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32d Flying Training Squadron
T-1 Jayhawk from Vance AFB
Active	1942–1946; 1973–1979; 1993–1993; 1995–2012
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Pilot Training
Part of	Air Education and Training Command
Engagements	Operation Husky Operation Overlord Operation Market Garden Operation Varsity
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
32d Flying Training Squadron emblem (approved 5 December 1996)
32d Tactical Airlift Squadron emblem (approved 2 January 1974)

The 32d Flying Training Squadron was last part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It operated Beechcraft T-1 Jayhawk aircraft conducting flight training. It was inactivated on 14 September 2012.

History

World War II

Activated in late 1942 under I Troop Carrier Command and equipped with C-47 Skytrains. Trained in various parts of the eastern United States until the end of 1943. Deployed to French Morocco in May 1943 and assigned to Twelfth Air Force to support combat operations in the North African Campaign. Remained with Twelfth Air Force, moving to Tunisia and Sicily providing transport and resupply operations as well as casualty evacuation of wounded personnel in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Reassigned to IX Troop Carrier Command, in England during early 1944 as part of the build-up of Allied forces prior to the D-Day invasion of France.

Began operations by dropping paratroops into Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944) and releasing gliders with reinforcements on the following day. The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation for these missions.

After the Normandy invasion the squadron ferried supplies in the United Kingdom. The squadron also hauled food, clothing, medicine, gasoline, ordnance equipment, and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals. It dropped paratroops near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the Operation Market Garden, the airborne attack on the Netherlands. In December, it participated in the Battle of the Bulge by releasing gliders with supplies for the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne.

Moved to Belgium in early 1945, and participated in the Western Allied invasion of Germany, participating in the air assault across the Rhine River in March 1945, each aircraft towed two gliders with troops of the 17th Airborne Division and released them near Wesel.

After V-E Day, became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe, being assigned to AAF Station Frankfurt and was part of the USAFE European Air Transport System, supporting the occupation forces in Germany as well as carrying supplies and personnel between various stations in Western Europe. Inactivated on 30 September 1946 in Germany.

Airlift operations

The squadron was redesignated the 32d Tactical Airlift Squadron and conducted worldwide airlift operations between 1973 and 1979.

Pilot training

The squadron became the 32d Flying Training Squadron and provided pilot training from 1995–2012. The 32d was inactivated on 14 Sep 2012 and the personnel, aircraft and equipment were transferred to the 3d Flying Training Squadron.

Campaigns and decorations

• Campaigns. World War II: Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe.
• Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Sicily, 11 Jul 1943; France, Jun 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1995-30 Jun 1996; 1 Jul 1996-30 Jun 1997; 1 Jul 1997-30 Jun 1998; 1 Jul 1998-30 Jun 1999; 1 Jul 1999-30 Jun 2000; 1 Jul 2000-30 Jun 2001; 1 Jul 2001-30 Jun 2002; 1 Jul 2001-30 Jun 2003; 1 Jul 2003-30 Jun 2004; 1 Jul 2004-30 Jun 2005.

Lineage

• Constituted as the 32d Transport Squadron on 28 January 1942

Activated on 2 March 1942

Redesignated 32d Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 July 1942

Inactivated on 30 September 1946

• Redesignated 32d Tactical Airlift Squadron on 18 June 1973

Activated on 1 September 1973

Inactivated on 30 June 1979

• Redesignated 32d Airlift Flight on 1 May 1993

Activated on 31 May 1993

Inactivated on 1 October 1993

• Redesignated 32d Flying Training Squadron on 3 March 1995

Activated on 1 June 1995

Inactivated on 14 September 2012

Assignments

• 314th Transport Group, 2 March 1942
• 50th Transport Wing, 31 March 1942
• 314th Troop Carrier Group, 19 August 1942 (attached to 441st Troop Carrier Group after September 1945)
• 441st Troop Carrier Group, December 1945 – 30 September 1946
• 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, 1 Sep 1973 (attached to 513th Tactical Airlift Wing, 5 November 1973 – 16 January 1974, 3 September–14 November 1975; 322d Tactical Airlift Wing, 3 February–16 April 1975; 435th Combat Support Group, 3 June–14 August 1976, 13 February–13 April 1977; 435th Tactical Airlift Group, 9 September–14 November 1977)
• 314th Tactical Airlift Group, 1 November 1978 – 30 June 1979 (attached to 313th Tactical Airlift Group, 17 February–14 April 1979)
• 46th Test Wing, 31 May–1 October 1993
• 71st Operations Group, 1 June 1995 – 14 September 2012

Stations

Aircraft

• Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1942–1946)
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1973–1979)
• Beechcraft T-1 Jayhawk (1995–2012)

See also

v t e United States Air Force
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Structure	Commands Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations Direct Reporting Units District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy Major commands ACC AETC AFGSC AFMC AFRC AFSOC AMC PACAF USAFE–AFAFRICA Numbered Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Expeditionary Fifteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Wings ANG Groups ANG Squadrons ANG Security Forces Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol
Personnel and training	Personnel Rank officers cadets enlisted Specialty Code Aeronautical ratings Judge Advocate General's Corps RED HORSE Security Forces Medical Service Chief of Chaplains Chief Scientist Training: Air Force Academy Officer Training School Reserve Officer Training Corps Basic Training Airman Leadership School SERE Fitness Assessment
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Category

v t e Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Air Forces	Second Nineteenth Air University
Bases	Altus Columbus Goodfellow Gunter Annex Holloman Keesler Lackland Laughlin Luke Maxwell Randolph Sheppard Tyndall Vance
Wings	12th Flying Training 14th Flying Training 17th Training 33d Fighter 37th Training 42d Air Base 47th Flying Training 49th Wing 56th Fighter 58th Special Operations 59th Medical 71st Flying Training 80th Flying Training 81st Training 82d Training 97th Air Mobility 314th Airlift 502d Air Base
Groups	336th Training Group 381st Training Group

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References

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. Aircraft is Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain serial 42-92862 taking off from Poix Airfield (B-44), France, during Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945.

Citations

1. ^ Kane, Robert B. (10 June 2010). "Factsheet 32 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. ^ Lineage, including assignments, aircraft and stations, through February 2010 in Kane, except as noted.
3. Station number in Anderson.
4. Station number in Johnson.

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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