40th Flight Test Squadron

Lineage

Constituted 40th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 22 December 1939

Activated on 1 February 1940Redesignated: 40th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942Redesignated: 40th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 August 1943Redesignated: 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950Redesignated: 40th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 20 June 1965Inactivated on 15 October 1970

Activated on 1 October 1971

Inactivated on 30 April 1982

Consolidated (1 October 1992) with the 3247th Test Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on 25 June 1982.

Redesignated: 40th Test Squadron on 1 October 1992Redesignated: 40th Flight Test Squadron on 15 March 1994.

Assignments

31st Pursuit Group, 1 February 1940

35th Pursuit (later, 35th Fighter; 35th Fighter-Interceptor) Group, 15 January 1942

Attached to 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 15 January – 14 July 1954 and 8 October 1956 – 1 July 1957

41st Air Division, 1 October 1957

Attached to 3d Bombardment Wing, 1 December 1961 – 31 May 1962

Tactical Air Command, c. 17 June 1965

33d Tactical Fighter Wing, 20 June 1965 – 15 October 1970

355th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 October 1971

35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 June 1972 – 30 April 1982

3246th Test Wing, 25 June 1982

46th Test Wing, 1 October 1992

46th Operations Group, 8 September 1993 – present

Aircraft

P-39 Airacobra, 1941–1944

P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945

P(later F)-51 Mustang, 1945–1950, 1950–1953

F-80 Shooting Star, 1950, 1953–1954

F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1961

F-102 Delta Dagger, 1960–1965

F-4 Phantom II 1965–1969

A-7 Corsair II, 1971–1972

Conducted test and evaluation missions, using the following aircraft, A-10, F-4, F-15, F-16, F-111, T-38, T-39, C-130, CV-22, and UH-1, 1982–present

Operational history

Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 2 June 1942 – 14 August 1945. Served in the occupation force in Japan, 1945–1950. Combat in Korea, 8 July 1950 – 25 May 1951. Air defense in Japan and Korea, June 1951 – June 1965. Trained cadres for transfer to Southeast Asia, 1966–1969. Not manned, 10 May 1969 – 15 October 1970 and 1 June 1972 – 30 April 1982.