82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, US Air Force
82ND AERIAL TARGETS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 82 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942. Activated on 9 February 1942. Redesignated: 82 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) (Twin Engine) on 22 April 1942; 82 Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942; 82 Fighter Squadron on 1 March 1943. Inactivated on 18 October 1945. Redesignated 82 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine c. July 1946. Activated on 20 August 1946. Redesignated: 82 Fighter Squadron, Jet c. November 1948; 82 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950. Inactivated on 31 May 1971. Redesignated 82 Flying Training Squadron on 14 April 1972. Activated on 1 December 1972. Inactivated on 15 June 1976. Redesignated 82 Tactical Aerial Target Squadron on 17 June 1981. Activated on 1 July 1981. Redesignated: 82 Tactical Aerial Targets Squadron on 30 September 1982; 82 Aerial Targets Squadron on 1 November 1991. Combat in the ETO, 13 April 1943-25 April 1945. Training, maneuvers, and air defense, April-September 1945. Part of the occupation forces in Germany, August 1946-June 1947. Air defense in United States, January 1949-March 1953 and October 1954-February 1966. Air defense in Iceland, April 1953-October 1954, Japan, February 1966-March 1971, and Korea, January-February 1968. Flying training, 1972-1976. Flew aerial targets (full-scaled aircraft retired from the Air Force Inventory and reduced scale drones), 1981-.
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The Emblem was approved on 15 March 1951. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/