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History: Constituted as 555 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 25 November 1942. Activated on 1 December 1942. Redesignated as: 555 Bombardment Squadron, Medium, on 9 October 1944; 555 Bombardment Squadron, Light, on 23 June 1945. Inactivated on 7 November 1945. Redesignated as 555 Tactical Fighter Squadron, activated, and organized, on 8 January 1964. Redesignated as: 555 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 5 July 1974; 555 Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. Inactivated on 25 March 1994. Activated on 1 April 1994. Combat in European Theater of Operations, 30 July 1943–3 May 1945. Participated in operations, exercises, and tests of the Tactical Air Command, 1964-1966, including temporary duty with Pacific Air Forces, December 1964-March 1965, and December 1965-February 1966. Combat operations in Southeast Asia, Feb 1966 until close of hostilities. Destroyed 38 MIGs. Two men of the 555th Squadron became aces: Capt Richard S. Ritchie and Capt Charles B. DeBellevue. Transferred without personnel and equipment to Luke AFB, AZ in 1974; redesignated as a tactical fighter squadron; manned and equipped for new mission of providing tactical fighter training for US and allied military personnel. Trained US military and selected allied military F-15 pilots, July 1974-March 1994. Some personnel deployed to Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, November 1990-March 1991. Since, 1994, conducted air operations as required in support of US and NATO taskings, including Operations Deny Flight, deliberate Force, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. | |||
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The Emblem was approved on 13 March 1975; newest rendition approved on 29 August 2007. | |||
[[Literature]]: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/ | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1975]] | |||