North African Campaign; Operation Husky; Operation Avalanche; Italian Campaign
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Commanders
Notable commanders
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.[1]
Insignia
99th Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 24 June 1944)[1]
Military unit
The 99th Flying Training Squadron (99 FTS) is a training squadron of the United States Air Force, part of the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) based at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Operating Raytheon T-1A Jayhawks, the squadron prepares prospective flight instructors to teach undergraduate pilots and combat systems officers at various bases in the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
The squadron was formed during World War II as the first flying unit for African Americans. Known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the unit served with distinction in the European Theater of Operations. After the war it served as a flight training unit until its inactivation in 1949.
It was re-activated in 1988 as a training squadron. Its planes' tails are painted red to honor the Tuskegee Airmen.
^ abRobertson, Patsy (12 January 2009). "Factsheet 99 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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