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1st Flying Training Squadron

US Air Force unit

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Flying Training Squadron
image	1st Flying Training Squadron.jpg
image_size	200px
caption	1st Flying Training Squadron emblem
dates	1969–1971; 1990–1994; 2007–present
country
branch
role	Basic Aircraft Training
command_structure	Air Education and Training Command
garrison	Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado
nickname	Tigers
decorations	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
battle_honours
identification_symbol_2	[[File:1 Flight Screening Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	1st Flight Screening Squadron emblem

1st Flying Training Squadron is part of the 306th Flying Training Group based at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado. It conducts flight training for all USAF Pilot and Combat Systems Officer trainees, regardless of their commissioning source. It oversees and conducts IFT for over 2,200 Air Force aviator candidates yearly. Constituted as 1st Flying Training Squadron on 9 May 1969 and re-designated as 1st Flying Training Squadron on 28 May 1993.

Mission

The squadron's mission is to screen Air Force aviator candidates for entry into Undergraduate Flight Training as well as to develop outstanding officers through the application of positive life habit patterns and the Air Force's Core Values. The Squadron's mission is to provide primary-stage flight-training to student aviators of the Navy, Marine Corps, coast guard and of several allied nations. Undergraduate pilot training involves many aspects related to the digital era.

History

The 1st Flying Training Squadron provided pilot and navigator proficiency training to all Air Force rated personnel assigned to headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area from 1969 to 1971. It conducted the USAF flight screening program for pilot training candidates between 1990 and 1994 and flew the initial T-3 Firefly operations in early 1994. Current operations include training for all USAF pilots, remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots, and combat systems officers (CSO).

Lineage

1st Flying Training Squadron (first unit)

Constituted as the 1st Flying Training Squadron on 9 May 1969 : Activated on 1 July 1969 : Inactivated 30 June 1971 : Consolidated with the 1st Flight Screening Squadron as the 1st Flight Screening Squadron on 1 May 1993

1st Flying Training Squadron (second unit)

Constituted as the 1st Flight Screening Squadron which was constituted on 1 June 1990 : Activated on 4 June 1990 : Consolidated with the 1st Flying Training Squadron on 1 May 1993 : Redesignated 1st Flying Training Squadron on 28 May 1993 : Inactivated on 1 April 1994
Activated on 14 December 2007

Assignments

1st Composite Wing, 1 July 1969 – 30 June 1971
Officer Training School, 4 June 1990
12th Flying Training Wing, 1 July 1991
12th Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – 1 Apr 1994
306th Flying Training Group, 14 December 2007 – present

Stations

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 1 July 1969 – 30 June 1971
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 4 June 1990 – 1 April 1994
Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado, 14 December 2007 – present

Aircraft

Convair T-29 Flying Classroom, 1969 –1970
Lockheed T-33 T-Bird, 1969 –1971
North American T-39 Sabreliner, 1969 – 1971
Cessna T-41 Mescalero, 1990 – 1993
Slingsby T-3 Firefly, 1994
Diamond DA-20 Eclipse, 2007 – present

Notes

References

(27 March 2017). "Factsheet 1 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
"Approved insignia for: 1st Flight Screening Squadron". National Archives Catalog.
No byline. "Air Education and Training Command Units: 306th FlyingTraining Group". Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs.

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