39th Flying Training Squadron

It operates the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk and Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting Pilot Instructor Training. ==History==

World War II Activated by Northeast Air District (later First Air Force) as the 39th Pursuit Squadron, a Bell P-39 pursuit squadron, at Selfridge Field, Michigan, where it was one of a number of units drawing its cadre from the 1st Pursuit Group, stationed there. The squadron moved to Baer Field, Indiana the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor, but was soon rushed to Bellingham Army Air Field, where it flew antisubmarine patrols off the coast of Washington until the middle of January 1942, when it was reassigned from the 31st Pursuit Group to the 35th Pursuit Group, which was preparing for deployment to Australia. Participated in offensives in the Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Philippines and the Battle of Okinawa. Far East Air Forces Re-equipped with North American P-51 Mustangs and moved to Japan as part of the army of occupation, September 1945, remaining as part of the Far East Air Forces air defense mission throughout the postwar era. Engaged in combat, June 1950, during the initial actions of the Korean War. Re-equipped with Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star jets, fighting air-to-air combat against communist aircraft and engaging in ground support missions supporting United Nations Forces, 1950–1953. Returned to Japan after the 1953 armistice and upgraded to the purpose-built Lockheed F-94 Starfire interceptor flying air defense missions. The squadron moved to Johnson Air Base on 20 July 1954 and established temporary air defense detachments on the same day at Komaki Air Base, Japan to 4 August 1954 and at Misawa Air Base, Japan to 27 August 1954. Reactivated by Tactical Air Command in 1969 at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, assuming the personnel and equipment of the 4417th Combat Crew Training Squadron. Equipped with reconnaissance and electronic warfare versions of the Douglas B-66 Destroyer and trained tactical reconnaissance and electronic warfare crews from, 1969–1974 when the B-66 was retired. Moved to George Air Force Base, California and equipped with McDonnell F-4E Phantom IIs. Trained Wild Weasel aircrews in surface to air missile suppression tactics from, 1977–1984. Inactivated when the F-4 was retired. Reactivated by Air Training Command as an undergraduate pilot training squadron with Northrop T-38 Talons, 1990–1991. Transferred to Air Force Materiel Command, 1993 as a flight test squadron on various weapons systems from 1993 to 1999, then went back to Air Education and Training Command providing flying training from 2001 till 2007 where it was transferred to the Air Force Reserve Command. 's P-51, October 2020 ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 39th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 22 December 1939 : Activated on 1 February 1940 : Redesignated 39th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 : Redesignated 39th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 27 October 1942 : Redesignated 39th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 19 February 1944 : Redesignated 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950 : Inactivated on 8 December 1957 • Redesignated 39th Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron on 18 August 1969 : Organized on 15 October 1969 : Redesignated 39th Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron on 15 February 1970 : Inactivated on 15 March 1974 • Redesignated 39th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 June 1977 : Activated on 1 July 1977 : Redesignated 39th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 9 October 1980 : Inactivated on 11 May 1984 • Redesignated 39th Flying Training Squadron on 9 February 1990 : Activated on 2 April 1990 : Inactivated on 15 December 1991 • Redesignated 39th Test Squadron on 31 August 1993 : Activated on 8 September 1993 : Redesignated 39th Flight Test Squadron on 15 March 1994 : Inactivated on 1 September 1999 • Redesignated 39th Flying Training Squadron on 30 September 1999 : Activated in the reserve on 2 April 2001 Aircraft • Seversky P-35 Guardsman (1940–1941) • Curtiss P-36 Hawk (1940–1941) • Bell P-39 Airacobra (1941–1942) • Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1942–1943) • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1943–1944) • North American P-51 Mustang (later F-51) (1944–1945, 1945–1952) • Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (1950) • North American F-86D Sabre (1952–1957) • Lockheed F-94 Starfire (1954) • Douglas RB-66 Destroyer (1969–1970) • Douglas WB-66 Destroyer (1969–1970) • Douglas EB-66 Destroyer (1970–1974) • McDonnell F-4 Phantom II (1977–1980, 1982–1984) • Republic F-105 Thunderchief (1977) • Cessna T-37 Tweet (1990–1991) • Northrop T-38 Talon (1990–1991, 2001–present) • General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (1993–1999) • Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (1995–1999) • Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II (1999) • Beechcraft T-6 Texan II (2001–present) • Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk (2007–present) ==Notable members==

• Charles Peter O'Sullivan, Squadron commander in World War II ==References==