| 词条 | 450th Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron |
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|unit_name= 450th Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron | image=T-43 2.jpg | image_size = 300 |caption=T-43 Bobcat, last plane flown by the squadron |dates=1942-1945; 1947-1949; 1954-1957; 1973-1992 |country= United States |allegiance= |branch=United States Air Force |type= Pilot Training |role= |size= |command_structure= |current_commander= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries= |decorations=Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1] |battle_honours= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label=450th Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 30 May 1973)[1] |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label=450th Fighter-Day Squadron emblem (approved 13 June 1955)[2] |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label=450th Bombardment Squadron emblem[3] }} The 450th Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron (450 EFTS) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the 322d Air Expeditionary Group. In 2008 it was converted to an expeditionary unit on provisional status for activation by Air Combat Command any time after 28 October 2008. Its current status is undetermined. The squadron most recently was assigned to the 323d Flying Training Wing based at Mather Air Force Base, California. It operated T-37 Tweet and T-43 Bobcat aircraft conducting flight training for members of the United States military and foreign allies. HistoryWorld War IIEstablished as a Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber squadron in mid-1942; trained under Third Air Force in Florida. Deployed to European Theater of Operations, being assigned to VIII Bomber Command's 3d Bombardment Wing in England. Engaged in attacks on enemy targets in France and the Low Countries; being reassigned to IX Bomber Command in 1943 with the establishment of Ninth Air Force in England. Also supported VIII Bomber Command strategic bombardment raids in Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany, attacking enemy airfields to disrupt interceptor attacks on heavy bomber formations and destroy enemy interceptor aircraft on the ground before they could be launched. After D-Day deployed to Advanced Landing Grounds in France and later Belgium. Provided tactical air support and bombardment of enemy strong points and military targets to disrupt resistance to Allied ground forces advancing from the French invasion beaches and the ensuing offensives on the continent; 1944-1945. Attacked enemy forces as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany, 1945 and continued offensive tactical operations in support of ground forces until German capitulation in May 1945. Became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe army of occupation in Germany during 1945. Demobilized and personnel returned to the United States in the fall of 1945; squadron inactivated as a paper unit in December 1945. Air Force reserveReactivated as a reserve air training command squadron; assigned and performed advanced flight training for air cadets, 1947-1949. Inactivated due to funding restrictions. Tactical fighterAssigned to Tactical Air Command and reactivated in 1954 flying North American F-86 Sabres; later North American F-100 Super Sabres as a fighter-day squadron. Inactivated in 1957 due to funding restrictions. Navigator trainingReactivated in 1972 as an Air Training Command navigator training squadron. It conducted undergraduate navigator training for USAF, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States allies from, 1973-1992.[1] Lineage
Activated on 17 July 1942 Redesignated 450th Bombardment Squadron, Medium on 20 August 1943 Inactivated on 11 December 1945
Activated in the reserve on 9 August 1947 Inactivated on 27 June 1949
Activated on 1 July 1954 Inactivated on 18 November 1957
Activated on 1 April 1973 Inactivated on 31 May 1993
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Deployed at Landstuhl Air Base, West Germany, 20 September-4 October 1956
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See also{{Portal|United States Air Force}}References
1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433458/450-expeditionary-flying-training-squadron-acc/ |last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 450 Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron (ACC)|date=November 21, 2008|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|accessdate=February 27, 2017}} 2. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 556 3. ^Watkins, p. 98. 4. ^1 2 Station number in Anderson. 5. ^1 Station number in Johnson. Bibliography
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