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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.
The United States Air Force and its predecessors include a number of specialized Air Force Squadrons. These units vary widely in size and may include several hundred enlisted airmen commanded by an officer in the rank of captain to lieutenant colonel. A squadron may include two or three subordinate flights.
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) [2] was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States [3] during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).
A B-17 with squadron code 2G. This is an incomplete list of squadron codes used by United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft operating in Europe during World War II.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington ...
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, AL: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC ...
351st Air Refueling Squadron: United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa: Third Air Force: 100 ARW: 1 June 1942 RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom: KC-135 [92] 384th Air Refueling Squadron: Squarepatchers: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 92 ARW: 5 March 1943 [93] Fairchild AFB, Washington: KC-135 [94] 465th Air Refueling ...
The 5th Liaison Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was first activated during World War II as the 5th Observation Squadron . It served as a training unit for cooperation with field artillery until 1942, when that mission was assumed by the artillery.