Lineage

Constituted 425th Night Fighter Squadron on 23 Nov 1943. Activated on 1 Dec 1943. Inactivated on 25 Aug 1947. Redesignated 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 22 Aug 1969. Activated on 15 Oct 1969. Inactivated on 1 Sep 1989. Redesignated 425th Fighter Squadron on 1 Dec 1992. Activated on 30 Dec 1992.

Assignments

481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group, 1 Dec 1943; Ninth Air Force, 23 May 1944; IX Air Defense Command, 10 Jun 1944; 471st Fighter Wing, 20 Jun 1944; IX Air Defense Command, 6 Aug 1944; XIX Tactical Air Command, 7 Oct 1944; Ninth Air Force, 7 Jul 1945; Fourth Air Force, 9 Sep 1945; Air Defense Command, 21 Mar 1946; Fourth Air Force, 31 Jul 1946?25 Aug 1947. 58th Tactical Fighter Training (later, 58th Tactical Training) Wing, 15 Oct 1969; 405th Tactical Training Wing, 29 Aug 1979?1 Sep 1989. 58th Operations Group, 30 Dec 1992; 56th Operations Group, 1 Apr 1994?.

Stations

Orlando AB, FL, 1 Dec 1943; Hammer Field, CA, 30 Jan 1944; Visalia Muni Aprt, CA, 25 Feb?1 May 1944; Chormy Down, England, 26 May 1944; Scorton, England, 12 Jun 1944; Stoneman Park, England, 12 Aug 1944; Vannes, France, 18 Aug 1944; Le Moustoiris, France, 1 Sep 1944; Coulommiers, France, 11 Sep 1944; Prosnes, France, 13 Oct 1944; Etain, France, 9 Nov 1944; Frankfurt, Germany, 12 Apr 1945; Furth, Germany, 2 May 1945; Crepy-en-Laommis, France, 5 Jul 1945; St Victoret, France, 18?24 Aug 1945; Lemoore AAFld, CA, 9 Sep 1945; Camp Pinedale, CA, 23 Oct 1945; March Field, CA, 8 Mar 1946; McChord Field, WA, 1 Sep 1946?25 Aug 1947. Williams AFB, AZ, 15 Oct 1969?1 Sep 1989. Luke AFB, AZ, 30 Dec 1992?.

Aircraft

YP?61, 1944; A?20, 1944; P?70, 1944; P?61, 1944?1946, 1946?1947. F?5, 1969?1989. F?16, 1993?.

Operations

Combat in the ETO, Jul 1944?8 May 1945. Air defense, Sep 1945?Aug 1947. Trained international personnel in the F?5, Oct 1969?Aug 1989, and in the F?16, c. Jan 1993?.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 15 Oct?31 Dec 1969; 1 Jan 1971?31 Dec 1972; 1 Jan 1975?31 Dec 1976; 1 Jan 1978?31 Dec 1979; 1 Aug 1982?31 May 1984. Citation in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun?30 Sep 1944.

Emblem

Gules, a target viewfinder throughout Sable, surmounted by a "Black Widow" spider in base of the last garnished of the first between two lightning flashes chevronwise Argent, all within a diminished border Black. Approved on 7 Jan 1993; replaced emblems approved on 11 Jun 1970 (KE 37892) and 4 May 1945 (29593 A.C.).