433rd Weapons Squadron, US Air Force
433RD WEAPONS SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 433 Fighter Squadron (Two Engine) on 15 May 1943. Redesignated: 433 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine on 14 February 1944; 433 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 8 January 1946. Inactivated on 1 April 1949. Redesignated 433 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 September 1952. Activated on 1 November 1952. Inactivated on 8 January 1958. Redesignated 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and activated, on 16 July 1964. Organized on 25 July 1964. Inactivated on 23 July 1974. Redesignated 433 Fighter Weapons Squadron on 10 May 1976. Activated on 1 October 1976. Inactivated on 30 December 1981. Redesignated 433 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 25 May 1983. Activated on 1 September 1983. Redesignated 433 Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. Inactivated on 8 July 1992. Redesignated 433 Weapons Squadron on 24 January 2003. Activated on 3 February 2003. Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 15 August 1943-21 July 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, December 1965-July 1974. Participated in routine tests and evaluation of equipment and weapons, and conducted a fighter weapons instructor course, October 1976-May 1981. Replacement combat crew and basic fighter transition training, 1983-1992. F-15 Weapons Instructors Course, USAF Weapons School, February 2003-. F-22 Weapons Instructor Course, 2004-.
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Returned to historic emblem, approved 14 May 1954, on 30 August 2007. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/