94 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)

Lineage.   Constituted as 94 Troop Carrier Squadron on 14 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943.  Inactivated on 31 Jul 1946.  Redesignated as 94 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 19 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949.  Ordered to active service on 1 Apr 1951.  Inactivated on 3 Apr 1951.  Redesignated as 94 Airmanship Training Squadron on 30 Sep 1983.  Activated on 1 Oct 1983.  Redesignated as 94 Flying Training Squadron on 31 Oct 1994.

Assignments.  439 Troop Carrier Group, 1 Jun 1943; Third Air Force, 10 Jun–31 Jul 1946.  439 Troop Carrier Group, 27 Jun 1949–3 Apr 1951. United States Air Force Academy, 1 Oct 1983; 34 Operations Group, 31 Oct 1994; 306 Flying Training Group, 4 Oct 2004–.

 

Stations.  Alliance AAFld, NE, 1 Jun 1943; Sedalia AAFld, MO, 15 Jun 1943; Alliance AAFld, NE, 2 Aug 1943; Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC, 19 Dec 1943; Baer Field, IN, 2–12 Feb 1944; Balderton, England, 6 Mar 1944; Upottery, England, 26 Apr 1944 (operated from Orbetello, Italy, 18 Jul–24 Aug 1944); Juvincourt, France, 8 Sep 1944; Lonray, France, c. 28 Sep 1944; Chateaudun, France, 6 Nov 1944–Jul 1945; Baer Field, IN, Sep 1945; Sedalia AAFld, MO, Oct 1945–31 Jul 1946.  Selfridge AFB, MI, 27 Jun 1949–3 Apr 1951. USAF Academy, CO, 1 Oct 1983–.

 

Commanders.  Maj John G. Evans, 1 Jun 1943; 1 Lt Fred O. Lorimor, c. 21 Feb 1944; Maj Joseph A. Beck II, 14 Mar 1944; Capt Robert E. Sullivan, c. 18 Sep 1944 (temporary); Lt Col Ward W. Martindale, 1 Oct 1944; Maj John S. Chandler, 4 Mar 1946; Maj Thomas F. Corrigan, 25 May-Jul 1946.  Unkn, 27 Jun 1949-3 Apr 1951.  Lt Col John M. Rinehart, 1 Oct 1983; Lt Col James A. Shaw Jr., Dec 1983; Lt Col Robert A. Lowe, 1 Jul 1985; Lt Col Burkhart, c. 1989; Lt Col John L. Bush, Jun 1991; Lt Col Claude M. Erving, c. 1993; Lt Col Randall G. Muncy, 1 Aug 1994; Lt Col Timothy J. Taylor, 15 Nov 1995; Lt Col Douglas N. Barlow, c. Jul 1997; Lt Col Joseph G. Pacheco, c. Jul 1999; Lt Col Hal Hoxie, c. Jan 2001-unkn; Lt Col Michael A. LeClair, c. Jan 2004; Lt Col Stephen Dutkus, Jun 2006; Lt Col William J. Resnik, Jun 2009; Lt Col Richard B. Roller, 17 Jan 2011; Lt Col Andrew L. Julson, 14 Jun 2013; Lt Col John W. Neptune, 9 Jun 2014-.   

 

Aircraft.   Principally C–47, 1943–1945, and C–46, 1945–1946.  T–6, 1949–1950; T–7, 1949–1951; T–11, 1949–1951; TC–46, 1949–1951.  UV–18, 1983–; TG-10, 2002-2012; TG-15, 2004-; TG-16, 2011-.

 

Operations.   Airborne assaults on Normandy, Southern France, Holland, and Germany; relief of Bastogne; transportation of personnel and cargo in European Theater of Operations (ETO) and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) during World War II.  Taught soaring and parachuting to cadets at the USAF Academy, Oct 1983–; conducted glider training, 2002-.

 

Service Streamers.   World War II American Theater.

 

Campaign Streamers.  World War II: Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

 

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

 

Decorations.   Distinguished Unit Citation: France, [6–7] Jun 1944.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards:  1 Sep 1994-31 Oct 1995; 1 Jul 2005-30 Jun 2007; 1 Jul 2007-30 Jun 2009; 1 Jul 2009-30 Jun 2011; 1 Jul 2011-30 Jun 2013; 1 Jul 2013-30 Jun 2015.   French Croix de Guerre with Palm: [6–7] Jun 1944; 15 Aug 1944. French Fourragere.

 

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 23 Mar 2017. 

 

Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through Jun 2014.

 

Supersedes statement prepared in Jul 2010.

 

Emblem.  Approved on 23 Aug 1984; updated on 1 Apr 1996.

 

Prepared by Daniel Haulman.