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History: Constituted as 480 Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 9 July 1942. Activated on 15 July 1942. Disbanded on 1 May 1944. Reconstituted and consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with the following units: 480 Air Resupply Squadron (constituted as 580 Aerial Resupply Squadron on 15 March 1951; activated on 16 April 1951; redesignated as 580 Air Resupply Squadron on 5 November 1951; inactivated on 18 October 1956; redesignated as 480 Air Resupply Squadron on 31 July 1985); and 480 Tactical Fighter Squadron (constituted as 480 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 30 August 1957; activated on 25 September 1957; redesignated as 480 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958; inactivated on 1 April 1959; activated on 30 April 1962; organized on 8 May 1962; inactivated on 17 November 1971; activated on 15 November 1976). Redesignated as 480 Fighter Squadron on 1 October 1991. Inactivated on 1 April 1994. Activated on 13 August 2010. 480 Bombardment Squadron served as a replacement training unit for medium bomber crews, September 1942-April 1944. 580 Aerial Resupply Squadron trained to provide evacuation and supply support to personnel in enemy-occupied territory, 1951-1952. Trained in Libya for aerial delivery of equipment and supplies and for evacuation of friendly forces, 1952-1956. Trained as a fighter-bomber squadron in the United States, 1957-1959. Deployed to South Vietnam in February 1966 and through October 1971 flew combat mission. Between 1976 and 1994, maintained an operationally-ready nuclear and conventional strike capability in Germany. Activated again in Germany in August 2010 to provide air defense. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Approved c. March 1959, revised on 30 August 2010. | |||
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[[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Military heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | [[Category:Air Force heraldry]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1959]] | |||