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89th Flying Training Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	89th Flying Training Squadron
image	Cessna T-37 (3014105693).jpg
image_size	290
caption	Squadron Cessna T-37
dates	1942-1945; 1973-present
country
branch
role	Pilot Training
command_structure	Air Education and Training Command
garrison	Sheppard Air Force Base
decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
identification_symbol	[[File:89th Flying Training Squadron.jpg	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	89th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 18 July 1995)The emblem was modified to place the approved emblem on a disc to comply with USAF regulations. Air Force Instruction 84-105, Organizational Lineage, Honors and Heraldry.
identification_symbol_2	[[File:89 Fighter Sq emblem.png	155px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	89th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 5 June 1944)
identification_symbol_3	EN
identification_symbol_3_label	Tail Code

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

The 89th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 80th Flying Training Wing based at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. It operates the T-6 Texan II 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 Joint Pilot Training Program since October 1981.

Operations

World War II

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

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

Stations

Selfridge Field, Michigan, 9 February 1942
Farmingdale, New York, 23 June 1942
Mitchel Field, New York, 9 December 1942 – 30 April 1943
Karachi, India, 29 June 1943
Guskhara Airfield, India, c. 16 August 1943
Nagaghuli Airfield, India, 15 October 1943 :: Detachment operated from Sadiya, India (October 1943); Mokelbaria, India (May 1944); Dergaon, India (August-c. 15 September 1944)
Myitkyina, Burma, c. 15 September 1944
Moran, India, 8 May 1945
Dudhkundi Airfield, India, 30 May – 6 October 1945
Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 1 – 3 November 1945
Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1 January 1973 – present)

Aircraft

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
Cessna T-37 Tweet (1973–2009)
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II (2008 – present)

References

; Notes

; Citations

Bibliography

References

(29 March 2010). "Factsheet 89 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
Maurer, ''Combat Squadron'', p. 303

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