47th FIGHTER SQUADRON – HERITAGE – NEW

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Computer made/mounted on velcro   4.0 inch-100mm

 

47th FIGHTER SQUADRON (AFRC)

Lineage. Constituted as 47 Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 22 Nov 1940.  Activated on 1 Dec 1940.   Redesignated as: 47 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 12 Feb 1942; 47 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 47 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20 Aug 1944.  Inactivated on 15 Oct 1946.  Redesignated as 47 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 Oct 1952.  Activated on 1 Dec 1952.   Discontinued on 1 Jul 1960.   Redesignated as 47 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 17 Apr 1962.  Organized on 1 Jul 1962.  Inactivated on 1 Jul 1971.  Activated in the Reserve on 1 Oct 1973.   Redesignated as 47 Fighter Squadron on 1 Feb 1992.

Assignments. 15 Pursuit (later, 15 Fighter) Group, 1 Dec 1940-15 Oct 1946.  4708 Defense Wing, 1 Dec 1952; 518 Air Defense Group, 16 Feb 1953; 15 Fighter Group, 18 Aug 1955-1 Jul 1960.  Tactical Air Command, 17 Apr 1962; 15 Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 Jul 1962 (attached to 2 Air Division, 25 Jul-22 Nov 1965); 1 Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 Oct 1970-1 Jul 1971.  917 Tactical Fighter Group (later, 917 Tactical Fighter Wing; 917 Fighter Wing), 1 Oct 1973; 917 Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992; 917 Fighter Group, 1 Jan 2011-.

Stations. Wheeler Field, TH, 1 Dec 1940; Bellows Field, TH, 22 Feb 1942; Haleiwa Field, TH, 25 Mar 1942; Barking Sands, TH, 29 Jul 1943; Mokuleia Field, TH, 8 Nov 1943; Bellows Field, TH, 8 Jun 1944-27 Jan 1945; South Field, Iwo Jima, 27 Feb-25 Nov 1945; Bellows Field, TH, 25 Nov 1945; Wheeler Field, TH, 9 Feb-15 Oct 1946.  Niagara Falls Muni Aprt, NY, 1 Dec 1952-1 Jul 1960.  MacDill AFB, FL, 1 Jul 1962-1 Jul 1971 (deployed at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, 25 Jul-22 Nov 1965).   Barksdale AFB, LA, 1 Oct 1973-.

Aircraft. P-26, 1941; P-40, 1941-1943; P-36, 1941-1943; P-47, 1943-1945; P-51, 1944-1946.  F-47, 1952-1953; F-86, 1954-1958; F-102, 1958-1960.  F-84, 1962-1964; F-4, 1964-1971.  A-37, 1973-1980; A-10, 1980-.

Operations. Engaged enemy aircraft with P-40s during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941; patrols over the Pacific, 8 Dec 1941-Dec 1944; combat in western Pacific, 10 Mar-14 Aug 1945.  Air defense in northeastern United States, 1952-1958.   Combat in Southeast Asia, 26 Jul-c. 21 Nov 1965.  Replacement training, 1966-1971.   Trained for A-37 close air support and special operations, 1972-1980 and for A-10 close air support and battlefield interdiction, 1980-.  Periodically deployed A-10s and personnel to Italy to support NATO operations in the Balkans, 1993-1996.  Provided A-10 training for reserve pilots, 1996-.  Squadron resources deployed to Afghanistan, Mar 2002, but squadron remained at Barksdale AFB, LA.

Service Streamers.  None.

Campaign Streamers.  World War II: Central Pacific; Air Offensive, Japan; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.  Vietnam: Vietnam Defensive.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Japan, 7 Apr 1945.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with the Combat “V” Device: 25 Jul-22 Nov 1965.  Air Force Outstanding unit Awards: 1 Jan 1965-1 Jun 1966; 1 Jan-31 Dec 1969; 2 Jul 1993-1 Jul 1995; 1 Oct 1997-30 Sep 1999; 1 Oct 2001-1 Aug 2003; 1 Oct 2007-30 Sep 2009. Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, 25 Jul-22 Nov 1965.

Emblem. Approved on 19 Sep 1944; newest rendition approved on 27 Nov 2001.

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Weight 0.0000 kg
Dimensions 0.00 × 0.00 × 0.00 cm