The 48th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at

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, Mississippi. It operates

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aircraft conducting flight training. The squadron is one of the oldest in the Air Force, being formed during World War I as the 48th Aero Squadron on 4 August 1917. Currently the squadron specializes in the tanker and

airlift An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types: strategic and tactical. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distanc ...

track of specialized undergraduate pilot training. Students receive at least 159 hours of flight instruction in the

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where they learn air refueling procedures, tactical navigation,

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, and advanced navigation. Upon completion of this phase, students earn the aeronautical rating of pilot and receive their Air Force

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History

World War I

The squadron's origins date to 4 August 1917 with the formation of the 48th Aero Squadron at

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, Texas. It was organized into the first Aero construction squadron designated for deployment to the

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s in France. After basic training at Kelly Field, the squadron was sent to the

Aviation Concentration Center Camp Albert L. Mills (Camp Mills) was a military installation on Long Island, New York. It was located about ten miles from the eastern boundary of New York City on the Hempstead Plains within what is now the village of Garden City. In September 1 ...

, Garden City, New York in mid-September 1917 for subsequent movement to France. It embarked on the Cunard Liner SS ''Pannonia'', suffering a stormy and unpleasant voyage across the Atlantic. It arrived at

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, England on 29 October. After a few days in England, the squadron arrived at Rest Camp No. 2,

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, France on 1 November.Gorrell 462d Aero Squadron - Formation

The first meaningful work of the squadron was at the Third Aviation Instruction Center,

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in Central France. It arrived on 3 November to help construct

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and shops from lumber. It also erected

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s and did the necessary construction work to bring the

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into an operational school for training pursuit (fighter) pilots. It also began work on six airfields to support the training school, building roads, putting up hangars, and installing water and electrical systems. A detachment of the squadron was sent to the Second Aviation Instruction Center,

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. In doing this work, the squadron got the reputation of being one of the best, and fastest, all around construction squadrons in the AEF. In May 1918, the squadron was then reassigned to the

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, and began constructing combat airfields to support the

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. Throughout the year, it was moved from place to place, erecting hangars, constructing buildings and preparing airfields for use by Air Service planes. At

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in the Meuse, it constructed 12 hangars and 23 barracks, the flying field being full of former trenches and shell holes that had to be filled in. During the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in early November, it moved to Buzancy to reconstruct a former German airfield that was littered with munitions and other hazardous materiel. However, the war ended on 11 November before the airfield could be put to use. After the armistice, the squadron was reassigned to the

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and moved to

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, Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. The former German Airfield there was prepared for seven American Aero Squadrons to use, which was done in less than a week. It then moved to

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to construct another Aerodrome for Third Army. It remained in the Rhineland until the summer of 1919 until it was ordered, along with the Third Army Air Service to demobilized. After turning in all equipment at the 1st Air Depot at

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, the unit moved to a channel port where it boarded a troop ship, returning to the United States in August 1919. The men of the squadron were discharged and returned to civilian life.

Inter-war period

The 48th School Squadron was activated in 1927 as part of the

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at Kelly Field, Texas. A part of the Air Corps Primary Flying School, it trained aviation cadets using the

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, with tandem seats and a Wright E engine.Maurer (1987) In 1930, the squadron was consolidated with the 462d Aero Squadron. By the fall of 1931, construction of

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was essentially completed, and the primary flying school at Kelly Field was moved to the new installation. With the transfer of the school, the 48th School Squadron was inactivated on 31 December 1931 It was activated again at the Air Corps Technical School at

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, Illinois in August 1933. In March 1935, the squadron became the 48th Pursuit Squadron, but it was inactivated in September 1936 and disbanded on 1 January 1938.

