41st Flying Training Squadron [41st FTS]
The 41st Flying Training Squadron conducts primary flight training in the Cessna T-37 "Tweet". Students receive about 81 hours of training in basic aircraft control, takeoff and landing techniques, aerobatics, night, instrument and formation flying. Upon completion of their T-37 training, students go on to advanced training in either the T-38, T-1, T-44, or UH-1.
The 41st Flying Buzzsaws train 200 students each year with 50 instructors.
The 41st history includes flying P-35, P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51 aircraft during WWII, F-80 Interceptors in defense of Japan during the Korean conflict, and F-86s after the war. The squadron was reactivated as a training unit at Reese AFB, TX, flying T-37s and deactivated in May 1991.
The Flying Buzzsaws began flying the T-37 at Columbus on 1 October 1998.
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