The 92d Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, stationed at RAF Bentwaters, England. It was inactivated on 31 March 1993.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 92d Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 Jan 1942

Activated on 9 Feb 1942

Redesignated 92d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942

Inactivated on 27 Dec 1945

• Activated on 15 Oct 1946

Redesignated: 92d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 Jan 1950

Redesignated: 92d Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 Apr 1954

Redesignated: 92d Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 Jul 1958.

Inactivated on 31 Mar 1993

Assignments

• 8ist Pursuit Group, 9 Feb 1942-8 Dec 1945
• 81st Fighter Group, 15 Oct 1946

Attached to: 81st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 22 Apr 1954 – 7 Feb 1955

• 81st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 8 Feb 1955-31 Mar 1993

Stations

• Morris Field, North Carolina, 9 Feb 1942
• Dale Mabry Field, Florida, 1 May 1942
• Muroc AAF, California, 26 Jun-4 Oct 1942
• Port Lyautey, French Morocco, 11 Nov 1942
• Louis Gentil Field, French Morocco, 16 Dec 1942
• Mediouna Airfield, French Morocco, c. 5 Jan 1943
• Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 12 Jan 1943
• Le Kouif Airfield, Algeria, 17 Feb 1943
• Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 22 Feb 1943
• Le Kouif Airfield, Algeria, 24 Feb 1943
• Thelepte Airfield, Tunisia, 6 Mar 1943
• Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria, 29 Mar 1943
• Maison Blanche Airport, Algiers, Algeria, 6 Apr 1943
• Warnier Airfield, Algeria, 12 May 1943
• Sidi Ahmed, Tunisia, 15 Aug 1943
• Castelvetrano, Sicily, 13 Oct 1943
• Capodichino, Italy, 17 Jan-14 Feb 194
• Karachi, India, 22 Mar 1944
• Kwanghan China, 15 May 1944
• Fungwanshan, China, 12 Feb 1945
• Huhsien, China, 20 Aug 1945
• Hsian, China, Oct-27 Dec 1945
• Wheeler Field, Hawaii , 15 Oct 1946-21 May 1949
• Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, 17 Jun 1949
• Moses Lake AFB, Washington, 30 Apr 1950-21 Aug 1951
• RAF Shepherds Grove, England, 5 Sep 1951
• RAF Manston, England, 28 Mar 1955
• RAF Bentwaters, England, 30 Apr 1958-31 Mar 1993

Aircraft

• P-39, 1942-1944
• P-38, 1943-1944
• P-40, 1944
• P-47, 1944-1945
• P-51 Mustang (later, F-51 Mustang), 1946–1949
• F-80 Shooting Star, 1949
• F-86 Sabre, 1949–1955
• F-51 Mustang, 1951
• F-84 Thunderjet, 1954–1959
• F-101 Voodoo, 1958–1966
• F-4 Phantom II, 1965–1979
• A-10 Thunderbolt II, 1978–1993

Operations History

Combat in MTO, 8 Mar 1943-11 Feb 1944, and CBI, 14 Aug-18 Sep 1944. Trained pilots for units in China, Oct 1944—Jun 1945.. Air Defense of Southwestern United States; 1949-1951; NATO Fighter-Interceptor, later tacticl fighter squadron, 1951-1993

References

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

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