523rd FIGHTER SQUADRON – OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT

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Turkish computer made   4.0 inch or 100mm

 

523rd FIGHTER SQUADRON (ACC)

Lineage. Constituted 17 Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated: 523 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 23 Aug 1943; 523 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Activated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated: 523 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 22 Jul 1947; 523 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 1 Dec 1949; 523 Fighter-Escort Squadron on 1 Feb 1950; 523 Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 Jan 1953; 523 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 Jul 1957; 523 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958; 523 Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 23 May 2007.

Assignments. 27 Bombardment (later, 27 Fighter-Bomber; 27 Fighter) Group, 1 Feb 1940-7 Nov 1945. 27 Fighter (later, 27 Fighter-Escort) Group, 20 Aug 1946 (attached to 27 Fighter-Escort Wing, 6 Aug 1951-15 Jun 1952); 27 Fighter-Escort (later, 27 Strategic Fighter; 27 Fighter-Bomber; 27 Tactical Fighter) Wing, 16 Jun 1952 (attached to TUSLOG, 11 Feb-20 Jun 1960; USAFE, 1 Sep-20 Nov 1961; TUSLOG, 12 Oct 1962-c. 12 Jan 1963; 39 Air Division, 9 Jun-6 Sep 1964 and 22 Mar-30 Jun 1965); 405 Fighter Wing, 20 Nov 1965 (attached to 432 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 9 Apr-24 Oct 1972); 27 Tactical Fighter (later, 27 Fighter) Wing, 31 Aug 1973; 27 Operations Group, 1 Nov 1991-23 May 2007.

Stations. Barksdale Field, LA, 1 Feb 1940; Hunter Field, GA, 7 Oct 1940-19 Oct 1941; Ft William McKinley, Luzon, 20 Nov 1941; San Fernando, Luzon, 22 Dec 1941; Cabcaben, Luzon, 24 Dec 1941 (air echelon operated from Brisbane, Australia, 24 Dec 1941-c. 20 Feb 1942); Limay, Luzon, 28 Dec 1941; Bataan, Luzon, 5 Jan 1942 (air echelon operated from Batchelor, Australia, 22 Feb-c. 8 Mar 1942, and from Brisbane, Australia, 10-c. 25 Mar 1942); Charters Towers, Australia, Apr-4 May 1942; Hunter Field, GA, 4 May 1942; Key Field, MS, 14 Jul 1942; Hattiesburg, MS, 11 Aug 1942; Harding Field, LA, 23 Oct-17 Nov 1942; Ste-Barbe-du-Tlelat, Algeria, 26 Dec 1942; Nouvion, Algeria, 9 Jan 1943; Ras el Ma, French Morocco, 1 Apr 1943; Korba, Tunisia, 4 Jun 1943; Gela, Sicily, 18 Jul 1943; Barcelona, Sicily, 5 Sep 1943; Capaccio, Italy, 18 Sep 1943; Gaudo Airfield, Italy, 5 Nov 1943; Pomigliano, Italy, 19 Jan 1944; Castel Volturno, Italy, 10 Apr 1944; Santa Maria, Italy, 9 May 1944; Le Banca, Italy, 6 Jun 1944; Ciampino, Italy, 12 Jun 1944; Voltone, Italy, 4 Jul 1944; Serragia, Corsica, 10 Jul 1944; Le Luc, France, 25 Aug 1944; Salon, France, 30 Aug 1944; Loyettes, France, 12 Sep 1944; Tarquinia, Italy, 2 Oct 1944; Pontedera, Italy, 3 Dec 1944; St Dizier, France, 21 Feb 1945; Toul/Ochey, France, 19 Mar 1945; Biblis, Germany, 6 Apr 1945; Sandhofen, Germany, 24 Jun 1945; Echterdingen, Germany, 15 Sep-20 Oct 1945; Camp Shanks, NY, 6-7 Nov 1945. Fritzlar, Germany, 20 Aug 1946; Bad Kissingen, Germany, 25 Jun 1947; Andrews Field, MD, 25 Jun 1947; Kearney AAFld (later, AFB), NE, 16 Jul 1947 (deployed at McChord AFB, WA, 28 Mar-26 Apr and 28 Apr-18 May 1948); Bergstrom AFB, TX, 16 Mar 1949 (deployed at Taegu AB, South Korea, 5 Dec 1950-30 Jan 1951; Itazuke AB, Japan, 31 Jan-3 Jul 1951; Misawa AB, Japan, 13 Oct 1952-c. 13 Feb 1953; Sturgate RAF Station, England, 7 May-17 Aug 1955); Cannon AFB, NM, 18 Feb 1959-Nov 1965 (deployed at Incirlik AB, Turkey, c. 24 Feb-17 Jun 1960; England AFB, LA, 29 Mar-21 Apr 1961; Chamblay AB, France, c. 5 Sep-20 Nov 1961; Incirlik AB, Turkey, c. 12 Oct 1962-c. 15 Jan 1963; Dhahran AB, Saudi Arabia, c. 17 Sep-20 Nov 1963; Misawa AB, Japan, 12 Jun-4 Sep 1964 [with detachment at Kunsan AB, South Korea, 17 Jun-c. 3 Sep 1964]; Misawa AB, Japan, 22 Mar-2 May 1965 [with detachment at Kunsan AB, South Korea, c. 22 Mar-2 May 1965]; Kunsan AB, South Korea, 2 May-11 Jun 1965; Misawa AB, Japan, 11-30 Jun 1965 [with detachment at Kunsan AB, South Korea, 11-22 Jun 1965]); Clark AB, Philippines, 23 Nov 1965-31 Aug 1973 (deployed at Tainan AB, Taiwan, 12 May-27 Jul 1966; Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, 9 Apr-24 Oct 1972); Cannon AFB, NM, 31 Aug 1973-23 May 2007.

