524th Fighter Squadron

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The 524th Fighter Squadron is is a fighter squadron of the United States Air Force, currently based at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, with the 27th Fighter Wing.

It is nicknamed the “Hounds of Heaven” and its primary mission is to deploy quickly in order to support unified commanders worldwide with day or night F-16 combat operations. The squadron is prepared to deploy at a moment’s notice to any location to employ the F-16’s offensive and defensive systems and the LANTIRN infrared target tracker and laser designator to deliver a wide spectrum of conventional, precision-guided, and nuclear weapons. The “Hounds” train constantly to support Air Combat Command’s larger mission of global power.

Lineage

Constituted 11th Reconnaissance Squadron (Light) on 20 November 1940. Activated on 15 January 1941. Redesignated: 91st Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 14 August 1941; 524th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 23 August 1943; 524th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 30 May 1944. Inactivated on 7 November 1945. Activated on 20 August 1946. Redesignated: 524th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 22 July 1947; 524th Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 1 December 1949; 524th Fighter-Escort Squadron on 1 February 1950; 524th Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 January 1953; 524th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 July 1957; 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958; 524th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 8 July 1980; 524th Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991.

Assignments

27th Bombardment (later, 27th Fighter-Bomber; 27th Fighter) Group, attached on 15 January 1941, assigned 14 August 1941–7 November 1945. 27th Fighter (later, 27th Fighter-Escort) Group, 20 August 1946 (attached to 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 30 June–12 August 1951; 27th Fighter-Escort Wing, 25 August 1951–15 June 1952); 27th Fighter-Escort (later, 27th Strategic Fighter; 27th Fighter-Bomber; 27th Tactical Fighter; 27th Fighter) Wing, 16 June 1952 (attached to unkn, 17 June– 8 July 1959; TUSLOG, 10 February–16 June 1961; 4158th Strategic Wing, 30 October–14 November 1961; 2d Air Division, 9–c. 27 June 1963 and 21 January–19 March 1964; 39th Air Division, 1 December 1964–28 March 1965); 27th Operations Group, 1 November 1991–.

tations

*Hunter Field, Georgia, 15 January–19 October 1941
*Fort William McKinley, Luzon, 20 November 1941
*San Marceleno, Luzon, 22 December 1941 (air echelon operated from Brisbane, Australia, 24 December 1941–5 February 1942)
*Limay, Luzon, 25 December 1941
*Bataan, Luzon, 5 January 1942 (air echelon operated from Malang, Java, 18 February–c. 1 March 1942, and from Brisbane, Australia, 10–24 March 1942)
*Charters Towers, Australia, Apr–4 May 1942;
*Hunter Field, Georgia, 4 May 1942
*Key Field, Mississippi, 15 July 1942
*Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 15 August 1942
*Harding Field, Louisiana, 26 October–21 November 1942
*Ste-Barbe-du-Tlelat, Algeria, 26 December 1942
*Nouvion, Algeria, 7 January 1943
*Ras el Ma, French Morocco, 6 April 1943
*Korba, Tunisia, 4 June 1943
*Gela, Sicily, 18 July 1943
*San Antonio, Sicily, 3 September 1943
*Capaccio, Italy, 18 September 1943
*Guado Airfield, Italy, 4 November 1943
*Pomigliano, Italy, 19 January 1944
*Castel Volturno, Italy, 10 April 1944
*Santa Maria, Italy, 8 May 1944
*Le Banca, Italy, 7 June 1944
*Ciampino, Italy, 11 June 1944
*Voltone, Italy, 4 July 1944
*Sarragia, Corsica, 13 July 1944
*Le Luc, France, 25 August 1944
*Salon, France, 30 August 1944
*Loyettes, France, 12 September 1944
*Tarquinia, Italy, 2 October 1944
*Pontedera, Italy, 1 December 1944
*St Dizier, France, 21 February 1944
*Toul/Ochey, France, 19 March 1945
*Biblis, Germany, 5 April 1945
*Sandhofen, Germany, 24 June 1945
*Echterdingen, Germany, 15 September–20 October 1945
*Camp Shanks, New York, 6–7 November 1945
*Fritzlar, Germany, 20 August 1946
*Bad Kissingen, Germany, 25 June 1947
*Andrews Field, Maryland, 25 June 1947
*Kearney Army Airfield (later, AFB), Nebraska, 16 July 1947
*Bergstrom AFB, Texas, 16 March 1949 (deployed at Taegu AB, South Korea, 5 December 1950–30 January 1951
*Itazuke AB, Japan, 31 January–12 August 1951;
*Misawa AB, Japan, 13 October 1952–c. 13 February 1953
*Sturgate RAF Station, England, 7 May–19 August 1955)
*Cannon AFB, New Mexico, 18 February 1959– (deployed at Hahn AB, Germany, 17 June–8 July 1959
*Incirlik AB, Turkey, 10 February–16 June 1961
*Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, 30 October–14 November 1961
*MacDill AFB, Florida, 21 October–1 December 1962
*Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, 9–c. 27 June 1963 and 21 January–19 March 1964
*Misawa AB, Japan, [with detachment at Kunsan AB, South Korea] , 1 December 1964–28 March 1965
*Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 13 April–12 May 1966).

Aircraft

B-18, 1941; A-24, 1941–1942; A-20, 1941, 1942–1943; A-36, 1943–1944; P-40, 1944; P-47, 1944–1945. P–47, 1946–1947; P-51, 1947–1948; F-82, 1948–1950; F-84, 1950–1958; F-101, 1957–1958; F-100, 1959–1969, 1969–1972; F-111, 1972–1995: F-16, 1995-.

Operations

Combat in Southwest Pacific, 8 December 1941–4 May 1942; ground echelon fought with infantry units in Philippine Islands, Jan–Apr 1942. Combat in MTO and ETO, 6 June 1943–4 May 1945. Combat in Korea, c. 8 December 1950–3 August 1951. F–100 replacement training, 1 January 1966–6 March 1969. Fighter training, 1 January 1980–.

Honors

ervice Streamers

None.

Campaign Streamers

*World War II:
**Philippine Islands
**East Indies
**Sicily
**Naples-Foggia
**Anzio
**Rome-Arno
**Northern France
**Southern France
**North Apennines
**Rhineland
**Central Europe
**Air Combat, EAME Theater
*Korea
**CCF Intervention
**First UN Counteroffensive
**CCF Spring Offensive
**UN Summer-Fall Offensive.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers

None.

Decorations

Distinguished Unit Citations: Philippine Islands, 7 December 1941– [Apr] 1942; Philippine Islands, 8–22 December 1941; Philippine Islands, 6 January–8 March 1942; Italy, 10 September 1943; France, 4 September 1944; Korea, 26 January–21 April 1951. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 15 August 1968–15 August 1969; 1 January 1981–30 June 1982; 1 January 1988–31 December 1989; 1 April–30 September 1992. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 9 November 1950–31 May 1951.

Emblem

On a Light Blue disc fimbriated White a stylized White cloud formation surmounted by a Yellow lightning flash issuing bendwise sinister from sinister chief, overall a Black silhouette of a hound rampant, all within a Blue border semi of mullets of the first. MOTTO: HOUNDS OF HEAVEN. Approved on 21 January 1955(K 11365).

ee also

* Kearney Air Force Base
* Bergstrom Air Force Base
* Cannon Air Force Base

ource

[http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0524fs.html USAF Historical Research Agency]