555th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force

555TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

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.

Coat of arms (crest) of the 555th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
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Origin/meaning

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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