The 588th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 395th Bombardment Group

395th Bombardment Group

The 395th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Second Air Force, being stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944....

, stationed at Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. It was inactivated on 1 April 1944

History

The unit was established as a B-17 Flying Fortress Operational Training Unit (OTU) as part of Second Air Force

Second Air Force

The Second Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command . It is headquartered at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi....

. It was inactivated in April 1944 as part of the phaseout of B-17 training.

Lineage

• Constituted 588th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 29 January 1943

Activated on 16 February 1943

Inactivated on 1 April 1944

Stations

• Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 16 February 1943
• Ardmore Army Air Field, Oklahoma
  Oklahoma
  Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
  
  , 25 October 1943-1 April 1944