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Some squadrons and groups also used specific color bands on the wings or empennage of their aircraft; such colorings are not presented here. Notes: 381st BG: some squadrons were assigned more than one code; 482d BG: Pathfinder squadrons with variable use of codes; Some squadrons used colors rather than characters; these are listed below
A STO wearing scarlet beret with STO Crest and miniature rank insignia Military unit A United States Air Force Special Tactics Officer ( AFSC 19ZXA) is a United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Special Warfare Officer who manages the training and equipping of U.S. Air Force ground special operations .
This is a list of United States Air Force fighter squadrons. It covers units considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) such as fighter squadrons and serves as a break out of the comprehensive List of United States Air Force squadrons. Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force.
Squadron Emblem Location Status Notes: 17th Special Tactics Squadron: Fort Moore, Georgia: Active [2] 21st Special Tactics Squadron: Pope Field, North Carolina: Active [3] 22nd Special Tactics Squadron: McChord Air Force Base, Washington: Active [3] 23rd Special Tactics Squadron: Hurlburt Field, Florida: Active [3] 24th Special Tactics Squadron ...
43rd Fighter Squadron: American Hornets: Air Combat Command: Fifteenth Air Force: 325 FW: 13 June 1917 [395] Tyndall AFB, Florida [396] Eglin AFB, Florida [a] [397] F-22A [396] TY: 44th Fighter Squadron: Vampire Bats [398] Pacific Air Forces: Fifth Air Force: 18 WG: 1 January 1941 Kadena AB, Japan: F-15C [399] ZZ: 45th Fighter Squadron: Hoosier ...
Joint Strike Fighter Wing (JSFW) (aka COMJSFWING or JSFWING) is the U.S. Navy's Fifth-generation fighter squadron wing. It oversees 4 squadrons that all fly the F-35C Lightning II . The wing, based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California, is also home to the West Coast F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) VFA-125 , which is the only F-35C ...
As the Air Force's Tier 1 unit, the 24th STS provides special operations airmen to the Joint Special Operations Command, including Pararescuemen, Combat Controllers, Special Reconnaissance, and Tactical Air Control Party personnel. 24th STS members are also trained to conduct classified and clandestine operations such as direct action, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, hostage rescue, and ...
As these numbers ran out, new series prefixed by '1' were allocated. Leaving aside unused blocks, Numbers 1700-1749 became torpedo bomber reconnaissance squadrons and two-seat fighter squadrons were numbers 1770-1799. Dive bomber squadrons were numbers 1810-1829 and numbers 1830-1899 were for single-seat fighter squadrons. [1]