458th Tactical Fighter Squadron

The 458th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 506th Tactical Fighter Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1959.

458th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Active1944–1945; 1953–1959
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter
EngagementsPacific Ocean Theater[1]
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation[1]
Insignia
458th Strategic Fighter Squadron emblem[note 1][1]

History

World War II

Squadron P-51Ds at Iwo Jima

Trained in the continental United States, Oct 1944 – Feb 1945. Moved to western Pacific Ocean in spring of 1945. Escorted Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers in raids against Japan, and attacked targets such as enemy airfields, May-Aug 1945.

Cold War

Between 1953 and 1959 the unit trained for a variety of tactical air missions. Frequently deployed for training exercises, some of them overseas.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 458th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 5 October 1944
Activated on 21 October 1944
Inactivated on 16 December 1945
  • Redesignated 458th Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 November 1952
Activated on 20 January 1953
Redesignated 458th Fighter-Day Squadron on 1 July 1957
Redesignated 458th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 January 1958
Redesignated 458th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958
Inactivated on 1 April 1959[1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. Approved 14 April 1954. Based on World War II emblem. Watkins, p.46
Citations
  1. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp.564-565

Bibliography

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