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1st Flying Training Squadron
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1st Flying Training Squadron
center|60px 1st Flying Training Squadron.jpg 200px 1st Flying Training Squadron emblem 1969–1971; 1990–1994; 2007–present USA Basic Aircraft Training Air Education and Training Command Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado TigersJuly 2018 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432284/1-flying-training-squadron-aetc/ Haulman Daniel Factsheet 1 Flying Training Squadron (AETC) 27 March 2017 Air Force Historical Research Agency live 12 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20161125072136/http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/432284/1-flying-training-squadron-aetc/ 25 November 2016 165px 1st Flight Screening Squadron emblem https://picryl.com/search?tags_all=insignia&i=approved-insignia-for-flight-screening-squadron-d612c1 Approved insignia for: 1st Flight Screening Squadron National Archives Catalog 12 July 2018
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 28 May 1993.
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. https://www.aetc.af.mil/units/306FTG/ No byline Air Education and Training Command Units: 306th FlyingTraining Group Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs live https://web.archive.org/web/20120226010317/http://www.aetc.af.mil/units/306FTG/ 26 February 2012 12 July 2018 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. 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)
Constituted as the 1st Flying Training Squadron on 9 May 1969
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
1st Flying Training Squadron (second unit)
Constituted as the 1st Flight Screening Squadron which was constituted on 1 June 1990
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
Activated on 14 December 2007
Assignments
1st Composite Wing, 1 July 1969 – 30 June 1971
Officer Training School, 4 June 1990
12th Flying Training Wing, 1 July 1991
12th Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – 1 Apr 1994
306th Flying Training Group, 14 December 2007 – present
Stations
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, 1 July 1969 – 30 June 1971
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 4 June 1990 – 1 April 1994
Pueblo Memorial Airport, Colorado, 14 December 2007 – present
Aircraft
Convair T-29 Flying Classroom, 1969 –1970
Lockheed T-33 T-Bird, 1969 –1971
North American T-39 Sabreliner, 1969 – 1971
Cessna T-41 Mescalero, 1990 – 1993
Slingsby T-3 Firefly, 1994
Diamond DA-20 Eclipse, 2007 – present
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