457th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force

457TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 457 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 5 October 1944. Activated on 21 October 1944. Inactivated on 16 December 1945. Redesignated as 457 Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 November 1952. Activated on 20 January 1953. Redesignated as: 457 Fighter-Day Squadron on 1 July 1957; 457 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 January 1958; 457 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958. Inactivated on 1 April 1959. Activated in the Reserve on 8 July 1972. Redesignated as 457 Fighter Squadron on 1 February 1992.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 20 January 1945; latest rendering, 27 April 2000.

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