559th Flying Training Squadron, US Air Force
559TH FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 81 Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 20 November 1940. Activated on 15 January 1941. Redesignated: 81 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 30 December 1941; 81 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 October 1944. Inactivated on 22 January 1946. Redesignated 81 Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 29 April 1947. Activated on 19 May 1947. Inactivated on 10 September 1948. Redesignated 559 Fighter-Escort Squadron on 27 October 1950. Activated on 1 November 1950. Redesignated: 559 Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 January 1953; 559 Fighter-Day Squadron on 1 July 1957. Inactivated on 8 January 1958. Redesignated 559 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 17 April 1962. Organized on 25 April 1962. Inactivated on 31 March 1970. Redesignated 559 Flying Training Squadron on 22 March 1972. Activated on 1 May 1972. Patrols over the Pacific from the West Coast, December 1941-February 1942 and May-June 1942; combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO), 16 August 1942-30 January 1944, and China-Burma-India theater (CBI), 16 April 1944-23 May 1945. Awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for support of the British Eighth Army in Middle East campaigns, October 1942-17 August 1943. Not manned, 1947-1948. Fighter escort and air defense, 1950-1957. Augmented air defenses of Okinawa, June-September 1965. Combat in Southeast Asia, 2 January 1966-23 March 1970. Trained US and friendly nation instructor aircrews, May 1972-.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 6 June 1942. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/