The 89th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 80th Flying Training Wing based at

Sheppard Air Force Base Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Educati ...

, Texas. It operates the

T-6 Texan II The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company ( Textron Aviation since 2014). A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 has replaced the United States Air Force's Cessna ...

aircraft conducting flight training.

History

World War II

The 89th flew combat missions in the China Burma India Theater from, 8 September 1943 – 28 April 1945.

Pilot Training

It conducted undergraduate pilot training for US and allied students from, 1973–1981 and has been part of the Euro-

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

Joint Pilot Training Program since October 1981.

Operations

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Lineage

* Constituted as the 89th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942 : Activated on 9 February 1942 : Redesignated 89th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 : Redesignated 89th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 1 July 1942 : Redesignated 89th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 28 February 1944 : Inactivated on 3 November 1945 * Redesignated 89th Flying Training Squadron on 25 May 1972 : Activated on 1 Jan 1973

Assignments

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, 9 February 1942 – 3 November 1945 * 80th Flying Training Wing, 1 January 1973 * 80th Operations Group, 2 January 1988 – present

Stations

Selfridge Field Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the Unit ...

, Michigan, 9 February 1942 * Farmingdale, New York, 23 June 1942 *

Mitchel Field Mitchell may refer to: People *Mitchell (surname) *Mitchell (given name) Places Australia * Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate * Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst * Mitchell, Northern Territor ...

, New York, 9 December 1942 – 30 April 1943 *

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

, India, 29 June 1943 *

Guskhara Airfield Guskhara Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned. History Guskhara was a photo-recon base for the Tenth Air Force during 1944–1945. Its primary t ...

, India, c. 16 August 1943 * Nagaghuli Airfield, India, 15 October 1943 :: Detachment operated from

Sadiya Sadiya is a town in Tinsukia district, Assam. It was the capital of the Chutia Kingdom and after the downfall of the kingdom it became the seat of the ''Sadiya-khowa-Gohain'' of the Ahom kingdom. Extensive remains of buildings and fortifica ...

, India (October 1943); Mokelbaria, India (May 1944); Dergaon, India (August-c. 15 September 1944) *

Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; (Eng; ''mitchinar'') Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of t ...

, Burma, c. 15 September 1944 * Moran, India, 8 May 1945 * Dudhkundi Airfield, India, 30 May – 6 October 1945 *

Camp Kilmer Located in Central New Jersey, Camp Kilmer is a former United States Army camp that was activated in June 1942 as a staging area and part of an installation of the New York Port of Embarkation. The camp was organized as part of the Army Service ...

, New Jersey, 1 – 3 November 1945 *

, Texas, 1 January 1973 – present)

Aircraft

* Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945) *

Curtiss 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 an ...

(1943–1944) *

Cessna T-37 Tweet The Cessna T-37 Tweet (designated Model 318 by Cessna) is a small, economical twin-engined jet trainer type which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force (USAF) and in the air forces of several other nations. The T ...

(1973–2009) *

Beechcraft T-6 Texan II The Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engine turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company ( Textron Aviation since 2014). A trainer aircraft based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 has replaced the United States Air Force's Cessna ...

(2008–Present)

References

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Bibliography

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External links

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

The Burma Banshees