Air Force Reserve Command 10th Air Force 340th Flying Training Group
Garrison/HQ
Laughlin Air Force Base
Engagements
European Theater of Operations Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
96th Flying Training Squadron Emblem
96th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 18 August 1942)[1]
Military unit
The 96th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 340th Flying Training Group and is the reserve associate to the 47th Flying Training Wing based at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. It operates T-1 Jayhawk, T-6 Texan II, and T-38 Talon aircraft conducting flight training.
The 96th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations between 25 December 1942 and 3 May 1945.
It flew fighter escort and air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1951 to 1957.
The squadron was redesignated as the 96th Flying Training Squadron and trained USAF pilots to fly supersonic jet aircraft from 1973 to 1993. Since 1998 it has trained Air Force Reserve instructor pilots.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 321
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