55th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
55TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Designated 55 Aero Construction Squadron on 25 August 1917. Redesignated 467 Aero Construction Squadron on 1 February 1918. Demobilized on 16 March 1919. Reconstituted, and redesignated 55 Pursuit Squadron, on 24 March 1923. Activated on 15 November 1930. Redesignated: 55 Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 6 December 1939; 55 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 12 March 1941; 55 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 55 Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 30 December 1942; 55 Fighter Squadron, Twin Engine, on 20 August 1943; 55 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 5 September 1944. Inactivated on 18 October 1945. Activated on 29 July 1946. Redesignated: 55 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 15 June 1948; 55 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 20 January 1950; 55 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 July 1958; 55 Fighter Squadron on 1 October 1991. Inactivated on 30 December 1993. Activated on 1 January 1994. Constructed and maintained facilities (after 6 November 1918 in Zone of Advance), November 1917-c. December 1918. Provided personnel for and helped train new units, 1940-1942. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 28 December 1943-25 April 1945. From the early 1960s to 1970, provided ground forward air controllers and participated in close air support exercises with US ground forces in Europe. Gained F-111s in Apr 1971 and trained to conduct conventional and nuclear tactical air operations, primarily through firepower demonstrations and tactical exercises. Provided some aircrews for combat in Southwest Asia, February 1991. Replaced the 21 Fighter Squadron on 1 January 1994, taking over squadron personnel and A-10 aircraft when the 20 Fighter Wing replaced the 363 Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB, SC. Deployed A-10 aircraft and personnel and later F-16 aircraft after July 1997, on a rotational basis to support Operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch in Southwest Asia, 1995-2003.
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Origin/meaning
The Emblem was approved on 28 October 1999. It alludes to the number of the Squadron. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
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