325th Fighter Wing, US Air Force

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325TH FIGHTER WING, US AIR FORCE

History: Established as 325 Fighter Wing, All Weather, on 10 May 1948. Activated on 9 June 1948. Redesignated as: 325 Fighter-All Weather Wing on 20 January 1950; 325 Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 1 May 1951. Inactivated on 6 February 1952. Redesignated as 325 Fighter Wing (Air Defense) on 14 September 1956. Activated on 18 October 1956. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 1 July 1968. Redesignated as 325 Fighter Weapons Wing on 17 June 1981. Activated on 1 July 1981. Redesignated as: 325 Tactical Training Wing on 15 October 1983; 325 Fighter Wing on 1 October 1991. Provided air defense of the U.S. west coast, 1948-1952 and 1956-1968. During 1950, controlled a troop carrier squadron and from May 1950 to June 1951, provided training for elements of a troop carrier wing. From February-July 1968, operated an air defense detachment at Osan AB, South Korea. Provided Air Defense Weapons Center operational and technical advice on air defense and tactics, 1981-1983. Tested and evaluated new air defense equipment, including use of the PQM-102 and QF-100, former operational aircraft modified to function as manned/unmanned drones. In October 1983, the wing assumed a new mission of conducting qualification training of tactical aircrews. Beginning in 1983, deployed T-33 and later, F-15 aircraft to USAF, Air National Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy air units to provide electronic countermeasures and dissimilar air combat training and to increase aircrew combat proficiency. Performed alert duties, 1988-1990, intercepting unidentified aircraft and assisting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in anti-smuggling efforts. Became host unit at Tyndall AFB in September 1991. Began conducting the Air Force's initial qualification training program for the F-22 in 2003. Last F-15 Eagle left Tyndall in late Sep 2010 with inactivation of the F-15 squadrons.


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The Emblem was approved on 5 March 1957. Literature: Wikimedia Commons


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