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The 55th Fighter Squadron is part of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions. The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating to 9 August 1917, being organized at Kelly Field , Texas.
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The 55th Fighter Wing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. It was withdrawn from the Ohio Air National Guard and inactivated on 31 October 1950 when the Guard adopted the Wing Base organizational model and formed the cadre for the 121st Fighter Wing .
General Dynamics F-16CJ Block 50D (91-0380) of the 55th Fighter Squadron returns to the parking ramp after another local training mission F-16CJ Block 50C (91-0347) from the 77th Fighter Squadron. The 20th Operations Group (20 OG) is the flying component of the 20th Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.
After he completed his training with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Dahl was assigned to the 55th Fighter Group (FG) at Tumwater, Washington.In October 1943, he was sent to the South West Pacific theatre where he was assigned to the 432d Fighter Squadron of the 475th Fighter Group at Dobodura Airfield in New Guinea.
55th Fighter Squadron: Shaw AFB: F-16C "Fighting Fifty-Fifth" ... Not related to 333 FS from World War II 334th Fighter Squadron: Seymour Johnson AFB: F-15E "Fighting ...
Constituted as 343 Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine), on 21 January 1943. Activated on 1 February 1943 at McChord Field, WA as a P-38 Lightning fighter squadron. Assigned to 55 Fighter Group. Redesignated as: 343 Fighter Squadron, Twin Engine, on 20 August 1943 [1] Moved to Nuthampstead, England, 16 September 1943. The squadron was assigned to the ...
P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group. In 1941, he was named commanding officer of the 50th Flying Training Squadron, 14th Fighter Group. He took command of the 55th Fighter Group in 1943. It was during this time that the 55th Fighter Group was deployed to the United Kingdom to take part in World War II.