Lineage

Constituted 2d Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 2d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 2d Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron (All Weather) on 18 Oct 1946. Activated on 9 Nov 1946. Redesignated: 2d Fighter Squadron, All Weather, on 10 May 1948; 2d Fighter-All Weather Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 2d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1969. Activated on 1 Jul 1971. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1973. Redesignated 2d Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 15 Aug 1974. Activated on 1 Sep 1974. Redesignated: 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron on 1 Feb 1982; 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 May 1984; 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.

Assignments

52d Pursuit (later, 52d Fighter) Group, 15 Jan 1941?7 Nov 1945. 52d Fighter (later, 52d Fighter-All Weather; 52d Fighter-Interceptor) Group, 9 Nov 1946; 4709th Defense Wing, 6 Feb 1952; 568th Air Defense Group, 16 Feb 1953; 4709th Defense (later, 4709th Air Defense) Wing, 8 Jul 1954; 52d Fighter Group, 18 Aug 1955; 52d Fighter Wing, 1 Jul 1963; 52d Fighter Group, 30 Sep 1968?31 Dec 1969. 23d Air Division, 1 Jul 1971?31 Mar 1973. Air (later, USAF Air) Defense Weapons Center, 1 Sep 1974; 325th Fighter Weapons (later, 325th Tactical Training) Wing, 1 Jul 1981; 325th Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991?.

Stations

Selfridge Field, MI, 15 Jan 1941; Norfolk, VA, 17 Dec 1941; Selfridge Field, MI, 14 Jan 1942; Florence, SC, 18 Feb 1942; Wilmington, NC, 27 Apr 1942; Grenier Field, NH, 14 Jun?19 Jul 1942; Eglinton, Northern Ireland, 19 Aug 1942; Goxhill, England, 26 Aug?27 Oct 1942 (air echelon at Biggin Hill, England, 26 Aug?13 Sep 1942; Gibraltar, 6?8 Nov 1942; Tafaraoui, Algeria, 8?14 Nov 1942); La Senia, Algeria, 13 Nov 1942 (air echelon at Maison Blanche, Algeria, 24 Nov?4 Dec 1942; Bone, Algeria, 28 Nov 1942?11 Jan 1943); Orleansville, Algeria, 30 Dec 1942 (air echelon at Bone, Algeria, to 11 Jan 1943; at Biskra, Algeria, 4 Jan?19 Jan 1943); Relizane, Algeria, 15 Jan 1943; Biskra, Algeria, 20 Jan 1943; Chateaudun-du-Rhumel, Algeria, 16 Feb 1943 (air echelon at Thelepte No. 1, Tunisia, 15?17 Feb 1943; Youks-les-Bains, 17?20 Feb 1943; and at Canrobert, Algeria, 20 Feb 1943); Ain M?Lila, Algeria, 23 Feb 1943; Youks?les?Bains, Algeria, 8 Mar 1943 (air echelon at Thelepte No. 2, Tunisia, 10 Mar?6 Apr 1943; Sbeitla, Tunisia, 6?14 Apr 1943; Gidem [Le Sers No. 3], Tunisia, 14?20 Apr 1943); Le Sers, Tunisia, 20 Apr 1943; La Sebala, Tunisia, 22 May 1943 (air echelon at Le Sers No. 3, Tunisia, 22?23 May 1943; Bocca di Falco, Sicily, 29 Jul?6 Aug 1943); Bocca di Falco, Sicily, 6 Aug 1943; Borgo, Corsica, 3 Dec 1943; Aghione Airfield, Corsica, 27 Apr 1944; Madna Airfield, Italy, 16 May 1944 (air echelon at Piryatin, USSR, 4?6 Jul 1944); Piagiolino Airfield, Italy, 21 Apr 1945; Lesina Airfield, Italy, c. 10 Jul?13 Aug 1945; Drew Field, FL, 25 Aug?7 Nov 1945. Schweinfurt, Germany, 9 Nov 1946; Bad Kissingen, Germany, 5 May?25 Jun 1947; Mitchel Field (later, AFB), NY, 25 Jun 1947; McGuire AFB, NJ, 4 Oct 1949; Suffolk County AFB, NY, 18 Aug 1955?31 Dec 1969. Wurtsmith AFB, MI, 1 Jul 1971?31 Mar 1973. Tyndall AFB, FL, 1 Sep 1974?.

Aircraft

P?40, 1941?1942; P?39, 1942; Spitfire, 1942?1944; P?51, 1944?1945. A?26, 1946?1947; P(later, F)?61, 1947?1948; F?82, 1948?1950; F?94, 1950?1953; F?84, 1953; F?86, 1953?1957; F?102, 1957?1959; F?101, 1959?1969. F?106, 1971?1973. F?101, 1974?1981; F?106, 1974?1984; F?15, 1984?.

Operations

Combat in ETO and MTO, Aug 1942?30 Apr 1945. Air defense, 1947?1969, and 1971?1973. Fighter-Interceptor training, 1974?1984. Air superiority and dissimilar air combat training, 1984?. NORAD alert duty, 1988?1990.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Algeria-French Morocco; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Germany, 9 Jun 1944; Rumania, 31 Aug 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1971?31 Mar 1972; [1 Sep 1974]?31 May 1975; 1 Jul 1981?31 Mar 1983; 1 Jun 1983?31 May 1985.

Emblem

Approved on October 7, 1999.