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The 41st Flying Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft conducting flight training.
The squadron's mission is to train future Air Force military aviators in Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Phase 2 in the T-6A. Additionally, the 41st trains several foreign military pilots each year in the T-6, through both Foreign Military Sales program and the international Aviation Leadership Program. To accomplish its mission, the squadron annually flies over 17,200 sorties and 22,000 flight hours. The squadron also qualifies and sustains 80–90 mission-ready T-6 instructor pilots. The "Flying Buzzsaws" are currently commanded by Lt Col Timothy "Bogey" Thoren.




History


The squadron flew antisubmarine patrols off the coast of Washington from 14 December 1941 – 21 January 1942.
Transferred to the Southwest Pacific theater in early 1942, the 41st converted to the Bell P-39 Airacobra at Sydney, Australia. Scrambled in response to an attack on Sydney Harbour by Japanese submarines, 1/Lt George Cantello died when his P-39 crashed, soon after takeoff.
On 23 July 1942, the squadron commenced frontline combat sorties in New Guinea, including air patrols, bomber escort, and close air support. It later converted to the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Combat sorties continued until 14 August 1945.
During the Korean War, the squadron flew air defense sorties over Japan. It had been re-designated the 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. It conducted academic training for pilots and managed the accelerated copilot enrichment training program from, 1990–1991 and has conducted student flight training since 1998.




Lineage


Constituted as the 41st Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 22 December 1939
Activated on 1 February 1940
Redesignated 41st Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942
Redesignated 41st Fighter Squadron, Single-Engine on 14 February 1944
Redesignated 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950
Discontinued and inactivated on 8 March 1960
Redesignated 41st Flying Training Squadron on 1 January 1990
Activated on 10 January 1990
Inactivated on 15 May 1991
Activated on 1 October 1998




= Assignments

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31st Pursuit Group, 1 February 1940
35th Pursuit Group (later 35th Fighter Group, 35th Fighter-Interceptor Group), 15 January 1942 (attached to 6162d Air Base Wing, 1 December 1950 – 25 June 1951)
327th Air Division, 1 October 1957 – 8 March 1960
64th Flying Training Wing, 10 January 1990 – 15 May 1991
14th Operations Group, 1 October 1998 – present




= Stations

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Bolling Field, District of Columbia, 1 February 1940
Selfridge Field, Michigan, 21 October 1940
Baer Field, Indiana, 6 December 1941
Paine Field, Washington, c. 15 December 1941 – 21 January 1942
Archerfield Airport, Australia, 25 February 1942
Ballarat Airport, Ballarat, Australia, 8 March 1942
Mount Gambier Airport, Australia, 17 March 1942
Bankstown Airfield, Australia, 7 April 1942
Rogers Airfield (30 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, c. 20 July 1942
Tsili Tsili Airfield, New Guinea, 16 August 1943
Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 22 October 1943
Gusap Airfield, New Guinea, 15 February 1944
Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 9 June 1944
Kornasoren Airfield Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, New Guinea, 16 August 1944
Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 17 September 1944
Wama Airfield, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, 17 October 1944
Mangaldan Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 21 January 1945
Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 16 April 1945
Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 20 April 1945
Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 30 June 1945
Irumagawa Air Base, Japan, 10 October 1945
Yokota Air Base, Japan, c. 25 March 1950
Johnson Air Base, Japan, 14 August 1950
Detachments operated from Misawa Air Base, Japan 6 September 1950 – August 1951 and Niigata Air Base, Japan c. 25 May 1951 – 31 October 1954
Yokota Air Base, Japan, 13 August 1954
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, c. 5 August 1956 – 8 March 1960
Reese Air Force Base, Texas, 10 January 1990 – 15 May 1991
Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1 October 1998 – present




= Aircraft operated

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References






= Notes

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= Bibliography

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Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.




External links


Holcomb, A1C Keith (8 September 2017). "41st FTS shows training pilots is no small task". 14 Flying Training Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 10 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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