World War II

A new 48th Pursuit Squadron was activated in January 1941. The squadron was equipped with

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s in 1941 and assigned to Hamilton Field, California. From 5 February to 3 June 1942 it flew air defense patrols along the

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coast. Redesignated the ''48th Fighter Squadron'', it was deployed to the

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in August 1942 to fly escort missions for

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and

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heavy bombers as part of

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P-38 of the 48th Fighter Squadron - Taken in North Africa

The squadron was sent to North Africa in late 1942 as part of the

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invasion forces, taking up station in Algeria. It was reassigned to the

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and flew fighter escort missions for the Flying Fortresses operating from Algeria as well as tactical

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strikes on enemy targets of opportunity in Algeria and Tunisia during the North African Campaign. Following the German defeat and withdrawal from North Africa the squadron participated in the Allied invasions of

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and Italy and the subsequent drive of the

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up the Italian peninsula. It was engaged primarily in tactical operations after November 1943, supporting ground forces and attacking enemy targets of opportunity such as railroads, road convoys, bridges, strafing enemy airfields and other targets. The squadron was deployed to

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in 1944 to attack enemy targets in support of the

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in the liberation of the island and to support Allied forces in the invasion of southern France. The squadron continued offensive operations until the German capitulation in May 1945. The unit was inactivated in the fall 1945 in Italy.

Cold War Air Defense

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It was reactivated in 1946 as part of

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to perform

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of the eastern United States. the squadron was activated at

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in November 1946 with

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s. In October 1947 a transition into Republic P-84B Thunderjets was completed. These were flown until the unit was temporarily inactivated on 2 October 1949. The squadron was redesignated the 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and reactivated in November 1952 at

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, New Hampshire, with F-47 Thunderbolts, replacing the

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, which was released from federal control. A relocation to

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was completed in early 1953 along with a transition into F-84Gs and then

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s in the fall of 1953. In the summer of 1957 the squadron completed a transition into

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s followed by another in the fall of 1960 to

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s. It deployed to Florida in 1962 during

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. The 48th flew

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s from 1982 to 1991, when many of the F-15 were transferred to the

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and

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, and 3 or 4 going to

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. The 48th continued training and operational

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until inactivation in 1991.

Lineage

; 462d Aero Squadron * Organized as the 48th Aero Squadron on 4 August 1917 : Redesignated 435th Aero Squadron on 1 February 1918 : Redesignated 462d Aero Squadron (Construction) on 3 March 1918 : Demobilized on 11 August 1919 * Reconstituted and consolidated with the 48th School Squadron in 1930 ; 48th Pursuit Squadron * Constituted as the 48th School Squadron on 6 February 1923 : Activated on 1 August 1927 : Consolidated with the 462d Aero Squadron in 1930 : Inactivated on 1 September 1931 * Activated on 1 August 1933 : Redesignated 48th Pursuit Squadron on 1 March 1935 : Inactivated on 1 September 1936 : Disbanded on 1 January 1938 * Reconstitured and consolidated with the 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in 1956 ; 48th Flying Training Squadron * Constituted as the 48th Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 20 November 1940 : Activated on 15 January 1941 : Redesignated 48th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942 : Redesignated 48th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine on 28 February 1944 : Inactivated on 9 September 1945 * Redesignated 48th Fighter Squadron, Jet-Propelled and activated on 20 November 1946 : Redesignated 48th Fighter Squadron, Jet on 26 July 1948 : Inactivated on 2 October 1949 * Redesignated 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 September 1952 : Activated on 1 November 1952 * Consolidated with the 48th Pursuit Squadron in 1956 : Inactivated on 31 December 1991 * Redesignated 48th Flying Training Squadron on 25 April 1996 : Activated on 1 July 1996

Assignments

* Unknown, 4 August 1917Probably assigned to Post Headquarters, Kelly Field while at Kelly and possible to the Aviation Concentration Center at Mineola. * Third Aviation Instruction Center, November 1917 (detachment with Second Aviation Instruction Center, December 1917 – April 1918) * Advance Section, Service of Supply, April 1918 * First Army Air Service, August 1918Robertson and Maurer in ''Combat Squadrons'' each indicate the squadron was assigned directly to the headquarters of the numbered army. However, each had an intermediate headquarters for its aviation units. * Third Army Air Service, November 1918 – June 1919 * Unknown, until 11 August 1919 * 10th School Group, 1 August 1927 *

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, 15 July–1 September 1931 *

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, 1 August 1933 *

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, 1 March 1935 – 1 September 1936 (attached to Air Corps Technical School) * 14th Pursuit Group (later 14th Fighter Group), 15 January 1941 – 9 September 1945 * 14th Fighter Group, 20 November 1946 – 2 October 1949 *

4707th Defense Wing The 4707th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 26th Air Division of Air Defense Command (ADC) at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts where it was discontinued in 1956. The win ...

