325th Weapons Squadron The 325th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the USAF Weapons School , stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base , Missouri . The 325th WPS is a Geographically Separated Unit ( GSU ) of the 57th Wing , assigned to Nellis AFB , Nevada . The mission of the squadron is to provide B - 2 Spirit instructional flying . History . Activated as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron in early 1942 ; trained by Third Air Force in the southeastern United States . Deployed to European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) , being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England , one of the first squadrons being assigned to the command . In the ETO , the squadron initially trained replacement crews for combat at RAF Bovingdon . During the period from 18 August 1942 through 6 January 43 , the squadron flew four combat missions while conducting replacement crew training . Upon completion of its training mission , the 325th moved to RAF Alconbury on 6 January 1943 where it and its parent 92d Bombardment Group underwent reorganization . When they emerged in May 1943 , the 92 BG and 325 BS were ready for combat . The group ' s B - 17s , flew their first post - reorganization combat mission on 15 May 1943 . On 20 August 1943 , the personnel and aircraft were assumed by the 813th Bombardment Squadron ( Pathfinder ) . In September 1943 , the squadron was re - equipped with replacement personnel and aircraft , and was once again moved , this time to RAF Podington , where it would remain until the until German capitulation in May 1945 . The 92d flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945 when it had the distinction of leading the Eighth Air Force ' s final sortie of the conflict . The 92 BG flew a total of 308 combat missions . Reassigned to Air Transport Command in June 1945 as part of Operation Green . Used B - 17s as transports , flying demobilized personnel to ATC sites in Morocco and Azores from France . Aircraft turrets were removed and re - skinned , the bomb racks removed , flooring and seating installed to accommodate 30 passengers . The flight crew was reduced to pilot , co - pilot , navigator , flight engineer and radio operator . In addition the engineer and radio operator would act as stewards , to assist and calm the many first time flyers . The 325th ' s aircraft helped move 19 , 935 troops while also helping to return 5 , 672 Frenchmen to France . Inactivated in February 1946 . Reactivated as a Strategic Air Command B - 29 Superfortress squadron in July 1946 . Performed strategic bombardment training until 1950 ; being deployed to Far East Air Forces and flying combat missions over North Korea . Under control of the FEAF Bomber Command ( Provisional ) until 20 October , the squadron bombed factories , refineries , iron works , hydroelectric plants , airfields , bridges , tunnels , troop concentrations , barracks , marshalling yards , road junctions , rail lines , supply dumps , docks , vehicles and other strategic and interdiction targets . Returned to Spokane AFB , Washington in late October and November 1950 . Re - equipped with B - 36 Peacemaker intercontinental strategic bomber in 1951 . Engaged in training operations on a worldwide scale ; being upgraded to B - 52 Stratofortress in 1957 standing nuclear alert until being stood down in 1992 at the end of the Cold War . Reactivated as a B - 2 Spirit bomb squadron in 1998 . Taken off operational flying status , being redesignated as a weapons training squadron at Whiteman in 2005 , assuming assets on inactivated 715th Weapons Squadron .