31st Test and Evaluation Squadron
The 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 53d Test and Evaluation Group, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California as a geographically separated unit of the 53rd Wing. The 31 TES is an Air Combat Command (ACC) tenant unit at Edwards, providing personnel to support combined test and evaluation on Air Force weapons systems.
31st Test and Evaluation Squadron
Issoudun Aerodrome – Field 5 1918
31st Bombardment Squadron – Keystone LB-5
31st Bombardment Squadron – Martin B-10
Carl Andrew Spaatz, nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947.
Carl Spaatz
The Question Mark being refueled by a Douglas C-1
Generals Arnold, Spaatz, and Vandenberg at decoration ceremonies held in Luxembourg City on April 7, 1945
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presents Civil Air Patrol Cadet Matthew C. Jackson (NJ) the Gen. Spaatz Award