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459th Flying Training Squadron

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The 459th conducts undergraduate flying training for Euro-NATO joint jet pilot candidates. Its instructor pilots come from seven countries. In 2010, it was named top operations squadron in
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during World War II, where it saw service against the Japanese. The squadron currently consists of instructors from seven different NATO countries.
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The 459th Received a second DUC for intercepting a large formation of enemy aircraft while defending an allied oil refinery in
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squadron tasked with providing undergraduate flying training for Euro-NATO joint jet pilot candidates. Based at
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at Sheppard and had grown to over twice the size of a normal training squadron, was split to form the 459th.
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to supply forces in China. It patrolled allied airfields and attacked Japanese airfields from which enemy
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The countries are the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Canada, Turkey and Spain. Johnson.
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It supported Allied forces during the battles for northern Burma and the advance toward
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in Texas, the unit draws its lineage from a fighter squadron that served in the
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Repairs to P-38 by 459th Fighter Squadron at Chittagong, India โ€“ January 1945
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A History of the 459th Fighter Squadron The Twin Dragons CBI 1943โ€“1945
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Flying training squadrons of the United States Air Force
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had arrived in India in June. The group completed the
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T-6 Texan II
80th Flying Training Wing
United States
United States Air Force
flying training
Air Education and Training Command
Sheppard Air Force Base
China-Burma-India Theater
Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award


United States Air Force
Sheppard Air Force Base
China-Burma-India Theater

squadron
Lockheed P-38 Lightnings
80th Fighter Group
Curtiss P-40 Warhawks
China-Burma-India Theater
Rangoon
strafing
lines of communications
Air Transport Command
the Hump
interceptors
Distinguished Unit Citation

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