Lineage

Constituted 391st Fighter Squadron (Single-Engine) on 24 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Redesignated 391st Fighter Squadron, Single-Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated 391st Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 Nov 1952. Activated on 1 Jan 1953. Redesignated 391st Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1959. Activated on 30 Apr 1962. Organized on 8 May 1962. Inactivated on 28 Feb 1971. Activated on 1 Jul 1971. Inactivated on 1 Jul 1990. Redesignated 391st 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; 366th Fighter-Bomber (later, 366th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 25 Sep 1957?1 Apr 1959 (attached to 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 6 Dec 1956?11 Jun 1957). United States Air Forces in Europe, 30 Apr 1962; 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 May 1962; 2d Air Division, 26 Jan 1966 (attached to 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 26 Jan 1966?); Seventh Air Force, 1 Apr 1966 (remained attached to 12th Tactical Fighter Wing through 22 Jun 1966); 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, 23 Jun 1966; 475th Tactical Fighter Wing, 22 Jul 1968?28 Feb 1971. 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 Jul 1971; 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 Oct 1972?1 Jul 1990. 366th Operations Group, 11 Mar 1992?.

Stations

Richmond AAB, VA, 1 Jun 1943; Bluethenthal Field, NC, 9 Aug 1943; Richmond AAB, VA, 6 Nov?17 Dec 1943; Membury England, 12 Jan 1944; Thruxton, England, 2 Mar 1944; St Pierre du Mont, France, 17 Jun 1944; Dreux, France, 24 Aug 1944; Laon/Couvron, France, 7 Sep 1944; Asch, Belgium, 26 Nov 1944; Munster/Handorf, Germany, 21 Apr 1945; Bayreuth/Bindlach, Germany, c. 25 Jun 1945; Fritzlar, Germany, 11 Sep 1945?20 Aug 1946. Alexandria (later England) AFB, LA, 1 Jan 1953?1 Apr 1959 (deployed at Aviano AB, Italy, 6 Dec 1956?11 Jun 1957). Etain, France, 8 May 1962?Jul 1963; Holloman AFB, NM, 12 Jul 1963?26 Jan 1966; Cam Ranh Bay AB, South Vietnam, 29 Jan 1966; Misawa AB, Japan, 22 Jul 1968?28 Feb 1971 (deployed at Taegu AB, South Korea, 22 Jul?7 Oct 1968, 7 Feb?5 Mar 1969, 1 May?2 Jun 1969, 1?30 Aug 1969, 1?15 Feb 1970, and 15?29 Mar 1970; Kunsan AB, South Korea, 26 Apr?10 May 1970, 7?21 Jun 1970, 30 Aug?12 Sep 1970, 4?18 Oct 1970, 1?15 Nov 1970, 13?19 Dec 1970, and 1?15 Feb 1971). Mountain Home AFB, ID, 1 Jul 1971?1 Jul 1990. Mountain Home AFB, ID, 11 Mar 1992?.

Aircraft

P?47, 1943?1946. F?51, 1953; F?86, 1953?1955; F?84, 1954?1958; F?100, 1957?1959. F?84, 1962?1965; F?4, 1965?1971. F?111, 1971?1990. F?15E, 1992?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 14 Mar 1944?3 May 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, 2 Feb 1966?21 Jul 1968. Air defense in Korea and Japan, 22 Jul 1968?14 Feb 1971.

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 Defensive; Vietnam Air; Vietnam Air Offensive; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II; Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III; Vietnam Air/Ground.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citation: Normandy, 11 Jul 1944. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device: 26 Jan?30 May 1966; 1 Jun 1966?31 May 1967; 1 Jun 1967?31 May 1968. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 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?[1 Jul 1990]. 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?[22 Jul] 1968.

Emblem

Sable, a tiger face Proper eyed Azure; all within a diminished bordure Or. MOTTO: BOLD TIGERS. Approved on 8 Jun 1995; replaced emblems approved on 21 Mar 1978 and 24 Sep 1954.