The 95th Fighter Squadron (95 FS) is a disbanded F-22 Raptor squadron of the

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. Last activated on 11 October 2013 and stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base,

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, the squadron's aircraft and personnel were distributed across other bases in the aftermath of

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in 2018 and its destruction of large parts of Tyndall Air Force Base. It was subsequently disbanded in 2019. The 95th flew combat in the

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and the

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between 25 December 1942 and 3 May 1945. It flew fighter escort and air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1952–1973. Prior to 2010 it conducted advanced fighter training for the

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History

World War II

The squadron was activated in early 1942 at Harding Field, Louisiana as the 95th Pursuit Squadron, one of the original three squadrons of the

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.Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 147–149 It soon moved to California where it equipped with

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s and began training with

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as the 95th Fighter Squadron. It left California in the fall and sailed for Northern Ireland, where it received additional combat training under

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. A month after the initial

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landings in North Africa the squadron deployed to Algeria, where it entered combat as an element of

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.82d Training Wing History Office
A Brief History of the 82d Flying Training Wing and Sheppard AFB
(January 2012) retrieved 15 November 2013 In North Africa, the squadron flew antisubmarine patrols, bomber escort missions and attacked enemy shipping and airfields, moving its base east through Algeria and Tunisia. As the North African campaign drew to a close, the unit began attacking targets in Italy, earning a

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for its actions on 25 April 1943 during an attack on enemy airfields in

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. On this mission, the squadron's aircraft flew hundreds of miles at an altitude of 100 feet to destroy dozens of enemy aircraft at Foggia while suffering minimal losses, In May 1943, the 95th was tasked with bombing Pantellaria, supporting the

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invasion of Sicily. In part due to the squadron's efforts the garrison surrender just prior to the Allies landing on the island. In September, the squadron participated in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, during which it was awarded a second Distinguished Unit Citation for a bomber escort mission against

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s near

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. In this mission the squadron protected 72 North American B-25 Mitchells without loss while destroying numerous attacking enemy

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. The squadron moved to Italy, where it became part of

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as part of the buildup to provide fighter cover for Fifteenth's heavy

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s. On 10 June 1944 the squadron earned a third Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions during an attack on

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, Romania. During this attack each aircraft carried a 1,000-pound

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and a 300-gallon gas tank. The squadron also took part in some of the first shuttle missions to the Soviet Union. At the end of

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, the 95th destroyed more than 400 aircraft including 199 air-to-air kills and had seven

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. Following the surrender of Germany, the squadron remained in Italy until September 1945, when it was inactivated

Strategic Air Command

In 1947 the squadron was again activated at

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, New Hampshire, where it was equipped with North American P-51 Mustangs as a

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fighter escort unit. Between April and June 1948 the squadron deployed to Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, where it practiced rendezvousing with and escorting bombers, intercepting simulated enemy bombers and aerial gunnery. In August 1949 it was transferred to Continental Air Command and its primary role became

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, but this mission change was brief, for the squadron was inactivated in October.

Air Defense

95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-55-NA Sabre 53-600 1955 Andrews AFB

In late 1952, the squadron, now designated the 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, was activated under

Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command (military formation), command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was est ...

(ADC) and assigned to the

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. It was stationed at

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, Maryland, where it replaced the federalized

121st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron The 121st Fighter Squadron (121 FS) is a unit of the District of Columbia Air National Guard 113th Wing located at Joint Base Andrews, Camp Springs, Maryland. The 121st is equipped with the Block 30 F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. The squadron is a d ...

, which was returned to the control of the

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. The 95th took over the personnel, mission, and Lockheed F-94 Starfire aircraft of the inactivating 121st. The squadron was tasked with defending

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, and the surrounding area against the threat of manned bomber attacks. 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-65-CO Delta Dagger 56-1144 1958

95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-65-CO Delta Dagger 56-1144 1958

In May 1953 the squadron replaced its cannon armed F-94Bs with

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armed

North American F-86D Sabre The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the "Sabre Dog",) was an American transonic jet fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was an interceptor ...

s.Cornett & Johnson, p. 121 In 1956, as ADC prepared to upgrade its system to the

