432nd Wing, US Air Force
432ND WING, US AIR FORCE
History: Established as 432 Observation Group on 18 February 1943. Activated on 22 February 1943. Redesignated as: 432 Reconnaissance Group on 2 April 1943; 432 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 11 August 1943. Disestablished on 1 November 1943. Reestablished on 14 January 1954. Activated on 18 March 1954. Inactivated on 8 February 1958. Consolidated (31 January 1984) with the 432 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, which was established on 23 March 1953. Activated on 8 February 1958. Inactivated on 18 June 1959. Activated on 19 August 1966. Organized on 18 September 1966. Redesignated as 432 Tactical Fighter Wing on 15 November 1974. Inactivated on 23 December 1975. Redesignated as 432 Tactical Drone Group on 24 May 1976. Activated on 1 July 1976. Inactivated on 1 April 1979. Redesignated as 432 Tactical Fighter Wing on 5 June 1984. Activated on 1 July 1984. Redesignated as 432 Fighter Wing on 31 May 1991. Inactivated on 1 October 1994. Redesignated as 432 Air Expeditionary Group, and converted to a provisional status, on 16 January 2002. Returned to permanent status, and redesignated as 432 Fighter Wing, on 16 February 2007. Redesignated as 432 Wing, and activated, on 1 May 2007. Established to train cadres for new groups and squadrons during 1943. Trained in tactical reconnaissance, March 1954-February 1958. Operating from bases in Louisiana and Texas, participated in Operation SAGEBRUSH, October-December 1955. As a tactical reconnaissance wing, operated USAF Advanced Flying School, Tactical Reconnaissance, 8 April-17 May 1959. During the Vietnam War, conducted reconnaissance missions, combat air patrol and ground strike operations, 1966-1973. Played a major role in locating and recovering the American commercial freighter, S. S. Mayaguez, from the Cambodians, 1975. Assisted in evacuation of American and Allied personnel from Cambodia and South Vietnam, April 1975. Conducted testing of AQM-34 V model drone, 1976-1979. As host unit for Misawa AB, Japan, planned, prepared and executed the deployment of two squadrons of F-16 fighter aircraft, 1984-1994. Since 2007, conducted oversight of remotely-piloted aircraft training and operation, providing combatant commanders with persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, involving full-motion video and precision weapons employment. Ensured defense support of civil authorities after natural disasters.
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The Emblem was approved for 432 Tactical Reconnaissance Group on 2 June 1955; approved for 432 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing on 4 August 1958; newest rendition, 3 October 2007.
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