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The 44th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. [2] The 44th Pursuit Squadron was activated on 1 January 1941 and assigned to the 18th Pursuit Group. [ 2 ]
The 44th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 301st Fighter Squadron were also activated during the ceremony as part of the fighter group. F-22A Raptor assigned to the 44th Fighter Group flies over the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) for a training mission during Red Flag 11-3 , 2 March 2011.
12th Fighter Squadron (P-39) 44th Fighter Squadron (P-38) 70th Fighter Squadron (P-39) 419th Night Fighter Squadron (P-38, P-61) The 18th FG moved to New Guinea in August 1944 equipped with P-38s. Escorted bombers to targets in the southern Philippines and Borneo, and attacked enemy airfields and installations in the Netherlands Indies.
Robert Burdette Westbrook (9 November 1917 – 22 November 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces lieutenant colonel and a World War II flying ace.Westbrook commanded the 44th Fighter Squadron, and became the leading fighter ace of the Thirteenth Air Force.
Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 191st Fighter Squadron 408th Fighter Squadron: Alexandria Army Air Base: P-51: Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 192d Fighter Squadron 409th Fighter Squadron: Alexandria Army Air Base: P-51: Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 194th Fighter Squadron 410th Fighter Squadron ...
35th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1963–1967; 36th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1963–1967; 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1963–1967; 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB. 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1962–1972; 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1963–1970; 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1962–1967; 23d Tactical Fighter Wing, McConnell AFB
44 Squadron or 44th Squadron may refer to: No. 44 Squadron (Finland), a unit of the Finnish Air Force; 44 Squadron SAAF, a unit of the South African Air Force; No. 44 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force; 44th Air Refueling Squadron (United States) 44th Bombardment Squadron (United States) 44th Fighter Squadron (United States)
The second predecessor of the squadron was organized in June 1922 as the 44th Squadron (Observation) at Post Field, Oklahoma within the Eighth Corps Area, where it flew Dayton-Wright DH-4 and evidently Douglas O-2 aircraft conducting training with the Field Artillery School.