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25th Flying Training Squadron

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{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name= 25th Flying Training Squadron

|image=T-38As Vance AFB 1997.jpeg

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|caption=Squadron instructor pilot and student walk towards T-38A Talons to begin flight training at Vance AFBAircraft is Northrop T-38A-75-NO Talon serial 68-8210. This aircraft visible was later converted to an T-38C.

|dates=1943–1949; 1955–1957; 1972–present

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|branch={{air force|USA}}

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|role=Pilot Training

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|command_structure=Air Education and Training Command

|current_commander=

|garrison= Vance Air Force Base

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|battles=Southwest Pacific Theater{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432836/25-flying-training-squadron-aetc/ |last1=Kane|first1=Robert B.|title=Factsheet 25 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)|date=16 March 2010|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|url-status=live |access-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615150549/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432836/25-flying-training-squadron-aetc/ |archive-date=15 June 2017 }}

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|decorations=Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

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|identification_symbol=150px

|identification_symbol_label=25 Flying Training Sq emblem (modified and reinstated 31 March 1995)

|identification_symbol_2=150px

|identification_symbol_2_label=25th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 2 January 1973)Endicott, p. 503

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|identification_symbol_3_label=25th Photographic Reconnaissance Sq emblem (approved 13 May 1944)Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 132

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The 25th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.

Overview

The squadron has provided Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) for active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and selected foreign allies since 1 November 1972.

History

The 25th flew combat reconnaissance missions in the Southwest and Western Pacific from, 5 February 1944 – 14 August 1945. It was active but not operationally manned or equipped from, November 1945 – February 1946. The squadron also conducted photographic reconnaissance in western United States between 1955 and 1957.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 5 February 1943

: Redesignated 25th Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 February 1943

: Activated on 9 February 1943

: Redesignated 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 August 1943

: Redesignated 25th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 24 January 1946

: Inactivated on 1 April 1949

  • Redesignated 25th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fighter on 4 November 1954

: Activated on 24 January 1955

: Inactivated on 1 July 1957

  • Redesignated 25th Flying Training Squadron on 14 April 1972

: Activated on 1 November 1972

=Assignments=

  • 6th Photographic Group (later 6th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping Group, 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 6th Photographic Group 6th Reconnaissance Group) Group]], 9 February 1943 (attached to V Fighter Command after 10 February 1946)
  • V Fighter Command, 27 April 1946
  • 315th Composite Wing, 31 May 1946
  • 71st Reconnaissance Group (later 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group), 28 February 1947 – 1 April 1949 (attached to 315th Composite Wing until November 1947)
  • 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 24 January 1955 – 1 July 1957
  • 71st Flying Training Wing, 1 November 1972
  • 71st Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – present

=Stations=

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: Detachment at Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, to 6 February 1945

: Air echelon at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 14 June – 14 July 1945

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=Aircraft=

References

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; Citations

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=Bibliography=

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

  • {{cite book|last=Endicott|first=Judy G.|title=Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995|url= http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/4908883/FID1533/wings_cd.pdf |accessdate=2 July 2014|year=1998 |series= Air Force History and Museums Program|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location= Washington, DC |asin= B000113MB2}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|origyear= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 December 2016|accessdate= 17 December 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition= reprint|accessdate= 17 December 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave|accessdate=17 December 2016|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|url-access=registration}}

External links

{{USAF Air Education and Training Command}}

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