49th Fighter Training Squadron, US Air Force
49TH FIGHTER TRAINING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History:Constituted 49 Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated:49 Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942; 49 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 28 Feb 1944. Inactivated on 9 Sep 1945. Redesignated 49 Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, and activated, on 20 Nov 1946. Redesignated 49 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 26 Jul 1948. Inactivated on 2 Oct 1949. Redesignated 49 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 Sep 1952. Activated on 1 Nov 1952. Inactivated on 7 Jul 1987. Redesignated 49 Flying Training Squadron on 11 May 1990. Activated on 25 Jun 1990. Inactivated on 18 Sep 1992. Activated on 1 Jul 1993. Redesignated 49 Fighter Training Squadron on 19 May 2003.
Air defense patrols, 7-12 Dec 1941. Combat in European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operation, 21 Oct 1942-1 May 1945. Air defense, 1947-1949, and 1952-1987. Undergraduate pilot training, 1990-1992. Taught basic procedures and techniques of fighter employment, 1993-.
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The emblem was approved on 28 February 1995.
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