Description
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550th FIGHTER SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 550th Night Fighter Squadron on 3 May 1944. Activated on 1 Jun 1944. Inactivated on 41 Jan 1946. Redesignated 550th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 18 Jan 1970; 550th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 14 Nov 1991. Activated on 25 Mar 1994. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1995. Activated on21 Jul 2017-.
Assignments. Fourth Air Force, 1 Jun 1944 (attached to 319th Wing, 1 Jun-2 Nov 1944); Thirteenth Air Force, 2 Dec 1944; XIII Fighter Command, 12 Dec 1944-4 Dec 1945 (attached to XIIIl Bomber Command, 14 Feb 1945; 85th Fighter Wing, 7 Apr-Jun 1945). 58th Tactical Training Wing, 18 Jan 1970; 405th Tactical Training Wing, 29 Aug 1979; 58th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1991-14 Nov 1991. 58th Operations Group, 25 Mar 1994. 56th Operations Group, 1 Apr 1994-31 Mar 1995. 56th Operations Group, 21 Jul 2017-.
Stations. Hammer Field, Calif, 1 Jun 1944; Visalia AAFld, CA, 25 Aug-21 Nov 1944; Hollandia, New Guinea, 141 Dec 1944 (detachment operated from Middelburg Island, 31 Dec 1944-14 Feb 1945); Morotai, 14 Feb 1945 (detachment operated from Tacloban, Leyte, 8 Mar-7 Apr 1945); Tacloban, Leyte, 7 Apr-4 Dec 1945 (detachments operated from Zamboanga, Mindanao, 27 Apr-17 Jun 1945; Sanga Sanga, Sulu, 28 May-Aug 1945; and Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 9-19 Jun 1945); Camp Stoneman, CA, 3-4 Jan 1946. Luke AFB, AZ, 18 Jan 1970-30 Nov 1991; 25 Mar 1994-31 Mar 1995. Kingsley Field, OR, 21 Jul 2017-.
Aircraft. BT-13, AT-10, P/YP-61, and P-70, 1944; P-61, P-70, and P-38, 1945. F-4, 1971-1977; F-15, 1977-1995, 2017-.
Operations. Combat in Southwest Pacific, c. 15 Jan-31 Jul 1945. F-4C Replacement Training Unit (RTU) squadron, 1970-1977; F-15A/B, 1977-1989; F-15C/D, 1982-1989; F-15E, 1989-1991, 1994-1995, F-15C/D, 2017-. Activated in 2014, Detachment 2, 56th Operations Group, as a part of the Total Force Integration (TFI), a combined operations, maintenance, and support squadron which will continue to produce air-to-air F-15C pilots for the Combat Air Force.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaigns. New Guinea; Leyte; Southern Philippines.
Decorations. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.