Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.5 inch-110mm
138th ATTACK SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 484th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 3 Aug 1942. Activated on 10 Aug 1942. Redesignated: 505th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 Aug 1943; 505th Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 17 Oct 1945. Redesignated 138th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to NY ANG, on 24 May 1946. 138th Fighter Squadron (SE) extended federal recognition on28 Oct 1947. Redesignated 138th Fighter Squadron (Jet) 0n 12 Jan 1950; 138th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 Nov 1950; 138th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 29 Oct 1953; 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1958; 138th Fighter Squadron 15 Mar 1992; 138th Attack Squadron on 9 Sep 2012-.
Assignments. 339th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 10 Aug 1942-17 Oct 1945. 107th Fighter (later: Fighter-Interceptor; Fighter (Air Defense), Tactical Fighter) Group, 8 Dec 1948- 10 Nov 1958; 102nd Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 Oct 1961; 174th Tactical Fighter Group, 15 Oct 1962; 174th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 Jul 1979; 174th Operations Group, 16 Mar 1992-. (attached: 140th Tactical Fighter Wing, 11 Apr 1968-20 Dec 1968; 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional), 20 Nov 1990-31 Mar 1991)
Stations. Hunter Field, GA, 10 Aug 1942; Drew Field, FL, 6 Feb 1943; Walterboro AAFld, SC, 3 Jul 1943; Rice AAFld, CA, 17 Sep 1943-9 Mar 1944; Fowlmere, England, 5 Apr 1944-8 Oct 1945; Camp Myles Standish, MA, 16-17 Oct 1945. Hancock Field (later Hancock Field ANGB), NY, 28 Oct 1947-.
Aircraft. A-24, 1942-1943; P-39, 1943-1944; P-51, 1944-1945. P-47, 1947-1950; F-84, 1950; F-51, 1950-1954; F-94, 1954-1958; F-86, 1957-1970; A-37, 1970-1979; A-10, 1979-1989; F-16, 1989-2010; MQ-9, 2009-.
Operations. Combat in ETO, 30 Apr 1944-21 Apr 1945. Called to active duty as part of the Berlin Crisis call-up, 1 Oct 1961-21 Aug 1962. Called to active duty as part of the Pueblo Crisis call-up, 13 May 1968-20 Dec 1968. Called to active duty as part of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm call-up, 29 Dec 1990-30 Jun 1991. Participated in Operation Provide Comfort II, May-Sep 1995; Operation Northern Watch, Aug-Nov 1996; Operation Southern Watch, Feb-Apr 2000; Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sep-Dec 2006, Jun-Aug 2008; Operation Enduring Freedom, Jul 2010-Jan 2011. Provide worldwide operations in the MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) engaging in global air, space and cyberspace operations; supporting homeland defense, joint operations and aid to civil authorities at the direction of the Governor.
Service Streamers. American Theater.
Campaigns. Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 10-11 Sep 1944.