510th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
510TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 625 Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 4 February 1943. Activated on 1 March 1943. Redesignated as: 510 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943; 510 Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 August 1943; 510 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 27 October 1945. Redesignated as 510 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 October 1952. Activated on 1 December 1952. Inactivated on 1 July 1958. Redesignated as 510 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 11 March 1959. Activated on 9 April 1959. Inactivated on 15 November 1969. Activated on 1 October 1978. Inactivated on 1 February 1994. Redesignated as 510 Fighter Squadron on 23 March 1994. Activated on 1 July 1994. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 11 April 1944–1 May 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 12 November 1965–15 October 1969. Close air support for NATO exercises, August 1979–December 1992. Deployed aircraft and personnel to Turkey to support Kurdish relief in Northern Iraq, 6 September–10 December 1991, 8 April–10 June 1992, and 6 August–30 October 1992. Deployed aircraft and personnel to enforce no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovinia, July-December 1993. Conducted support air operations in Europe’s southern region and supported NATO taskings, 1994-. Supported Operations Deliberate Force (August-September 1995) and Deliberate Guard (December 1996-June 1998) in Bosnia; Operation Allied Force in Serbia, March-June 1999; Operation Southern Watch, 2000-2002; Operation Northern Watch, 2001.
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 (510th Fighter Squadron) |
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The Emblem was approved 14 February 1957; newest rendition approved on 8 May 2007.
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