705th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron information
705th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron
705th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron C-130 Hercules[a]
Active
1943–1945; 1947–1951; 1955–1976
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Airlift training
Engagements
European Theater of Operations
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
705th Bombardment Squadron emblem (World War II)[1]
Tail code
ER
ETO fuselage code Squadron Color[1]
HN Yellow
Military unit
The 705th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 924th Tactical Airlift Group at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas where it was inactivated on 30 June 1976, when reserve flying operations at Ellington ended.
The squadron was first activated as the 705th Bombardment Squadron in 1943. After training in the United States with Consolidated B-24 Liberators, it deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated.
The squadron was activated in the reserve in 1948. It was mobilized for the Korean War in 1951, but its personnel were used as fillers for other units and it was inactivated shortly after mobilization. The squadron again became a reserve unit in 1955 as the 705th Troop Carrier Squadron. It served as an airlift unit in the reserve until 1968, when it became a combat crew training unit as the 705th Tactical Airlift Squadron (CCTS) and trained Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircrews until inactivated.
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^ abWatkins, pp. 90–91
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