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(SAGE), the 4710th wing was discontinued and the squadron was reassigned to the 85th Air Division. In 1957, the squadron replaced its Sabres with the F-86L model, which was equipped with data link to receive commands directly from the SAGE combat direction center without using voice radio. 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron-4-f-106-formation

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The squadron's F-86L period lasted only a few months, however, for it converted to AIM-4 Falcon armed

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s in February 1958. A final

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upgrade occurred in September 1959 when the unit became operational with the Convair F-106 Delta Dart. On 22 October 1962, before President

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told Americans that missiles were in place in

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, the squadron dispersed one third of its force, equipped with nuclear tipped missiles to Atlantic City International Airport at the start of the

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. These planes returned to Andrews after the crisis. 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron-F-106-57-2494

In July 1963 the squadron moved to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, where its F-106s replaced the

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s of the 98th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. which moved from Dover to Suffolk County Air Force Base the preceding month. The 95th maintained a 24-hour alert status at both Dover, while its Detachment 1 did so at Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey. Its F-106 aircraft could be called to action and within minutes, be airborne fully loaded and armed with nuclear missiles. In 1968, following the Pueblo Incident, The Air Force tasked ADC to provide alert F-106s at Osan Air Base, Korea. Following the

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, the deployed F-106s began flying escort missions for EC-121s. In November 1969, the squadron deployed to Korea to assume this duty. relieving the

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. In May 1970, this tasking ended and the unit returned to Dover.

Fighter training

The squadron was activated at Tyndall Air Force Base on 15 August 1974, as the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron. Upon arrival at Tyndall, the 95th transitioned from the F-106 to the

T-33 Shooting Star The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then d ...

, where they flew in support of Tyndall's Weapons Controller (now known as Air Battle Manager) training program. They also provided training to pilots newly assigned to the T-33 as well as drone chase support for the Air Force's Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall. The 95th FITS was the last active USAF unit to operate the T-33, affectionately known by its crews as the "T-Bird". In 1988, the 95th retired its last T-Birds and gained the mission of providing combat crew training for pilots flying the McDonnell Douglas

. At this time, the 95th was redesignated the 95th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. In 1991, the 95th was redesignated the 95th Fighter Squadron, which remained the squadron's designation until the time of its inactivation in September 2010. Though the 95th's mission was air dominance training, and was not an operational squadron, during

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, the 95th Fighter Squadron generated combat-configured

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s and flew combat air patrol missions over cities in the southeastern United States. However, the F-15 was aging and reduced budgets led to the Air Force to retire all F-15A/B and a portion of F-15C/D model aircraft and inactivate F-15C/D training units in the Regular Air Force and move the F-15C/D training mission to the

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. As a result, the squadron was inactivated in September 2010.

Air Dominance

The squadron was activated once again in October 2013 at Tyndall as a combat-coded Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor unit. The unit received aircraft from the

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at Holloman Air Force Base beginning in January 2014. The 95th completed acceptance of its fleet and gained initial operational capability in April 2014.

2018 relocation and subsequent disbandment

In October 2018, large parts of Tyndall Air Force Base were damaged by

. Subsequently, Tyndall's flying units were relocated to other bases, with the

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and

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being relocated to

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, Florida, while the aircraft and personnel of the 95th Fighter Squadron were split up and relocated to

Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson is a United States military facility in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort Richardson, which ...

, Alaska,

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, Virginia, and

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, Hawaii. The squadron was disbanded in 2019.

Lineage

95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron - Emblem

* Constituted as the 95th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942 : Activated on 9 February 1942 : Redesignated 95th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor)(Twin Engine) on 22 April 1942 : Redesignated 95th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942 : Redesignated 95th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine on 28 February 1944 : Inactivated on 9 September 1945 * Activated on 12 April 1947 : Redesignated 95th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 15 August 1947 : Inactivated on 2 October 1949 * Redesignated 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 September 1952 : Activated on 1 November 1952 : Inactivated on 31 January 1973 * Redesignated 95th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 15 August 1974 : Activated on 1 September 1974 : Redesignated: 95th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 April 1988 : Redesignated: 95th Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991 : Inactivated on 21 September 2010 * Activated on 11 October 2013 : Disbanded in 2019

Assignments

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: 9 February 1942 – 9 September 1945 * 82d Fighter Group: 12 April 1947 – 2 October 1949 * 4710th Defense Wing (later 4710th Air Defense Wing): 1 November 1952 * 85th Air Division: 1 March 1956 * Washington Air Defense Sector: 1 September 1958 *

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: 1 July 1963 *

21st Air Division The 21st Air Division (21st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, being stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on 23 September 1983. History World W ...

