354th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
354TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 354 Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 12 November 1942. Redesignated as 354 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 21 August 1944. Inactivated on 20 November 1946. Redesignated as 354 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 September 1952. Activated on 1 November 1952. Inactivated on 8 January 1958. Redesignated as 354 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 13 April 1962. Organized on 25 April 1962. Redesignated as 354 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 April 1979. Inactivated on 30 April 1982. Redesignated as 354 Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 1 November 1991. Combat in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), 14 September 1943–25 April 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 13 March–12 June 1965; 28 November 1965–7 October 1970; c. 14 January–3 July 1973. Combat crew training, 1971–1982 and forward air control training, 1991–. Performed close air support, air interdiction, and combat search and rescue missions in support of combined Army and Air Force units worldwide, 2000-.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 16 August 1994.
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