22nd Training Squadron
military unit
The 22nd Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Its mission is Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training. The squadron is assigned to the 336th Training Group of Air Education and Training Command.
History
The squadron was first organized as the 22nd Special Operations Squadron and operated in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War for two years from October 1968 until September 1970. The 22nd flew Douglas A-1 Skyraiders and was assigned to the 56th Special Operations Wing at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base.
The primary call sign used by the unit was "Zorro", for interdiction missions over the Ho Chi Minh trail, and the squadron was thus nicknamed the "Zorros." (The 606th Air Commando Squadron also used the "Zorro" call sign for a period of time prior to the establishment of the 22nd for its missions over the Trail flying North American T-28 Trojan fighter bombers).
The 3612th Combat Crew Training Squadron was organized in 1971 and assigned to the 3636th Combat Crew Training Group at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. In 1993, the two squadrons were consolidated as the 22nd Crew Training Squadron. The squadron conducts Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training.
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