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LINEAGE
Constitued 97
Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on, 13 Jan. 1942.
Activated on,
9 Feb. 1942.
Redesignated 97
Pursuit Squadron (I)(Twin Engine) on, 22 Apr. 1942.
97 Fighter Squadron
(Twin Engine) on, 15 May 1942.
97 Fighter Squadron,
Two Engine, on, 28 Feb. 1944.
Inactivated on,
9 Sept. 1945.
POST
- WAR
Activated on,
12 Apr. 1947.
Redesignated 97
Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on, 15 Aug. 1947.
Inactivated on,
2 Oct. 1949.
Redesignated 97
Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on, 13 Nov. 1950.
Activated on,
1 Dec. 1950.
Inactivated on,
8 Jan. 1958.
Redesignated 97
Flying Training Squadron on, 22 Jun. 1972.
Activated on,
1 Feb. 1973.
Inactivated on,
1 Apr. 1993.
Activated in the
Reserve on, 1 Apr. 1998.
ASSIGNMENTS
82 Pursuit (later,
82 Fighter) Group, 9 Feb. 1942 - 9 Sept. 1945.
POST
- WAR
82 Fighter Group,
12 Apr. 1947 - 2 Oct. 1949.
Eastern Air Defense
Force, 1 Dec. 1950 (attached to 56 Fighter - Interceptor Wing )
, 1 Dec. 1950 - 20
May 1951.
142 Fighter -
Interceptor Wing, 20 May 1951 - 6 Feb. 1952.
4706 Defense (later,
4706 Air Defense) Wing, 6 Feb. 1952 .
82 Fighter Group,
18 Aug. 1955 - 8 Jan. 1958.
82 Flying Training
Wing, 1 Feb. 1973.
82 Operations
Group, 15 Dec. 1991 - 1 Apr. 1993.
340 Flying Training
Group, 1 Apr. 1998 - Present.
STATIONS
Harding Field,
La., 9 Feb. 1942.
Muroc, Ca., 17
Apr. 1942.
Long Beach, Ca.,
22 May - 16 Sept. 1942.
Eglington, Northern
Ireland, 5 Oct. 1942.
Tafaraoui, Algeria,
24 Dec. 1942.
Telergma, Algeria,
1 Jan. 1943.
Berteaux, Algeria,
28 Mar. 1943.
Souk-el-Arba,
Algeria, 13 Jun. 1943.
Grombalia, Tunisia,
4 Aug. 1943.
Gerbini, Sicily,
6 - 18 Sept. 1943.
San Pacrazio,
Italy, 3 Oct. 1943.
Lecce, Italy,
10 Oct. 1943.
Vicenzo Airfield,
Italy, 1 Jan. 1944.
Lesina, Italy,
30 Aug. - 9 Sept. 1945.
POST
- WAR
Grenier Field
(later, AFB), NH., 12 Apr. 1947 - 2 Oct. 1949 (deployed at Ladd
AFB, Ak. 4 Apr. - 29 Jun. 1948).
Wright-Patterson
AFB, Oh., 1 Dec. 1950.
New Castle County
Airport, De., 18 Aug. 1955 - 8 Jan. 1956.
William AB, Az.,
1 Feb. 1973 - 1 Apr. 1993.
Sheppard AFB,
Tx., 1 Apr. 1998 - Present.
COMMANDERS
Unknown, 9 Feb
- 16 Apr. 1942.
Maj. Ernest C.
Young, 17 Apr. 1942.
Maj. William W.
Wittliff, 13 Jan. 1943.
Capt. Richard
G. McAuliffe, 28 Mar. 1943.
Maj. William W.
Wittliff, 28 Apr. 1943.
Maj. William B.
Peterson, 2 May 1943.
Maj. William W.
Wittliff, 16 Jul. 1943.
Maj. Harry L.
Smith, Jr., 26 Aug. 1943.
Maj. Charles R.
Spencer, 19 Jan. 1944.
Capt. John S.
Litchfield, 30 Jan. 1944.
Maj. Claude E.
Ford, 1 Apr. 1944.
