Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.5 inch-90mm
136th ATTACK SQUADRON
LINEAGE. Constituted 482nd Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 3 Aug 1942. Activated on 10 Aug 1942. Redesignated: 503rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 Aug 1943; 503rd Fighter Squadron on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Redesignated 136th Fighter Squadron, and allotted to NY ANG, on 24 May 1946. 136th Fighter Squadron (SE) extended federal recognition on 8 Dec 1948. Redesignated: 136th Fighter Interceptor Squadron on 1 Mar 1951; 136th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 10 Nov 1958; 136th Fighter Interceptor Squadron on 15 Jun 1971; 136th Fighter Squadron on 15 Mar 1992; 136th Air Refueling Squadron in Mar 1994; 136th Airlift Squadron on 1 Apr 2008; 136th Attack Squadron on 15 Mar 2017-.
ASSIGNMENTS. 339th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 10 Aug 1942-18 Oct 1945. 107th Fighter Group, 8 Dec 1948; 107th Fighter Interceptor Group, 1 Mar 1951; 107th Tactical Fighter Group, 10 Nov 1958; 107th Fighter Interceptor Group, 15 Jun 1971; 107th Fighter Group, 15 Mar 1992; 107th Air Refueling, Mar 1994; 107th Operations Group on 1 Oct 1995-.
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 1944-7 Sep 1945; Drew Field, FL, c. 20 Sep-7 Nov 1945. NAS Niagara Falls (later, Niagara Falls IAP; ARS), NY, 8 Dec 1948-. (operated from: Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam, Jun 1968-Jun 1969)
AIRCRAFT. A-24, 1942-1943; P-39, 1943-1944; P-51, 1944-1945. F-47D, 1948-1952; F-51H, 1952-1954; F-94B, 1954-1957; F-86H, 1957-1960; F-100C/F, 1960-1971; F-101B/F, 1971-1982; F-4C, 1982-1986; F-4D, 1986-1990; F-16A/B ADF, 1990-1994; KC-135R, 1994-2008; C-130H, 2008-2015: MQ-9, 2014-.
OPERATIONS. Combat in ETO, 30 Apr, 1944-21 Apr 1945. Called to active duty as part of the Korean War call-up and assigned to ADC, but remained at NAS Niagara Falls, 1 Mar 1951-1 Dec 1952. Called to active duty as part of the Berlin Crisis call-up but remained based at Niagara Falls IAP, 1 Oct 1961-Aug 1962. Called to active duty as part of the Pueblo Crisis call-up, 26 Jan 1968-11 Jun 1969. Deployed to Tuy Hoa AB for combat operations in Vietnam, Jun 1968. Worldwide air refueling mission, 1994-2008.
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.
Emblem. Approved on 7 Aug 1951.