2d Fighter Squadron
| 2d Fighter Training Squadron | |
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Four-ship formation of 2d Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles over Tyndall Air Force Base
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| Active | 1941–1945; 1946–1969; 1971–1973; 1974–2010; 2014- present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Squadron |
| Nickname(s) | American Beagles |
| Motto(s) | Second to None |
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| 2d Fighter Squadron emblem (Approved 7 October 1999) |  |
| 2d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (Approved 5 March 1959) |  |
| Squadron Fuselage Code (1942-1945) | QP |
The 2d Fighter Training Squadron is an active United States Air Force Unit. It is assigned to the 325th Operations Group at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It was activated on 22 August 2014.
The squadron operates the Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft conducting adversary training for F-22 Raptor pilots in air superiority missions.
Originally constituted as the 2d Pursuit Squadron on 20 November 1940, the squadron was activated on 15 January 1941. It served in World War II with the 52d Pursuit Group, and during that period flew the Curtis P-40 Warhawk and Bell P-39 Airacobra. The 2d also flew combat missions in the Supermarine Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang in the European and Mediterranean Theaters, serving specifically in air campaigns in Europe, Algeria, French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Normandy, Northern France, Southern France, north Apennines, Rhineland, Central Europe, Po Valley, and performed air combat. The unit received two Distinguished Unit Citations for operations in Germany and Romania in 1944. Following World War II, the squadron was inactivated on 7 November 1945 at Drew Field, Florida.
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