Lt. Col. Paul
J. Greene, 12 Aug. 1944.
Lt. Col. Thomas
C. Kelly, Oct. 1944.
Lt. Col. Joseph
L. Dickman, Apr. 1945.
Maj. Robert C.
Booth, 23 Jun - 29 Aug. 1945.
Unknown, 30 Aug.
- 9 Sept. 1945.
POST
- WAR
Not Manned, 12
Apr. - 13 Jun. 1947.
Maj. Julius D.
Shivers, 14 Jun. 1947.
Maj. Donald V.
Miller, 10 Mar. - 2 Oct. 1949.
Not Manned, 1
- 5 Dec. 1950.
Lt. Col. Frank
Q. O'Conner, 6 Dec. 1950.
Lt. Col. Walter
E. Modesitt, 29 Jan. 1952.
Maj. Stevens H.
Turner, Aug. 1952.
Lt. Col. George
V. Lane, Jul 1954 - 18 Aug. 1955.
Maj. Ernest P.
Stuyvesant, 18 Aug. 1955.
Lt. Col. William
P. Smith, 1 Feb. 1973.
Lt. Col. Richard
L. Russell, 25 Nov. 1974.
Lt. Col. John
R. Hullender, 14 Jun. 1976.
Lt. Col. Joseph
L. Higgins, 9 Jun. 1978.
Lt. Col. Howard
T. Hanson, 4 Jan. 1980.
Lt. Col. Lonny
R. Alexander, 20 Oct. 1980.
Lt. Col. James
T. Thomas, 14 Dec. 1981.
Lt. Col. John
R. Rademacher, 30 Jun. 1982.
Lt. Col. Gary
A. Swigart, 23 Jun. 1983.
Lt. Col. Percy
D. Leonard, Jr., 15 Jun. 1984.
Lt. Col, Johnny
Engleman, 18 Nov. 1985.
Lt. Col. David
S. Taylor, 16 Sept. 1986.
Lt. col. Russell
L. Allen, 12 Nov. 1987.
Lt. Col. Dennis
L. Austin, 31 Oct. 1989.
Lt. Col. Douglas
W. Knutsen, 17 Jun. 1991.
Lt. Col. Terrence
P. Long, 2 Dec. 1992 - 1 Apr. 1993.
Unknown, 1 Apr.
1998.
Lt. Col. William
T. Cahoon, 1 Apr. 1998 - 22 May. 2000.
Lt. Col. R. D.
Johnson, 22 May. 2000 - 5 Jan. 2001.
Lt. Col. Wolfgang
C. Asmus, 5 Jan. 2001 - Present.
AIRCRAFT
P-38.....1942
- 1945.
POST
- WAR
P (later, F) -
51.....1947 - 1949.
F-86.....1951
- 1955.
F-94.....1955
- 1957.
T-38.....1973
- 1993.
T-37.....1998
- Present.
T-38.....1998
- Present.
AT-38.....1998
- Present.
OPERATIONS
Combat in the
MTO and ETO, 25 Dec. 1942 - 3 May 1945.
POST
- WAR
Fighter Escort
and Air Defense, 1947 - 1949.
Air Defense, 1951
- 1957.
Trained USAF pilots
to fly supersonic jet aircraft, 1973 - 1993.
Trained Air Force
Reserve Instructor Pilots, 1998 -.
SERVICE
STREAMERS
None
CAMPAIGN
STREAMERS
World War II:
Air Offensive, Europe; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno;
Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland;
Central Europe; Po Valley; Air Combat, EAME Theater.
ARMED
FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMERS
None
DECORATIONS
Distinguished
Unit Citations
Italy, 25 Aug.
1943.
Italy, 2 Sept.
1943.
Ploesti, Rumania,
10 Jun. 1944.
POST
- WAR
Air
Force Outstanding Unit Awards
1 Jan. 1978 -
30 Apr. 1979.
1 May 1983 - 30
Apr. 1985.
1 Jun. 1988 -
31 May 1990.
1 Apr. 1991 -
31 Mar. 1993.
1 Oct. 1999 -
31 Sept. 2001.
EMBLEM
Approved on, 30
Oct. 1942.
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