69th Fighter Squadron

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unit_name= 69th Fighter Squadron


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dates= 15 January 1941 - 27 January 1946
10 July 1952 - 1 July 1958
15 October 1969 - 16 March 1983
1 July 1983 - 2 February 2001
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The 69th Fighter Squadron (69 FS) was most recently part of the 347th Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. It operated F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

History

The 69th was an operational and replacement training unit from, March 1942–April 1943. It went on to fly combat missions in Southwest and Western Pacific from, 17 February 1944–14 August 1945 and in Korea from, 10 July 1952–27 July 1953. The 69th provided air defense in South Korea from, July 1953–June 1958 and advanced training in F–104s for German pilots from, 1969–1983. It again saw combat in Southwest Asia from, Janusry–February 1991. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0069fs.html AFHRA 69 FS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II
*Korean War
*Operation Desert Storm

=Lineage=

*69th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) (1940 - 1942)
*69th Fighter Squadron (1942 - 1943)
*69th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1943 - 1944)
*69th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952 - 1969)
*69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (1969 - 1983)
*69th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1983 - 1991)
*69th Fighter Squadron (1991 - Present)

=Assignments=

*58th Fighter Group (1941 - 1946)
*58th Fighter-Bomber Wing (1952 - 1958)
**Attached: 13th Air Force (26 January - 16 February 1955)
**Attached: Air Task Force Five, Provisional (17 February - 9 March 1955)
**Attached: Air Task Force Thirteen, Provisional (2 April - 2 June 1956)
**Attached: Air Task Force Thirteen, Provisional (c. 11 October - 30 November 1956)
**Attached: Air Task Force Thirteen, Provisional (18 September - 10 December 1957)
*58th Tactical Training Wing (1969 - 1983)
*347th Fighter Wing (1983 - 2001)
**Attached: Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 388th (8 January - 15 March 1991)
**Attached: Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 4404th (16 March - 30 June 1991)

=Bases stationed=

*Selfridge Field, Michigan (1941)
*Harding Field, Louisiana (1941 - 1942)
*Dale Mabry Field, Florida (1942)
*Drew Field, Florida (1942)
*Sarasota, Florida (1942)
*Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia (1942)
*Philadelphia Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania (1942 - 1943)
*Bradley Field, Connecticut (1943)
*Bedford Army Air Base, Massachusetts (1943)
*Suffolk County Air Base, New York (1943)
*Grenier Field, New Hampshire (1943)
*Brisbane, Australia (1943)
*Dobodura, New Guinea (1943 - 1944)
*Saidor, New Guinea (1944)
*Noemfoor (1944)
*San Roque, Leyte (1944)
*San Jose, Mindoro (1944 - 1945)
*Mangaldan, Luzon (1945)
*Porac, Luzon (1945)
*Okinawa (1945)
*Japan (1945)
*Manila, Philippines (1945 - 1946)
*Taegu Air Base, South Korea (1952 - 1955)
**Deployed: Clark Air Base, Philippines (26 January - 16 February 1955)
**Deployed: Chia Yi Field, Formosa (17 February - c. 8 March 1955)
*Osan Air Base, South Korea (1955 - 1958)
**Deployed: Tainan Air Base, Taiwan (2 April - 2 June 1956)
**Deployed: Tainan Air Base, Taiwan (c. 11 October - 30 November 1956)
**Deployed: Kimpo Air Base, South Korea (19 July - 10 September 1957)
**Deployed: Tainan Air Base, Taiwan (18 September - 4 November 1957)
**Deployed: Chia Yi Air Base, Taiwan (5 November - 10 December 1957)
*Luke Air Force Base, Arizona (1969 - 1983)
*Moody Air Force Base, Georgia (1983 - 2001)
**Deployed: Al Minhad, United Arab Emirates (8 - 28 January 1991)
**Deployed: King Fahd Air Base, Saudi Arabia (29 January - 4 March 1991)
**Deployed: Al Minhad, United Arab Emirates (5 - 15 March 1991)
**Deployed: Al Khaj, Saudi Arabia (16 March - 15 June 1991)
**Deployed: Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia (16 - 30 June 1991)

=Aircraft Operated=

*P-35 (1941 - 1942)
*P-36 Hawk (1941 - 1942)
*P-39 Airacobra (1941 - 1942)
*P-40 Warhawk (1942 - 1943)
*P-47 Thunderbolt (1943 - 1945)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1952 - 1954)
*F-86 Sabre (1954 - 1958)
*F-104 Starfighter (1969 - 1983)
*F-4 Phantom II (1983 - 1988)
*F-16 Fighting Falcon (1988 - 2001)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0069fs.html USAF 69th Fighter Squadron History]

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