Description
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314th FIGHTER SQUADRON (AETC)
Lineage. Constituted 314th Fighter Squadron on 24 Jun 1942. Activated on 6 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Redesignated 314th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and activated on 1 Oct 1986; 314th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1994. Reactivated in 2015-.
Assignments. 324th Fighter Group, 6 Jul 1942-7 Nov 1945. 58th Tactical Training Wing, 1 Oct 1986; 58th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1991-1 Apr 1994. 54th Fighter Group, 2015-. (attached to 57th Fighter Group, 8 Mar-23 May 1943).
Stations. Mitchel Field, NY, 6 Jul 1942; Baltimore Mun Aprt, MD, 6 Jul-28 Oct 1942; El Amiriya, Egypt, 23 Dec 1942; El Kabrit, Egypt, 2 Feb 1943; Libya, 8 Mar 1943; Tunisia, 14 Apr 1943; El Haouaria, Tunisia, c. 18 Jun 1943; Menzel Heurr, Tunisia, 3 Oct 1943; Cercola, Italy, 25 Oct 1943; Pignataro Maggiore, Italy, 6 May 1944; Le Banca Airfield, Italy, 6 Jun 1944; Montalto Di Castro, Italy, 13 Jun 1944; Corsica, 15 Jul 1944; Le Luc, France, 23 Aug 1944; Istres, France, 1 Sep 1944; Amberieu, France, 5 Sep 1944; Tavaux, France, 17 Sep 1944; Luneville, France, 2 Jan 1945; Stuttgart, Germany, 3 May-20 Oct 1945; Camp Shanks, NY, 6-7 Nov 1945. Luke AFB, AZ, 1 Oct 1986-1 Apr 1994. Holloman AFB, NM, 2015-.
Aircraft. P-40, 1942-1944; P-47, 1944-1945. F-16, 1986-1994, 2015-.
Operations. Combat in MTO and ETO, 26 Mar-21 Jul 1943, and 30 Oct 1943-6 May 1945. F-16C/D replacement training unit, 1986-1994, 2015-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. Tunisia; Sicily; Naples- Foggia; Anzio, Rome-Arno; Northem France; Southern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: North Africa and Sicily, Mar- [Jul] 1943; Tunis and Cape Bon Area, 18 Apr 1943; Cassino, 12-14 May 1944. French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Emblem. Approved 8 Jul 1944.