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Marine Fighter Training Squadron 402 (VMFT-402) will be a reserve aircraft squadron of the United States Marine Corps, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina. It is scheduled for activation by 30 September 2024 and will inherit the lineage of Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron 402 (HMMT-402). The squadron is set to use 11 Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs which were purchased from the Swiss Air Force, though that number is expected to grow to 13 jets.

The unit is being activated with the intention to make adversary training more available to other squadrons, as the Marine Corps has only one other aggressor squadron, VMFT-401. VMFT-402's objective will be to support VMFAT-501 and the squadrons of Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14) in their transition to the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II.