Lineage

Constituted 389th Fighter Squadron (Single-Engine) on 24 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Redesignated 389th Fighter Squadron, Single-Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated 389th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 Nov 1952. Activated on 1 Jan 1953. Redesignated 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1959. Activated on 30 Apr 1962. Organized on 8 May 1962. Redesignated 389th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 30 Sep 1979. Inactivated on 22 Jul 1991. Redesignated 389th Fighter Squadron on 1 Mar 1992. Activated on 11 Mar 1992.

Assignments

366th Fighter Group, 1 Jun 1943?20 Aug 1946. 366th Fighter-Bomber Group, 1 Jan 1953 (attached to Twelfth Air Force, 29 Sep?17 Nov 1954; 48th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 18 Nov 1954?28 Mar 1955; United States Air Forces in Europe, c. 20 Sep?c. 3 Oct 1956; 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 10 Jun 1957?); 366th Fighter-Bomber (later, 366th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 25 Sep 1957?1 Apr 1959 (remained attached to 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing to c. Oct 1957; 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing, c. Oct?9 Dec 1957; 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 10?22 Dec 1957). United States Air Forces in Europe, 30 Apr 1962; 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 May 1962 (attached to Alaskan Air Command, 15 Sep?16 Dec 1965); 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, 15 Jun 1969; 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 Mar 1970; 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, 15 Oct 1971; 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 Oct 1972?22 Jul 1991. 366th Operations Group, 11 Mar 1992?.

Stations

Richmond AAB, VA, 1 Jun 1943; Bluethenthal, NC, 9 Aug 1943; Richmond AAB, VA, 6 Nov?17 Dec 1943; Membury, England, 12 Jan 1944; Thruxton, England, 29 Feb 1944; St. Pierre du Mont, France, 17 Jun 1943; Dreux, France, 24 Aug 1944; Laon/Couvron, France, 12 Sep 1944; Asch, Belgium, 20 Nov 1944; Munster/Handorf, Germany, 14 Apr 1945; Bayreuth/Bindlach, Germany, 28 Jun 1945; Fritzlar, Germany, 11 Sep 1945?20 Aug 1946. Alexandria (later, England) AFB, LA, 1 Jan 1953?1 Apr 1959 (deployed at Toul-Rosieres AB, France, 29 Sep?10 Dec 1954; Chaumont AB, France, 11 Dec 1954?28 Mar 1955; Aviano AB, Italy, 21 Sep?2 Oct 1956 and 10 Jun?22 Dec 1957). Chaumont AB, France, 8 May 1962?Jul 1963; Holloman AFB, NM, 12 Jul 1963?11 Mar 1966 (deployed at Elmendorf AFB, AK, 15 Sep?16 Dec 1965); Phan Rang AB, South Vietnam, 14 Mar 1966; Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, 10 Oct 1966; Phu Cat AB, South Vietnam, 25 Jun 1969?15 Oct 1971; Mountain Home AFB, ID, 15 Oct 1971?22 Jul 1991 (deployed at Taegu AB, South Korea, 16 Sep?5 Oct 1976). Mountain Home AFB, ID, 11 Mar 1992?.

Aircraft

P?47, 1943?1946. F?51, 1953; F?86, 1953?1955; F?84, 1955?1958; F?100, 1958. F?84, 1962?1965; F?100, 1963; F?4, 1965?1971; F?111, 1971?1991. F?16, 1992?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 14 Mar 1943?3 May 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 14 Mar 1966?8 Oct 1971. Trained F?111 aircrews, 30 Sep 1979?26 Jun 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. Vietnam: Vietnam Air; Vietnam Air Offensive; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III; Vietnam Air/Ground; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV; TET 69/Counteroffensive; Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969; Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Southwest Monsoon; Commando Hunt V; Commando Hunt VI.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Normandy, 11 Jul 1944. Presidential Unit Citations (Vietnam): 23 Apr 1967?1 Aug 1967; 8 Feb?8 Apr 1971. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 14 Mar?20 Jun 1966; [10 Oct] 1966?31 Mar 1967; 1 Apr 1967?31 Mar 1968; 1 Apr 1968?[24 Jun] 1969; [25 Jun] 1969?31 Mar 1970; 1 Apr 1970?[15] Oct 1971. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 3 Jun?22 Dec 1957; 17 Apr 1974?15 Apr 1976; 16 Apr 1976?27 Mar 1978; 18 Aug?16 Sep 1976; 1 Apr 1983?31 Mar 1985; 1 Mar 1989?28 Feb 1991. Cited in the Orders of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun?30 Sep 1944; 1 Oct?17 Dec 1944; 18 Dec 1944?15 Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 1 Apr 1966?15 Oct 1971.

Emblem

Azure, a winged thunderbolt with stylized head and leg of a bird of prey descending bendwise sinister Gules, garnished Argent eyed of the like and flammant from nostril Or; grasping a bomb of the last, fin to base Sable; all within a diminished bordure of the last. Approved on 13 Feb 1945 (K 6714) and modified on 15 Sep 1993.