The 470th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the

506th Tactical Fighter Wing The 506th Air Expeditionary Group (506 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit. The group is assigned to the United States Air Forces Central 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The 506 AEG secures the ...

, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklaholma. It was inactivated on 1 April 1959.

History

Established in 1957 as an F-100 Super Sabre training unit for the 506th Fighter Day Wing. It was inactivated on 1 April 1959 due to budget constraints.

Lineage

* Established as: 470th Fighter-Day Squadron on 25 September 1957 : Re-designated: 470th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 January 1958 : Re-designated: 470th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958 : Inactivated on 1 April 1959

Assignments

(various designations), 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959

Stations

Tinker AFB Tinker Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and Midwest City. The base, originally ...

, Oklahoma, 25 September 1957 – 1 April 1959

Aircraft

F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century Series of ...

, 1957–1959

References

External links

{{Tactical Air Command Military units and formations established in 1942 Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force