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303rd STATIONS
28 February 1942   -   30 January 1989

[from "Might in Flight" Copyright ©1997 Harry D. Gobrecht]

STATION LOCATION FROMTO
303BG(H) Constituted Savannah, GA 28 Jan 1942 
303BG(H) Activated Pendleton, OR 03 Feb 1942 
STATESIDE TRAINING BASES     
Pendleton Field Pendleton, OR 03 Feb 1942 10 Feb 1942
Gowen Field Boise, ID 11 Feb 1942 12 Jun 1942
Bombing Gunnery Range    (A) Muroc, CA27 May 1942 12 Jun 1942
Alamogordo Air Base Alamogordo, NM 12 Jun 1942 07 Aug 1942
Biggs Field El Paso, TX 07 Aug 1942 24 Aug 1942
GROUND ECHELON
- OVERSEAS MOVEMENT
     
Fort Dix New Jersey28 Aug 1942 03 Sep 1942
Port of Embarkation New York City Harbor04 Sep 1942 
R.M.S. Queen Mary en route to U.K. 05 Sep 1942 11 Sep 1942
AIR ECHELON
- OVERSEAS MOVEMENT    (D)
     
Kellogg Field Battle Creek, MI 20 Aug 1942 07 Sep 1942
Dow Field Bangor Field, ME 03 Oct 1942 12 Oct 1942
Gander Field Gander Lake, NF 14 Oct 1942 20 Oct 1942
8th AF Prestwick, Scotland20 Oct 1942 31 Oct 1942
Station 107 Molesworth, England 21 Oct 1942 04 Nov 1942
WWII FOREIGN BASES     
Station 107   (E)
(8th Air Force)
RAF Molesworth
Huntingshire, England
12 Sep 1942 11 Jun 1945
1252nd AAF Base Unit
Cases Air Base
Casablanca, French Morroco 11 Jun 1945 25 Jul 1945
North African Division Air Transport Command (Green Project)   
303BG(H) Inactivated Casablanca, FM 25 Jul 1945 
POSTWAR STATESIDE BASES
(STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND)
     
303BG (VH) Redesignated  11 Jun 1947 
303BG (VH) Activated Andrews Field, MD 01 Jun 1947 
Andrews Field Maryland01 Jun 1947 06 Sep 1948
(Redesignated Andrews AFB - 03 Jan 1948)   
303BG (VH) Inactivated Andrews AFB, MD06 Sep 1948  
303BG (M) Redesignated  27 Aug 1951 
303BG (M ) Activated Davis-Monthan AFB 04 Sep 1951 
Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, AZ 04 Sep 1951 16 Jun 1952
POSTWAR FOREIGN BASES     
303rd Tactical Missile Wing
Activated
RAF Molesworth England12 Dec 1986 
303rd TMW RAF Molesworth 24 Jul 1987 30 Jan 1989
3rd Air Force - Responsible for the
employment of four Ground Launched
Cruise (GLCM) Missile flights within the
United Kingdom in support of NATO objectives.
     
303rd Tactical Missile Wing
Inactivated
RAF Molesworth  30 Jan 1989

(A) Air Echelon only
(D) Arrival and departure dates varied for each Squadron
(E) Ground Echelon arrived 12 September 1942. Air Echelon arrived between
       21 October 1942 and 04 November 1942