22nd Training Squadron

History

The squadron was first organized as the 22nd Special Operations Squadron and operated in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War for two years from October 1968 until September 1970. The 22nd flew Douglas A-1 Skyraiders and was assigned to the 56th Special Operations Wing at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base.

The primary call sign used by the unit was "Zorro", for interdiction missions over the Ho Chi Minh trail, and the squadron was thus nicknamed the "Zorros." (The 606th Air Commando Squadron also used the "Zorro" call sign for a period of time prior to the establishment of the 22nd for its missions over the Trail flying North American T-28 Trojan fighter bombers).

The 3612th Combat Crew Training Squadron was organized in 1971 and assigned to the 3636th Combat Crew Training Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. In 1993, the two squadrons were consolidated as the 22nd Crew Training Squadron. The squadron conducts Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training.

Lineage

; 22nd Special Operations Squadron

• Constituted as the 22nd Special Operations Squadron on 8 October 1968 and activated (not organized)
• Organized on 25 October 1968 : Inactivated on 30 September 1970
• Consolidated on 1 January 1993 with the 3612th Combat Crew Training Squadron as the 22nd Crew Training Squadron

; 22nd Training Squadron

• Organized on 1 April 1971 as the 3612th Combat Crew Training Squadron
• Consolidated on 1 January 1993 with the 22nd Special Operations Squadron as the 22nd Crew Training Squadron : Recesignated 22nd Training Squadron on 1 April 1994

Assignments

• Pacific Air Forces, 8 October 1968 (not organized)
• Thirteenth Air Force, 25 October 1968
• 56th Special Operations Wing, 31 October 1968 – 30 September 1970
• 3636th Combat Crew Training Group (later 336th Crew Training Group, 336th Training Group), 1 April 1971 – present

Stations

• Nakon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 25 October 1968 – 30 September 1970
• Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1 April 1971 – present

Aircraft

• Douglas A-1 Skyraider, 1968–1970

References

References

1. (13 July 2015). "Factsheet 56 Fighter Wing (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
2. (21 June 2011). "Factsheet 336 Training Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency.
3. ''See'' Robertson, Factsheet 56 Fighter Wing
4. ''See'' Robertson, Factsheet 336 Crew Training Group