90th Flying Training Squadron
Military unit
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.[ 2] 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 .[ 4]
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.[ 2]
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[ 2]
Assignments
Stations
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
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)[ 2]
Aircraft
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
Northrop T-38 Talon (1973–present)[ 2]
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
Leadership Structure
Personnel and training Uniforms and equipment History and traditions