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|command_structure=[[Air EducationForce and TrainingReserve Command]]

|battles=[[Southwest Pacific Theater]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<ref name=39FTSfacts>{{cite web |url= http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434071/39-flying-training-squadron-afrc/ |last1=Haulman|first1=Daniel L.|title=Factsheet 39 Flying Training Squadron (AFRC)|date=19 April 19, 2017|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|deadurlaccess-date=no25 |accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref>

|notable_commanders= Lt. Col. [[Thomas J. Lynch (aviator)|Thomas J. Lynch]]<BR>Brig Gen. [[Robert F. Titus]]

The squadron has been a flying training unit since 1990, exeptexcept for a brief stint as a test squadron.

Activated by Northeast Air District (later [[First Air Force]]) as the '''39th Pursuit Squadron''', a [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] pursuit squadron,{{clarify|post-text=List of aircraft flown does not show ever operatied P-40s|date=February 2018}} at [[Selfridge Field]], Michigan, where it was one of a number of units drawing its [[cadre (military)|cadre]] from the [[1st Pursuit Group]], stationed there. The squadron moved to [[Baer Field]], Indiana the sayday before the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], but was soon rushed to [[Bellingham Army Air Field]], where it flew [[Anti-submarine warfare|antisubmarine]] patrols off the coast of Washington until the middle of January 1942, when it was reassigned from the [[31st Pursuit Group]] to the [[35th Pursuit Group]], which was preparing for deployment to Australia.<ref name=39FTSfacts/>

Re-equipped with [[North American P-51 Mustang]]s and moved to Japan as part of the [[occupationmilitary forceoccupation|army of occupation]], September 1945, remaining as part of the [[Far East Air Forces]] [[air defense mission]] mission throughout the postwar era. Engaged in combat, June 1950, during the initial actions of the [[Korean War]]. Re-equipped with [[Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star]] jets, fighting air-to-air combat against communist aircraft and engaging in ground support missions supporting United Nations Forces, 1950–1953. Returned to Japan after the 1953 armistice and upgraded to the purpose-built [[Lockheed F-94 Starfire]] interceptor flying air defense missions.

The squadron moved to [[Johnson Air Base]] on 20 July 1954 and established temporary air defense detachments on the same day at [[Komaki Air Base]],<ref group=note>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 183. Haulman misspells this as Komati.</ref> Japan to 4 August 1954 and at [[Misawa Air Base]], Japan to 27 August 1954.<ref name=39FTSfacts/> The squadron was inactivated in December 1957.<ref name=39FTSfacts/>

[[File:39th Flying Training Squadron - T-37 Tweet formation37a.jpg|thumb|39th FTS formation flying]]

Reactivated by [[Air Training Command]] as an undergraduate pilot training squadron with [[Northrop T-38 Talon]]s, 1990–1991. Transferred to [[Air Force MaterialMateriel Command]], 1993 as a flight test squadron on various weapons systems from 1993 to 1999, then went back to Air Education and Training Command providing flying training from 2001 onwardstill 2007 where it was transferred to the [[Air Force Reserve Command]].<ref name=39FTSfacts/>

* [[Brisbane Airport]], Australia, 25 February 1942

* [[WilliamtownRAAF AirportBase Williamtown]], Australia, 3 April 1942

* [[WoodstockDonnington Airport, QueenslandAirpark]], Australia, 20 April 1942

* [[Yontan Airfield]],{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], 30 June 1945

* [[Yokota Air Base]], Japan, 31 JulJuly 1954

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* [[Curtiss P-3536 GuardsmanHawk]] (1940–1941)

* [[Bell P-3639 HawkAiracobra]] (1940–19411941–1942)

* [[North American P-51 Mustang]] (later F-51) (1944–1945, 1945–1952)

* [[North American F-86D Sabre Interceptor]] (1952–1957)

* [[Republic F-105 Thunderchief]] (1977)

* [[Cessna T-37 Tweet]] (1990–1991)

*[[ Northrop T-38 Talon]] (1990–1991, 2001–present)

* [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] (1993–1999)

* [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] (1995–1999)

* [[TFairchild Republic A-610 TexanThunderbolt II]] (2001–present1999)

*[[ Raytheon T-1A Jayhawk]] (2007–present)<ref name=39FTSfacts/>

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===Operations=Notable members==

*[[Charles Peter O'Sullivan]], Squadron commander in World War II]]

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