2nd Fighter Training Squadron

World War II Originally constituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron on 20 November 1940, the squadron was activated on 15 January 1941. It served in World War II with the 52d Pursuit Group, and during that period flew the Curtis P-40 Warhawk and Bell P-39 Airacobra. The 2d also flew combat missions in the Supermarine Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang in the European and Mediterranean Theaters, serving specifically in air campaigns in Europe, Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Normandy, Northern France, Southern France, north Apennines, Rhineland, Central Europe, Po Valley, and performed air combat. The unit received two Distinguished Unit Citations for operations in Germany and Romania in 1944. Following World War II, the squadron was inactivated on 7 November 1945 at Drew Field, Florida. United States Air Force Air Defense Command It was reactivated on 9 November 1946 and was assigned to the 52d Fighter Group under which it served tours in Schweinfurt Air Base and Bad Kissingen, Germany. Returning to Mitchell Field, New York, the squadron was designated the 2d Fighter Squadron and flew the Northrop P-61 Black Widow. In 1949, the 2d was moved to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where it began flying the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940 : Activated on 15 January 1941 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20 August 1944 : Inactivated on 7 November 1945 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron (All Weather) on 18 October 1946 • Activated on 9 November 1946 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron, All Weather on 10 May 1948 : Redesignated 2d Fighter-All Weather Squadron on 20 January 1950 : Redesignated 2d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 May 1951 : Inactivated on 31 December 1969 • Activated on 1 July 1971 : Inactivated on 31 March 1973 : Redesignated 2d Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 15 August 1974 • Activated on 1 September 1974 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron on 1 February 1982 : Redesignated 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 May 1984 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991 : Inactivated on 30 September 2010 : Redesignated 2d Fighter Training Squadron on 9 July 2014 : Activated on 22 August 2014 Northern Ireland, 19 August 1942 • RAF Goxhill (Station 345), England, 26 August – 27 October 1942 (air echelon at RAF Biggin Hill until 13 September 1942) • La Senia Airfield, Algeria, 13 November 1942 (air echelon dispersed at Maison Blanche Airport, Algeria, 24 November – 4 December 1942 and Bone Airfield, Algeria after 28 November 1942) • Orleansville Airfield, Algeria, 30 December 1942 (air echelon dispersed at Bone Airfield, Algeria until 11 January 1943 and at Biskra Airfield, Algeria after 4 January 1943) • Relizane Airfield, Algeria, 15 January 1943 (air echelon at Biskra Airfield, Algeria ) • Biskra Airfield, Algeria, 20 January 1943 • Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, 16 February 1943 (air echelon at Thelepte Airfield No. 1, Tunisia, 15–17 February 1943, Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, until 20 February 1943, Canrobert Airfield, Algeria, 20 February 1943) • Ain M'lila Airfield, Algeria, 23 February 1943 • Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 8 March 1943 (air echelon at Thelepte Airfield No. 2, Tunisia, 10 March – 6 April 1943, Sbeitla Airfield, Tunisia, until 14 April 1943, Gidem (Le Sers Airfield No. 3), Tunisia, until 20 April 1943) • Le Sers Airfield, Tunisia, 20 April 1943 • La Sebala Airfield, Tunisia, 22 May 1943 (air echelon at Le Sers No. 3, Tunisia, until 23 May 1943, Bocca di Falco Airport, Sicily, Italy after 29 July 1943)) • Bocca di Falco Airport, Sicily, Italy, 6 August 1943 • Borgo Airfield, Corsica, France, 3 December 1943 • Aghione Airfield Airfield, Corsica, France, 27 April 1944 • Madna Airfield, Italy, 16 May 1944 ((air echelon at Pyriatyn, Soviet Union, 4–6 July 1944) • Piagiolino Airfield, Italy, 21 April 1945 • Lesina Airfield Airfield, Italy, c. 10 July 1945 – 13 August 1945 • Drew Field, Florida, 25 August – 7 November 1945 • Schweinfurt Air Base, Germany, 9 November 1946 • Bad Kissingen, Germany, 5 May 1947 • Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 25 June 1947 • McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, 4 October 1949 • Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York, 18 August 1955 – 31 December 1969 • Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan1, 1 July 1971 – 31 March 1973 • Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 1 September 1974 – 30 September 2010 • Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 22 August 2014 – present Aircraft • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1941–1942) • Bell P-39 Airacobra (1942) • Supermarine Spitfire (1942–1944) • North American P-51 Mustang (1944–1945) • Douglas A-26 Invader (1946–1947) • Northrop P-61 Black Widow (1947–1948) • North American F-82 Twin Mustang (1948–1949) • North American F-86A Sabre (1949–1950) • Lockheed F-94A Starfire (1950–1953) • Republic F-84G Thunderjet (1953) • North American F-86D Sabre (1953–1957) • Convair F-102A Delta Dagger (1957–1959) • McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (1959–1969, 1974–1981) • Convair F-106 Delta Dart (1971–1973, 1974–1984) • McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (1984–2010) • Northrop T-38 Talon (2014–present) ==See also==