312th Fighter Squadron

312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron F-16D marked as "F-16D No. 1"
Active	1942-1944; 1984-1991
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Insignia
Patch with 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron emblem

The 312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 58th Tactical Training Wing. stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It was inactivated on 18 January 1991.

Upon inactivation, the squadron's personnel, equipment and aircraft were transferred to the 311th Fighter Squadron.

The squadron was first activated in 1942 under III Fighter Command. It performed operational training and replacement training of newly graduated pilots on single-engine fighters. The 312th operated a mixture of Bell P-39 Airacobras, Curtiss P-40 Warhawks and Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. The squadron was disbanded in May 1944 when the Army Air Forces reorganized its training units into AAF Base Units.

The 312th was reconstituted, designated the '312th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and reactivated by Tactical Air Command in 1984 as the first F-16C/D training squadron in the USAF. The squadron once again acted as a replacement training unit. It was initially equipped with new Block 25 Fighting Falcons, but it converted to new Block 42 planes in 1990. Its aircraft carried "LF" tail code with a black tail stripe outlined in red. It was inactivated in 1991 and most of its aircraft reassigned to 308th, 309th and 310th Fighter Squadrons.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.