90th Flying Training Squadron
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{{Use American English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 90th Flying Training Squadron
| image = 90th Flying Training Squadron - T-38 - Shepphard AFB TX.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = 90th Flying Training Squadron T-38 Talon
| dates = 1942–1945; 1973–present
| country = {{USA}}
| branch = {{air force|USA}}
| type =
| role = Pilot Training
| size =
| command_structure = Air Education and Training Command
| current_commander = Lt Col Bryan McGuire
| garrison = Sheppard Air Force Base
| nickname = Burma Banshees (World War II)Pons, p. 272
| motto = Bear Down
| colors =
| march =
| mascot =
| battles = China-Burma-India Theater{{cite web |url= https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432818/90-flying-training-squadron-aetc/ |last1=Kane|first1=Robert G.|title=Factsheet 90 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)|date=March 29, 2010|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=August 24, 2017}}
| notable_commanders =
| anniversaries =
| decorations = Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
| battle_honours =
| identification_symbol = 165px
| identification_symbol_label = 90th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 19 January 1945)
| identification_symbol_2 = 165px
| identification_symbol_2_label = Unofficial 90th Fighter Squadron emblem (CBI TheaterPons, p. 276
}}
The 90th Flying 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 90th flew combat missions in the China Burma India Theater from 16 September 1943 – 29 April 1945. While stationed at Moran, India, on 8 June 1944, the squadron again received Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. It flew its first combat mission with Thunderbolts on 25 June, having transferred its Curtiss P-40 Warhawks to the depot in Karachi or to the 88th Fighter Squadron.Pons, p. 273
=Pilot training=
It conducted undergraduate pilot training for US and allied students from 1973 to 1981 and has been part of the Euro-NATO Joint Pilot Training Program since October 1981.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 90th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942
: Activated on 9 February 1942
: Redesignated 90th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942
: Redesignated 90th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 1 July 1942
: Redesignated 90th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 28 February 1944
: Inactivated on 3 November 1945
- Redesignated 90th Flying Training Squadron on 25 May 1972
=Assignments=
- 80th Fighter Group, 9 February 1942 – 3 November 1945
- 80th Flying Training Wing, 1 January 1973
- 80th Operations Group, 2 January 1998 – present)
=Stations=
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- Selfridge Field, Michigan, 9 February 1942
- Newark Army Air Base, New Jersey, 24 June 1942
- LaGuardia Airport, New York, 27 August 1942
- Mitchel Field, New York, 27 February-30 April 1943
- Karachi, India, 28 June 1943
- Jorhat, India, c. 12 September 1943
- Moran, India, March 1944
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- Tingkawk Sakan, Burma, 27 August 1944
- Myitkyina, Burma, 21 January 1945
- Moran, India, 5 May 1945
- Dudhkundi, India, 30 May-6 October 1945
- Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 1-3 November 1945
- Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1 January 1973 – present)
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=Aircraft=
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
- Northrop T-38 Talon (1973–present)
References
=Notes=
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=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|access-date= December 17, 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|access-date= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Pons |first1=Gregory|date=Winter 2017|title="Burma Banshees" 90th Fighter Squadron P-47s|journal=AAHS Journal|publisher=American Aviation Historical Society|volume=62|issue=4|pages=272-277}}
- {{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave|access-date=December 17, 2016|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]
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