548th Night Fighter Squadron

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Lineage

Constituted 548 Night Fighter Squadron on 23 Mar 1944. Activated 10 Apr 1944. Inactivated on 19 Dec 1945. Redesignated 548 Special Operations Training Squadron on 22 Aug 1969. Activated on 15 Oct 1969. Inactivated on 31 Jul 1973. Redesignated 548 Combat Training Squadron on 24 Jun 1994. Activated on 1 Jul 1994.

Assignments

Fourth Air Force, 10 Apr 1944; 7 Fighter Wing, 16 Sep 1944; Seventh Air Force, 20 Oct 1944; VII Fighter Command, 28 Oct 1944; AAF, Pacific Ocean Area (attached to 301 Fighter Wing), 8 Jun 1945; Seventh Air Force, 14 Jul-19 Dec 1945. 4410 Combat Crew Training Wing (later, 4410 Special Operations Training Group), 15 Oct 1969-31 Jul 1973. 608 Air Operations Group, 1 Jul 1994-.

Stations

Salinas, CA, 10 Apr 1944; Delano AAFld, CA, 26 Jun-2 Sep 1944; Hickam Field, TH, 16 Sep 1944; Kipapa Field, TH, 16 Oct 1944; Iwo Jima , 28 Feb 1945 (air echelon stationed on Saipan 17 Feb-6 Mar 1945); Ie Shima, 8 Jun-1 Dec 1945; Ft Lewis, WA, 17-19 Dec 1945. England AFB, LA, 15 Oct 1969-31 Jul 1973. Barksdale AFB, LA, 1 Jul 1994-.

Commanders


Aircraft

P-70, 1944; P-61, 1944-1945. C/AC/EC-47, 1969-1973. Controlled USAF, Navy and Marine aircraft, 1994-.

Operations

Patrols over the Pacific, Sep 1944-Jan 1945. Combat in Western Pacific, 7 Mar-14 Aug 1945. Provided special operations training to USAF and Vietnamese aircrews, Oct 1969-Jul 1973. Controlled multi-service close air support and forward air control aircraft and tactical air control assets in realistic combat exercises with the US Army Joint Readiness Training Center, Jul 1994-.

Service Streamers

None.

Campaign Streamers

World War II: Air Offensive, Japan; Western Pacific; Ryukyus; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers

None.

Decorations

Emblem

Approved on 7 Aug 1944.

Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 27 Aug 1996

Commanders, Aircraft, and Operations through Jul 1994

 

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