• Source: 50th Flying Training Squadron

The 50th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates Northrop T-38C Talon aircraft conducting flight training.




Mission


Training Combat Pilots for America
The advanced phase of undergraduate pilot training is conducted by the 50th Flying Training Squadron. This phase consists of 110 hours of flight instruction in the Northrop T-38C. Training includes advanced aircraft handling, tactical navigation, fluid maneuvering and an increased emphasis in two- and four-ship formation. At the completion of training, the graduate is awarded the aeronautical rating of pilot.




History






= World War II

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The 50th flew patrols on the West Coast of the United States from February–June 1942 then provided air defense of Iceland from August 1942-February 1944. It was not operational between February 1944 and its inactivation in August 1944.




= Air Force reserves

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The squadron was active in the reserve from 1947 to 1949.




= Flying training

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The squadron has conducted undergraduate pilot training since, 1 June 1972.




Lineage


Constituted as the 50th Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 20 November 1940
Activated on 15 January 1941
Redesignated 50th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942
Redesignated 50th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine on 28 February 1944
Disbanded on 9 August 1944
Reconstituted and redesignated 50th Fighter Squadron (All Weather) on 23 May 1947
Activated in the reserve on 12 June 1947
Inactivated on 27 June 1949
Redesignated 50th Flying Training Squadron on 22 Mar 1972
Activated on 1 June 1972




= Assignments

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14th Pursuit Group (later 14th Fighter Group), 15 January 1941
342d Composite Group, 14 November 1942
Eighth Air Force, February–9 Aug 1944 (attached to 8th Reconnaissance Group (Provisional) [later, 802d Reconnaissance Group (Provisional)])
Second Air Force, 12 June 1947
381st Bombardment Group, 30 September 1947 – 27 June 1949
14th Flying Training Wing, 1 Jun 1972
14th Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – present




= Stations

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= Aircraft

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See also


50 FTS Performing Atlanta Braves Opening Day Flyover




References






= Notes

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= Bibliography

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• Malayney, Norman, The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in World War II, 2011, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ISBN 978-0-7643-3950-9, Section: 50th Fighter Squadron pp-22-30.




External links


50th Flying Training Squadron Website
Columbus AFB Public Site:

https://web.archive.org/web/20071123064834/http://www.columbus.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=5233

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