391st Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
391ST FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 391 Fighter Squadron (Single-Engine) on 24 May 1943. Activated on 1 June 1943. Redesignated as 391 Fighter Squadron, Single-Engine, on 20 August 1943. Inactivated on 20 August 1946. Redesignated as 391 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 November 1952. Activated on 1 January 1953. Redesignated as 391 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958. Inactivated on 1 April 1959. Activated on 30 April 1962. Organized on 8 May 1962. Inactivated on 28 February 1971. Activated on 1 July 1971. Inactivated on 1 July 1990. Redesignated as 391 Fighter Squadron on 1 March 1992. Activated on 11 March 1992. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 14 March 1944–3 May 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 2 February 1966–21 July 1968. Air defense in Korea and Japan, 22 July 1968–14 February 1971. Planned and conducted F-15E operations; maintained combat readiness, and supported contingency operations worldwide, 1992-.
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Approved on 21 March 1978; modified on 8 June 1995. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
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