122d FIGHTER WING – CONQUER BELOW – A-10 MORALE

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122d FIGHTER WING

Lineage. Constituted as 358th Fighter Group on 20 Dec 1942. Activated on 1 Jan 1943. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Redesignated: 122d Fighter Group and allocated to Indiana ANG on 24 May 1946. Redesignated 122d Fighter-Interceptor Group and ordered to active service on 10 Feb 1951. Inactivated on 7 Feb 1952. Redesignated as 122d Fighter-Bomber Group and activated on 1 Nov 1952; 122d Tactical Fighter Group on 1 Jul 1959. Federalized and ordered to active service on 1 Oct 1961 and operated as 7122d Tactical Wing (Special Delivery) on 1 Oct 1961-31 Aug 1962. Redesignated 122d Tactical Fighter Wing on 9 Dec 1974; 122d Fighter Wing on 16 Mar 1992-.

Assignments. I Fighter Command, 1 Jan-Sep 1943; IX Fighter Command, 28 Apr-Sep 1943; 71st Fighter Wing, 1 Aug 1944; 70th Fighter Wing, 1 Oct 1944; XIX Tactical Air Command, 16 Jan-Jul 1945; Second Air Force, 3 Aug-7 Nov 1945; 66th Fighter Wing, 9 Dec 1946; 55th Fighter Wing, 7 Dec 1947. Indiana ANG, 31 Oct 1950; Eastern Air Defense Force, 10 Feb 1951; Central Air Defense Force, 1 Dec 1951-7 Feb 1952; Indiana ANG, 1 Nov 1952; Ninth Air Force, 1 Oct 1961; Indiana ANG, 1 Sep 1962-. (Attached to: Philadelphia Fighter Wing, 28 Apr-Sep 1943; VIII Fighter Command, 20 Oct 1943; IX Tactical Air Command, 1 Aug 1944; IX Tactical Air Command, 1 Oct 1944. Seventeenth Air Force, 1 Oct 1961-31 Aug 1962)

Components. Groups. 122d Fighter-Interceptor (later Tactical Fighter), 10 Feb 1951-30 Jun 1974. 122d Operations Group, 16 Mar 1992-. Squadrons. 112th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter), 9 Dec 1946-30 Sep 1962; 113th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter), 9 Dec 1946-30 Sep 1962; 163d Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor, Tactical Fighter, Fighter), 9 Dec 1946-; 365th Fighter, 1 Jan 1943-7 Nov 1945; 366th Fighter, 1 Jan 1943-7 Nov 1945; 367th Fighter, 1 Jan 1943-7 Nov 1945.

Stations. Richmond AAB, VA, I Jan 1943; Baltimore, MD, 28 Apr 1943; Camp Springs AAFld, MD, 28 May 1943; Philadelphia Mun Aprt, PA, 16 Jun 1943; Richmond AAB, VA, 13 Aug-25 Sep-1943; Goxhill, England, 20 Oct 1943; Leiston, England, 29 Nov 1943; Raydon, England, 31 Jan 1944; High Halden, England, 13 Apr 1944; Cretteville, France, 3 Jul 1944; Pontorson, France, 14 Aug 1944; Vitry-leFrancois, France, 14 Sep 194; Mourmelon, France, 16 Oct 1944; Tohl, France, 9 Nov 1944; Sandhofen, Germany, 2 Apr 1945; Reims, France, c. 23 Jun-Jul 1945; La Junta AAFld, CO, 3 Aug-7 Nov 1945. Stout Field, IN, 1 Feb 1951; Baer Field (Fort Wayne ANGS), IN, 10 Mar 1951-.

Aircraft. P-40, 1943; P-47, 1943-1945; F-51, 1946-1954; F-80, 1954-1956; F-86, 1956-1958; F-84, 1958-1962; 1964-1971; RF-84, 1962-1964; F-100, 1971-1979; F-4, 1979-1986; F-4, 1986-1991; F-16, 1991-2010; A-10, 2010-.

Operations. Trained in the P-40 Warhawk, 1943. Air defense of Philadelphia area. Combat in ETO, 1943-1945. Ordered to active service as part of the Korean War call-up, 10 Feb 1951-7 Feb 1952. Ordered to active service as part of the Berlin Crisis, 1 Oct 1961-31 Aug 1962. Fighter Operations in support of Tactical Air Command and later Air Combat Command. Supported combat rotations to Afghanistan, Iraq, Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Diego Garcia etc.

Campaigns. American Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Ardennes, 24 Dec 1944-2 Jan 1945; ETO, 19-20 Mar 1945; Germany, 8-25 Apr 1945. French Croix de Guerre with Palm.

Emblem. Approved on 28 Jul 1954.

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