68th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
68TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 68th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 68th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 68th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943; 68th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 24 May 1944; 68th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 8 Jan 1946; 68th Fighter Squadron (All Weather) on 20 Feb 1947; 68th Fighter Squadron, All Weather, on 10 Aug 1948; 68th Fighter-All Weather Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 68th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 25 Apr 1951; 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 25 Jul 1964. Inactivated on 30 Jun 1971. Activated on 30 Sep 1973. Redesignated 68th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 30 Apr 2001.
Air defense of Tongatabu, Jun-Oct 1942. Combat in South and Southwest Pacific, 12 Nov 1942-13 Aug 1945. Combat in Korea, 27 Jun 1950-23 Mar 1952. Air defense of southern Japan, Mar 1952-1 Jun 1964. Combat in Southeast Asia, Aug-Dec 1965. Unmanned, 30 Sep 1973-30 Sep 1975. Deployed aircraft and personnel to Saudi Arabia, 26 Jun-22 Dec 1991.
| English | On a disc Grayed Light Blue, border Black, a knight in Black armor, wearing Light Red gauntlets, boots, and plume, carrying a White lance, edged and trimmed Black, in the right hand, and holding a spade-typed shield of Light Red, marked with a White cross, in the left hand, while standing, affronte, on jogs in Yellow lightning bolts, pilewise, points toward base, between a Black cloud formation in dexter base and a like formation in sinister base. MOTTO: LIGHTNING LANCERS |
Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 29 November 1944 (41595 A.C.).
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