550th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
550TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 550 Night Fighter Squadron on 3 May 1944. Activated on 1 June 1944. Inactivated on 4 January 1946. Redesignated as 550 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 12 January 1970. Activated on 18 January 1970. Redesignated as 550 Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. Inactivated on 14 November 1991. Activated on 25 March 1994. Inactivated on 31 March 1995. Activated on 3 April 2017. Trained for combat, June-November 1944. Combat missions in southwestern and western Pacific Ocean area, December 1944-summer 1945. Trained fighter pilots and crews, 1970-1991 and 1994-1995.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 10 April 1978; Newly rendered on 26 June 2017. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/