1st Flying Training Squadron

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1st Flying Training Squadron
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Active1969–1971; 1990–1994; 2007–present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
RoleBasic Aircraft Training
Part of Air Education and Training Command
Garrison/HQ Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado
Nickname(s)Tigers[ citation needed ]
Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award [1]
Insignia
1st Flight Screening Squadron emblem [2] 1 Flight Screening Sq emblem.png

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 their commissioning source. It oversees and conducts IFT for over 2,200 Air Force aviator candidates yearly. Constituted as 1st Flying Training Squadron on 9 May 1969 and re-designated as 1st Flying Training Squadron on 28th May 1993.

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Mission

The squadron’s 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’s Core Values. [3] The Squadron's mission is to provide primary-stage flight-training to student aviators of the Navy, Marine Corps, coast guard and of several allied nations. Undergraduate pilot training involves many aspects related to the digital era.

History

The 1st Flying Training Squadron provided pilot and navigator proficiency training to all Air Force rated personnel assigned to headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area from 1969 to 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] Current operations include training for all USAF pilots, remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots, and combat systems officers (CSO).

Lineage

1st Flying Training Squadron (first unit)

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)

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

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haulman, Daniel (27 March 2017). "Factsheet 1 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Approved insignia for: 1st Flight Screening Squadron". National Archives Catalog. Retrieved 12 July 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 26 February 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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