25th Flying Training Squadron

The 25th Flying Training Squadron (25 FTS) is part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operates T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.

Overview
The squadron has provided Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) for active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and selected foreign allies since 1 November 1972.

History
The 25th flew combat reconnaissance missions in the Southwest and Western Pacific from, 5 February 1944 – 14 August 1945. It was active but not operationally manned or equipped from, November 1945 – February 1946. The squadron also conducted photographic reconnaissance in western United States between 1955 and 1957.

Lineage

 * Constituted as 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 5 Feb 1943
 * Re-designated as 25th Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943
 * Activated on 9 Feb 1943
 * Re-designated as: 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943
 * Re-designated as: 25th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 24 Jan 1946
 * Inactivated on 1 Apr 1949


 * Re-designated as 25th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fighter, on 4 Nov 1954
 * Activated on 24 Jan 1955
 * Inactivated on 1 Jul 1957


 * Re-designated as 25th Flying Training Squadron on 14 Apr 1972
 * Activated on 1 Nov 1972.

Assignments

 * 6th Photographic (later 6th Photographic Reconnaissance and Mapping; 6th Photographic Reconnaissance; 6th Photographic; 6th Reconnaissance) Group, 9 Feb 1943
 * Attached to V Fighter Command after 10 Feb 1946


 * V Fighter Command, 27 Apr 1946
 * 315th Composite Wing, 31 May 1946
 * 71st Reconnaissance (later, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 28 Feb 1947 – 1 Apr 1949
 * Attached to 315th Composite Wing to Nov 1947


 * 71st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 24 Jan 1955 – 1 Jul 1957
 * 71st Flying Training Wing, 1 Nov 1972
 * 71st Operations Group, 15 Dec 1991 – present

Stations

 * Colorado Springs Army Air Base, Colorado, 9 Feb – 22 Oct 1943
 * Sydney Airport, Australia, 19 Nov 1943
 * Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, Australia, 25 Nov 1943 – 19 Jan 1944
 * Lae Airfield, New Guinea, 3 Feb 1944
 * Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 7 Feb 1944
 * Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 23 Jul – 16 Nov 1944
 * Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 24 Nov 1944
 * San Jose Airfield, Mindoro, Philippines, 3 Jan 1944
 * Detachment at Dulag Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, to 6 Feb 1945
 * Air echelon at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 14 Jun – 14 Jul 1945


 * Hamasaki (Motobu Airfield), Okinawa, 9 Jul 1945
 * Chofu Airfield, Japan, 27 Sep 1945
 * Itazuke AB, Japan, 10 Feb 1946
 * Itami Airfield, Japan, 30 Mar 1946 – 1 Apr 1949
 * Larson AFB, Washington, 24 Jan 1955 – 1 Jul 1957
 * Vance AFB, Oklaholma, 1 Nov 1972 – present

Aircraft

 * F-5 Lightning (1943–1945)
 * B-25 Mitchell (1944)
 * F-6 Mustang (1946–1949)
 * L-5 Sentinel (1946)
 * F-2 Expeditor (1947–1948)
 * RF-84 Thunderflash (1955–1957)
 * T-38 Talon (1972 – present)