563rd Flying Training Squadron, US Air Force

563RD FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted 563 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 December 1942. Activated on 24 December 1942. Redesignated 563 Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, on 20 August 1943. Inactivated on 28 August 1945. Redesignated 563 Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, on 5 May 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 12 June 1947. Inactivated on 27 June 1949. Redesignated 563 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 November 1953. Activated on 23 November 1953. Inactivated on 10 December 1957. Redesignated 563 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 1 May 1962. Organized on 1 October 1962. Inactivated on 31 July 1972. Redesignated 563 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 15 July 1975. Activated on 31 July 1975. Redesignated 563 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1977. Inactivated on 5 October 1989. Redesignated 563 Flying Training Squadron on 14 December 1992. Activated on 14 May 1993. Inactivated on 3 June 1996. Activated on 30 April 1999. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 17 July 1943-21 April 1945. Awarded Distinguished Unit Citations (DUC) for action against the enemy over Germany on 17 August 1943 and for three missions over Europe (Hannover, Germany, 26 July 1943; Brux, Czechoslovakia, 12 May 1944; from England to Russia, 21 June 1944). Combat in Southeast Asia, 8 April-15 August 1965. Replacement training, 1 January 1966-30 Sep 1970. Electronic warfare training and operations, late 1975-Oct 1989. Undergraduate navigator training, 1993-1996. Conducted basic navigator and electronic warfare training for Air Force and Navy officers, 1999-.

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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 4 February 1955.

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