3 Flying Training Squadron
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Unit
Insignia
- Description:
Approved on 14 Feb 1924; slightly modified in 1995.
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Lineage
Organized as the 3 Aero
Squadron on 1 Nov 1916. Redesignated Squadron A, Post Field, OK,
on 22 Jul 1918. Demobilized on 2 Jan 1919. Reconstituted, and
consolidated (1924) with unit organized as 3 Aero Squadron on 13
May 1919. Redesignated: 3 Squadron on 14 Mar 1921; 3 Pursuit
Squadron on 25 Jan 1923; 3 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 6
Dec 1939. Inactivated on 2 Apr 1946. Redesignated 3 Tactical
Fighter Squadron on 12 Mar 1973. Activated on 15 Mar 1973.
Redesignated 3 Fighter Training Squadron on 19 Dec 1991.
Inactivated on 20 Aug 1993. Redesignated 3 Flying Training
Squadron on 14 Feb 1994. Activated on 1 Apr 1994. Inactivated on
7 Apr 2000. Activated on 2 Apr 2001.
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Assignments
Unkn, 1916-1919. Unkn, 13
May-18 Aug 1919; Philippine Department, 18 Aug 1919; 1
Observation (later, 4 Observation; 4 Composite) Group, 10 Mar
1920; 24 Pursuit Group, 1 Oct 1941-2 Apr 1946. 388 Tactical
Fighter Wing, 15 Mar 1973; 3 Tactical Fighter Wing, 15 Dec 1975
(attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 15-16 Dec 1975); 343 Wing, 19
Dec 1991; 343 Operations Group, 1 Feb 1992-20 Aug 1993. 12
Operations Group, 1 Apr 1994-7 Apr 2000. 479 Flying Training
Group, 2 Apr 2001-.
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Stations
Ft Sam Houston, TX, 1 Nov
1916; South San Antonio, TX, May 1916; Ft Sill, OK, 30 Aug 1917;
Post Field, OK, Nov 1917-2 Jan 1919. Mitchel Field, NY, 13 May
1919; Hazelhurst Field, NY, 29 May-28 Jun 1919; Manila, Luzon,
18 Aug 1919; Camp Stotsenburg, Luzon, 2 Dec 1919; Clark Field,
Luzon, 15 Oct 1920; Nichols Field, Luzon, 16 Jun 1938; Iba
Airfield, Luzon, c. 1 Sep 1941; Nichols Field, Luzon, 9 Dec
1941; Ternate, Luzon, c. 12 Dec 1941 (operated from Del Carmen,
Luzon, 12-c. 25 Dec 1941); Bataan, Luzon, c. 25 Dec 1941-Apr
1942 (operated from Mindanao, c. 8 Apr-May 1942). Korat RTAFB,
Thailand, 15 Mar 1973; Clark AB, Philippines, 15 Dec 1975-19 Dec
1991; Eielson AFB, AK, 19 Dec 1991-20 Aug 1993. Lackland AFB,
TX, 1 Apr 1994-7 Apr 2000. Moody AFB, GA, 2 Apr 2001-.
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Aircraft
Apparently included R-4,
JN-4, and JN-6, during period 1917-1919. DH-4, 1919-1924; in
addition to MB-3, 1923-1926, and PW-9, 1926-1931, included DH-4
during period 1924-1931; in addition to P-12, c. 1930-1937,
included O-2 and O-19 during period 1931-1937; P-26, 1937-1941;
P-35, 1941; P-40, 1941-1942. A-7, 1973-1975; F-4, 1975-1991;
UH-1, 1991-1993. T-3, 1994-2000.
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Operations
Evidently observer training
unit, 1918-1919. Combat in the Philippines, 8 Dec 1941-c. 1 May
1942; ground echelon fought as infantry unit on Bataan, 18
Jan-c. 8 Apr 1942; carried as an active unit but was not
operational from the fall of the Philippines to 2 Apr 1946.
Combat in Southeast Asia, 15 Mar-15 Aug 1973. Supported
evacuation of US personnel from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and from
Saigon, South Vietnam, Apr 1975, and the recovery of the SS
Mayaquez crew, May 1975. Provided primary flying training,
1994-2000.
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Campaign Streamers
World War II: Philippine
Islands. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and
Defense of Kuwait.
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Armed Forces Expeditionary
Streamers
None
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Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citations:
Philippine Islands, 7 Dec 1941-10 May 1942; Philippine Islands,
8-22 Dec 1941; Philippine Islands, 6 Jan-8 Mar 1942. Air Force
Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: [15 Mar
1973]-15 Aug 1973; 15 Oct 1974-12 May 1975; 13-15 May 1975. Air
Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 May 1980-30 Apr 1982; 22 Mar-1
Apr 1986; 1 Jan 1989-1 Jun 1990; 1 Jul 1990-30 Jun 1992; 1 Jul
1992-[20] Aug 1993; 1 Jul 1995-30 Jun 1996; 1 Jul 1996-30 Jun
1998. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII).
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