93d Fighter Squadron

93rd Fighter Squadron
	A 93d Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon in 2007
Active	1943–1946; 1949–1951; 1952–1957; 1978–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter
Part of	Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ	Homestead Air Reserve Base
Nickname(s)	Makos
Engagements	Battle of Normandy ; Operation Market Garden ; Siege of Bastogne ; Operation Plunder [1]
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation ; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ; French Croix de Guerre with Palm [1]
Insignia
93d Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 11 June 1979) [1]

Last updated March 05, 2019

The 93d Fighter Squadron is part of the 482d Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,500 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved versions are being built for export customers. In 1993, General Dynamics sold its aircraft manufacturing business to the Lockheed Corporation, which in turn became part of Lockheed Martin after a 1995 merger with Martin Marietta.

History

World War II

Activated in June 1943 under I Troop Carrier Command and equipped with Douglas C-47 Skytrains. Trained in various parts of the eastern United States until the end of 1943. Deployed to England and assigned to IX Troop Carrier Command.

The I Troop Carrier Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with the Continental Air Forces, based at Stout Field, Indiana.

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remains in front line service with various military operators.

The IX Troop Carrier Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Greenville Army Air Base, South Carolina. It was inactivated on 31 March 1946. As a component command of the Ninth Air Force, based in the United Kingdom.

Prepared for the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Began operations by dropping paratroops of the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944) and releasing gliders with reinforcements on the following day. The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation and a French citation for these missions. After the Normandy invasion the squadron ferried supplies in the United Kingdom.

An invasion is a military offensive in which large parts of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering; liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a territory; forcing the partition of a country; altering the established government or gaining concessions from said government; or a combination thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, be a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself. Due to the large scale of the operations associated with invasions, they are usually strategic in planning and execution.

A military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operations may be of a combat or non-combat nature and may be referred to by a code name for the purpose of national security. Military operations are often known for their more generally accepted common usage names than their actual operational objectives.

Normandy is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

After moving to France in September, the unit dropped paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the airborne attack on the Netherlands. In December, it participated in the Battle of the Bulge by releasing gliders with supplies for the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne.

Nijmegen is a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland, on the Waal river close to the German border.

Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful World War II military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944, planned and predominantly led by the British Army. Its objective was a series of nine bridges that could have provided an Allied invasion route into Germany. Airborne and land forces succeeded in the liberation of the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen, but at the Battle of Arnhem were defeated in their attempt to secure the last bridge, over the Rhine.

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945, and was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of the war in Europe. The offensive was intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy four Allied armies and force the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor.

When the Allies made the air assault across the Rhine River in March 1945, each aircraft towed two gliders with troops of the 17th Airborne Division and released them near Wesel. The squadron also hauled food, clothing, medicine, gasoline, ordnance equipment, and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals. It converted from C-47s to C-46s and the new aircraft to transport displaced persons from Germany to France and Belgium after V-E Day.

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). The Allies promoted the alliance as a means to control German, Japanese and Italian aggression.

The 17th Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the United States Army during World War II, commanded by Major General William M. Miley.

Wesel is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.

Returned to the U.S. during the period July–September 1945, and trained with Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft until inactivated.^[1]

The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a twin-engine transport aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurised high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name 'Condor III' but the Commando name was in use by early 1942 in company publicity. It was used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces and also the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps, which used the designation R5C. The C-46 served in a similar role to its Douglas-built counterpart, the C-47 Skytrain, but it was not as extensively produced as the latter.

Air Force reserve

The squadron trained in troop carrier operations from, 1949–1951 and fighter-bomber operations from, 1952-1957. Since 1978, it has trained to maintain combat readiness in tactical fighter operations. The 93d periodically deployed to Turkey to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq from, 1997-2003.^[1]

Lineage

Constituted as the 93d Troop Carrier Squadron on 14 May 1943

Activated on 1 June 1943

Inactivated on 10 June 1946

Redesignated 93d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 19 May 1949

Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949

Ordered to active service on 1 April 1951

Inactivated on 3 April 1951

Redesignated 93d Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 May 1952

Activated in the reserve on 15 June 1952

Inactivated on 16 November 1957

Redesignated 93d Tactical Fighter Squadron on 23 February 1978

Activated in the Reserve on 1 October 1978

Redesignated 93d Fighter Squadron on 1 February 1992^[1]

Assignments

439th Troop Carrier Group, 1 June 1943 – 10 June 1946
439th Troop Carrier Group, 27 June 1949 – 3 April 1951
439th Fighter-Bomber Group, 15 June 1952 – 16 November 1957
915th Tactical Fighter Group, 1 October 1978
482d Tactical Fighter Wing (later 482d Fighter Wing), 1 April 1981
482d Operations Group, 1 August 1992 – present^[1]

Stations

Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska, 1 June 1943
Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 15 June 1943
Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska, 2 August 1943
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base, North Carolina, 19 December 1943
Baer Field, Indiana, 1–12 February 1944
RAF Balderton (AAF-482),^[2] England, 6 March 1944
RAF Upottery (AAF-462),^[2] England, 26 April 1944

Operated from RAF Ramsbury (AAF 469),^[2] England 7–16 August 1944, RAF Membury (AAF-466),^[2] England, 16–22 August 1944

Juvincourt Airfield (A-68),^[3] France, 8 September 1944

Lonray Airfield (A-45),^[3] France, 30 September 1944
Chateaudun Airfield (A-39),^[3] France, 4 November 1944 – July 1945
Baer Field, Indiana, 17 September 1945
Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 7 October 1945 – 10 June 1946
Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, 27 June 1949 – 3 April 1951
Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, 15 June 1952 – 16 November 1957
Homestead Air Force Base (later Homestead Air Reserve Station), Florida, 1 Oct 1978 – present

Operated from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio September–Dec 1992, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, February 1993 – March 1994^[4]

Aircraft

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1943–1945)
Curtiss C-46 Commando (1945–1946, 1949–1951)
North American F-51 Mustang (1952–1953)
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (1953–1956)

Republic F-84 Thunderjet (1956–1957)
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II (1978–1989)
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (1989 – present)^[1]

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References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dollman, TSG David (May 15, 2017). "Factsheet 93 Fighter Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
1 2 3 4 Station number in Anderson.
1 2 3 Station number in Johnson.
↑ Stations in Dollman, except as noted.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .

Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL yes: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
Johnson, 1st Lt. David C. (1988). U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO) D-Day to V-E Day (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979 . Retrieved December 17, 2016.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556 . Retrieved December 17, 2016.

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[93FSfacts-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dollman, TSG David (May 15, 2017). "Factsheet 93 Fighter Squadron (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved August 28, 2017.

[Anderson-2] 1 2 3 4 Station number in Anderson.

[Johnson-3] 1 2 3 Station number in Johnson.

[93FSfacts2-4] Stations in Dollman, except as noted.