Lineage

Constituted 429th Fighter Squadron (Two Engine) on 26 May 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Redesignated 429th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 5 Dec 1945. Redesignated 429th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 25 Jun 1952. Activated on 10 Jul 1952. Redesignated 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1989. Redesignated 429th Electronic Combat Squadron on 1 Aug 1992. Activated on 11 Sep 1992.

Assignments

474th Fighter Group, 1 Aug 1943?5 Dec 1945. 474th Fighter-Bomber Group, 10 Jul 1952 (attached to 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 Apr 1953?22 Nov 1954); 474th Fighter-Bomber (later, 474th Tactical Fighter) Wing, 8 Oct 1957 (attached to 7216th Air Base Group, 19 Jun?15 Oct 1959 and 11 Jun?22 Oct 1962; USAFE, 1 Sep?28 Nov 1961; 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, 22 Oct?28 Nov 1962; 7227th Support [later, 7227th Combat Support] Group, 3 Jul?13 Nov 1963; Sixteenth Air Force, 7 Apr?c. May 1964; 39th Air Division, 16 Nov 1964?12 Feb 1965; 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, 13 Jul?16 Dec 1965 and 15 May 1967?15 May 1968; 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, 18 Mar?29 Jul 1973); 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 Jul 1973; 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, 21 Jun 1975?30 Sep 1989. 366th Operations Group, 11 Sep 1992; 27th Operations Group, 22 Jun 1993?.

Stations

Glendale, CA, 1 Aug 1943; Van Nuys Metropolitan Aprt, CA, 11 Oct 1943; Lomita Flight Strip, CA, 5 Jan?6 Feb 1944; Moreton, England, 12 Mar 1944; Neuilly, France, 6 Aug 1944; St Marceau, France, 2 Sep 1944; Peronne, France, 12 Sep 1944; Florennes, Belgium, 2 Oct 1944; Strassfeld, Germany, 30 Mar 1945; Langensalza, Germany, 22 Apr 1945; Schweinfurt, Germany, 16 Jun 1945; Stuttgart, Germany, 25 Oct?21 Nov 1945; Camp Kilmer, NJ, 4?5 Dec 1945. Misawa AB, Japan, 10 Jul 1952; Kunsan AB, South Korea, 10 Jul 1952; Taegu AB, South Korea, 1 Apr 1953?22 Nov 1954; Clovis (later, Cannon) AFB, NM, 13 Dec 1954 (deployed at Incirlik AB, Turkey, 19 Jun?15 Oct 1959 and 11 Jun?22 Oct 1962; Chambley AB, France, 1 Sep?28 Nov 1961; Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, 22 Oct?28 Nov 1962; Aviano AB, Italy, 3 Jul?13 Nov 1963; Validati AB, Iran, 7 Apr?c. May 1964; Misawa AB, Japan, 16 Nov 1964?12 Feb 1965; Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam, 13 Jul?16 Dec 1965; Homestead AFB, FL, 15 May 1967?15 May 1968); Nellis AFB, NV, 15 May 1968?29 Jul 1973 (deployed at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, 28 Sep 1972?26 Jan 1973 and 18 Mar?29 Jul 1973); Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, 30 Jul 1973; Korat RTAFB, Thailand, 14 Jul 1974?15 Jun 1975; Nellis AFB, NV, 21 Jun 1975?30 Sep 1989. Mountain Home AFB, ID, 11 Sep 1992; Cannon AFB, NM, 22 Jun 1993?.

Aircraft

P?38, 1943?1945. F?84, 1952?1954; F?86, 1955?1957; F?100, 1957?1965, 1967?1968; F?111, 1969?1975; F?4, 1975?1981; F?16, 1981?1989. EF?111, 1992?.

Operations

Combat in ETO, 25 Apr 1944?8 May 1945. Combat in Korea, 1 Aug 1952?27 Jul 1953. Combat in Southeast Asia, 16 Jul?14 Dec 1965, 28 Sep 1972?26 Jan 1973, and 20 Mar?15 Aug 1973. Not operational c. 16 Dec 1965?15 May 1967. Fighter training, Jun 1975? Sep 1989. Command, control, and communications countermeasures, Sep 1992?.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Northern France; Normandy; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater. Korea: Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953. Vietnam: Vietnam Defensive; Vietnam Ceasefire.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: France, 23 Aug 1944; Korea, 1 Dec 1952?30 Apr 1953. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device: 30 Jul 1973?15 May 1975. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: 9 Mar 1961?9 Mar 1962. Cited in the Orders of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun?30 Sep 1944; 16 Dec 1944?25 Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: 10 Jul 1952?30 Mar 1953. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross With Palm: 22 Sep 1972?28 Jan 1973.

Emblem

On a Yellow disc with a narrow Black border a Black stylized falcon descending diagonally from upper right to lower left. MOTTO: BLACK FALCONS. Approved 5 Nov 1987 (DFSC 88?01585); replaced emblems approved on 7 Jul 1955 (152930 A.C.) and 28 Feb 1944 (45566 A.C.).