420th Flight Test Flight

420th Flight Test Flight

420th Flight Test Flight Emblem
Active June 1, 1943 – Present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Role Flight Testing
Size Flight
Part of Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Arizona

The 420th Flight Test Flight is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron based at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Arizona, assigned to the 413th Flight Test Group at Robins AFB, Georgia.

The unit's mission is to perform testing and delivery of Northrop T-38C aircraft as part of an avionics upgrade program.

Contents

History

Lineage

Activated on June 1, 1943.
Disbanded on March 31, 1944.
Activated on March 18, 1954.
Redesignated 420th Air Refueling Squadron, Tactical on August 8, 1958.
Discontinued, and inactivated, on March 25, 1964.
Redesignated: 420th Test Squadron on October 2, 1992
Reesignated: 420th Flight Test Squadron on March 1, 1994.
Inactivated on December 30, 1997.
Activated in the Reserve on October 1, 2001.

Assignments

(attached to 481 Night Fighter Operational Training Group, July 17–25, 1943)
(attached to 366th Fighter-Bomber Wing, March 18, 1954 – September 22, 1955)
(attached to 47th Bombardment Wing, March 15, 1960 – July 1, 1961)
(remained attached to 47th Bombardment Wing, November 8, 1961
(attached to 7375th Combat Support Group, October 1, 1962 – September 30, 1962)

Stations

Aircraft Assigned

Operational History

References