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The 66th Training Squadron is an active unit of the United States Air Force. Its current assignment is with the 336th Training Group at Fairchild Air Force Base where is performs the training for the SERE instructor course for the USAF.




History






= World War II

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During World War II, the squadron operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater, conveying personnel, dropping parachutists, towing gliders, transporting cargo, munitions and evacuating casualties in numerous campaigns. The squadron earned both the United States Distinguished Unit Citation and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat operations.




= Air Force reserve

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As part of the Air Force Reserve during the postwar years, the squadron performed peacetime transport missions. Ordered to active service during the Korean War, the units' equipment and personnel were reassigned to Far East Air Force active duty units. It was then inactivated as a paper unit.




= Survival training

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The 3614th Combat Crew Training Squadron was activated at Clark Air Base, Philippines in April 1971, when Air Training Command assumed responsibility for operating th Jungle Survival School there from Pacific Air Forces.




Lineage


66th Troop Carrier Squadron
Constituted as the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron on 7 December 1942
Activated on 12 December 1942
Inactivated on 15 January 1946
Activated in the reserve on 3 August 1947
Redesignated the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) on 27 June 1949.
Ordered to active service on 1 April 1951.
Inactivated on 17 April 1951
Consolidated with the 3614th Combat Crew Training Squadron as the 66th Crew Training Squadron on 1 January 1993
66th Training Squadron
Designated as the 3614th Combat Crew Training Squadron
Organized on 1 April 1971
Consolidated with the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron as the 66th Crew Training Squadron on 1 January 1993
Redesignated 66th Training Squadron on 1 April 1994




= Assignments

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403d Troop Carrier Group, 12 December 1942
Fifth Air Force, 21 July 1943
54th Troop Carrier Wing, 13 August 1943
433d Troop Carrier Group, 9 November 1943
403d Troop Carrier Group, 20 February 1945 – 15 January 1946
419th Troop Carrier Group, 3 August 1947
403d Troop Carrier Group, 27 June 1949 – 17 April 1951
3636th Combat Crew Training Group (later 336th Crew Training Group, 336th Training Group), 1 April 1971 – present




= Stations

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= Aircraft

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1943–1945
Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1944–1945
Stinson L-5 Sentinel, 1945




References






= Notes

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Explanatory notes

Citations




= Bibliography

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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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.
Mueller, Robert (1989). Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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