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2nd Fighter Training Squadron

The 2nd Fighter Training Squadron, sometimes written as 2d Fighter Training Squadron, is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 325th Operations Group at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

2nd Fighter Training Squadron
T-38A Talons from the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron
Active1941–1945; 1946–1969; 1971–1973; 1974–2010; 2014–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeSquadron
Nickname(s)American Beagles
Motto(s)Second to None[1]
Engagements

  • World War II EAME Theatre
Decorations

  • Distinguished Unit Citation (2x)

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (4x)
Insignia
2nd Fighter Squadron emblem (Approved 7 October 1999)[2][note 1]
2nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (emblem approved 11 January 1951, motto added 5 March 1959)[3][1]
Squadron Fuselage Code (1942–1945)QP

Originally constituted in 1940 as the 2nd Pursuit Squadron, over the course of time the unit has been variously designated as, amongst others, the 2nd Fighter All-Weather Squadron, the 2nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, the 2nd Fighter Weapons Squadron, the 2nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, and the 2nd Fighter Squadron. It was redesignated the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron in 2014 and reactivated the same year. The squadron operates the Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting adversary training for F-22 Raptor pilots in air superiority missions.[4]

History edit

World War II edit

Originally constituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron on 20 November 1940, the squadron was activated on 15 January 1941. It served in World War II with the 52d Pursuit Group, and during that period flew the Curtis P-40 Warhawk and Bell P-39 Airacobra. The 2d also flew combat missions in the Supermarine Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang in the European and Mediterranean Theaters, serving specifically in air campaigns in Europe, Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Normandy, Northern France, Southern France, north Apennines, Rhineland, Central Europe, Po Valley, and performed air combat. The unit received two Distinguished Unit Citations for operations in Germany and Romania in 1944. Following World War II, the squadron was inactivated on 7 November 1945 at Drew Field, Florida.[5]

United States Air Force edit

Air Defense Command edit

 
2d Fighter Squadron P-61B Black Widow at Mitchel AFB[note 2]

It was reactivated on 9 November 1946 and was assigned to the 52d Fighter Group under which it served tours in Schweinfurt Air Base and Bad Kissingen, Germany. Returning to Mitchell Field, New York, the squadron was designated the 2d Fighter Squadron and flew the Northrop P-61 Black Widow. In 1949, the 2d was moved to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where it began flying the North American F-82 Twin Mustang.[5]

In 1950, the 2 FS became the 2d Fighter All Weather Squadron and was outfitted with the Lockheed F-94 Starfire. One year later the unit was redesignated the 2d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and began flying the Republic F-84 Thunderjet.[5]

Realignment in 1952 saw the 2nd assigned first to the 4709th Defense Wing, one year later to the 568th Air Defense Group. In 1953, the squadron was equipped with North American F-86A Sabre day fighters. Re-equipped in 1954 with North American F-86D Sabres. Reassignment back to the 52d Fighter Group took place in August 1955, and the squadron moved its operations to Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York in 1957, the first delta wing fighter, the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, was assigned to the unit to be replaced in 1959 with the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo. The squadron flew the F-101 for 10 years before being inactivated in 1969.[5]

 
2 F-106s taking off, Wurtsmith AFB

In 1971, the squadron was reactivated under the 23d Air Division at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, flying the supersonic all weather Convair F-106 Delta Darts formerly assigned to the 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. The unit received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its activities during 1971–1972 at Wurtsmith, but was inactivated 31 March 1973.[2]

Air Defense Training edit

In August 1974, the squadron was reactivated and designated the 2d Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron and was activated at the Air Defense Weapons Center located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, where it continued to fly the F-106.[2]

 
F-15s from the 2nd Fighter Squadron over Tyndall Air Force Base, 2010

On 1 February 1982, the unit was redesignated the 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron, and it had the privilege of training the last active duty F-106 pilots. The unit received another Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its activities during 1981–1982 at Tyndall. In May 1984 the squadron was redesignated as the 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, and transitioned to the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle where it continued to train pilots for integration into Combat Air Forces worldwide, and maintained the capability to provide augmentation to air defense forces until its inactivation in September 2010.[2][5]

