6 November 1953 Activated 18 November 1953 Discontinued and inactivated on 15 March 1963 Redesignated 337th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Activated on 20 March 1963 (not organized) Organized on 15 September 1963 Redesignated 337th Bomb Squadron on 1 September 1991 Inactivated on 1 October 1994 Redesignated 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron on 8 April 2004 Activated on 14 May 2004 Assignments 96th Bombardment Group, 15 July 1942 – 29 November 1945 96th Bombardment Group, 29 May 1947 – 27 June 1949 96th Bombardment Wing (later 9th6 Strategic Aerospace Wing), 18 November 1953 – 15 Mar 1963 Strategic Air Command, 20 Mar 1963 (not organized) 96th Strategic Aerospace Wing (later 96th Bombardment Wing), 15 September 1963 96th Operations Group, 1 September 1991 7th Operations Group, 1 October 1993 – 1 October 1994 53d Test and Evaluation Group, 14 May 2004 753rd Test and Evaluation Group, 1 May 2021 – present Stations Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 15 July 1942 Gowen Field, Idaho, 6 August 1942 Walla Walla Army Air Base, Washington, 31 August 1942 Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, 29 September 1942 Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, 3 November 1942 Pyote Army Air Base, Texas, 7 January - 15 April 1943 RAF Andrews Field (AAF-485), England, 13 May 1943 RAF Snetterton Heath (AAF-138), England, 29 May 1943 - 22 November 1945 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 27–29 November 1945 Gunter Field (later Gunter Air Force Base), Alabama, 29 May 1947 - 27 June 1949 Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 18 November 1953 Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 8 September 1957 - 15 March 1963 Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 15 September 1963 - 1 October 1994 Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 14 May 2004 – present Aircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1942-1945) North American AT-6 Texan (1947-1949) Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (1947-1949) Boeing B-47 Stratojet (1955-1963) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (1963-1970, 1970-1972, 1973-1985) Rockwell B-1 Lancer (1986-1994, 2004–present) Decorations Distinguished Unit Citations Germany, 17 August 1943 Poznań, Poland, 9 April 1944 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards 1 January 1959 - 31 December 1960 1 July 1974 - 30 June 1975 1 July 1978 - 30 June 1979 1 July 1988 - 30 June 1990 1 July 1990 - 29 May 1992 1 June 1992 - 30 May 1994 See also List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Test and evaluation squadrons of