Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
90th FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 90th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 Jan 1942. Activated on 9 Feb 1942. Redesignated: 90th Fighter Squadron on 15 May l942; 90th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 1 Jul 1942; 90th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 28 Feb 1944. Inactivated on 3 Nov 1945. Redesignated 90th Flying Training Squadron on 25 May 1972. Activated on 1 Jan 1973.
Assignments. 80th Pursuit (later, 80th Fighter) Group, 9 Feb 1942-3 Nov 1945. 80th Flying Training Wing, 1 Jan 1973-.
Stations. Selfridge Field, MI, 9 Feb 1942; Newark, NJ, 24 Jun 1942; La Guardia Aprt, NY, 27 Aug 1942; Mitchel Field, NY, 27 Feb-30 Apr 1943; Karachi, India, 28 Jun 1943; Jorhat, India, c. 12 Sep 1943; Moran, India, Mar 1944; Tingkawk Sakan, Burma, 27 Aug 1944; Myitkyina, Burma, 21 Jan 1945; Moran, India, 5 May 1945; Dudhkundi, India, 30 May-6 Oct 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 1-3 Nov 1945. Sheppard AFB, TX, 1 Jan 1973-.
Aircraft. P-47, 1942-1943; P-40, 1943-1944; P-47, 1944-1945. T-38, 1973-.
Operations. Combat in CBI, 16 Sep 1943-29 Apr 1945. Undergraduate pilot training for USAF and students from selected nations, 1973-1981; Euro-NATO joint pilot training, Oct 1981-.
Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: India-Burma; Central Burma.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Assam, India, 27 Mar 1944. Air Force
Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Nov 1975-30 Oct 1977; 10-20 Apr 1979; 30 Apr 1981-29 Apr 1983.
Emblem. Approved on 19 Jan 1945.