Lineage

Constituted 1st Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 5 Oct 1944. Activated on 15 Oct 1944. Inactivated on 15 Oct 1946. Redesignated 1st Fighter-Day Squadron on 26 Aug 1954. Activated on 11 Nov 1954. Redesignated 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 15 Mar 1959. Redesignated 1st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 14 Oct 1983. Activated on 1 Jan 1984. Redesignated 1st Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.

Assignments

413th Fighter Group, 15 Oct 1944?15 Oct 1946. 413th Fighter-Day Group, 11 Nov 1954; 413th Fighter-Day (later, 413th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 8 Oct 1957?15 Mar 1959 (attached to Sixteenth Air Force, 27 Jun?c. 12 Nov 1958). 325th Tactical Training Wing, 1 Jan 1984; 325th Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991?.

Stations

Seymour Johnson Field, NC, 15 Oct 1944; Bluethenthal Field, NC, 9 Nov 1944?7 Apr 1945; Ie Shima, 19 May 1945; Kadena AB, Okinawa, c. 17 Nov 1945; Yontan AB, Okinawa, 29 Jan?15 Oct 1946. George AFB, CA, 11 Nov 1954?15 Mar 1959 (deployed at Moron AB, Spain, 27 Jun?c. 12 Nov 1958). Tyndall AFB, FL, 1 Jan 1984?.

Aircraft

P?47, 1944?1946. F?86, 1954?1956; F?100, 1956?1959. F?15, 1984?.

Operations

Combat in Western Pacific, 20 May?14 Aug 1945. Air superiority and dissimilar air combat training, 1984?. NORAD alert duty, 1988?1990.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Japan; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Ryukyus; China Offensive.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: [1 Jan 1984]?31 May 1985.

Emblem

On a Yellow disc, edged Blue, a stylized representation of one of the Furies (mythical Greek goddesses of vengeance), wearing a Black form-fitting gown, and cape trimmed on under side Red, and Red boots, seated on a large, White cloud formation in base, facing toward sinister, and holding a skull, proper, in the right hand. Originally approved on 1 Mar 1945 (K 8809) and most recently modified and reinstated in 1994; replaced emblem approved for use May 1984?Jan 1986 and Apr 1986?c. Jun 1994.