Lineage

Constituted 452d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 1 Jun 1942. Activated on 17 Jul 1942. Redesignated 452d Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 Oct 1944. Inactivated on 12 Dec 1945. Redesignated 452d Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 3 Jul 1947. Activated in the Reserve on 9 Aug 1947. Inactivated on 27 Jun 1949. Redesignated 452d Fighter-Day Squadron on 24 Mar 1954. Activated on 1 Jul 1954. Inactivated on 18 Nov 1957. Redesignated 452d Flying Training Squadron on 28 Jul 1972. Activated on 1 Apr 1973. Inactivated on 31 May 1993. Redesignated 452d Test Squadron on 31 Aug 1993. Activated on 1 Oct 1993. Redesignated 452d Flight Test Squadron on 1 Mar 1994.

Assignments

322d Bombardment Group 17 Jul 1942?12 Dec 1945. 322d Bombardment Group, 9 Aug 1947?27 Jun 1949. 322d Fighter-Day Group, 1 Jul 1954?18 Nov 1957. 323d Flying Training Wing, 1 Apr 1973; 323d Operations Group, 15 Dec 1991?31 May 1993. 412th Operations Group, 1 Oct 1993?.

Stations

MacDill Field, FL, 17 Jul 1942; Drane Field, FL, 22 Sep?15 Nov 1942; Rattlesden, England, 1 Dec 1942; Rougham, England, 22 Mar 1943; Great Saling, England, 12 Jun 1943; Beauvais/Tille, France, c. 29 Sep 1944; Le Culot, Belgium, c. 26 Mar 1945; Wickenrode, Germany, Jun 1945; Hornel, Germany, Jul 1945; Clastres, France, c. 1 Oct?3 Dec 1945; Camp Myles Standish, MA, 11?12 Dec 1945. Reading AAFld (later, Muni Aprt), PA, 9 Aug 1947?27 Jun 1949. Foster AFB, TX, 1 Jul 1954?18 Nov 1957 (deployed at Landstuh AB, Germany, 20 Sep?4 Oct 1956). Mather AFB, CA, 1 Apr 1973?31 May 1993. Edwards AFB, CA, 1 Oct 1993?.

Aircraft

B?26, 1942?1945. AT?6, AT?7, and AT?11, 1947?1949. F?86, 1954?1955; F?100, 1955?1957. Probably flew T?29, 1973?1975; T?43, 1973?1993.

Operations

Combat in ETO during World War II, 14 May 1943?24 Apr 1945. Disarmament of German Air Force, Jun?Sep 1945. Undergraduate navigator training, 1973?1993.

Honors

Service Streamers. None.

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

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Apr?31 Dec 1973; 1 Jan 1976?28 Feb 1977; 1 Jan 1978?30 Apr 1979; 1 Jan 1980?30 Apr 1981.

Emblem

On a Yellow disc edged with a narrow Black border, a shield bendy Blue and White with a White chief fimbriated and bordered Black, overall a Black falcon descending, head, neck, and details White, beak, lower legs and feet Yellow, eye White garnished Red, claws White, grasping a sword, blade White, handle Black, guard Yellow, all outlines Black. Approved on 22 Jul 1955 (K 9517) and slightly modified on 30 May 1973 (KE 52236); replaced emblem approved on 12 Jul 1943 (150592 A.C.).