355th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
355TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 355 Fighter Squadron on 12 Nov 1942. Activated on 15 Nov 1942. Redesignated as 355 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 21 Aug 1944. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946. Redesignated as 355 Fighter-Day Squadron on 28 Sep 1956. Activated on 19 Nov 1956. Redesignated as 355 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 30 Sep 1970. Activated on 1 Nov 1970. Redesignated as 355 Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1992. Activated on 20 Aug 1993. Inactivated on 1 Oct 2008. Activated on 5 Oct 2015. Inactivated on 25 Oct 2019. Activated on 18 Dec 2020. Air defense in US in 1943. Combat in ETO, 1 Dec 1943–8 May 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, Feb 1968–Sep 1970 and Oct 1972–Mar 1973. Combat in Southwest Asia, Jan–Feb 1991. Served in Alaska, 1993-2008, but supplied personnel and aircraft to organizations deployed to Afghanistan in spring 2004 and Jan 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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The Emblem was approved on 25 June 1957; latest rendering, 26 April 2016.
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