[6] AAF Antisubmarine Command soon reorganized, eliminating its groups and assigning its squadrons directly to its two wings.

[4] It moved to Fairmont Army Air Field, Nebraska for training in August 1944 and received Bell B-29B Superfortresses designed for fast low-level bomb runs.

The squadron deployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations, where it was stationed at Northwest Field, Guam under XXI Bomber Command's 315th Bombardment Wing.

It flew very long range strategic bombardment missions over the Japanese Home Islands concentrating on oil industry targets, particularly refineries and coal liquification facilities (26 June – 14 August 1945).

The 15th Bombardment Squadron was reactivated as a reserve unit at Hill Field, Utah on 1 August 1947,[3] where it trained under the supervision of Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 402d AAF Base Unit (later 2344th Air Force Reserve Flying Training Center).

[11] The 15th was inactivated when President Truman's reduced 1949 defense budget required reductions in the number of units in the Air Force,[12] as reserve flying operations at Hill ceased.

[3] Combat Talon was first operational as Detachment 1, 314th Troop Carrier Wing beginning 1 September 1966, as a support unit for MACV-SOG.

[3] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Further reading