2nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, US Air Force
2ND FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted 2d Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940. Activated on 15 January 1941. Redesignated: 2d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 2d Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 August 1944. Inactivated on 7 November 1945. Redesignated 2d Fighter Squadron (All Weather) on 18 October 1946. Activated on 9 November 1946. Redesignated: 2d Fighter Squadron, All Weather, on 10 May 1948; 2d Fighter-All Weather Squadron on 20 January 1950; 2d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 31 December 1969. Activated on 1 July 1971. Inactivated on 31 March 1973. Redesignated 2d Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 15 August 1974. Activated on 1 September 1974. Redesignated: 2d Fighter Weapons Squadron on 1 February 1982; 2d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 May 1984; 2d Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. Combat in ETO (European Theater of Operations) and MTO (Mediterranean Theater of Operations), August 1942-30 April 1945. Air defense, 1947-1969, and 1971-1973. Fighter-Interceptor training, 1974-1984. Air superiority and dissimilar air combat training, 1984-. NORAD alert duty, 1988-1990.
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