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The 36th Fighter Squadron is part of the US Air Force's 51st Operations Group at Osan Air Base, South Korea. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.
336th Tactical Fighter Squadron 1959–1966; 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, Itazuke AB. 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
On March 15, 1971, the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing was activated at Kunsan AB. At Osan AB, PACAF activated the 51st Air Base Wing to assume host-unit responsibilities at Osan AB on November 1, 1971. Two weeks later, on November 13, 1971, the 3rd TFW's 36th Tactical Fighter Squadron moved to Osan AB.
In 1977 the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing was the first wing in Europe to fly the new F-15A and F-15B Eagle air superiority fighters, replacing the F-4E Phantoms of the 525 TFS, the 22 TFS and the 53 TFS. On 1 October 1991 the wing was redesignated as the 36th Fighter Wing when the objective wing concept
The United States Air Force's 36th Wing is the host wing for Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.It is part of Pacific Air Forces' Eleventh Air Force.The 36th Wing provides day-to-day mission support to more than 9,000 military, civilian, dependent and retired personnel and 15 associate units on the base.
On 18 July 1958, the USAFE redesignated the unit as the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (32nd TFS), [2] as part of the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing as a result of an Air Force–wide redesignation of tactical air units.
A F-4G Phantom II (foreground) and a F-16C Fighting Falcon of the 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, both assigned to the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, fly over Spangdahlem AB during 1989 In April 1987, the 52d began changing with the times and replaced its aging Phantoms with Block 30/32 F-16C/D Fighting Falcons for the 23d and 480th TFSs.
35th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 18 June 1964 – 1 April 1965; 15 November 1966 – 15 January 1968; 36th Tactical Fighter Squadron: 18 June 1964 – 1 April 1965; 15 November 1966 – 15 January 1968; 39th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: attached c.1 August 1954 – 30 September 1957, assigned 1 October 1957 – 8 December 1957