[MilCom] Fwd: [FloridaPlanespotting] 2nd FTS Re-activated at Tyndall

Fri Aug 22 22:40:18 EDT 2014

2nd FTSq Re-activated at Tyndall.
Will fly T-38s as  adversaries to F-22s.

TYNDALL AFB — A storied fighter squadron will be reactivated to help  train 
F-22 Raptor pilots.

Lt. Col. Derek Wyler will assume command of  the 2nd Fighter Training 
Squadron. The ceremony will begin at 10:02 a.m. — not  10:01 or 10:03 — in a nod 
to the 2nd squadron, and it will be held in Hangar 2  on Friday, which just 
happens to Aug. 22.

The squadron, which formed in  1941, was deactivated four years ago after 
36 years at Tyndall. From 1984  until its deactivation, the squadron trained 
F-15 Eagle Pilots, but it was  deactivated in the Air Force drawdown of the 
F-15, Schluter said. In its  latest iteration, the 2nd will fly T-38 Talons 
in training exercises as  adversaries to the F-22s. 

The growth of the T-38 Adversary Air program  at Tyndall led to the 
reactivation of the squadron, which is nicknamed the  American Beagle Squadron. 
Over the past two years airmen have moved to Tyndall  as the program has grown. 
Prior T-38 operations were controlled by the 325  Training Support Sq. 
Currently there are 27 personnel assigned to the  squadron, six of whom are 
reservists.

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