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词条 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
释义

  1. History

     World War II  Tactical Air Command 

  2. Lineage

     Assignments  Stations  Aircraft 

  3. See also

  4. References

     Notes 

  5. Bibliography

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The 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 58th Tactical Training Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, where it was inactivated on 18 January 1991. Upon inactivation, the squadron's personnel, equipment and aircraft were transferred to the 311th Fighter Squadron.

The squadron was first activated during World War II and served as a fighter replacement training unit until it was disbanded in 1944 in a reorganization of Army Air Forces training units. It was reconstituted and activated once again in 1984.

History

World War II

The squadron was activated as part of the 338th Fighter Group at Dale Mabry Field, Florida in July 1942.[2][3] The 312th initially flew the Bell P-39 Airacobra.[1]

The squadron's mission was to act as a Replacement Training Unit (RTU). RTUs were oversized units that trained individual pilots or aircrews following their graduation from flight school.[4] In June 1943, the 338th Group began a split organization and the 312th and 441st Fighter Squadrons moved to Perry Army Air Field, Florida,[1][5] while group headquarters and the other two squadrons remained at Dale Mabry Field.[3][6][7] After September 1943, the group focused on Republic P-47 Thunderbolt training,although the squadron had some P-40s in 1944.[1][3]

However, the Army Air Forces was finding that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were not proving well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly it adopted a more functional system for its training bases in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit.[8]

The squadron was disbanded in May 1944,[1] and its personnel, equipment and mission transferred to the 342d AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Fighter).

Tactical Air Command

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The 312th was reconstituted, designated the 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and reactivated by Tactical Air Command at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona in October 1984 as the first General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon training squadron in the USAF. The squadron once again acted as a replacement training unit. It was initially equipped with new Block 25 Fighting Falcons, but it converted to new Block 42 planes in 1990. Its aircraft carried "LF" tail code with a black tail stripe outlined in red. It was inactivated in 1991 and most of its aircraft reassigned to 308th, 309th and 310th Fighter Squadrons.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 312th Fighter Squadron on 16 Ju1y 1942

Activated on 22 Ju1y 1942

Disbanded on 1 May 1944[9]

  • Reconstituted and redesignated 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 October 1984

Activated 1 October 1984

Inactivated on 18 January 1991

Assignments

  • 338th Fighter Group, 22 July 1942 – 1 May 1944[9]
  • 58th Tactical Training Wing, 1 October 1984 – 18 January 1991

Stations

  • Dale Mabry Field, Florida, 22 Ju1y 1942
  • Perry Army Air Field, Florida, 13 Jun 1943 – 1 May 1944[9]
  • Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 1 October 1984 – 18 January 1991

Aircraft

  • Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1942–1943
  • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1944
  • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1944[9]
  • General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, 1984–1991

See also

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}

References

Notes

1. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 379
2. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 379
3. ^Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 217–218
4. ^Craven & Cate, Introduction, p. xxxvi
5. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p 546
6. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 369
7. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 370
8. ^Goss, p. 75
9. ^Lineage, including assignments, stations and aircraft, through 1944 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 379

Bibliography

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Craven, Wesley F |editor2=Cate, James L|url=http://media.defense.gov/2010/Nov/05/2001329891/-1/-1/0/AFD-101105-019.pdf|accessdate=December 17, 2016 |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II|volume=Vol. VI, Men & Planes|year=1955|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|oclc=704158| lccn=48003657}}

{{cite book|last=Goss|first=William A.|editor=Craven, Wesley F |editor2=Cate, James L. |url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Nov/05/2001329890/-1/-1/0/AFD-101105-012.pdf|accessdate=December 17, 2016 |title=The Army Air Forces in World War II|volume=Vol. VI, Men & Planes|year=1955|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago, IL|oclc=704158| lccn=48003657|page=|chapter=The Organization and its Responsibilities, Chapter 2 The AAF}}

  • {{cite book|last=Martin|first=Patrick|title=Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings|year=1994|publisher=Schiffer Military Aviation History|location=Atglen, PA|isbn=0-88740-513-4|page=}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|origyear= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|accessdate= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979|pages=}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|accessdate= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402| pages= }}
  • {{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Brian.|title=United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978|date=2005|publisher=Midland Publications|location=Hinkley, UK|isbn=1-85780-197-0|pages = }}

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