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The 35th Fighter Wing was redesignated and reassigned 1 October 1994 when it inactivated at NAS Keflavik and was reactivated the same day at Misawa Air Base, Japan where the wing assumed the missions and responsibilities previously performed by the 432d Fighter Wing.
Between May 1993 and October 1994, the resurrected 35th Operations Group managed a fighter (F-15C) and rescue squadron (HH-60G) in Iceland under the 35th Wing. The group activated at Misawa AB, Japan on 1 October 1994, as part of the 35th Fighter Wing, replacing the 432d Fighter Wing and assuming its personnel and F-16C/D aircraft, the same day ...
Its last assignment was with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1971. The first predecessor of the squadron was activated in 1943 as the 372d Fighter Squadron , which served as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning Replacement Training Unit until it was disbanded in 1944.
Detachment 1, 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron (612th TFS), transferred from the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base [4] While based at Phù Cát, a detachment from the 416th TFS pioneered fast Forward Air Control (FAC) operations using two-seat F-100Fs under the code-name Commando Sabre and the call sign Misty .
Assigned to 23d Tactical Fighter Wing Tail Code: IJ 8th Special Operations Squadron: Phan Rang AB, South Vietnam Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam 1970–1972 Assigned to: 35th Tactical Fighter Wing (1970–1971); 315th Tactical Airlift Wing (1971–1972); 377th Air Base Wing, 1972; Tail Code: CF Aircraft turned over to VNAF after inactivation
Mikesh, Robert C. (2005) Flying Dragons: The Republic of Vietnam Air Force. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-2158-7; USAF Historical Research Division/Organizational History Branch - 35th Fighter Wing, 366th Wing; VNAF - The Republic of Vietnam Air Force 1951-1975 Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
In September 1968, he assumed command of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. He flew 235 combat missions in the F-100 Super Sabre over South Vietnam and was awarded a second Distinguished Flying Cross for "extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight". [4] [1]
On 1 January 1966, the 4503rd Tactical Fighter Squadron equipped with the F-5A Skoshi Tiger moved to the base for trial operations over North Vietnam and Laos. [ 7 ] : 89–90 The F-5s returned to Bien Hoa in early February and returned to Da Nang AB from 20 February to 10 March when they returned again to Bien Hoa and were redesignated as the ...