25th Flying Training Squadron
The 25th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.
Overview
The squadron has provided Undergraduate Pilot Training for active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and selected foreign allies since 1 November 1972.History
The 25th flew combat reconnaissance missions in the Southwest and Western Pacific from, 5 February 1944 – 14 August 1945. It was active but not operationally manned or equipped from, November 1945 – February 1946. The squadron also conducted photographic reconnaissance in western United States between 1955 and 1957.Lineage
- Constituted as the 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 5 February 1943
- Redesignated 25th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fighter on 4 November 1954
- Redesignated 25th Flying Training Squadron on 14 April 1972
Assignments
- 6th Photographic Group Group, 9 February 1943
- V Fighter Command, 27 April 1946
- 315th Composite Wing, 31 May 1946
- 71st Reconnaissance Group, 28 February 1947 – 1 April 1949
- 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 24 January 1955 – 1 July 1957
- 71st Flying Training Wing, 1 November 1972
- 71st Operations Group, 15 December 1991 – present
Stations
- Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, 9 February – 22 October 1943
- Sydney Airport, Australia, 19 November 1943
- Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, Australia, 25 November 1943 – 19 January 1944
- Lae Airfield, New Guinea, 3 February 1944
- Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 7 February 1944
- Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 23 July – 16 November 1944
- Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 24 November 1944
- San Jose Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, 3 January 1944
- Motobu Airfield, Okinawa, 9 July 1945
- Chofu Airfield, Japan, 27 September 1945
- Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 10 February 1946
- Itami Airfield, Japan, 30 March 1946 – 1 April 1949
- Larson Air Force Base, Washington, 24 January 1955 – 1 July 1957
- Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1 November 1972 – present