, 1 November 1952 *

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(later 4710th Air Defense Wing), 14 January 1953 *

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, 1 March 1956 *

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, 1 September 1958 *

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, 1 April 1966 *

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, 19 November 1969 * 23d Air Division, 1 March 1983 *

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, 1 July 1987 *

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, 1 December 1987 – 31 December 1991 * 14th Operations Group , 1 July 1996 – present)

Stations

* Kelly Field, Texas, 4 August 1917 *

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, 21 September–13 October 1917 * Issoudun Aerodrome, France, 4 November 1917 (detachment at Tours Aerodrome, France 2 December 1917 – 15 April 1918) *

Delouze Aerodrome Delouze Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located NE of Delouze-Rosières, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. Overview A lease was signed by the Air Service for 210 acres of land on 21 ...

, France, 29 April 1918 *

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, France, 20 August 1918 (detachment at Bovee) * Bulainville (for Pretz-en-Argonne Airdrome ?), France, 17 September 1918 * Vadelaincourt, France (191 September 1918 (detachment at

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) *

Lisle-en-Barrois Aerodrome Lisle-en-Barrois Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located on the plateau north of the commune of Lisle-en-Barrois, in the Meuse department in north-eastern France. Overview In 1915, the French escadrille MS 37 sta ...

, France, 21 September 1918 (detachment at Foucaucourt Aerodrome) * Parois Aerodrome, France, 6 October 1918 * Buzancy Aerodrome, France, 6 November 1918) *

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, France, 20 November 1918 * Trier Aerodrome, Germany, c. 2 December 1918 * Weißenthurm, Germany, c. January 1919 – 1919 *

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, New York, c. 29 July–11 August 1919 * Kelly Field, Texas, 1 August 1927 – 1 September 1931 * Chanute Field, Illinois, 1 August 1933 – 1 September 1936 * Hamilton Field, California, 15 January 1941 *

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, California, 10 June 1941 – 20 July 1942 (operated From:

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, California, 5 February-3 June 1942) *

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, England, 18 August–28 October 1942 *

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, Algeria, 11 November 1942 *

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, 16 November 1942 *

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, Algeria, 20 November 1942 * Berteaux Airfield, Algeria, 5 January 1943 *

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, French Morocco, 28 February 1943 * Telergma Airfield, Algeria, 6 May 1943 *

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, Tunisia, 3 June 1943 *

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, Tunisia, 25 July 1943 (operated From: Sicily, Italy 6–18 September 1943) *

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, Italy, 12 December 1943 * Lesina Airfield, Italy, September–9 September 1945 * Dow Field (later (Dow Air Force Base), Maine, 20 November 1946 – 2 October 1949 * Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 1 November 1952 *

, Virginia, 14 January 1953 – 31 December 1991 *

, Mississippi, 1 July 1996– present)

Aircraft

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(1935–1936) * O-1 (1935–1936) * O-19 (1935–1936) * P-12 (1935–1936) *

P-26 Peashooter The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in ...

(1935–1936) *

P-40 Warhawk The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and ...

(1941) *

P-66 Vanguard The Vultee P-66 Vanguard was a United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft. It was initially ordered by Sweden, but by the time the aircraft were ready for delivery in 1941, the United States would not allow them to be exported, designating ...

(1941) *

P-43 Lancer The Republic P-43 Lancer was a single-engine, all-metal, low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft built by Republic, first delivered to the United States Army Air Corps in 1940. A proposed development was the P-44 Rocket. While not a particularly ou ...

(1941)– * Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1941–1945) * Republic P-47 (later F-47) Thunderbolt (1946–1949, 1952) *

F-84G Thunderjet The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 first flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thu ...

(1947–1949, 1953) *

F-94C Starfire The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a First-generation jet fighter, first-generation jet engine, jet powered all-weather, day/night interceptor of the United States Air Force. A twin-seat craft, it was developed from the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star t ...

(1953–1957) *

F-102 Delta Dagger The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft designed and manufactured by Convair. Built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s, it entered service in 1956. Its main purpos ...

(1957–1960) *

F-106 Delta Dart The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last specialist interceptor i ...

(1960–1982) *

F-15 Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's ...

(1981–1991) *

(1996–present)

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