378th Fighter Squadron

The 378th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 495th Fighter Group, Fifteenth Air Force, stationed at Truax Field, Wisconsin. It was last activated on 8 November 2015.

378th Fighter Squadron
378th Fighter Squadron P-47D Thunderbolt, 1944
Active10 February 1943 – 1 August 1946, 8 November 2015 – present
Country United States
Branch  United States Air Forces
TypeFighter
Fuselage Code"G8"
Insignia
378th Fighter Squadron
Aircraft flown
FighterF-16 Fighting Falcon

History

Established on 1 March 1943 at Westover Field, Massachusetts as the 362d Fighter Group, equipped with P-47 Thunderbolts. Deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), and assigned to Ninth Air Force in England. Engaged in combat operations until May 1945.

Reassigned back to the United States in August–September 1945, and assigned to First Air Force at Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, being programmed for deployment to Okinawa to take part in the planned Invasion of Japan. As a result of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the sudden end of the Pacific War, the deployment plans were canceled, however the unit was retained as part of the Second Air Force under Continental Air Forces and reassigned to Biggs Field, Texas, being equipped with P-51 Mustangs. Inactivated on 1 August due to postwar budget restrictions.

Lineage

  • Constituted 378th Fighter Squadron on 11 February 1943
Activated on 1 March 1943
Inactivated on 1 August 1946
Activated on 8 November 2015

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

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

    • 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.
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