the Southwest Pacific , being assigned to North Field , Guam during December 1944 / January 1945 . On Guam , the 29th was assigned to the Twentieth Air Force , 314th Bombardment Wing . Its B - 29 tail code was " Square O " . The 29th flew its first mission against Japan with an attack on Tokyo on 25 February 1945 . It conducted a number of missions against strategic targets in Japan , operating in daylight and at high altitude to bomb factories , refineries , and other objectives . Beginning in March 1945 , the group carried out incendiary raids on area targets , flying at night and at low altitude to complete the assignments . S / Sgt Henry E Erwin was awarded the Medal of Honor for action that saved his B - 29 during a mission over Koriyama , Japan , on 12 April 1945 . When a phosphorus smoke bomb exploded in the launching chute and shot back into the plane , Sgt Erwin picked up the burning bomb , carried it to a window , and threw it out . During the Allied assault on Okinawa , the 29th Bomb Group bombed airfields from which the enemy was sending out suicide planes against the invasion force . Received a Distinguished Unit Citation ( DUC ) for an attack on an airfield at Omura , Japan , on 31 March 1945 . Received a second DUC for strikes on the industrial area of Shizuoka , the Mitsubishi aircraft plant at Tamashima , and the Chigusa arsenal at Nagoya , in June 1945 . After the war , dropped food and supplies to Allied prisoners and participated in several show - of - force missions over Japan . Inactivated on Guam on 20 May 1946 . Cold War . The 29th Flying Training Wing replaced , and absorbed resources of , the 3615th Flying Training Wing on 1 July 1972 . at Craig AFB , Alabama * * . The 29th FTW conducted graduate pilot training and operated Craig AFB , Ala , facilities . In 1974 , Craig AFB was selected as one of two UPT bases to be closed in a post - Vietnam economic move . In 1977 , Air Training Command closed Craig Air Force Base along with Webb Air Force Base in Texas . Craig ' s 29th Flying Training Wing was inactivated on 30 September 1977 and the field was placed on caretaker status the next day . . * * An unrelated unit , the World War II 29th Flying Training Wing was the operational training unit ( OTU ) at nearby Napier Army Airfield , Alabama where it commanded the 2116th ( Pilot School , Advanced , Single - Engine ) Army Air Force Base Unit , providing advanced & specialized training in single engine aircraft , including AT - 6 Texans and P - 40 fighters . This World War II organization , although having a similar designation , was not related to the host unit at Craig AFB in the 1970s .