23rd Fighter Squadron, US Air Force
23RD FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE
History: Constituted as 23 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 22 Dec 1939. Activated on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated: 23 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 23 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1946. Activated on 15 Oct 1946. Redesignated: 23 Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, on 27 Oct 1947; 23 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 17 Jun 1948; 23 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 23 Fighter-Day Squadron on 9 Aug 1954; 23 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 Jul 1958; 23 Fighter Squadron on 1 Oct 1991.
Antisubmarine patrols, 12 Dec 1941-c. Apr 1943. Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 8 May 1944-8 May 1945. Occupational force, Germany, May 1945-Feb 1946. Provided tactical fighter support for ground forces training, 1948-1954. Trained to maintain combat capability, 1955-1958. Special weapons operations, 1958-1961. Conducted nuclear and conventional tactical air operations, 1962-1975. Combat in Southwest Asia, Jan-Feb 1991. Supported no fly zones over the Balkans and Iraq during the 1990s. Took part in combat operations over Serbia in 1999. After terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, supported Operations Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Iraqi Freedom in Iraq.
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Origin/meaning
Newest rendition approved on on 19 March 1997; originally approved on 23 September 1943.
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