40th Flight Test Squadron

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

40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron - Emblem

• 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

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.

See also

• United States Army Air Forces in Australia

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. 

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