586th Flight Test Squadron

586th Flight Test Squadron
586th Flight Test Squadron C-12 Huron
Active	1943-1946; 1982-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Flight test
Part of	Air Force Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ	Holloman Air Force Base
Engagements	European Theater of Operations
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award French Croix de Guerre w/ Palm
Insignia
586th Flight Test Squadron emblem[a][1]
6586th Test Squadron emblem[b][2]
586th Bombardment Squadron emblem[c][3]
World War II fuselage code[4]	H9

The 586th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

The squadron's first predecessor is the 586th Bombardment Squadron, a Martin B-26 Marauder unit that was organized and trained in the United States during World War II. It flew combat missions in the European Theater of Operations, where it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation and a French Croix de Guerre with Palm. After V-E Day, it served with the occupation forces in Germany until returning to the United States and inactivating at Bolling Field, District of Columbia on 31 March 1946.

Its second predecessor is the 6586th Test Squadron, which was organized in December 1982 to perform flight testing with a number of electronic systems. In 1992, the two squadrons were consolidated as the 586th Test Squadron.

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