93d Fighter Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 93d Fighter Squadron


caption= 93d Fighter Squadron Patch
dates= 1 June 1943 - 10 June 1946
27 June 1949 - 3 April 1951
15 June 1952 - 16 November 1957
1 October 1978 - Present
country= United States
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branch=United States Air Force
type= Fighter
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command_structure= Air Force Reserve Command
Tenth Air Force
482d Fighter Wing
482d Operations Group
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garrison= Homestead Air Reserve Base
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battles= Battle of Normandy
Operation Market Garden
Siege of Bastogne
Operation Plunder Siege
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The 93d Fighter Squadron (93 FS) is part of the 482d Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

Mission

History

During World War II 93d participated in the airborne assaults on Normandy, Holland, and Germany, assisted in the relief of Bastogne, and conducted transportation of personnel and cargo throughout the European Theater of Operations. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0093fs.html AFHRA 93 FS Page] ]

The squadron trained in troop carrier operations from, 1949-1951 and fighter-bomber operations from, 1952-1957. Since 1978, it has trained to maintain combat readiness in tactical fighter operations. The 93d periodically deployed to Turkey to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq from, 1997-2003.

=Operations=

*World War II
*Operation Northern Watch

=Lineage=

*93d Troop Carrier Squadron (1943 - 1949)
*93d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949 - 1952)
*93d Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952 - 1978)
*93d Tactical Fighter Squadron (1978 - 19921)
*93d Fighter Squadron (1992 - Present)

=Assignments=

*439th Troop Carrier Group (1943 - 1946, 1949 - 1951)
*439th Fighter-Bomber Wing (1952 - 1957)
*915th Tactical Fighter Group (1978 - 1981)
*482d Fighter Wing (1981 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska (1943)
*Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1943)
*Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, North Carolina (1943 - 1944)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1944)
*RAF Balderton, England (1944)
*RAF Upottery, England (1944)
**Operated From: RAF Ramsbury, England (7 - 16 August 1944)
**Operated From: RAF Membury, England (16 - 22 August 1944)
*Juvincourt-et-Damary, France (1944)
*Lonray, France (1944)
*Châteaudun, France (1944 - 1945)
*Baer Field, Indiana (1945)
*Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri (1945 - 1946)
*Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan (1949 - 1951, 1952 - 1957)
*Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida (1978 - Present)
**Operated From: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (September - December 1992)
**Operated From: MacDill Air Force Base, Florida (February 1993 - March 1994)

=Aircraft Operated=

*C-47 Skytrain (1943 - 1945)
*C-46 Commando (1945 - 1946, 1949 - 1951)
*F-51 Mustang (1952 - 1953)
*F-80 Shooting Star (1953 - 1956)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1956 - 1957)
*F-4 Phantom II (1978 - 1989)
*F-16 Fighting Falcon (1989 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0093fs.html AFHRA 93d Fighter Squadron History]

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