and American Fifth Army in northern Italy. The squadron returned to the United States in August 1945, being programmed for deployment to the Pacific Theater as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombardment squadron. A cadre reformed at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota in the middle of the month. The Japanese surrender in August led to the inactivation of unit on 28 August. Reserve operations The 759th was activated as a reserve unit at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona in April 1947, although its parent 459th Group was located at Long Beach Army Air Field, California. Although nominally a heavy bomber unit, it is not clear whether the squadron was equipped with operational aircraft prior to 1949. The rest of the 459th Group at Long Beach trained with North American T-6 Texans and Beechcraft T-7 Navigators and T-11 Kansans The squadron trained under the supervision of the 419th AAF Base Unit (later the 2348th Air Force Reserve Flying Training Center). President Truman’s reduced 1949 defense budget required reductions in the number of units in the Air Force. ConAC also reorganized its reserve units under the wing base organization system in June 1949, making the 459th Group and its squadrons at Long Beach surplus. However, the May 1949 Air Force Reserve program called for a new type of unit, the corollary unit, which was a reserve unit integrated with an active duty unit. The plan called for corollary units at 107 locations. It was viewed as the best method to train reservists by mixing them with an existing regular unit to perform duties alongside the regular unit. The 459th Group headquarters moved without personnel or equipment to Davis-Monthan and the group and squadron became corollaries of Strategic Air Command (SAC)'s 43d Bombardment Group, a B-29 unit. Along with all other reserve corollary units, the group was mobilized for the Korean War. Once the squadron was mobilized in May 1951 SAC reassigned its personnel to other units and the unit inactivated the following month. Lineage Constituted as the 759 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 May 1943 Activated on 1 July 1943 Redesignated 759 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 29 September 1944 Inactivated on 28 August 1945 Redesignated 759 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 11 March 1947 Activated in the reserve on 19 April 1947 Redesignated 759 Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 26 June 1949 Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951 Inactivated on