Lineage

Constituted 335th Fighter Squadron on 22 Aug 1942. Activated on 12 Sep 1942. Redesignated 335th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 10 Nov 1945. Activated on 9 Sep 1946. Redesignated: 335th Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, on 23 Apr 1947; 335th Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 14 Jun 1948; 335th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 335th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 8 Mar 1955; 335th Fighter-Day Squadron on 25 Apr 1956; 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958; 335th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.

Assignments

4th Fighter Group, 12 Sep 1942?10 Nov 1945. 4th Fighter (later, 4th Fighter-Interceptor; 4th Fighter-Bomber, 4th Fighter-Day) Group, 9 Sep 1946; 4th Fighter-Day (later, 4th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 8 Dec 1957 (attached to HQ Tactical Air Command, 1 May 1960?22 Nov 1961; Seventeenth Air Force, c. 16 Nov 1964?21 Feb 1965; 6441st Tactical Fighter Wing, 3 Jul?c. 6 Nov 1965; 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, c. 6 Nov?6 Dec 1965; 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, 4 Dec 1969?c. 25 May 1970; 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, 6 Jul?22 Dec 1972; 86th Tactical Fighter Wing, 2 Sep?2 Oct 1978 and 28 Aug?29 Sep 1979; Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 4, 27 Dec 1990?12 Mar 1991; Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 4404, 13 Mar 1991?); 4th Operations Group, 22 Apr 1991? (remained attached to Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 4404 until 27 Jun 1991).

Stations

Bushey Hall, England, 12 Sep 1942; Debden, England, 29 Sep 1942; Steeple Morden, England, c. 23 Jul?4 Nov 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 9?10 Nov 1945. Selfridge Field, MI, 9 Sep 1946; Andrews Field (later, AFB), MD, 26 Mar 1947; Langley AFB, VA, 1 May 1949; Andrews AFB, MD, 13 Aug?11 Nov 1950; Johnson AB, Japan, 13 Dec 1950; Suwon AB, South Korea, 1 May 1951; Kimpo AB, South Korea, 24 Aug 1951; Johnson AB, Japan, 20 Sep 1951; Kimpo AB, South Korea, 4 Nov 1951; Chitose AB, Japan, c. 26 Nov 1954?8 Dec 1957; Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, 8 Dec 1957? (operated from Eglin AFB, FL, 1 May 1960?22 Nov 1961; McCoy AFB, FL, 21 Oct?29 Nov 1962; Incirlik AB, Turkey, 16 Nov 1964?21 Feb 1965; Yokota AB, Japan, 3 Jul?c. 6 Nov 1965; Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, c. 6 Nov?c. 8 Dec 1965; Kunsan AB, South Korea, 4 Dec 1969?c. 25 May 1970; Ubon RTAFB, Thailand, 6 Jul?22 Dec 1972; Ramstein AB, Germany, 2 Sep?2 Oct 1978 and 28 Aug?29 Sep 1979; Al Karj AB, Saudi Arabia, 27 Dec 1990?24 Jun 1991).

Aircraft

Spitfire, 1942?1943; P?47, 1943?1944; P?51, 1944?1945. P?47, 1947; P?80, 1947?1949; F?51, 1948?1949; F?86, 1949?1958; F?100, 1958?1960; F?105, 1959?1966; F?4, 1969?1989; F?15, 1990?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, Oct 1942?Apr 1945. Combat in Korea, Dec 1950?Jul 1953. Combat in Southeast Asia, Nov?Dec 1965 and Jul?Dec 1972. Combat in Southwest Asia, Jan?Feb 1991.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Korea: 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 Defensive; Vietnam Ceasefire. Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: France, 5 Mar?24 Apr 1944; Korea, 22 Apr?8 Jul 1951. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 8 Jul?20 Oct 1972. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1967?30 Jun 1968; 16 Sep 1973?15 Apr 1974; 22 Nov 1974?31 Dec 1975; 2 Feb 1976?18 Apr 1977; 1 Jun 1982?31 May 1984; 1 Jul 1989?22 Apr 1991; 23 Apr 1991?31 Mar 1993. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations: 1 Nov 1951?30 Sep 1952; 1 Oct 1952?31 Mar 1953. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 3 Aug?31 Dec 1972.

Emblem

On a Blue disc, the head of an American Indian chief in profile, wearing a feathered headdress White, the headband and tips of the long feathers Red, the short feathers just above the headband and circular ornament over the ear Air Force Blue, details White; the Indian?s eye, hair, outlines, and details throughout, Black. Approved on 7 Nov 1958 (K 10789). MOTTO: CHIEFS. Approved in 1994.