Lineage

Constituted 7th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 7th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 7th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943; 7th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 6 Nov 1944; 7th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 8 Jan 1946; 7th Fighter Squadron, Jet-Propelled, on 1 May 1948; 7th Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 10 August 1948; 7th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 Feb 1950; 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 Jul 1958; 7th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.

Assignments

49th Pursuit (later, 49th Fighter; 49th Fighter-Bomber) Group, 15 Jan 1941 (attached to 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 9 Jul?17 Aug 1950 and 7 Aug 1956?15 Apr 1957; 4th Fighter-Day Wing, 15 Apr?10 Dec 1957); 49th Fighter-Bomber (later, 49th Tactical Fighter; 49th Fighter) Wing, 10 Dec 1957 (attached to 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 10 Sep?6 Oct 1971; 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, 2 Mar?4 Apr 1973; 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, 2 Apr?3 May 1974 and 4 Oct?6 Nov 1975; 86th Tactical Fighter Wing,

23 Aug?25 Sep 1976); 49th Operations Group, 15 Nov 1991?.

Stations

Selfridge Field, MI, 15 Jan 1941; Morrison Field, FL, c. 23 May 1941?4 Jan 1942; Melbourne, Australia, 2 Feb 1942; Bankstown, Australia, 16 Feb 1942; Batchelor, Australia, 9 Apr 1942; Port Moresby, New Guinea, 19 Sep 1942; Dobodura, New Guinea, 15 Apr 1943; Gusap, New Guinea, 16 Nov 1943; Finschhafen, New Guinea, 27 Apr 1944; Hollandia, New Guinea, 3 May 1944; Biak, 5 Jun 1944; Tacloban, Leyte, 24 Oct 1944; San Jose, Mindoro, 30 Dec 1944; Lingayen, Luzon, c. 25 Feb 1945; Okinawa, 17 Aug 1945; Atsugi, Japan, 15 Sep 1945; Chitose AB, Japan, c. 20 Feb 1946; Misawa AB, Japan, 2 Apr 1948; Itazuke AB, Japan, 14 Aug 1950; Taegu AB, South Korea,

28 Sep 1950; Kunsan AB, South Korea, 1 Apr 1953; Itazuke AB, Japan, 2 Nov 1953; Misawa AB, Japan, 7 Aug 1956; Chitose AB, Japan, 1 Jul?10 Dec 1957; Etain/Rouvres AB, France, 10 Dec 1957; Spangdahlem AB, Germany, 25 Aug 1959?15 Jul 1968; Holloman AFB, NM, 15 Jul 1968?(deployed at Ramstein AB, Germany, 10 Sep?6 Oct 1971 and 2 Mar?4 Apr 1973; Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, 11 May?12 Aug 1972; Bitburg AB, Germany, 2 Apr?3 May 1974 and 4 Oct?6 Nov 1975; Ramstein AB, Germany, 23 Aug?25 Sep 1976).

Aircraft

P?35, 1941; P?40, 1942?1944; P?47, 1943?1944; P?38, 1944?1946; P?51, 1946?1949; F?80, 1949?1951; F?84, 1951?1956; F?86, 1956?1957; F?100, 1957?1962; F?105, 1962?1966; F?4, 1967?1977; F?15, 1977?1991; AT?38, 1992?.

Operations

Combat in Southwest Pacific, 14 Mar 1942?4 Aug 1945. Combat in Korea, 14 Aug 1950?27 Jul 1953. Combat in Southeast Asia, 11 May?12 Aug 1972. Basic fighter training, Sep 1992?.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: East Indies; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Papua; New Guinea; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; China Offensive. Korea: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953. Vietnam: Vietnam Ceasefire.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Australia, 14 Mar?25 Aug 1942; Papua,

[c. 25 Sep] 1942?23 Jan 1943; Biak, 15 May 1944; Philippine Islands, 27 Oct?7 Dec 1944; Korea, [14 Aug]?25 Nov 1950; Korea, 9 Jul?27 Nov 1951. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 5 May?6 Oct 1972. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Mar 1964?28 Feb 1966; 1 Mar 1966?30 Jun 1967; 1 Jan 1971?15 Apr 1972. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (WWII). Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations: [14 Aug] 1950?7 Feb 1951; 8 Feb 1951?31 Mar 1953. Republic of Vietnam

Gallantry Cross with Palm: 8 May?24 Aug 1972.

Emblem

On a Yellow disc, edged with a Black border, an aborigine "bunyap" affronte Light Brown, eyes Green, pupils Red, fangs and claws White, tipped with blood. Approved on 13 May 1944 (K 7064).