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In April 1983 the unit became the 16th Tactical Fighter Squadron but still kept its training role, although not for beginner pilots but for higher levels of combat training. It was only fitting that as the world's first F-16 squadron that the 16th received the 1,000th F-16 to come off the General Dynamics assembly line on 22 July 1983.
12th Fighter Squadron; 13th Fighter Squadron (World War II) 14th Fighter Squadron (World War II) 15th Fighter Squadron; 16th Fighter Squadron; 17th Pursuit Squadron; 18th Fighter Squadron; 19th Fighter Squadron; 20th Pursuit Squadron; 21st Fighter Squadron; 22nd Fighter Squadron; 23rd Fighter Squadron; 24th Fighter Squadron; 25th Fighter ...
The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592; U.S. Army Center of Military History - 16th Armored Division - World War II Divisional Combat Chronicles Archived 8 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine access date = 3 October 2015
The 4th Combat Cargo Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces ... 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, 13 June 1944 – 5 September 1945; October-29 December ...
Louis Edward "Lou" Curdes (November 2, 1919 – February 5, 1995) was an American flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II who held the unusual distinctions of scoring an official and intentional air-to-air kill against another American aircraft as well as shooting down at least one aircraft from each of the major Axis powers.
24th Fighter Squadron (16th Fighter Group), 15 March–September 1942; 10Jan-28 May 1943 (P-39 Airacobra) 28th Fighter Squadron (37th Fighter Group),26 March-2 May 1942 (P-40 Warhawk) 15th Fighter Squadron (53d Fighter Group), 2 January-10 November 1942 (P-39 Airacobra) 53d Fighter Squadron (32d Fighter Group), 7 January-8 June 1943 (P-40 Warhawk)
Gilbert O. Wymond Jr. (1919–1949) was a United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot during World War II with service overseas in Africa and Italy campaigns. He was noted for his feature role in the filming of the documentary Thunderbolt (1947).
The continued growth of parachute training at Lawson led the Army to turn the field over to the I Troop Carrier Command on 26 August 1942. The 316th Troop Carrier Group (TCG) with four C-47 squadrons had already arrived at Lawson on 8 August. Other Army Air Force Troop Carrier C-47 units assigned to Lawson during World War II were: