390th Electronic Combat Squadron, US Air Force
History: Constituted as 390 Fighter Squadron (Single-Engine) on 24 May 1943. Activated on 1 Jun 1943. Redesignated as 390 Fighter Squadron, Single-Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 20 Aug 1946. Redesignated as 390 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 Nov 1952. Activated on 1 Jan 1953. Redesignated as 390 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958. Inactivated on 1 Apr 1959. Activated on 30 Apr 1962. Organized on 8 May 1962. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1982. Redesignated as 390 Electronic Combat Squadron on 10 Dec 1982. Activated on 15 Dec 1982. Redesignated as:390 Fighter Squadron on 11 Sep 1992; 390 Electronic Combat Squadron on 27 Sep 2010.
Operations: Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 14 Mar 1944–3 May 1945. Combat in Southeast Asia, c. 18 Nov 1965–14 Jun 1972. Replacement training, 1 Jul 1974–c. 18 Aug 1976. Trained EF–111 aircrews in electronic countermeasures, 15 Dec 1982–4 Aug 1992. Jammed radar during the invasion of Panama, Dec 1989, and the war with Iraq, 17 Jan 1991–6 Mar 1991. Sent some aircraft and aircrews to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, 10 Jan–c. 11 Sep 1992. Trained in defensive and offensive counterair operations, 2000-.
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The emblem was approved on 6 October 1955 and modified on 18 November 1993.
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