328th Weapons Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 328th Weapons Squadron ( 328 WPS ) is an USAF Weapons School training unit located at Nellis AFB , Nevada . The squadron ' s origins trace back to the 328th Bombardment Squadron ( Heavy ) activated on 28 January 1942 . The 328th Bombardment Squadron received a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry during the raid on the Ploesti , Romania oil refineries during August 1943 . The 328th flew the B - 29 , B - 47 , B - 50 , and B - 52G during the Cold War . Mission . The 328th WPS is one of eighteen weapons squadrons at the United States Air Force Weapons School . The 328th WPS is the largest squadron within the USAF Weapons School and the 328th manages two separate syllabi : the space superiority weapons instructor course ( WIC ) and the cyber network operations WIC . History . World War II . Established in early 1942 initially as a B - 24 Liberator reconnaissance squadron , flying antisubmarine patrols . Later was redesignated as a heavy bomb group ; trained under Third Air Force in Florida . Completed training in late 1942 ; deployed to the European theater of operations ( ETO ) as one of the initial heavy bomber squadrons assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England , September 1942 . Engaged in long - rang 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 Polesti , 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 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 over North Korea signaled the end of the propeller - driven B - 50 as a first - line strategic bomber . The squadron received B - 47 Stratojet jet bombers in 1954 . In 1955 it began receiving an early model of the B - 52 Stratofortress and upgraded to various models over the next 40 years . Taken off nuclear alert after the end of the Cold War , the squadron was inactivated in 1994 with the inactivation of its parent unit and the close of Castle AFB . Modern era . The weapons school ' s Space Division was activated in July 1996 and the Space Division was redesignated as the 328th Weapons Squadron in 2003 . The unit has graduated over 250 weapons officers .