35th Flying Training Squadron

35th Flying Training Squadron
Active	1942-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Flying Training

The 35th Flying Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. Its current assignment is with the 64th Operations Group, based at Reese Air Force Base, Texas.

The squadron has been performing Undergraduate pilot training at Reese AFB since 1972.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 35th Transport Squadron on 2 February 1942

Activated on 14 February 1942

Redesignated 35th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 31 July 1945

• Redesignated 35th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 3 July 1952

Activated on 14 July 1952

Inactivated on 21 July 1954

• Activated on 20 December 1962

Organized on 8 January 1963

Redesignated: 35th Troop Carrier Squadron on 8 December 1965

Redesignated: 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 August 1967

Inactivated on 31 March 1971

• Redesignated 35th Flying Training Squadron on 14 April 1972

Activated on 1 October 1972.

Assignments

• 315th Transport (later Troop Carrier) Group, 14 February 1942
• 64th Transport (later, 64th Troop Carrier) Group, 9 June 1942 – 31 July 1945
• 64th Troop Carrier Group, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
• Pacific Air Forces, 20 December 1962
• 315th Air Division, 8 January 1963
• 374th Troop Carrier (later, 374th Tactical Airlift) Wing, 8 August 1966 – 31 March 1971
• 64th Flying Training Wing, 1 October 1972

64th Operations Group, 15 December 1991-present

Stations

• Olmsted Field, Pennsylvania, 14 February 1942
• Westover Field, Massachusetts, 8 June-31 July 1942
• RAF Ramsbury, England, 18 August–November 1942

Operated from Casablanca Airfield, French Morocco, 14 November–December 1942

• Blida Airfield, Algeria, c. 12 December 1942

Operated from Telergma Airfield, Algeria, 4 January-21 March 1943

• Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia, 28 June 1943
• El Djem Airfield, Tunisia, 26 July 1943
• Comiso Airfield, Sicily, 7 September 1943

Operated from bases in India, April–June 1944

• Ciampino Airfield, Italy, 8 July 1944

Operated from Istres Air Base, France, 6 September-11 October 1944

• Rosignano Airfield, Italy, 9 January-23 May 1945
• Waller Field, Trinidad, 4 June-31 July 1945
• Donaldson AFB, South Carolina, 14 July 1952 – 21 July 1954
• Naha AB, Okinawa, 8 January 1963 – 31 March 1971
• Reese AFB, Texas, 1 October 1972–present

Aircraft

• C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1945
• C-82 Packet, 1952–1953
• C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1953–1954
• C-130A Hercules, 1963–1971
• T-37 Tweet, 1972–present

Operational history

During World War II, included airborne assaults on Sicily and Southern France; support for partisans in northern Italy, January–May 1945; aerial transportation in MTO, and briefly in CBI. Transported cargo and personnel in the Far East and Southeast Asia, 1963–1971. Undergraduate pilot training, 1972–present

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.