page_title: 311th Fighter Squadron
section_title: Pilot training
hierarchical_section_title: 311th Fighter Squadron / History / Pilot training
caption_attribution_description: English: 311th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron - McDonnell F-4C-19-MC Phantom 63-7584 Now at at McChord Air Museum, WA.
context_page_description: The 311th Fighter Squadron is part of the 54th Fighter Group at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico which is a geographically separated unit under the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting advanced fighter training. The squadron previously operated the Fighting Falcon conducting advanced fighter training at Luke and was inactivated due to budget constraints after the end of the Cold War. It was recently reactivated at Holloman and the aircraft were received from the 309th Fighter Squadron.
  The squadron was first activated during World War II to replace the 67th Fighter Squadron, which had been withdrawn from the 58th Fighter Group. After training in the United States, it moved to the Southwest Pacific Theater, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation and a Republic of the Philippines Presidential Unit Citation before inactivating in the Philippines in 1946. It was activated again in July 1952, when it replaced an Air National Guard unit that had been federalized for the Korean War.
context_section_description: Reactivated in January 1970 as the 310th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, assuming personnel and equipment of the provisional 4515th Combat Crew Training Squadron, carried tail code "LA" with yellow fin cap. Initially operated the F-100D Super Sabres of the 4515th CCTS, re-equipped with the McDonnell F-4C Phantom II in August 1971, performing F-4 pilot training role previously performed by Davis–Monthan AFB units.
  Re-equipped with Block 1, 5 and 10 F-16A/B Fighting Falcon aircraft in late 1982.  F-16s carried tail code "LF".  In 1988 the squadron began receiving brand new block 42 F-16C/Ds to replace the F-16A/B.  Inactivated 1 April 1994 with the phase down of combat training at Luke after the end of the Cold War.
  Reactivated in January 1995 with F-16C/D block 42s to train Foreign Military Sales customers, mission and aircraft reassigned to the 152d Fighter Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard at Tucson Air National Guard Base and inactivated late September 1995
  The 311th Fighter Squadron was reactivated in 2014 as a part of the also newly reactivated 54th Fighter Group. The group is an element of the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
caption: 311th TFTS F-4C-19-MC Phantom 63–7584, marked as Wing Commander's aircraft.  Now at McChord Air Museum, Washington.
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