8 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)

Lineage.  Constituted as 8 Photographic Squadron on 19 Jan 1942.  Activated on 1 Feb 1942. Redesignated as: 8 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 9 Jun 1942; 8 Photographic Squadron (Light) on 6 Feb 1943; 8 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 13 Nov 1943; 8 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Night Photographic, on 10 Aug 1948; 8 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Photo-Jet, on 1 Aug 1949.  Inactivated on 25 Feb 1951.  Redesignated as 8 Flying Training Squadron on 14 Apr 1972.  Activated on 1 Nov 1972.

Assignments.  IV Air Support Command, 1 Feb 1942; Fifth Air Force, 29 Mar 1942 (attached to Allied Air Forces, Apr–Sep 1942); V Bomber Command, 5 Sep 1942; 6 Photographic (later, 6 Reconnaissance) Group, 13 Nov 1943 (attached to V Bomber Command after c. 10 Dec 1945); V Bomber Command, 27 Apr 1946; 314 Composite Wing, 31 May 1946; 71 Reconnaissance (later, 71 Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 28 Feb 1947 (attached to 314 Composite Wing to Nov 1947); Fifth Air Force, 1 Apr 1949; 543 Tactical Support Group, 26 Sep 1950-25 Feb 1951. 71 Flying Training Wing, 1 Nov 1972; 71 Operations Group, 15 Dec 1991-.

Stations.  March Field, CA, 1 Feb–14 Mar 1942 (two flights at March Field, CA, to 16 Jun 1942); Melbourne, Australia, 7 Apr 1942; Brisbane, Australia, 24 Apr 1942; Townsville, Australia, 2 May 1942; Port Moresby, New Guinea, 9 Sep 1942; Nadzab, New Guinea, 16 Mar 1944 (operated from Biak after c. 11 Aug 1944); Biak, 10 Sep–20 Oct 1944; Dulag, Leyte, 4 Nov 1944 (air echelon at Clark Field, Luzon, 19 May–12 Aug 1945); Okinawa, 21 Jul 1945; Chofu, Japan, 28 Sep 1945; Irumagawa, Japan, 25 Jan 1946; Yokota AB, Japan, 25 Mar 1949 (detachment operated from Itazuke AB, Japan, from 29 Jun 1950); Itazuke AB, Japan, 9 Jul 1950; Taegu AB, South Korea, 2 Oct 1950; Komaki AB, Japan (operated from Taegu AB, South Korea), 26 Jan-25 Feb 1951. Vance AFB, OK, 1 Nov 1972-.

Service Streamers.  None.

Campaign Streamers.  World War II: East Indies; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Papua; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Korea: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

Decorations.  Distinguished Unit Citations: Papua, 23 Jul 1942-23 Jan 1943; Philippine

Islands, 18-[20] Sep 1944; Philippine Islands, [26] Nov-15 Dec 1944.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan-31 Dec 1975; 1 Jan 1977-30 Apr 1978; 1 May 1982-30 Apr 1984; 1 Apr 1986-31 Mar 1988; 1 Apr 1988-31 Mar 1990; 1 Apr 1990; 31 Mar 1992; 1 Apr 1992-30 Jun 1993; 1 Jul 1993-30 Jun 1995; 1 Jul 1995-30 Jun 1996; 1 Jul 1996-30 Jun 1997; 1 Jul 1997-30 Jun 1998; 1 Jul 1998-30 Jun 1999; 1 Jul 1999-30 Jun 2000; 1 Jul 2001-30 Jun 2002; 1 Jul 2001-30 Jun 2003; 1 Jul 2003-30 Jun 2004; 1 Jul 2004-30 Jun 2005; 1 Jul 2009-30 Jun 2010; 1 Jul 2010-30 Jun 2011; 1 Jul 2012-30 Jun 2014; 1 Jul 2016-30 Jun 2018; 1 Jul 2018-30 Jun 2020.  Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (World War II).  Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 10-[24] Feb 1951.

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 4 Feb 2022.

Supersedes statement prepared on 17 Feb 2010.

Emblem.  Approved on 28 Jul 1990; latest rendering, 13 Apr 1995.

Prepared by James Musser.

Reviewed by Margaret Ream.