Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 4.0 inch-100mm
83d FIGHTER WEAPONS SQUADRON
Lineage. Constituted 83 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 Jan 1942. Activated on 9 Feb 1942. Redesignated 83 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; Inactivated on 18 Oct 1945. Activated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated 83 Fighter Interceptor Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 83 Fighter-Day Squadron on 18 Nov 1956; 83 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 8 Feb 1957. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1969. Reactivated on 1 Jul 1971 by redesignation of 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron personnel and equipment. Inactivated on 30 June 1972. Redesignated 83 Flying Training Squadron on 28 Jul 1972. Activated on 1 Dec 1972. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1977. Redesignated 83 Fighter Weapons Squadron on 14 Oct 1983. Activated on 15 Oct 1983 -.
Assignments. 78th Pursuit Group, February 9, 1942; 78th Fighter Group, 15 May 1942-18 Oct 1945. 78th Fighter Group, August 20, 1946; 78th Fighter Interceptor Group, 20 Jan 1950; 4702d Defense Wing, 6 Feb 1952; 4704th Defense Wing, 1 Aug 1952; 529th Air Defense Group, 16 Feb 1953; 78th Fighter Group, 18 Aug 1955 (Attached to the 13th Air Task Force, 15 Sep –20 Dec 1958); 78th Fighter Wing, 1 Feb 1961-31 Dec 1969; 21st Air Division, 1 Jul 1971-30 Jun 1972. 78 Flying Training Wing, 1 Dec 1972-20 Sep 1977; USAF Air Warfare Center, 23 Jan 1991; 475 Weapons Evaluation Group (later 53 Weapons Evaluation Group), 1 Oct 1991 -.
Stations. Baer Field, IN, 9 Feb 1942; Muroc AAF, CA, 30 Apr 1942; Mills Field, CA, 10 May 1942; Hamilton Field, CA, 23 Jun-10 Nov 1942; RAF Goxhill, England, 1 Dec 1942; RAF Duxford, England, 1 Apr 1943-11 Oct 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 16 Oct-18 Oct 1945. Straubing, Germany, 20 Aug 1946-25 Jun 1947; Mitchel Field, NY, 25 Jun 1947; Hamilton AFB, CA, 24 Nov 1948; Paine AFB, WA, 27 Jul 1952; Hamilton AFB, CA, 18 Aug 1955-31 Dec 1969 (Operated from Toa Yuan AB, Taiwan, Sep-Dec 1958). Loring AFB, ME, 1 Jul 1971-30 Jun 1972. Webb AFB, TX, 1 Dec 1972-30 Sep 1977. Tyndall AFB, FL, 23 Jan 1991-.
Aircraft. P-38, 1942-1943; P-47 , 1943-1944; P-51, 1944-1945, 1949–1951; F-84, 1949-1951, 1953; F-89, 1951-1952, 1955-1958; F-86D, 1954-1955; F-104, 1958-1960; F-101, 1960-1969. F-106, 1970-1972. T-37, 1972-1977. T-38, 1972-1977.
Operations. Combat in ETO, 3 Apr 1943-25 Apr 1945. Unmanned, 1947-48. Air defense of the USA. Deployed to Taiwan for the Quemoy Crisis in 1958 under Operation “Jonah Able”. Pilot Training, 1972-1977. Manages Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air Weapons System Evaluations, COMBAT HAMMER and COMBAT ARCHER, together known as Combat WSEP West.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Holland, 17-23 Sep 1944; Czechoslovakia, 16 Apr 1945; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 1 Jul 1960-15 Nov 1961.
Emblem. Approved on 9 May 1956.