The name was changed to the 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. It received another Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its activities between 1999 and 2000.[2][5]

The squadron was reactivated as the 2d Fighter Training Squadron on 22 August 2014 to operate Northrop T-38 Talons conducting adversary training for F-22 Raptor pilots flying air superiority missions.[4] The growth of the T-38 adversary program at Tyndall led to the activation of a separate squadron to operate it.[6]

Lineage edit

  • Constituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940
Activated on 15 January 1941
Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942
Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20 August 1944
Inactivated on 7 November 1945
Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron (All Weather) on 18 October 1946
  • Activated on 9 November 1946
Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron, All Weather on 10 May 1948
Redesignated 2d Fighter-All Weather Squadron on 20 January 1950
Redesignated 2d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 May 1951
Inactivated on 31 December 1969
  • Activated on 1 July 1971
Inactivated on 31 March 1973
Redesignated 2d Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 15 August 1974
  • Activated on 1 September 1974
Redesignated 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron on 1 February 1982
Redesignated 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 May 1984
Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991
Inactivated on 30 September 2010
Redesignated 2d Fighter Training Squadron on 9 July 2014
Activated on 22 August 2014[2]

Assignments edit

  • 52d Pursuit Group (later 52d Fighter Group): 15 January 1941 – 7 November 1945
  • 52d Fighter Group (later 52d Fighter-All Weather Group, 52d Fighter-Interceptor Group): 9 November 1946
  • 4709th Defense Wing: 6 February 1952
  • 568th Air Defense Group: 16 February 1953
  • 4709th Defense Wing (later 4709th Air Defense Wing): 8 July 1954
  • 52d Fighter Group: 18 August 1955
  • 52d Fighter Wing: 1 July 1963
  • 52d Fighter Group: 30 September 1968 – 31 December 1969
  • 23d Air Division: 1 July 1971 – 31 March 1973
  • Air Defense Weapons Center (later USAF Air Defense Weapons Center): 1 September 1974
  • 325th Fighter Weapons Wing (later 325th Tactical Training Wing): 1 July 1981
  • 325th Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 30 September 2010
  • 325th Operations Group: 22 August 2014 – present[2]

Stations edit

Aircraft edit

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Modified 29 July 2005. Bailey, AFHRA Factsheet, 2d Fighter Squadron.
  2. ^ Aircraft is Northrop P-61B-10-NO serial 42-39556 taken upon delivery from depot refurbishing at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma

Citations edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Endicott, p. 328
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bailey, Carl E. (17 March 2015). . Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ^ Maurer, p. 14
  4. ^ a b "USAF reactivates 2nd Fighter Training Squadron". Alert 5. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f . Tyndall AFB Public Affairs. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  6. ^ Olwell, Chris. "'Beagles' to be reactivated". Panama City News Herald. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b Station number in Anderson

Bibliography edit

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Endicott, Judy G. (1998). Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying, Space, and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995 (PDF). Air Force History and Museums Program. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ASIN B000113MB2. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  • Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

