Lineage

Constituted 10th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated: 10th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 10th Fighter Squadron (Special) on 28 May 1942; 10th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 21 Jan 1944; 10th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 28 Feb 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. Redesignated 10th Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 16 Dec 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 28 Jan 1950. Redesignated: 10th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 16 Mar 1950; 10th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 23 Jan 1951. Ordered to active service on 14 Apr 1951. Inactivated on 27 Apr 1951. Activated on 1 Jan 1953. Redesignated 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1991. Redesignated 10th Flight Test Squadron on 1 Mar 1994. Activated on 18 Mar 1994.

Assignments

50th Pursuit (later, 50th Fighter) Group, 15 Jan 1941?7 Nov 1945. Ninth Air Force, 28 Jan 1950, First Air Force, 1 Aug 1950; Eastern Air Defense Force, 1 Sep 1950; Tactical Air Command, 11 Sep?27 Apr 1951 (attached to 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 11 Sep?18 Oct 1950; 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 19?30 Nov 1950; 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 Dec 1950?unkn). 50th Fighter-Bomber Group, 1 Jan 1953; 50th Fighter-Bomber (later, 50th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 8 Dec 1957?30 Sep 1991 (attached to Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 363d, 28 Dec 1990?10 May 1991). Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, 18 Mar 1994?.

Stations

Selfridge Field, MI, 15 Jan 1941; Key Field, MS, 3 Oct 1941; Orlando AB, FL, 18 Mar 1942; Zephyrhills, FL, 4 Jan 1943; Orlando AB, FL, 29 Jan?13 Mar 1944; Lymington, England, 5 Apr 1944; Carentan, France, 25 Jun 1944; Meautis, France, 16 Aug 1944; Orly, France, 5 Sep 1944; Laon, France, 15 Sep 1944; Lyon/ Bron, France, 29 Sep 1944; Toul/Ochey, France, 3 Nov 1944; Giebelstadt, Germany, 20 Apr 1945; Mannheim, Germany, 21 May?c. 22 Jun 1945; La Junta AAFld, CO, 6 Aug?7 Nov 1945. Langley AFB, VA, 28 Jan 1950?27 Apr 1951. Clovis AFB, NM, 1 Jan?22 Jul 1953; Hahn AB, Germany, 11 Aug 1953; Toul/Rosieres AB, France, 10 Jul 1956; Hahn AB, Germany, 10 Dec 1959?30 Sep 1991 (operated from Al Dhafra, Saudi Arabia, 28 Dec 1990?10 May 1991). Tinker AFB, OK, 18 Mar 1994?.

Aircraft

BT?13, 1941?1942; P?35, 1941?1942; P?40, 1942?1943; P?51, 1943?1944; P?47, 1944?1945. F?51, 1953; F?86, 1953?1957; F?100, 1958?1966; F?4, 1966?1982; F?16, 1982?1991.

Operations

Conducted training in fighter tactics, 18 Mar 1942?28 Jan 1944; combat in ETO, 1 May 1944?7 May 1945. Combat in Southwest Asia, Jan?Feb 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. Southwest Asia: Defense of

Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: ETO, 13?20 Mar 1945; Germany, 25 Apr 1945. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Nov 1970?15 Sep 1971; 1 Jan 1972?30 Jun 1973; 1 Jul 1973?30 Jun 1974; 1 Jul 1975?30 Jun 1976; 1 Jul 1982?30 Jun 1984; 1 Jul 1985?30 Jun 1987; 1 Jul 1990?5 Aug 1991. Cited in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun?30 Sep 1944.

Emblem

Azure, a sword bendwise sinister point to base, blade Argent, hilt and tassels Or, grip Brown, winged pommel of the second enfiling the "bulls eye" of a paper target in base White with rings Sable and surmounted by a scroll fesswise Argent inscribed with musical notations Black; all within a diminished bordure of the last. Approved on 23 Jul 1953; modified in 1996.