The 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the 58th Tactical Training Wing. stationed at Luke Air Force Base

Luke Air Force Base

Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located seven miles west of the central business district of Glendale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is also about west of Phoenix, Arizona....

, Arizona

Arizona

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. It was inactivated on 18 January 1991.

Upon inactivation, all personnel, equipment and aircraft were re-assigned to the 311th Fighter Squadron

311th Fighter Squadron

The 311th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 56th Operations Group, being stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It was inactivated on 26 September 1995...

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History

Activated in 1942 under III Fighter Command

III Fighter Command

The III Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.-Lineage:...

. Performed Operational training and Replacement training of newly-graduated pilots on single-engined fighters. Operated a mixture of P-39s, P-40s and P-47s. Inactivated in May 1944 as part of phase down of RTU program.

Reactivated by Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 being headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia...

, 1984 as first F-16C/D training squadron in the USAF as a replacement training unit (RTU). Initially equipped with new Block 25s, converted to new Block 42s in 1990. Aircraft carried "LF" tail code, black tail stripe outlined in red. Inactivated in 1991. Most aircraft reassigned to 308th, 309, 310th upon inactivation.

Lineage

• Constituted 312th Fighter Squadron on 16 Ju1 1942

Activated on 22 Ju1 1942

Disbanded on 1 May 1944

• Re-constituted and re-designated 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 1 October 1984

Activated 1 October 1984

Inactivated on 18 January 1991

Assignments

• 338th Fighter Group, 22 July 1942-1 May 1944
• 58th Tactical Training Wing, 1 October 1984-18 January 1991

Stations

• Dale Mabry Field
  Dale Mabry Field
  Dale Mabry Field was an early airfield located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States established in 1928 and replaced by Tallahassee Regional Airport. It was located at what is now Appleyard Drive and W...
  
  , Florida, 22 Ju1 1942
• Perry Army Air Field, Florida, 13 Jun 1943-1 May 1944
• Luke AFB, Arizona, 1 October 1984-18 January 1991

Aircraft

• P-39 Aircobra, 1942–1943
• P-47 Thunderbolt
  P-47 Thunderbolt
  Republic Aviation's P-47 Thunderbolt, also known as the "Jug", was the largest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single reciprocating engine. It was heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to...
  
  , 1943–1944
• P-40 Warhawk, 1944
• F-16C/D Fighting Falcon, 1984–1991