FIGHTER SQUADRON STATISTICS <strong>20th</strong> Fighter Wing History --- Page Number 44.
Lineage 55th FIGHTER SQUADRON Organized as 55th Aero Squadron Aug. 9, 1917 Redesignated 55th Aero Construction Squadron Aug. 25, 1917 Redesignated 467th Aero Construction Squadron Feb. 1, 1918 Demobilized Mar. 16, 1919 Reconstituted, and redesignated 55th Pursuit Squadron Mar. 24, 1923 Activated Nov. 15, 1930 Redesignated 55th Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) Dec. 6, 1939 Redesignated 55th Pursuit Squadron (interceptor) Mar. 12, 1941 55th Fighter Squadron May 15, 1942 Inactivated Oct. 18, 1945 Activated Jul. 29, 1946 Redesignated 55th Fighter Bomber Squadron Jan. 20, 1950 Redesignated 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron Jan. 8, 1958 Redesignated 55th Fighter Squadron Oct. 1, 1991 Inactivated Dec. 30, 1993 Reactivated Jan. 1, 1994 Assignments Unknown, Aug. 9, 1917 c. November 1917 Third Aviation Instruction Center c. November 1917 c. May 1918 Aerial Gunnery School c. May 1918 c. November 1918 2nd Air Depot c. November 1918 c. February 1919 Unknown c. February 1919 Mar. 16, 1919 2nd Bombardment Wing (attached to <strong>20th</strong> Pursuit Group) Nov. 15, 1930 Mar. 31, 1931 8th Pursuit Group (attached to <strong>20th</strong> Pursuit Group) Apr. 1, 1931 Jun. 14, 1932 <strong>20th</strong> Pursuit (later Fighter) Group Jun. 15, 1932 Oct. 18, 1945 <strong>20th</strong> Fighter (later Fighter Bomber) Group Jul. 29, 1946 Feb. 7, 1955 <strong>20th</strong> Fighter Bomber (later Tactical Fighter) Wing Feb. 8, 1955 Sep. 30, 1991 <strong>20th</strong> Fighter Wing Oct. 1, 1991 Mar. 30, 1992 <strong>20th</strong> Operations Group Mar. 31, 1992 Dec. 30, 1993 <strong>20th</strong> Operations Group Jan. 1, 1994 Present Stations Kelly Field, Texas Aug. 9, 1917 Sep. 21 1917 Hazelhurst Field, New York Sep. 21, 1917 Oct. 13, 1917 Issoudun, France Nov. 4, 1917 May. 16, 1918 St Jean deMonts, France May 16, 1918 Nov. 6, 1918 Latrecey, France Nov. 6, 1918 c. Feb. 8, 1919 Garden City, New York Mar. 4, 1919 Mar. 16, 1919 Mather Field, California Nov. 15, 1930 Oct. 4, 1932 Barksdale Field, Louisiana Oct. 31, 1932 Nov. 19, 1939 Moffett Field, California Nov. 19, 1939 Sep. 9, 1940 Hamilton Field, California Sep. 9, 1940 Feb. 22, 1942 Wilmington, North Carolina Feb. 22, 1942 Apr. 23, 1942 Morris Field, North Carolina Apr. 23, 1942 Aug. 7, 1942 Drew Field, Florida Aug. 7, 1942 Sep. 30, 1942 Paine Field, Washington Sep. 30, 1942 Jan. 1, 1943 March Field, California Jan. 1, 1943 Aug. 11, 1943 Wittering, England Aug. 27, 1943 c. April 1944 King’s Cliffe, England c. April 1944 Oct. 11, 1945 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Oct. 16, 1945 Oct. 18, 1945 Biggs Field, Texas Jul. 29, 1946 Oct. 25, 1946 Shaw Field, South Carolina Oct. 25, 1946 Nov. 19, 1951 Langley Air Force Base, Virginia Nov. 19, 1951 May 22, 1952 Wethersfield, England Jun. 1, 1952 Aug. 9, 1955 Sculthorpe, England Aug. 9, 1955 Apr. 27, 1956 <strong>20th</strong> Fighter Wing History --- Page Number 45.
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