Aircraft. B-18, 1940-1941; A-24, 1941-1942; A-20, 1941, 1942-1943; A-36, 1943-1944; P-40, 1944; P-47, 1944-1945. P-47, 1946-1947; P (later F)-51, 1947-1948; F-82, 1948-1950; F-84, 1950-1957; F-101, 1957-1958; F-100, 1959-1968; F-4, 1967-1973; F-111, 1973-1998; F-16, 1998-2007.

Operations. Combat in Southwest Pacific, 8 Dec 1941-4 May 1942; ground echelon fought with infantry units in Philippine Islands, Jan-Apr 1942. Combat in Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) and European Theater of Operations (ETO), 6 Jun 1943-8 May 1945. Combat in Korea, c. 8 Dec 1950-c. 27 Jun 1951. Maintained detachments on alert on Taiwan, Nov 1965-15 Feb 1972 and 15 Jul-31 Aug 1973. Combat in Southeast Asia, c. 9 Apr-23 Oct 1972. F-111 replacement training, 1 Nov 1976-c. Oct 1983. Conducted overseas deployments to maintain combat readiness of personnel and aircraft, 1984-1989. Rotated personnel and aircraft to Incirlik AB, Turkey in support of operations in Southwest Asia, Sep 1992-Jul 1993. Transitioned to F-16 aircraft in 1998 and trained for day and night, all weather precision attack and electronic combat operations. Maintained capability to deploy and support unified commanders worldwide with day and night combat operations, 2000-2007.

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Philippine Islands; East Indies; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Korea: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive. Vietnam: Vietnam Ceasefire.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Philippine Islands, 7 Dec 1941-[Apr] 1942; Philippine Islands, 8-22 Dec 1941; Philippine Islands, 6 Jan-8 Mar 1942; Italy, 10 Sep 1943; France, 4 Sep 1944; Korea, 26 Jan-21 Apr 1951. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 May 1975-31 Dec 1976; 1 Jan 1981-30 Jun 1982; 1 Jan 1988-31 Dec 1989; 1 Jul 1992-15 Jul 1993; 1 Jun 1996-31 May 1998; 1 Jun 2002-31 May 2004. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 9 Nov 1950-31 May 1951. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation: 21 Jul-15 Aug 1972.

Emblem. Approved on 5 Feb 1974.

Additional information

Weight 0.0000 kg
Dimensions 0.00 × 0.00 × 0.00 cm