90th Flying Training Squadron

The 90th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 80th Flying Training Wing based at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. It operates Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.

World War II
The 90th flew combat missions in the China Burma India Theater from 16 September 1943 – 29 April 1945. While stationed at Moran, India, on 8 June 1944, the squadron again received Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. It flew its first combat mission with Thunderbolts on 25 June, having transferred its Curtiss P-40 Warhawks to the depot in Karachi or to the 88th Fighter Squadron.

Pilot training
It conducted undergraduate pilot training for US and allied students from 1973 to 1981 and has been part of the Euro-NATO Joint Pilot Training Program since October 1981.

Lineage

 * Constituted as the 90th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942
 * Activated on 9 February 1942
 * Redesignated 90th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942
 * Redesignated 90th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 1 July 1942
 * Redesignated 90th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 28 February 1944
 * Inactivated on 3 November 1945


 * Redesignated 90th Flying Training Squadron on 25 May 1972
 * Activated on 1 January 1973

Assignments

 * 80th Fighter Group, 9 February 1942 – 3 November 1945
 * 80th Flying Training Wing, 1 January 1973
 * 80th Operations Group, 2 January 1998 – present)

Stations

 * Selfridge Field, Michigan, 9 February 1942
 * Newark Army Air Base, New Jersey, 24 June 1942
 * LaGuardia Airport, New York, 27 August 1942
 * Mitchel Field, New York, 27 February-30 April 1943
 * Karachi, India, 28 June 1943
 * Jorhat, India, c. 12 September 1943
 * Moran, India, March 1944


 * Tingkawk Sakan, Burma, 27 August 1944
 * Myitkyina, Burma, 21 January 1945
 * Moran, India, 5 May 1945
 * Dudhkundi, India, 30 May-6 October 1945
 * Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 1-3 November 1945
 * Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1 January 1973 – present)

Aircraft

 * Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1942–1943, 1944–1945)
 * Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
 * Northrop T-38 Talon (1973–present)