27th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
27TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Organized as Company K, 3 Provisional Aero Squadron, on 8 May 1917. Redesignated as: 21 Provisional Aero Squadron on 15 Jun 1917; 27 Aero Squadron on 23 Jun 1917; 27 Squadron (Pursuit) on 14 Mar 1921; 27 Pursuit Squadron on 25 Jan 1923; 27 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 6 Dec 1939; 27 Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 12 Mar 1941; 27 Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942; 27 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 28 Feb 1944. Inactivated on 16 Oct 1945. Redesignated as: 27 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 5 Apr 1946; 27 Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, on 20 Jun 1946. Activated on 3 Jul 1946. Redesignated as: 27 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 15 Jun 1948; 27 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 16 Apr 1950; 27 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1971; 27 Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.
Flying training unit, Nov 1917–Jan 1918; combat as pursuit unit with French Sixth Army, French Eighth Army, and American First Army, 2 Jun–10 Nov 1918. Antisubmarine, c. 12–29 Dec 1941; air defense of Iceland, c. 4 Jul–c. 25 Aug 1942; combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO) and Mediterranean Theater of Operations) MTO, 2 Oct 1942–6 May 1945. Air defense, Jul 1950–Jun 1971. F–4 replacement training, Jul 1971–Jun 1975. Combat in Southwest Asia, Jan–Feb 1991. During 1993-2005, shared rotation duties with 71 and 94 FS in support of UN peacekeeping efforts in SWA; 1994-2000, rotated to Iceland to monitor the Iceland Military Identification Zone. After 11 Sep 2001, performed homeland security operations in support of war against terrorism.
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The Emblem was approved on 17 September 1971; latest rendering, 15 February 2018.
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