External links edit

  • "2d Fighter Squadron American Beagles Reunion", 24 August 2009

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Fighter Interceptor Squadron emblem emblem approved 11 January 1951 motto added 5 March 1959 3 1 Squadron Fuselage Code 1942 1945 QP Originally constituted in 1940 as the 2nd Pursuit Squadron over the course of time the unit has been variously designated as amongst others the 2nd Fighter All Weather Squadron the 2nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron the 2nd Fighter Weapons Squadron the 2nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and the 2nd Fighter Squadron It was redesignated the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron in 2014 and reactivated the same year The squadron operates the Northrop T 38 Talon aircraft conducting adversary training for F 22 Raptor pilots in air superiority missions 4 Contents 1 History 1 1 World War II 1 2 United States Air Force 1 2 1 Air Defense Command 1 2 2 Air Defense Training 2 Lineage 2 1 Assignments 2 2 Stations 2 3 Aircraft 3 See also 4 References 4 1 Notes 4 2 Citations 4 3 Notes 4 4 Bibliography 5 External linksHistory editWorld War II edit Originally constituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron on 20 November 1940 the squadron was activated on 15 January 1941 It served in World War II with the 52d Pursuit Group and during that period flew the Curtis P 40 Warhawk and Bell P 39 Airacobra The 2d also flew combat missions in the Supermarine Spitfire and North American P 51 Mustang in the European and Mediterranean Theaters serving specifically in air campaigns in Europe Algeria French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Naples Foggia Rome Arno Normandy Northern France Southern France north Apennines Rhineland Central Europe Po Valley and performed air combat The unit received two Distinguished Unit Citations for operations in Germany and Romania in 1944 Following World War II the squadron was inactivated on 7 November 1945 at Drew Field Florida 5 United States Air Force edit Air Defense Command edit nbsp 2d Fighter Squadron P 61B Black Widow at Mitchel AFB note 2 It was reactivated on 9 November 1946 and was assigned to the 52d Fighter Group under which it served tours in Schweinfurt Air Base and Bad Kissingen Germany Returning to Mitchell Field New York the squadron was designated the 2d Fighter Squadron and flew the Northrop P 61 Black Widow In 1949 the 2d was moved to McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey where it began flying the North American F 82 Twin Mustang 5 In 1950 the 2 FS became the 2d Fighter All Weather Squadron and was outfitted with the Lockheed F 94 Starfire One year later the unit was redesignated the 2d Fighter Interceptor Squadron and began flying the Republic F 84 Thunderjet 5 Realignment in 1952 saw the 2nd assigned first to the 4709th Defense Wing one year later to the 568th Air Defense Group In 1953 the squadron was equipped with North American F 86A Sabre day fighters Re equipped in 1954 with North American F 86D Sabres Reassignment back to the 52d Fighter Group took place in August 1955 and the squadron moved its operations to Suffolk County Air Force Base New York in 1957 the first delta wing fighter the Convair F 102 Delta Dagger was assigned to the unit to be replaced in 1959 with the McDonnell F 101 Voodoo The squadron flew the F 101 for 10 years before being inactivated in 1969 5 nbsp 2 F 106s taking off Wurtsmith AFB In 1971 the squadron was reactivated under the 23d Air Division at Wurtsmith Air Force Base Michigan flying the supersonic all weather Convair F 106 Delta Darts formerly assigned to the 94th Fighter Interceptor Squadron The unit received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its activities during 1971 1972 at Wurtsmith but was inactivated 31 March 1973 2 Air Defense Training edit In August 1974 the squadron was reactivated and designated the 2d Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron and was activated at the Air Defense Weapons Center located at Tyndall Air Force Base Florida where it continued to fly the F 106 2 nbsp F 15s from the 2nd Fighter Squadron over Tyndall Air Force Base 2010 On 1 February 1982 the unit was redesignated the 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron and it had the privilege of training the last active duty F 106 pilots