1st Flying Training Squadron

1st Flying Training Squadron
1st Flying Training Squadron Remotely Piloted Aircraft Initial Flight Training students after completing a solo flight[note 1]
Active 1969-1971; 1990-1994; 2007-present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Role Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training
Part of Air Education and Training Command
Garrison/HQ Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado
Nickname(s) Tigers
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
1st Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 15 November 2007)[1]
1st Flight Screening Squadron emblem[2]

The 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 commissioning source.

Mission

The squadron 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 Core Values.[3]

History

The 1st provided pilot and navigator proficiency training to all Air Force rated personnel assigned to headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area from, 1969-1971. 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.[1]

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[1]

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[1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. ↑ In fronf of a DA-20 Katana at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado on 3 November 2016. The first enlisted pilot class students took their first solo flight. They became two of the first enlisted Airmen in six decades to complete solo flights.
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Haulman, Daniel (March 27, 2017). "Factsheet 1 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Approved insignia for: 1st Flight Screening Squadron". National Archives Catalog. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ No byline. "Air Education and Training Command Units: 306th FlyingTraining Group". Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

Bibliography

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See also

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