Lineage

Constituted 558th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), on 25 Nov 1942. Activated on 1 Dec 1942. Redesignated 558th Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9
Oct 1944. Inactivated on 12 Nov 1945. Consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the 558th Tactical Fighter Squadron, which was constituted, and activated, on 17 Apr
1962. Organized on 25 Apr 1962. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1970. Redesignated: 558th Tactical Air Support Squadron on 19 Sep 1985; 558th Flying Training
Squadron on 14 Dec 1992. Activated on 15 Dec 1992.

Assignments

387th Bombardment Group, 1 Dec 1942–12 Nov 1945. Tactical Air Command, 17 Apr 1962; 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 25 Apr 1962–31 Mar 1970 (attached to
51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 9 Mar–9 Jun 1965; 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, 3 Feb–22 Jul 1968). 12th Operations Group, 15 Dec 1992–.

Stations

MacDill Field, FL, 1 Dec 1942; Drane Field, FL, 12 Apr 1943; Godman Field, KY, 13 May–10 Jun 1943; Chipping Ongar, England, 1 Jul 1943; Stony Cross,
England, c. 21 Jul 1944; Maupertuis, France, c. 1 Sep 1944; Chateaudun, France, c. 18 Sep 1944; Clastres, France, c. 4 Nov 1944; Beek, Holland, c. 4 May
1945; Rosieres-en-Santerre, France, 30 May–c. Nov 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 11–12 Nov 1945. MacDill AFB, FL, 25 Apr 1962–Nov 1965 (deployed at Naha AB,
Okinawa, 9 Mar–9 Jun 1965); Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam, c. 14 Nov 1965–31 Mar 1970 (deployed at Kunsan AB, South Korea, 3 Feb–22 Jul 1968).
Randolph AFB, TX, 15 Dec 1992–.

Aircraft

B–26, 1942–1945. F–84, 1962–1963; F–4, 1963–1970. T–43, 1992–.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 31 Jul 1943–19 Apr 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 19 Nov 1965–31 Jan 1968 and 22 Jul 1968–10 Mar 1970. Specialized undergraduate
navigator training, 15 Dec 1992–.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. Vietnam: Vietnam
Defensive; Vietnam Air; Vietnam Air Offensive; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III; Vietnam Air/Ground; Vietnam Air
Offensive, Phase IV; TET69/Counteroffensive; Vietnam Summer-Fall, 1969; Vietnam Winter Spring, 1970.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 23 Dec 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 13 Nov 1965–30 May 1966; 1
Jun 1966–31 May 1967; 1 Jun 1967–31 May 1968; 1 Jun 1968–31 May 1969; 1 Jun 1969–31 Mar 1970. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 15 Oct
1965–31 Mar 1970.

Emblem

On a Yellow disc bordered Blue overall in base a lightning bolt bendwise sinister supporting an "apparition" issuing four "speed lines" from its back
bendwise sinister grasping in dexter hand a sword bendwise sinister surmounting the border in chief and in sinister hand a shield blazoned (Azure a cross
formy Or) all Blue. MOTTO: SEMPER VIGILAMUS—We Are Always Watchful. Approved on 17 May 1965 (KE 17021).

Aircraft