The unit received another Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its activities during 1981 1982 at Tyndall In May 1984 the squadron was redesignated as the 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and transitioned to the McDonnell Douglas F 15 Eagle where it continued to train pilots for integration into Combat Air Forces worldwide and maintained the capability to provide augmentation to air defense forces until its inactivation in September 2010 2 5 The name was changed to the 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991 It received another Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its activities between 1999 and 2000 2 5 The squadron was reactivated as the 2d Fighter Training Squadron on 22 August 2014 to operate Northrop T 38 Talons conducting adversary training for F 22 Raptor pilots flying air superiority missions 4 The growth of the T 38 adversary program at Tyndall led to the activation of a separate squadron to operate it 6 Lineage editConstituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron Interceptor on 20 November 1940 Activated on 15 January 1941 Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron Single Engine on 20 August 1944 Inactivated on 7 November 1945 Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron All Weather on 18 October 1946 Activated on 9 November 1946 Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron All Weather on 10 May 1948 Redesignated 2d Fighter All Weather Squadron on 20 January 1950 Redesignated 2d Fighter Interceptor Squadron on 1 May 1951 Inactivated on 31 December 1969 Activated on 1 July 1971 Inactivated on 31 March 1973 Redesignated 2d Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron on 15 August 1974 Activated on 1 September 1974 Redesignated 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron on 1 February 1982 Redesignated 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 May 1984 Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991 Inactivated on 30 September 2010 Redesignated 2d Fighter Training Squadron on 9 July 2014 Activated on 22 August 2014 2 Assignments edit 52d Pursuit Group later 52d Fighter Group 15 January 1941 7 November 1945 52d Fighter Group later 52d Fighter All Weather Group 52d Fighter Interceptor Group 9 November 1946 4709th Defense Wing 6 February 1952 568th Air Defense Group 16 February 1953 4709th Defense Wing later 4709th Air Defense Wing 8 July 1954 52d Fighter Group 18 August 1955 52d Fighter Wing 1 July 1963 52d Fighter Group 30 September 1968 31 December 1969 23d Air Division 1 July 1971 31 March 1973 Air Defense Weapons Center later USAF Air Defense Weapons Center 1 September 1974 325th Fighter Weapons Wing later 325th Tactical Training Wing 1 July 1981 325th Operations Group 1 September 1991 30 September 2010 325th Operations Group 22 August 2014 present 2 Stations edit Selfridge Field Michigan 15 January 1941 Norfolk Virginia 17 December 1941 Selfridge Field Michigan 14 January 1942 Florence South Carolina 18 February 1942 Bluethenthal Field North Carolina 27 April 1942 Grenier Field New Hampshire 14 June 19 July 1942 RAF Eglinton Station 344 7 Northern Ireland 19 August 1942 RAF Goxhill Station 345 7 England 26 August 27 October 1942 air echelon at RAF Biggin Hill until 13 September 1942 La Senia Airfield Algeria 13 November 1942 air echelon dispersed at Maison Blanche Airport Algeria 24 November 4 December 1942 and Bone Airfield Algeria after 28 November 1942 Orleansville Airfield Algeria 30 December 1942 air echelon dispersed at Bone Airfield Algeria until 11 January 1943 and at Biskra Airfield Algeria after 4 January 1943 Relizane Airfield Algeria 15 January 1943 air echelon at Biskra Airfield Algeria Biskra Airfield Algeria 20 January 1943 Chateau dun du Rhumel Airfield Algeria 16 February 1943 air echelon at Thelepte Airfield No 1 Tunisia 15 17 February 1943 Youks les Bains Airfield Algeria until 20 February 1943 Canrobert Airfield Algeria 20 February 1943 Ain M lila Airfield Algeria 23 February 1943 Youks les Bains Airfield Algeria 8 March 1943 air echelon at Thelepte Airfield No 2 Tunisia 10 March 6 April 1943 Sbeitla Airfield Tunisia until 14 April 1943 Gidem Le Sers Airfield No 3 Tunisia until 20 April 1943 Le Sers Airfield Tunisia 20 April 1943 La Sebala Airfield Tunisia 22 May 1943 air echelon at Le Sers No 3 Tunisia until 23 