16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing

The 540th Combat Crew Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active in 1946 at Colorado Springs, assigned to Continental Air Forces. The wing was first activated in the pre-World War II buildup of the United States Army Air Corps, but was inactivated in 1942 and its personnel used as the cadre for another unit. The wing was activated the following year as the 16th Bombardment Training Wing, and controlled Operational Training Units for heavy bombers, and later very heavy bombers. Following the end of the war, it was inactivated. In 1985, it was redesignated, but has remained inactive since then.