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1 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)

Published October 07, 2016


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Lineage and Honors History

of the

1 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)

 

Lineage.    Constituted as 1 Flying Training Squadron on 9 May 1969.  Activated on 1 Jul 1969.  Inactivated 30 Jun 1971.  Consolidated (1 May 1993) with 1 Flight Screening Squadron, which was constituted on 1 Jun 1990.  Activated on 4 Jun 1990.  Redesignated as 1 Flying Training Squadron on 28 May 1993.  Inactivated on 1 Apr 1994.  Activated on 14 December 2007.

 

Assignments.   1 Composite Wing, 1 Jul 1969-30 Jun 1971.  Officer Training School, 4 Jun 1990; 12 Flying Training Wing, 1 Jul 1991; 12 Operations Group, 15 Dec 1991-1 Apr 1994.  306 Flying Training Group, 14 Dec 2007-.

 

Stations.  Andrews AFB, MD, 1 Jul 1969-30 Jun 1971.  Lackland AFB, TX, 4 Jun 1990-1 Apr 1994.  Pueblo Municipal Airport, CO, 14 Dec 2007-.

 

Commanders.  Lt Col William A. Jones III, 1 Jul 1969; Lt Col Stanley J. Nixon, by Dec 1969; Lt Col Robert B. Swedberg, by Mar 1970; Lt Col Roy A. Barnes, by Mar 1971-30 Jun 1971.  Lt Col Theron E. Weimer, 4 Jun 1990; Lt Col Bruce B. McElroy, 14 Jun 1991; Lt Col William C. Morris, 22 Jul 1993-1 Apr 1994.    Lt Col John S. Tomjack, 14 Dec 2007; Lt Col Allan P. Thilmany, Jul 2008; Lt Col Paul R. Crandall, 23 Jul 2010; Lt Col Steven G. Owen, 1 Jun 2012; Lt Col Steven G. Owen, Jun 2012; Lt Col Mark D. Lewis, May 2015; Lt Col Michael R. Maeder, Oct 2015-. 

 

Aircraft.  T-29, 1969-1970; T-33, 1969-1971; T-39, 1969-1971.  T-41, 1990-1993; T-3, 1994.  DA-20, 2007-.

 

Operations.   Provided pilot and navigator proficiency training to all Air Force rated personnel assigned to headquarters in the Washington D.C. area, 1969-1971.  Conducted the USAF flight screening program for pilot training candidates, 1990-1994; flew initial T-3A Firefly operations in early 1994.  Screened USAF Academy aviator candidates for entry into Undergraduate Flight Training, 2007-.  Trained undergraduate pilot, combat systems operator, and remotely piloted aircraft candidates for Undergraduate Flight Training entry, 2015-.

 

Service Streamers.   None.

 

Campaign Streamers. None.

 

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

 

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul-31 Dec 1991; 1 Jan 1992-30 Jun 1993; 1 Jul 1993-31 Mar 1994; [14 Dec] 2007-30 Jun 2009; 1 Jul 2009-30 Jun 2011; 1 Jul 2011-30 Jun 2013.

 

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 27 Sep 2016.

 

Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through 27 Sep 2016.    

 

Supersedes statement prepared in Dec 2013. 

 

Emblem.  Approved on 15 Nov 2007.

 

Prepared by Daniel Haulman.