May 1943 Bocca di Falco Airport Sicily Italy after 29 July 1943 Bocca di Falco Airport Sicily Italy 6 August 1943 Borgo Airfield Corsica France 3 December 1943 Aghione Airfield Airfield Corsica France 27 April 1944 Madna Airfield Italy 16 May 1944 air echelon at Pyriatyn Soviet Union 4 6 July 1944 Piagiolino Airfield Italy 21 April 1945 Lesina Airfield Airfield Italy c 10 July 1945 13 August 1945 Drew Field Florida 25 August 7 November 1945 Schweinfurt Air Base Germany 9 November 1946 Bad Kissingen Germany 5 May 1947 Mitchel Air Force Base New York 25 June 1947 McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey 4 October 1949 Suffolk County Air Force Base New York 18 August 1955 31 December 1969 Wurtsmith Air Force Base Michigan1 1 July 1971 31 March 1973 Tyndall Air Force Base Florida 1 September 1974 30 September 2010 Tyndall Air Force Base Florida 22 August 2014 present 2 Aircraft edit Curtiss P 40 Warhawk 1941 1942 Bell P 39 Airacobra 1942 Supermarine Spitfire 1942 1944 North American P 51 Mustang 1944 1945 Douglas A 26 Invader 1946 1947 Northrop P 61 Black Widow 1947 1948 North American F 82 Twin Mustang 1948 1949 North American F 86A Sabre 1949 1950 Lockheed F 94A Starfire 1950 1953 Republic F 84G Thunderjet 1953 North American F 86D Sabre 1953 1957 Convair F 102A Delta Dagger 1957 1959 McDonnell F 101B Voodoo 1959 1969 1974 1981 Convair F 106 Delta Dart 1971 1973 1974 1984 McDonnell Douglas F 15 Eagle 1984 2010 Northrop T 38 Talon 2014 present 2 See also editList of United States Air Force squadrons Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons List of F 86 Sabre units F 94 Starfire units of the United States Air Force List of F 106 Delta Dart units of the United States Air Force List of F 15 operatorsReferences editNotes edit Modified 29 July 2005 Bailey AFHRA Factsheet 2d Fighter Squadron Aircraft is Northrop P 61B 10 NO serial 42 39556 taken upon delivery from depot refurbishing at Tinker AFB Oklahoma Citations edit Notes edit a b Endicott p 328 a b c d e f g h i Bailey Carl E 17 March 2015 Factsheet 2 Fighter Squadron Air Force Historical Research Agency Archived from the original on 7 August 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2015 Maurer p 14 a b USAF reactivates 2nd Fighter Training Squadron Alert 5 22 August 2014 Retrieved 5 June 2019 a b c d e f Factsheet 2nd Fighter Squadron Inactivated May 7 sic Tyndall AFB Public Affairs 9 July 2013 Archived from the original on 6 June 2014 Retrieved 29 April 2015 Olwell Chris Beagles to be reactivated Panama City News Herald Retrieved 30 April 2015 a b Station number in Anderson Bibliography edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Endicott Judy G 1998 Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 and USAF Active Flying Space and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995 PDF Air Force History and Museums Program Washington DC Office of Air Force History ASIN B000113MB2 Retrieved 2 July 2014 Anderson Capt Barry 1985 Army Air Forces Stations A Guide to the Stations Where U S Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II PDF Maxwell AFB AL Research Division USAF Historical Research Center Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 7 July 2012 Cornett Lloyd H Johnson Mildred W 1980 A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 1980 PDF Peterson AFB CO Office of History Aerospace Defense Center Archived from the original PDF on 13 February 2016 Retrieved 23 March 2012 Maurer Maurer ed 1983 1961 Air Force Combat Units of World War II PDF reprint ed Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 02 1 LCCN 61060979 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Maurer Maurer ed 1982 1969 Combat Squadrons of the Air Force World War II PDF reprint ed Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 405 12194 6 LCCN 70605402 OCLC 72556 Ravenstein Charles A 1984 Air Force Combat Wings Lineage amp Honors Histories 1947 1977 Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 12 9 Retrieved 17 December 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2d Fighter Squadron United States Air Force 2d Fighter Squadron American Beagles Reunion 24 August 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2nd Fighter Training Squadron amp oldid 1216739210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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