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Beechcraft® T-6 Texan II, 459th Flying Training Squadron Twin Dragons, 1/33 Mahogany Scale Model

$319.00

Pilots!  Solo again with the 459th Flying Training Squadron Twin Dragons in the Beechcraft T-6a Texan II- a first for many an Air Force Aviator.

  • Length – 12 inches; Width – 12 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Officially Licensed by Beechcraft

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459th Flying Training Squadron Twin Dragons T-6 II

Pilots!  Solo again with the 459th Flying Training Squadron Twin Dragons in the Beechcraft T-6a Texan II- a first for many an Air Force Aviator.  This model is a must-have for any USAF pilot and makes the perfect gift after soloing!

  • Length – 12 inches; Width – 12 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Naval Aviator Owned Business
  • Officially Licensed by Beechcraft
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger

 

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World War II

Repairs to P-38 by 459th Fighter Squadron at Chittagong, India – January 1945
The squadron was activated in August 1943 with Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and joined the 80th Fighter Group, whose three squadrons of Curtiss P-40 Warhawks had arrived in India in June. The group completed the China-Burma-India Theater training and entered combat in September.[3]

It supported Allied forces during the battles for northern Burma and the advance toward Rangoon bombing and strafing troop concentrations, supply dumps and lines of communications. The squadron helped protect bases in India from which cargo aircraft of Air Transport Command flew missions over the Hump to supply forces in China. It patrolled allied airfields and attacked Japanese airfields from which enemy interceptors operated.[3] The 459th was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for destroying 119 enemy aircraft between 11 March and 19 May 1944.[1]

The 459th Received a second DUC for intercepting a large formation of enemy aircraft while defending an allied oil refinery in Assam, India on 27 March 1944. The squadron was credited with 66 aerial victory credits between 1 December 1943 and 13 January 1945. The first victory was earned by Capt. Hampton Boggs, who went on to become one of the squadron’s aces. The unit continued in combat until about 6 May 1945.[4] Shortly thereafter, it was transferred to the 33d Fighter Group, returning with the 33d to the United States, where it was inactivated at the New York Port of Embarkation on 5 November 1945.[1]

Flying training
The squadron was activated again at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas in April 2009 as the 459th Flying Training Squadron.[1] The 89th Flying Training Squadron, which was conducting training with the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II at Sheppard and had grown to over twice the size of a normal training squadron, was split to form the 459th.[5]

The 459th conducts undergraduate flying training for Euro-NATO joint jet pilot candidates.[1] Its instructor pilots come from seven countries.[note 1] In 2010, it was named top operations squadron in Air Education and Training Command.[6]  Wiki

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