88th Fighter Training Squadron

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The 88th Fighter Training Squadron is part of the 80th Flying Training Wing based at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. It operates Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.

History

=World War II=

The 88th flew combat missions in the China Burma India Theater from, 1 October 1943 – 28 April 1945.

=Flying training=

It conducted undergraduate pilot training for US and allied students from, 1973–1981 and has been part of the Euro-NATO Joint Pilot Training Program since October 1981.

=Operations=

World War II
Constituted as the 88th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942

: Activated on 9 February 1942

: Redesignated 88th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942

: Redesignated 88th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 1 July 1942

: Redesignated 88th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 28 February 1944

: Inactivated on 3 November 1945

Redesignated 88th Flying Training Squadron on 25 May 1972

: Activated on 1 Jan 1973

: Redesignated 88th Fighter Training Squadron' on 18 October 2007

=Assignments=

80th Fighter Group, 9 February 1942 – 3 November 1945
80th Flying Training Wing, 1 January 1973
80th Operations Group, 2 January 1988 – present

=Stations=

Selfridge Field, Michigan, 9 February 1942
Bridgeport Army Air Field, Connecticut, 25 June 1942
Farmingdale, New York, 2 September 1942
Mitchel Field, New York, 9 March – 30 April 1943
Karachi, India, 28 June 1943
Guskhara Airfield, India, c. 16 August 1943
Nagaghuli Airfield, India, 15 October 1943

Mokelbari, India, c. October 1943
Shingbwiyang, Burma, 3 May 1944 (detachment operated from Myitkyina, Burma, May – 20 August 1944)
Myitkyina, Burma, c. 23 January 1945
Moran, India, 3 May 1945
Dudhkundi Airfield, India, 29 May – 6 October 1945
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 1 – 3 November 1945
Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1 January 1973 – present)

=Aircraft=

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
Cessna T-37 Tweet (1973–1993)
Northrop T-38 Talon (1981 – present)

References

; Notes

=Bibliography=

{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 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 |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|orig-year=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|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|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|url-access=registration}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110608165132/http://www.sheppard.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080609-043.pdf 80th Flying Training Wing Heritage Pamphlet]
[https://www.sheppard.af.mil/Library/Fact-Sheets/factsheet/id/5168/ Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program Fact Sheet]