[citation needed] The group provided support to Naval Ordnance Test Unit operations.

In support of space launch operations, it coordinated training for the wing, manages all wing spacecraft services systems and facilities, and manages the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip and the Patrick Air Force Base air traffic control complex, handling more than 24,000 aircraft operations annually.

[1][5][6][7][8] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the squadron began flying antisubmarine patrols off the Atlantic coast.

In 1942, it converted to various medium bombers, primarily the Douglas B-18 Bolo, which was equipped with radar for the antisubmarine mission.

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