Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.0 inch-77mm
460th TES & EVALUATION SQUADRON (AFRC)
Lineage. Constituted 1st Airdrome Squadron on 7 Nov 1942. Activated on 20 Nov 1942. Redesignated 460th Fighter Squadron on 14 Ju1 1944. Inactivated on 20 Feb 1946. Redesignated 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 Mar 1953. Activated on 18 Mar 1954. Discontinued on 25 Mar 1966. Activated on 1 Sep 1968. Inactivated on 30 Jul 1974. Redesignated 460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 1 Oct 1980. Activated on 15 Nov 1980. Inactivated on 15 Oct 1982. Redesignated 460th Test and Evaluation Squadron and activated on 11 Aug 2023-.
Assignments. Air Service Command, 20 Nov 1942; Second Air Force, 28 Dec 1942; 16th Bombardment Training Wing, c. 15 Feb 1943; Fifth Air Force, c. 1 Jun 1943 (attached to 310th Bombardment Wing, 1 Feb 1944; 85th Fighter Wing, c. 16 May-14 Ju1 1944); V Fighter Command, 14 Ju1 1944; 348th Fighter Group, 23 Sep 1944-20 Feb 1946. 516th Air Defense Group, 18 Mar 1954; 337th Fighter Group, 18 Aug 1955-25 Mar 1966. 414th Fighter Group, 1 Sep 1968; 408th Fighter Group, 1 Dec 1969; 25th Air Division, 1 Oct 1970-30 July 1974. Air Defense, Tactical Air Command, 15 Nov 1980; 325th Fighter Weapons Wing, 15 Aug 1981-15 Oct 1982. 926th Operations Group, 11 Aug 2023-.
Stations. Syracuse AAB, NY, 20 Nov 1942; Biggs Field, TX, 2 Feb-17 Apr 1943; Sydney, Australia, 21 May 1943; Dobodura, New Guinea, c. 20 Jun 1943; Gusap, New Guinea, c. 23 Oct 1943; Nadzab, New Guinea, 23 Ju1 1944; Noemfoor, New Guinea, 23 Sep 1944; Tacloban, Leyte, 10 Nov 1944; Tanauan, Leyte, 12 Dec 1944; San Marcelino, Luzon, 6 Feb 1945; Floridablanca, Luzon, 15 May 1945; Ie Shima, Japan, 12 Jul 1945; Itazuke, Japan, 24 Nov 1945-20 Feb 1946. McGhee-Tyson Aprt, TN, 18 Mar 1954; Portland Intl Aprt, OR, 18 Aug 1955-25 Mar 1966. Oxnard AFB, CA, 1 Sep 1968; Kingsley Field, OR, 31 Dec-1969; Grand Forks AFB, ND, 1 Apr 1971-15 Jul 1974. Peterson Field, CO, 15 Nov 1980; Tyndall AFB, FL, 15 Aug-15 Oct 1982. Nellis AFB, NV, 11 Aug 2023-.
Aircraft. A-20, 1944; P-47, 1944-1945; P-51,1945-1946. F-86,1954-1955; F-89, 1955-1958; F-102, 1958-1966. TF-102, 1982; F-106, 1968-1974. A-10, 2023-; F-15E, 2023-; F-16, 2023-; F-22, 2023-; F-35, 2023-.
Operations. Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, Aug 1944-15 Aug 1945. Moved to Japan after the Japanese Capitulation as part of the Occupation Force, until inactivated in 1946. Air defense of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and TVA dams in eastern TN, 1954-1955. Flew air defense missions over the Pacific Northwest, later southern CA, 1955-1969. Air defense training squadron, 1980-1982. Operational testing of all fighter aircraft and munitions entering and in operational use.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Ryukyus; China Offensive.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Philippine Islands, 24 Dec 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: Mar 1954-Jul 1959; 8 Jun 1960-30 Apr 1962; 1 May 1962-31 Jul 1963. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.
Emblem. Approved on 17 Jan 1955.