445th Test Squadron: Difference between revisions

445th Flight Test Squadron [1]
445th Flight Test Squadron Patch
Active	24 February 1943 - 3 July 1946 20 March 1953 - 30 September 1968 1 October 1969 - 30 November 2001 11 March 2004 - Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Flight Test
Part of	Air Force Material Command Air Force Flight Test Center 412th Test Wing 412th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ	Edwards Air Force Base
Decorations	AFOUA
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Jason Schott

The 445th Flight Test Squadron (445 FLTS) is part of the 412th Test Wing and is based at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

The 445th performed testing of aircraft and tactics from, March 1943-March 1944, operational training from, March 1944-January 1946, and operated as a fighter Squadron between January and July 1946. It conducted air defense from, March 1953-September 1968. The squadron managed the support aircraft fleet for 412th Test Wing and operated more than 100 aircraft test and evaluation programs from, 1969-2001.^[1]

• Constituted 445th Fighter Squadron (Special) on 19 Feb 1943

Activated on 24 Feb 1943

Re-designated: 445th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) (Special) on 15 Mar 1943

Re-designated: 445th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 11 Mar 1944

Re-designated: 445th Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled on 18 Jan 1946

Inactivated on 3 Jul 1946

• Re-designated 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 Feb 1953

Activated on 20 Mar 1953

Inactivated on 30 Sep 1968

• Consolidated (1 Oct 1992) with the 6512th Test Squadron which was designated, and activated, on 1 Oct 1969

Re-designated: 445th Test Squadron on 2 Oct 1992

Re-designated: 445th Flight Test Squadron on 1 Mar 1994

Inactivated on 30 Nov 2001

• Activated on 11 Mar 2004.

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• P-38 Lightning (1943–1945)
• P-39 Airacobra (1943–1944)
• P-40 Warhawk (1943–1944)
• P-47 Thunderbolt (1943–1944)
• P-51 Mustang (1943–1946)
• P-63 Kingcobra (1943–1944)
• A-24 Banshee (1943–1945)
• BT-13 Valiant (1943–1944)
• C-78 Bobcat (1943–1944)
• L-3 Grasshopper (1943–1944)
• L-4 Grasshopper (1943–1944)
• XR-3 (1943–1944)
• XR-4 (1943–1944)
• Beaufighter (1943–1944)
• YP-59A (1944–1945)
• P-59B (1945)
• A-25 Shrike (1944–1945)
• A-36 Apache (1944–1945)
• B-17 Flying Fortress (1944–1945)
• Zeke-52 (1944–1945)
• P-80 Shooting Star (1945–1946)
• F-86 Sabre (1953–1955)
• F-89 Scorpion (1955–1960)
• F-101 Voodoo (1960–1968)
• F-4 Phantom II (1969–2001)
• A-7 Corsair II (1969–2001)
• T-38 Talon (1969–2001, 2004-present)
• KC-135 Stratotanker (1969–2001, 2004-Present)
• T-37 Tweet (1969–2001)

• World War II

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• USAF 445th Flight Test Squadron History