: 1 April 1966 (attached to Fifth Air Force ADVON"ADVON" refers to the Advanced Echelon after 15 November 1969) *

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: 19 November 1969 – 31 January 1973 (attached to 5th Air Force ADVON until c. 1 May 1970) * Air Defense Weapons Center: 1 September 1974 *

325th Fighter Weapons Wing The 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Mission The 325th Fighter Wing's primary mission is to provide air dominance training for F-22 Raptor pilots and maintenance per ...

(later 325th Tactical Training Wing): 1 July 1981 *

325th Operations Group The 325th Operations Group is the flying component of the 325th Fighter Wing, assigned to Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force . The group is stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It conducts training on the Lockheed Martin ...

: 1 September 1991 – 21 September 2010 * 325th Operations Group: 11 October 2013 – present

Stations

* Harding Field, Louisiana, 9 February 1942 * Muroc Army Air Field, California, 30 April 1942 * Mines Field, California, 20 May 1942 – 16 September 1942 *

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,(Station 344)

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, 3 October 1942 * Tafaraoui Airport, Algeria, 24 December 1942 *

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, Algeria, 1 January 1943 *

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, Algeria, 28 May 1943 *

Souk-el-Arba Airfield The Souk-el-Arba Airfields are a pair of World War II military airfields in Tunisia, located near what was at the time the village of Souk-el-Arba but since 1966 has been known as Jendouba. The location is approximately 130 km west-southwes ...

, Tunisia, 13 June 1943 * Grombalia Airfield, Tunisia, 4 August 1943 *

San Pancrazio Airfield San Pancrazio Airfield is an abandoned Second World War military airfield in Italy, located approximately 4 km northeast of San Pancrazio Salentino in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the south-east Italy coast. Built in 1943 by U ...

, Italy, 3 October 1943 *

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, Italy, 10 October 1943 *

Vincenzo Airfield The Foggia Airfield Complex was a series of World War II military airfields located within a radius of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia, Italy. The airfields were used by the United States Army Air Force Fifteenth Air Force as part of the strat ...

, Italy, 11 January 1944 *

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, Italy, c. 30 August 1945 – 9 September 1945 * Grenier Field (later Grenier Air Force Base), New Hampshire, 12 April 1947 – 2 October 1949 ::deployed to Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, 4 April 1948 – 29 June 1948 *

, Maryland, 1 November 1952 * Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 1 July 1963 – 31 January 1973 :: Deployed to Osan Air Base, South Korea, 15 November 1969 – c. 1 May 1970 * Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 1 September 1974 – 21 September 2010Stations through 2008 in Robertson, except as noted. * Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 11 October 2013 – unknown *

, Alaska, November 2018 – unknown *

, Virginia, November 2018 – unknown *

, Hawaii, November 2018 – unknown

Detachment

* Detachment 1, Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey, unknown

Aircraft

* Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1942–1945) * North American F-51 Mustang (1947–1949) * Lockheed F-94B Starfire (1952–1953) * North American F-86D Sabre (1953–1957) * North American F-86L Sabre (1957–1958) * Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (1958–1959) * Convair F-106 Delta Dart (1959–1972) * Lockheed T-33 T-Bird (1974–1988) * McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle (1988–2010) * Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2013–present)

Awards and Campaigns

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

* * Buss, Lydus H.(ed), Sturm, Thomas A., Volan, Denys, and McMullen, Richard F., History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1956 * * * * McMullen, Richard F. (1964) "The Fighter Interceptor Force 1962-1964" ADC Historical Study No. 27, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, CO (Confidential, declassified 22 March 2000) * Newton, Wesley P., Jr. and Senning, Calvin F., (1963
USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II, USAF Historical Study No. 85
* * 82d Training Wing History Office
A Brief History of the 82d Flying Training Wing and Sheppard AFB
(January 2012) retrieved 15 November 2013 * ''NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis'', Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996). P. 16

External links

95th Fighter Squadron Fact Sheet

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