1st Fighter Squadron
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History:
5. October 1944 1st FS (Single Engine) activated at Seymour Johnson Field, NC
15 October 1946 1st FS (Single Engine) inactivated at Yontan Airfield Okinawa
11 November 1954 1st FDS reactivated at George AFB CA.
1 July 1958 1st FDS redesignated 1st TFS
15 March 1959 1st TFS inactivated at George AFB CA.
1 January 1984 1st TFS reactivated at George AFB CA.
17 September 1991 1st TFS redesignated 1st FS
15 December 2006 1st FS inactivated at Tyndall AFB FL
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Tailcolor & Codes

1984 - 2000

 red

TY
 
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Planes:

 

 

 

 Oct 1944 - Okt 1946
P-47N		    
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 Nov 1954 - 1956
F-86H		      
 

 

 

 1956 - 1958
F-100C		      
 

 

 

 1958 - Mar 1959
F-100D / F		  
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 Jan 1984 - Dec 2006
F-15A / B		    
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Air Base & Wing Assingment
Seymour Johnson Field NC 413 FG 5 Oct 1944 1944
Bluethenthal Field NC 413 FG 1944 1945
Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa 413 FG 1945 1945
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa 413 FG 1945 1946)
Yontan Airfield, Okinawa 413 FG 1946 15 Oct. 1946
George AFB CA 413 FDW 11. Nov. 1954 1. Jul. 1958
George AFB CA 413 TFW 1. Jul. 1958 1. Jan. 1984
Tyndall AFB FL 325 FWW 1. Jan. 1984 15. Oct. 1983
Tyndall AFB FL 325 TTW 15. Oct. 1983 1. Oct. 1991
Tyndall AFB FL 325 FW 1. Oct. 1991 15 Dec. 2006
 
 
Deployments
Moron AF Spain 16 AF 27. Jun. 1958 12 Nov 1958
 
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Commanding Officers:
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Lt. Col. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager ? 15 Mar 1959
 
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History:

Constituted as the 1st Fighter Squadron on Oct. 5, 1944 and activated as part of the 413th Fighter Group on Oct. 15, 1945, the squadron flew the P-47 Thunderbolt during World War II, operating from Seymour and Bluethenthal Fields, North Carolina and also at Kadena and Yonton Air Bases, Okinawa. On Ie Shima, an island near Okinawa, the 1st FS launched Thunderbolts against the Japanese, amassing almost 1,200 combat air patrol, bombing, strafing and escort missions. During this era, the squadron emblem was "Miss Fury," the mythical Greek goddess of vengeance, wearing a black form-fitting gown, a cape, and boots and sitting on a white cloud holding a skull. The 1st FS was deactivated Oct. 15, 1946 at the end of the war. 
The 1st FS was redesignated the 1st Fighter-Day Squadron on Aug. 26, 1954 and activated as part of the 413th Fighter-Day Wing on Nov. 11, 1954. On July 1, 1958 the squadron was named the 1st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron as part of the 413th Tactical Fighter Wing. The squadron trained pilots, in the F-86 Sabre from 1954 to 1956 and the F-100 Super Sabre from 1956 to 1959. The 1st TFS operated out of George Air Force Base, Calif., until it was again deactivated on March 15, 1959 with Lt. Col. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager as commander. 
The squadron was reactivated Jan. 1, 1984 as part of the 325th Tactical Training Wing, at Tyndall AFB, Florida, to train pilots in the F-15 Eagle. 
On Sept. 17, 1991, the operations and maintenance functions of the 1st TFTS joined to form a combined squadron. It was renamed the 1st Fighter Squadron. The squadron continues to train F-15 pilots for the combat air forces and has received several honors, such as earning the Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award for 1998, Nineteenth Air Force Top Operations Squadron of the Year for 1998, and 325th Fighter Wing Fighter Squadron of the Year for 1995, 1997 and 1998. 
Other notable accomplishments include receiving the U. S. Air Force Air Flight Safety of the Year award for 2002, as well as recognition for best intelligence mission report. Also, members received by-name recognition during the 2003 Headquarters Air Education and Training Command Operational Readiness Inspection. 
The 1st Fighter Squadron was deactivated on Dec. 15, 2006.
 
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