40th Flight Test Squadron

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40th Flight Test Squadron
Emblem of the 40th Flight Test Squadron
Active	1940--present
Country	United States
Branch	Air Force
Role	Flight Testing

USAF F-16A block 15 #80-0573 from the 3247th TS armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile and a cluster weapon in flight on May 12th, 1986. Aircraft now on display at USAF Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, FL.

40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair TF-102A-45-CO Delta Dagger 56-2360, Johnson AB, Japan, 1963

The 40th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 46th Operations Group, based at Eglin AFB, Florida.

History

Lineage

Constituted 40th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on December 22, 1939

Activated on February 1, 1940

Redesignated: 40th Fighter Squadron on May 15, 1942

Redesignated: 40th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on August 20, 1943

Redesignated: 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on January 20, 1950

Redesignated: 40th Tactical Fighter Squadron on June 20, 1965

Inactivated on October 15, 1970

Activated on October 1, 1971

Inactivated on April 30, 1982

Consolidated (October 1, 1992) with the 3247th Test Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on June 25, 1982.

Redesignated: 40th Test Squadron on October 1, 1992

Redesignated: 40th Flight Test Squadron on March 15, 1994.

Assignments

31st Pursuit Group, February 1, 1940
35th Pursuit (later, 35th Fighter; 35th Fighter-Interceptor) Group, January 15, 1942

Attached to 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, January 15 – July 14, 1954 and October 8, 1956 – July 1, 1957

41st Air Division, October 1, 1957

Attached to 3d Bombardment Wing, December 1, 1961 – May 31, 1962

Tactical Air Command, c. June 17, 1965
33d Tactical Fighter Wing, June 20, 1965 – October 15, 1970
355th Tactical Fighter Wing, October 1, 1971
35th Tactical Fighter Wing, June 1, 1972 – April 30, 1982
3246th Test Wing, June 25, 1982
46th Test Wing, October 1, 1992
46th Operations Group, September 8, 1993 – present

Stations

Selfridge Field, Michigan, February 1, 1940
Baer Field, Indiana, December 6, 1941
Port Angeles, Washington, December 16, 1941 – c. January 22, 1942
Archerfield Airport (Brisbane), Australia, February 25, 1942
Ballarat Airport, Australia, March 9, 1942
Mount Gambier Airport, Australia, March 16, 1942
RAAF Base Townsville, Australia, April 1942
Berry Airfield (12 Mile Drome), New Guinea, June 2, 1942
RAAF Base Townsville, Australia, July 30, 1942
Rogers Airfield (30 Mile Drome), New Guinea, c. November 25, 1942
Tsili Tsili (Tsile-Tsile) Airfield, New Guinea, August 11, 1943
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, October 1943
Gusap Airfield, New Guinea, February 5, 1944
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea, June 9, 1944
Kornasoren (Yebrurro) Airfield Noemfoor, Schouten Islands, August 4, 1944
Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Netherlands East Indies, September 14, 1944
Wama Drome, Morotai, Netherlands East Indies, October 17, 1944
Mangaldan Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, January 21, 1945
Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, April 11, 1945

Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, April 19, 1945
Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, June 30, 1945
Irumagawa AB, Japan, October 10, 1945
Yokota AB, Japan, March 13, 1950
Ashiya AB, Japan, July 7, 1950
Pohang AB (K-3), South Korea, July 17, 1950
Tsuiki AB, Japan, August 13, 1950
Pohang AB (K-3), South Korea, October 7, 1950
Yonpo AB (K-27), North Korea, November 18, 1950
Pusan-West AB (K-1), South Korea, December 3, 1950
Misawa AB, Japan, May 25, 1951
Johnson AB, Japan, July 1, 1951

Detachment stationed at Komaki AB, Japan, July 13, 1953 – February 17, 1955

Yokota AB, Japan, August 13, 1954 – c. June 15, 1965
Eglin AFB, Florida, June 20, 1965 – October 15, 1970
Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, October 1, 1971
George AFB, California, June 1, 1972 – April 30, 1982
Eglin AFB, Florida, June 25, 1982 – present

Aircraft

P-39 Airacobra, 1941–1944
P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945
P(later F)-51 Mustang, 1945–1950, 1950–1953
F-80 Shooting Star, 1950, 1953–1954
F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1961
F-102 Delta Dagger, 1960–1965
F-4 Phantom II 1965–1969
A-7 Corsair II, 1971–1972
Conducted test and evaluation missions, using the following aircraft, A-10, F-4, F-15, F-16, F-111, T-38, T-39, C-130, CV-22, and UH-1, 1982–present

Operational history

Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, June 2, 1942 – August 14, 1945. Served in the occupation force in Japan, 1945–1950. Combat in Korea, July 8, 1950 – May 25, 1951. Air defense in Japan and Korea, June 1951 – June 1965. Trained cadres for transfer to Southeast Asia, 1966–1969. Not manned, May 10, 1969 – October 15, 1970 and June 1, 1972 – April 30, 1982.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

External links

United States Air Force In South Korea

Bases
(current)

Kunsan
Osan

Units
(current)

Command	Seventh Air Force

Wings	8th Fighter Wing 51st Fighter Wing

Units
(wartime)

Command	Fifth Air Force 314th Air Division 315th Air Division Far East Air Forces Bomber Command Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command Far East Air Forces Materiel Command

Fighter	4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing 27th Fighter-Escort Wing 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing 474th Fighter-Bomber Wing 116th Fighter-Bomber Wing (ANG) 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing (ANG) 319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Bomber	3rd Bombardment Wing 17th Bombardment Wing 19th Bombardment Wing 22d Bombardment Group 92d Bombardment Wing 98th Bombardment Wing 307th Bombardment Wing 452d Bombardment Wing

Recon	31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 512th Reconnaissance Squadron 543d Tactical Support Group

Transport	1st Troop Carrier Group (Provisional) 61st Troop Carrier Group 314th Troop Carrier Group 315th Troop Carrier Wing 374th Troop Carrier Wing 403d Troop Carrier Wing 437th Troop Carrier Wing 483rd Troop Carrier Wing

TACC	502nd Tactical Control Group 6147th Tactical Control Group

Other	581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing 6167th Air Base Group

USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War

USAAF Fifth Air Force in World War II

Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields

Pacific	USAAF in Australia USAAF in the Southwest Pacific USAAF in Okinawa

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Air Commando	3d Air Commando

Bombardment	3d Bombardment 7th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 27th Bombardment 38th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 90th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 345th Bombardment 380th Bombardment 417th Bombardment

Combat Cargo	2d Combat Cargo

Fighter	8th Fighter 24th Pursuit 35th Fighter 49th Fighter 58th Fighter 348th Fighter 475th Fighter

Reconnaissance	6th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	317th Troop Carrier 374th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

Bombardment	31st Bombardment

Night Fighter	418th Night Fighter 421st Night Fighter 547th Intelligence

Reconnaissance	2d Observation 8th Photographic Reconnaissance 36th Photographic Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	21st Troop Carrier 22d Troop Carrier 65th Troop Carrier 66th Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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