80th Flying Training Wing, US Air Force

80TH FLYING TRAINING WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 80 Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942. Activated on 9 February 1942. Redesignated 80 Fighter Group (Single Engine) on 15 May 1942. Inactivated on 3 November 1945. Consolidated (31 January 1984) with the 80 Flying Training Wing, which was established on 23 May 1972. Activated on 1 January 1973. Trained for combat and served as part of the defense force for the northeastern United States, 1942-1943. Sailed for India, via Brazil, Cape of Good Hope, and Ceylon, in May 1943. Began combat operations in September 1943. Supported Allied ground forces during the battle for northern Burma and the push southward to Rangoon, bombing and strafing troop concentrations, supply dumps, lines of communication, artillery positions, and other objectives. Defended the Indian terminus of the Hump route by striking Japanese airfields and patrolling Allied airfields to safeguard them from attack. Received a DUC for intercepting a formation of enemy aircraft and preventing its attack on a large oil refinery in Assam, India, on 27 March 1944. Withdrawn from combat in May 1945. Since January 1973, provided undergraduate pilot training, initially for USAF, German Air Force, and Vietnamese Air Force students. Although Vietnamese Air Force pilot training ceased in September 1974, students from other nations continued to train under the security assistance program through April 1980. Provided USAF rotary-wing pilots’ conversion training to fixed-wing aircraft, June 1977-November 1981. Conducted pilot training and pilot instructor training under the Euro-NATO Joint Pilot Training program, beginning October 1981, with participating nations contributing staff and financial support. In January 1994, began training Euro-NATO pilots in fighter fundamentals, using AT-38 aircraft. In 2008, also began training pilots with T-6 (Texan II) aircraft.

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The Emblem was approved for the Group on 14 October 1942 and for the Wing on 2 January 1973.

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