436th Training Squadron
The 436th Training Squadron is a non-flying training squadron of the United States Air Force. The 436th Training Squadron, located at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, is a geographically separated unit within Air Combat Command’s 552nd Air Control Wing, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
| 436th Training Squadron | |
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A 436th Training Squadron instructor trains two individuals on the weapons flightline course at Dyess AFB | |
| Active | 1917–1927; 1928–1946; 1946–1963; 1986–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Training |
| Size | Squadron |
| Part of | Air Combat Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Dyess Air Force Base, Texas |
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| Decorations | Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award |
| Insignia | |
| 436th Training Squadron emblem | |
| 88th Observation Squadron emblem | |
The 436th is one of the oldest units in the United States Air Force, first being organized as the 88th Aero Squadron on 18 August 1917 at Kelly Field, Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during World War I as a Corps observation squadron.
On 7 December 1941, elements of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron were one of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress units that landed at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Later in World War II as the 436th Bombardment Squadron , the unit earned the Distinguished Unit Citation and the Presidential Unit Citation for its services in the China Burma India Theater (CBI). During the Cold War, it was part of Strategic Air Command equipped with B-52 Stratofortress bombers until its inactivation in 1963.