At the time, the usual training cycle for a bombardment group took three to four months.

During the first days of the operation, she screened the bombardment group.

This was true of both the 40th and 497th Bombardment Groups.

In 1936, he was made commander of the 19th Bombardment Group.

It became a training field with the arrival of the 100th Bombardment Group.

The group returned to the US, where it continued to support heavy bombardment groups.

Several known bombardment groups trained at the base during the war:

Its origins date to 1940 as the 22d Bombardment Group.

The group served as the parent for several other light bombardment groups and also trained pilots from Chile.

Activated in June 1943 as a heavy bombardment group.