93rd Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
93RD FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 93 Troop Carrier Squadron on 14 May 1943. Activated on 1 June 1943. Inactivated on 10 June 1946. Redesignated as 93 Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 19 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 June 1949. Ordered to Active Service on 1 April 1951. Inactivated on 3 April 1951. Redesignated as 93 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 May 1952. Activated in the Reserve on 15 June 1952. Inactivated on 16 November 1957. Redesignated as 93 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 23 February 1978. Activated in the Reserve on 1 October 1978. Redesignated as 93 Fighter Squadron on 1 February 1992. Airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany; relief of Bastogne; transportation of personnel and cargo in European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II. Trained in troop carrier operations, 1949-1951 and fighter-bomber operations, 1952-1957. Since 1978, trained to maintain combat readiness in tactical fighter operations. Periodically deployed to Turkey to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq, 1997, 1999 and 2000. Supported Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001; Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2007 and 2009.
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Approved on 11 Jun 1979; newest rendition approved on 10 Sep 2009.
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