75th Fighter Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 75th Fighter Squadron


caption= 75th Fighter Squadron Patch
dates= 4 July 1942 - 5 January 1946
10 October 1946 - 24 September 1949
12 January 1951 - 30 June 1968
30 September 1968 - 30 November 1969
1 July 1972 - 2 December 1991
1 April 1992 - Present
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type= Fighter
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command_structure= Air Combat Command
9th Air Force
23d Wing
23d Fighter Group
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The 75th Fighter Squadron (75 FS) is part of the 23d Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. It operates the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducting close air support missions.

Mission

History

The 75th saw combat in the China-Burma-India Theater from, 16 July 1942–14 August 1945. It participated in air defense from, 1946–1949, 1951–1988, and 1968 - 1969. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0075fs.html AFHRA 75 FS Page] ]

=Operations=

*World War II

=Lineage=

*75th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) (1941 - 1942)
*75th Fighter Squadron (1942 - 1944)
*75th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1944 - 1949)
*75th Fighter Squadron, Jet (1949 - 1950)
*75th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (1950 - 1972)
*75th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1972 - 1991)
*75th Fighter Squadron (1991 - Present)

=Assignments=

*23d Fighter Group (1942 - 1946, 1946 - 1949)
**Attached: 46th Fighter Wing (December 1947 - 16 August 1948)
*23d Fighter-Interceptor Group (1951 - 1952)
*4711th Defense Wing (1952)
*4709th Defense Wing (1952 - 1953)
*519th Air Defense Group (1953 - 1955)
*23d Fighter Group (1955 - 1959)
*Bangor Air Defense Sector (1959 - 1966)
*36th Air Division (1966 - 1968)
*34th Air Division (1968 - 1969)
*23d Wing (1972 - 1991, 1992 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Hengyang, China (1942, 1943 - 1944)
*Chanyi, China (1942 - 1943)
*Yunani, China (1943)
*Lingling, China (1943, 1944)
*Kunming, China (1943)
*Kweilin, China (1943, 1944)
*Lüliang, China (1944 - 1945)
*Luichow, China (1945)
*Hangchow, China (1945 - 1946)
*Fort Lewis, Washington (1946)
*North Guam Air Force Base, Guam (1946 - 1949)
*Howard Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone (1949)
*Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine (1951 - 1952, 1955 - 1959)
*Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York (1952 - 1955)
*Dow Air Force Base, Maine (1959 - 1968)
*Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan (1968 - 1969)
*England Air Force Base, Louisiana (1972 - 1991)
*Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (1992 - 2007)
*Moody Air Force Base, Georgia (2007 - Present)

=Aircraft Operated=

*P-40 Warhawk (1942 - 1944)
*P-51 Mustang (1944 - 1945)
*P-47 Thunderbolt (1946 - 1949)
*RF-80 Shooting Star (1949)
*F-86 Sabre (1951 - 1955)
*F-89 Scorpion (1955 - 1959)
*F-101 Voodoo (1958 - 1968, 1968 - 1969)
*A-7 Corsair II (1972 - 1981)
*A-10 Thunderbolt II (1980 - 1991, 1992 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0075fs.html USAF 75th Fighter Squadron History]
* [http://www.moody.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4460 23d Fighter Group Fact Sheet]

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