75th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
75TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 75 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 17 December 1941. Redesignated as 75 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942. Activated on 4 July 1942. Redesignated as 75 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 28 February 1944. Inactivated on 5 January 1946. Activated on 10 October 1946. Redesignated as 75 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 3 May 1949. Inactivated on 24 September 1949. Redesignated as 75 Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 19 December 1950. Activated on 12 January 1951. Discontinued, and inactivated, on 30 June 1968. Activated on 30 September 1968. Inactivated on 30 November 1969. Redesignated as 75 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 18 May 1972. Activated on 1 July 1972. Redesignated as 75 Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991. Inactivated on 2 Dec 1991. Activated on 1 April 1992. Combat in China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater, 6 July 1942-14 August 1945. Air Defense, 1946-1949, 1951-1968, and 1968-1969. Combat in Southeast Asia, 1968-1969; July-August 1973. Combat in Southwest Asia, January-February 1991. Rotated personnel and aircraft in support of combat search and rescue (CSAR), close air support (CAS), and forward air control (FAC) missions in Southwest Asia, 1995-2011. Trained and maintained combat-ready personnel and aircraft.
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The Emblem was approved on 9 August 2007. Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons
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