467th Strategic Fighter Squadron

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467th Tactical Fighter Squadron
508th SFW Republic F-84G-20-RE Thunderjet 51-1274 1953.jpg
508th Strategic Fighter Wing F-84 Thunderjet refueling from a KC-97 Stratofreighter [note 1]
Active1944–1945; 1952–1956
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Role Fighter
Engagements Asiatic-Pacific Theater without inscription [1]
Insignia
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467th Fighter-Escort Squadron emblem[ citation needed ] 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron - Emblem.png

The 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing at Turner Air Force Base, Georgia,where it was inactivated on 11 May 1956.

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History

World War II

P-47N Thunderbolt as flown by the squadron Republic P-47 Thunderbolt USAF.JPG
P-47N Thunderbolt as flown by the squadron

Formed in late 1944 under Second Air Force as one of the last Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aquadrons, programmed for deployment to Western Pacific theater with long-range P-47Ns for Boeing B-29 Superfortress escort missions. Arrived in Hawaii in early 1945, assigned to Seventh Air Force. Lack of a serious fighter defense over Japan at high altitudes and reprogramming of B-29 raids over Japan to night low-level fast attacks led to reassignment as a replacement training unit based in Hawaii; also performed air defense of the islands until inactivation in November 1945.

Strategic Air Command

Reactivated as Strategic Air Command fighter-escort squadron for Boeing B-50 Superfortress and Convair B-36 Peacemaker bombers. Performed fighter-escort training throughout the 1950s, inactivated in 1956 with the phaseout of the escort mission and retirement of the B-36.

Lineage

Activated on 12 October 1944.
Inactivated on 25 November 1945
Activated on 1 July 1952
Redesignated 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 January 1953
Inactivated on 11 May 1956 [1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

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References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. Aircraft is Republic F-84G-20-RE Thunderjet, serial 51-1274 refueling from Boeing KC-97F-55-BO Stratofreighter, serial 51-263 in 1953.
  2. Approved 11 January 1956.
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp.573-574

Bibliography

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