1st Fighter Squadron
| 1st Fighter Squadron
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager |
| Insignia | |
| 1st Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 1 March 1945)[1][note 1] |  |
| 1st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron emblem (approved May 1984)[1] |  |
The 1st Fighter Squadron is an inactive unit of the
Mission
The 1 FS provided fully qualified F-15 Eagle pilots for worldwide assignment by conducting formal ground, simulator, and flight training.[2]
History
The 1st flew
The 1 FS was activated as part of the 413th Fighter-Day Wing on 11 November 1954. The squadron trained pilots in the
The squadron was reactivated 1 January 1984, as part of the
On 17 September 1991, the operations and maintenance functions of the 1st joined to form a combined squadron. The squadron continued to train F-15 pilots for the combat air forces and received several honors, such as earning the Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award for 1998, Nineteenth Air Force Top Operations Squadron of the Year for 1998, and 325th Fighter Wing Fighter Squadron of the Year for 1995, 1997, and 1998.[2]
Other notable accomplishments include receiving the U. S. Air Force Air Flight Safety of the Year award for 2002, as well as recognition for best intelligence mission report. Also, members received by-name recognition during the 2003 Headquarters Air Education and Training Command Operational Readiness Inspection.[2]
The 1st Fighter Squadron was inactivated on 15 December 2006.[2]
Lineage
- Constituted as the 1st Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 5 October 1944
- Activated on 15 October 1944
- Inactivated on 15 October 1946
- Redesignated 1st Fighter-Day Squadron on 26 August 1954
- Activated on 11 November 1954
- Redesignated 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958
- Inactivated on 15 March 1959
- Redesignated 1st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 14 October 1983
- Activated on 1 January 1984
- Redesignated 1st Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991[1]
- Inactivated on 15 December 2006
Assignments
- 413th Fighter Group, 5 October 1944 – 15 October 1956
- 413th Fighter-Day Group, 11 November 1954
- 413th Fighter-Day Wing (later 413th Tactical Fighter Wing), 8 October 1957 – 15 March 1959 (attached to Sixteenth Air Force, 27 June – c. 12 November 1958)
- 325th Tactical Training Wing, 1 January 1984
- 325th Operations Group, 1 September 1991 – 15 December 2006[1]
Stations
- Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 15 October 1944
- Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina, 9 November 1944 – 7 April 1945
- Okinawa, 19 May 1945
- Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, c. 17 November 1945
- Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, 29 January 1946 – 15 October 1946
- George Air Force Base, California, 11 November 1954 – 15 March 1959 (deployed at Morón Air Base, Spain (27 June – c. 12 November 1958)
- Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 1 January 1984 – 15 December 2006[1]
Aircraft
- P-47 Thunderbolt(1944–1946)
- F-86 Sabre(1954–1956)
- F-100 Super Sabre(1956–1959)
- F-15 Eagle (1984–2006)[1]
References
- Notes
- ^ This emblem was reinstated in June 1994. Haulman, Factsheet, 1 Fighter Squadron
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f "Factsheet 1 Fighter Squadron". Air Force Historical Research Agency. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Library: Factsheets: 1st Fighter Squadron (Inactivated Dec. 15, 2006)". 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
Bibliography
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. LCCN 61060979.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
See also
- 1st Helicopter Squadron, redesignated
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