The 66th Training Squadron is an active unit of the
United States Air Force. Its current assignment is with the 336th Training Group at
Fairchild Air Force Base where is performs the training for the SERE instructor course for the USAF.
History
World War II
During
World War II, the squadron operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater, conveying personnel, dropping parachutists, towing gliders, transporting cargo, munitions and evacuating casualties in numerous campaigns. The squadron earned both the
United States Distinguished Unit Citation and the
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat operations.
Air Force reserve
As part of the Air Force Reserve during the postwar years, the squadron performed peacetime transport missions. Ordered to active service during the
Korean War, the units' equipment and personnel were reassigned to
Far East Air Force active duty units. It was then inactivated as a paper unit.
Survival training
The 3614th Combat Crew Training Squadron was activated at
Clark Air Base, Philippines in April 1971, when
Air Training Command assumed responsibility for operating th Jungle Survival School there from
Pacific Air Forces.
Lineage
66th Troop Carrier Squadron
Constituted as the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron on 7 December 1942
Activated on 12 December 1942
Inactivated on 15 January 1946
Activated in the reserve on 3 August 1947
Redesignated the 66th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) on 27 June 1949.