The 402d Bombardment Group was activated in China and assigned to
Fourteenth Air Force in early 1943. Programmed for
North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, however no aircraft or squadrons were assigned and its headquarters apparently was never fully manned. The unit was disbanded a few months later.[1]
The two
World War II groups were reconstituted and consolidated as the 402d Fighter-Day Group and assigned to
Tactical Air Command.[1] Planned as an
F-100 Super Sabre group, however decision was made to keep Greenville AFB as an
Air Training Command base. As a result, no aircraft were assigned and the unit was inactivated in 1957.
Lineage
402d Bombardment Group
Constituted as the 402d Bombardment Group (Medium) on 20 April 1943
Activated on 19 May 1943
Disbanded on 31 July 1943
Reconstituted and consolidated with the 402d Fighter Group on 3 October 1956[1]
402d Fighter-Day Group
Constituted as the 402d Fighter Group on 24 September 1943
Activated on 1 October 1943
Disbanded on 10 April 1944.
Reconstituted as the 402d Fighter-Day Group on 4 October 1956