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35th Flying Training Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	35th Flying Training Squadron
image	T-37 020925-F-9999s-0014.jpg
image_size	290
caption	T-37 as flown by the squadron
dates	1942–1945; 1952–1954; 1963–1971; 1972–1996
country
branch
role	Flying training
battles	European Theater of Operations
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
China-Burma-India Theater
Vietnam War
decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
identification_symbol	[[File:35 Flying Training Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	35th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 20 February 1973)Description: Azure, two ribbons barbed, each arcing from base doubled in chief braced and arcing back to base Or, between five mullets one, two, Or, and two Argent
identification_symbol_2	[[File:35 Troop Carrier Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	35th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem (approved 15 July 1954)Description: On a disc light sky blue, border green, over the disc a lightning bolt re, point downward, between two sylized clouds white in base; the bold surmounted by a caricatured US mule, dark gray, riding a paradrop platform and pulling forward a drag chute, shades of white; the mule, platform and parachute outlined dark gray.

Mediterranean Theater of Operations China-Burma-India Theater Vietnam War Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

The 35th Flying Training Squadron was a United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the 64th Operations Group at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron was inactivated in 1996 as the 64th Flying Training Wing began drawing down in preparation for the closing of Reese the following year. The squadron had performed Undergraduate pilot training at Reese since 1972.

The squadron was first activated as the 64th Transport Squadron in 1942. As the 64th Troop Carrier Squadron it participated in combat in the European, Mediterranean and China-Burma-India Theaters, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation. Following VE Day, the squadron moved to Trinidad, where it was inactivated in July 9145.

History

World War II

C47 releases rations near Myitkyina, Burma

The squadron was first activated in February 1942 as the 35th Transport Squadron at Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania and equipped with military models of the Douglas DC-3, primarily the C-47 Skytrain, for training. In June, the squadron moved to Westover Field, Massachusetts, where it was assigned to the 64th Transport Group and prepared for overseas movement, which occurred the following month, after it was redesignated the 35th Troop Carrier Squadron.

Upon its arrival overseas, the squadron trained with paratrooper and glider units in airborne operations for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. On 10 November the air echelon flew from England via Gibraltar and on the following day landed personnel of the British 3rd Parachute Battalion at Maison Blanche (now Dar El Beïda), near Algiers. By mid-December, the squadron's ground echelon joined the air echelon at Blida Airfield, Algeria.

The group dropped paratroops to capture airfields and destroy bridges, during the battle for Tunisia; Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily in July 1943; and Operation Avalanche, the invasion of Italy in September 1943.

In April 1944, most of the squadron was detached to India where it aided in the Allied offensive in Burma, where it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation. The squadron returned to Sicily in mid-Jun 1944. It moved to Italy the following month and participated in Operation Dragoon, the assault on southern France in August 1944, releasing gliders and paratroops. It moved to Waller Field, Trinidad without aircraft, in June 1945 and inactivated there in July 1945.

Cold War and War in Vietnam

The squadron was again activated at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina in July 1952, assuming the Fairchild C-82 Packets and personnel of the 57th Troop Carrier Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit that had been called to active duty for the Korean War. In 1953, the 35th replaced its C-82s with newer Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars. The squadron transported personnel and equipment worldwide and participated in joint training operations with the 82nd Airborne Division until it was inactivated in July 1954.

The squadron transported cargo and personnel in the Far East and Southeast Asia, 1963–1971

Pilot training

The squadron was redesignated the 35th Flying Training Squadron and activated at Reese Air Force Base, Texas in 1972. It conducted undergraduate pilot training at Reese until it was inactivated in 1996.

Lineage

Constituted as the 35th Transport Squadron on 2 February 1942 : Activated on 14 February 1942 : Redesignated 35th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942 : Inactivated on 31 July 1945
Redesignated 35th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 3 July 1952 : Activated on 14 July 1952 : Inactivated on 21 July 1954
Activated on 20 December 1962 (not organized) : Organized on 8 January 1963 : Redesignated 35th Troop Carrier Squadron on 8 December 1965 : Redesignated 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 August 1967 : Inactivated on 31 March 1971
Redesignated 35th Flying Training Squadron on 14 April 1972 : Activated on 1 October 1972 : Inactivated on 31 July 1996

Assignments

315th Transport Group, 14 February 1942
64th Transport Group (later 64th Troop Carrier Group), 9 June 1942 – 31 July 1945
64th Troop Carrier Group, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
Pacific Air Forces, 20 December 1962 (not organized)
315th Air Division, 8 January 1963
374th Troop Carrier Wing (later 374th Tactical Airlift Wing), 8 August 1966 – 31 March 1971
64th Flying Training Wing, 1 October 1972 : 64th Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – 31 July 1996

Stations

Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania, 14 February 1942
Westover Field, Massachusetts, 8 June – 31 July 1942
RAF Ramsbury (Station 469), England, 18 August – c. 10 November 1942 (operated from Casablanca Airfield, French Morocco, after 14 November 1942)
Blida Airfield, Algeria, c. 12 December 1942 (operated from Telergma Airfield, Algeria, 4 January – 21 March 1943)
Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia, 28 June 1943
El Djem Airfield, Tunisia, 26 July 1943
Comiso Airfield, Sicily, 7 September 1943 (operated from bases in India, April – June 1944)
Ciampino Airfield, Italy, 8 July 1944 (operated from Istres Air Base (Y-17), France, 6 September – 11 October 1944)
Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 9 January – 23 May 1945
Waller Field, Trinidad, 4 June – 31 July 1945
Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
Naha Air Base, Okinawa, 8 January 1963 – 31 March 1971
Reese Air Force Base, Texas, 1 October 1972 – 31 July 1996

Aircraft

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1945
Fairchild C-82 Packet, 1952–1953
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1953–1954
C-130A Hercules, 1963–1971
Cessna T-37 Tweet, 1972–1996

Awards and campaigns

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
[[File:Streamer AC.PNG	200px]]	American Theater without inscription	4 June 1945 – 31 July 1945	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	Tunisia	12 November 1942 – 13 May 1943	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	Sicily	14 May 1943 – 17 August 1943	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	Naples-Foggia	18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	Rome-Arno	22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	Southern France	15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	North Apennines	10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer EAMEC.PNG	200px]]	Po Valley	3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	35th Troop Carrier Squadron
[[File:Streamer APC.PNG	200px]]	India-Burma	7 April 1944 – 15 June 1944	35th Troop Carrier Squadron

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

References

Endicott, p. 530
No byline. (10 December 2007). "Factsheet 35 Flying Training Squadron". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 170–171
(23 October 2008). "Factsheet 64 Air Expeditionary Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
''See'' AFHRA Factsheet, 64 Air Expeditionary Group. (relieved of assignment to the 64th Operations Group).
Station number in Anderson.
Station number in Johnson.

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