459th Flying Training Squadron, US Air Force
459TH FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 459 Fighter Squadron (Two Engine) on 2 August 1943. Activated on 1 September 1943. Inactivated on 5 November 1945. Redesignated as 459 Flying Training Squadron on 25 February 2009. Activated on 17 April 2009. Combat in China-Burma-India (CBI) theater, 14 November 1943-c. 6 May 1945. Credited with 66 aerial victory credits (AVC), 1 December 1943-13 January 1945. Awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for destroying 119 enemy aircraft between 11 March- 19 May 1944. Received a second DUC for defending an allied oil refinery at Assam, India on 27 March 1944. Conducted undergraduate flying training for EURO-NATO pilot candidates, April 2009-.
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The Emblem was approved on 13 April 2009. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/
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