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Force Base through the 549th Combat Training Squadron. The squadron was established on 1 April 1944 as the 549th Night Fighter Squadron at Hammer Field, California...

The 45th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's (AFRC) 924th Fighter Group and stationed...

the USAAF used the airfield for fighter defense of the Marianas (21st Fighter Group), (549th Night Fighter Squadron) until early 1947 and as a transport...

Operated in Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Inactivated on Okinawa. 549th Night Fighter Squadron (May 1944 – February 1946). Received P-61s in October 1944 at...

units of Seventh Air Force are: 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea (F-16 and A-10 squadrons) 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea (F-16C/D)...

operational squadrons or replacement pilots being deployed to one of the overseas combat theaters. Specialized training in night fighter interceptor tactics...

1 and July 12, 1944, the 427th Night Fighter Squadron trained at Meadows Field; the 549th Night Fighter Squadron trained there between July and October...

into combat during World War II in the Southwest Pacific Area as a night fighter squadron in 1944. The origins of the unit date to 29 June 1913 when Lieutenant...

the USAAF used the airfield for fighter defense of the Marianas (21st Fighter Group, 549th Night Fighter Squadron) until early 1947 and as a transport...

The 131st Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Massachusetts Air National Guard 104th Fighter Wing located at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts...

March 26 - July 16, 1945: 71  548th Night Fighter Squadron, March 5 – June 12, 1945 549th Night Fighter Squadron, (Ground Echelon), March 14, 1945 – February...

bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons...

41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, January 4 – April 15, 1946 (F-4 (P-38 Lighting)) 549th Night Fighter Squadron, (Air Echelon), February 20, 1945...

Readiness Training Center. The unit was originally formed as the 548th Night Fighter Squadron in 1944. After training, it was deployed to Seventh Air Force and...

the 498th, 499th, 500th and 501st Squadrons, along with the 548th and 549th Night Fighter Squadrons of the 7th Fighter Command. All three groups were stationed...

National Guard in July 1956. In 1957, the squadron returned to Air Guard service as the 117th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the Kansas Air National Guard. Before...

although much construction work remained. By 14 June three fighter groups and one night fighter squadron were operating from the airfield. As expected, Ie Shima...

initially by the 318th Fighter Control Squadron and, from 1 July, by the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron. On 15 August 1944 the squadron was relieved from assignment...

inactivated and returned to state control. It was active in Illinois as a fighter squadron until 1958, when it was again inactivated and withdrawn from the Guard...

History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office...