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    • Source: 90th Flying Training Squadron

      • 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.


      = 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
      Activated on 1 January 1973


      = 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

      =


      = Aircraft

      =
      Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
      Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
      Northrop T-38 Talon (1973–present)


      References




      = Notes

      =


      = Bibliography

      =
      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.
      Pons, Gregory (Winter 2017). ""Burma Banshees" 90th Fighter Squadron P-47s". AAHS Journal. 62 (4). American Aviation Historical Society: 272–277.
      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


      80th Flying Training Wing Heritage Pamphlet
      Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) Program Fact Sheet

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