Description
Korean computer made 3.75 inch-95mm
182nd FIGHTER SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 396th Fighter Squadron on 24 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Inactivated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated 182nd Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Texas ANG, on 21 Aug 1946. 182nd Fighter Squadron (SE) extended federal recognition on 6 Oct 1947. Redesignated: 182nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 Jul 1952; 182nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 Jan 1957; 182nd Tactical Fighter Squadron on 14 Sep 1969; 182nd Fighter Squadron on 15 Mar 1992-.
Assignments. 368th Fighter Group, 1 Jun 1943-20 Aug 1946. 136th Fighter (later: Fighter-Bomber; Fighter-Interceptor) Group, 6 Oct 1947; 149th Fighter-Interceptor (later: Tactical Fighter; Fighter) Group, 1 Jul 1960; 149th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1995-.
Stations. Westover Field, MS, 1 Jun 1943; Farmingdale, NY, 24 Aug-20 Dec 1943; Greenham Common, England, 13 Jan 1944; Chilbolton, England, 15 Mar 1944; Cardonville, France, 20 Jun 1944; Chartres, France, 27 Aug 1944; Laon/Athies, France 11 Sep 1944; Chievres, Belgium, 2 Oct 1944; Juvincourt, France, 27 Dec 1944; Metz, France, 5 Jan 1945; Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 15 Apr 1945; Buchschwabach, Germany, 13 May 1945; Straubing, Germany, 13 Aug 1945-20 Aug 1946. Brooks AFB, TX, 6 Oct 1947; Kelly AFB (later Kelly Field Annex), TX, 1 Aug 1956-. (operated from: Langley AFB, VA, 10 Oct 1950; Itazuke AB, Japan, May-Jun 1951; Taegu AB Korea, Nov 1951-10 Jul 1952)
Aircraft. P-47, 1943-1946. F-51, 1947-1951; F-84, 1951-1952; F-51, 1952-1956; F-80, 1956-1957; F-86, 1957-1960; TF/F-102, 1960-1969; F-84, 1969-1971; F-100, 1970-1979; F-4, 1979-1986; F-16, 1986-.
Operations. Combat in ETO, 14 Mar 1944-9 May 1945. Air defense of Texas. Called to active duty as part of the Korean War call-up, 10 Oct 1950-1 Dec 1952. Became part of Air Defense Command and resumed its postwar mission of Texas air defense. Selected by the ADC to man a runway alert program on full 24-hour basis in 1957 to guard the Texas Gulf coast. Began Tactical fighter operations for ground support in 1971. Deployed in support of Operation Southern Watch, 1997. Became a Formal Training Unit (FTU) under AETC. providing combat training for active duty, ANG, and Reserve F-16 pilots, including recent graduates from USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training making them combat ready. Flew Operation Noble Eagle air defense missions, 2001-2002.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Mons, France, 3 Sep 1944.1 Cited in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun-30 Sep 1944; 16 Dec 1944-25 Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere.