Lineage

Constituted 358th Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 12 Nov 1942. Redesignated: 358th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943; 56th Reconnaissance Squadron, Weather Scouting, on 3 Dec 1945. Inactivated on 20 Nov 1946. Redesignated 56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Medium, Weather, on 22 Jan 1951. Activated on 21 Feb 1951. Redesignated 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron on 15 Feb 1954. Inactivated on 15 Jan 1972. Redesignated 358th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 18 May 1972. Activated on 1 Jun 1972. Redesignated: 358th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 Jan 1976; 358th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991.

Assignments

355th Fighter Group, 12 Nov 1942?20 Nov 1946. 2143d Air Weather Wing, 21 Feb 1951; 1st Weather Wing, 8 Feb 1954; 9th Weather (later, 9th Weather Reconnaissance) Group, 1 Feb 1960; 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Jul 1965?15 Jan 1972. 355th Tactical Fighter (later, 355th Tactical Training; 355th Fighter) Wing, 1 Jun 1972 (attached to 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, c. 29 Dec 1973?c. 14 May 1974); 355th Operations Group, 1 May 1992?.

Stations

Orlando AB, FL, 12 Nov 1942; Norfolk Muni Aprt, VA, 17 Feb 1943; Philadelphia Muni Aprt, PA, 4 Mar?16 Jun 1943; Steeple Morden, England, 8 Jul 1943; Gablingen, Germany, 16 Jul 1945; Schweinfurt, Germany, Apr 1946; Mitchel Field, NY, 1 Aug?20 Nov 1946. Misawa AB, Japan, 21 Feb 1951; Yokota AB, Japan, 14 Sep 1951?15 Jan 1972 (detachment operated from Andersen AFB, Guam, 11 Mar 1960?18 Apr 1962). Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1 Jun 1972? (deployed at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, c. 29 Dec 1973?c. 14 May 1974).

Aircraft

P?47, 1943?1944; P?51, 1944?1945. WB?29, 1951?1957; WB?50, 1956?1965; RB?57, 1962?1964, 1966?1972; C?130, 1962?1964; WB?47, 1963?1966; WC?135, 1964?1972. A?7, 1972?1979; A?10, 1979?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 14 Sep 1943?25 Apr 1945. Supported combat operations in Korea, 21 Feb 1951?27 Jul 1953. Weather reconnaissance in the Far East, 1951?1972. Trained A?7 aircrews, Jul 1976?Oct 1979 and A?10 aircrews, c. Oct 1979?c. Oct 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: First UN Counter-offensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Germany, 5 Apr 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: Mar?Oct 1956; 1 Mar 1960?28 Feb 1961; 1 Jul 1967?30 Jun 1968; 1 Jan?31 Dec 1971; [1 Jun 1972]?1 Jun 1973; 1 Oct 1976?31 May 1978; 1 Jan 1990?31 Dec 1991.

Emblem

On a Red disc fimbriated White and bordered Blue issuing from sinister a wolf?s head, Brown, garnished White and Red and detailed Black, surmounting a Yellow lightning bolt extending from upper left to lower right. Approved on 14 Nov 1972 (KE 50560); replaced emblems approved on 26 Sep 1952 (11242 A.C.) and 7 Jul 1943 (41895 A.C.).