3rd Flying Training Squadron, US Air Force

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3RD FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Organized as 3 Aero Squadron on 1 Nov 1916. Redesignated as Squadron A, Post Field, OK, on 22 Jul 1918. Demobilized on 2 Jan 1919. Reconstituted, and consolidated (1924) with unit organized as 3 Aero Squadron on 13 May 1919. Redesignated as: 3 Squadron on 14 Mar 1921; 3 Pursuit Squadron on 25 Jan 1923; 3 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 6 Dec 1939. Inactivated on 2 Apr 1946. Redesignated as 3 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 12 Mar 1973. Activated on 15 Mar 1973. Redesignated as 3 Fighter Training Squadron on 19 Dec 1991. Inactivated on 20 Aug 1993. Redesignated as 3 Flying Training Squadron on 14 Feb 1994. Activated on 1 Apr 1994. Inactivated on 7 Apr 2000. Activated on 2 Apr 2001. Redesignated as: 3 Fighter Training Squadron on 8 May 2007; 3 Flying Training Squadron on 14 Sep 2012.

Coat of arms (crest) of the 3rd Flying Training Squadron, US Air Force
Official blazon
English (wanted)

Origin/meaning

Emblem approved on 14 Feb 1924; latest rendering, 18 Sep 1995.


Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/

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