467th Tactical Fighter Squadron
508th Strategic Fighter Wing F-84 Thunderjet refueling from a KC-97 Stratofreighter[note 1]
Active1944–1945; 1952–1956
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter
EngagementsAsiatic-Pacific Theater without inscription[1]
Insignia
467 Strategic Fighter Sq emblem[note 2][1]
467th Fighter-Escort Squadron emblem

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.

History

World War II

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 squadrons, 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

  • Constituted as the 467th Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944
Activated on 12 October 1944.
Inactivated on 25 November 1945
  • Redesignated 467th Fighter-Escort Squadron on 19 June 1952
Activated on 1 July 1952
Redesignated 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 January 1953
Inactivated on 11 May 1956[1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

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

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • 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 17 December 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.
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977 (PDF). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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