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467th Strategic Fighter Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	467th Tactical Fighter Squadron
image	508th SFW Republic F-84G-20-RE Thunderjet 51-1274 1953.jpg
image_size	300
caption	508th Strategic Fighter Wing F-84 Thunderjet refueling from a KC-97 StratofreighterAircraft is Republic F-84G-20-RE Thunderjet, serial 51-1274 refueling from Boeing KC-97F-55-BO Stratofreighter, serial 51-263 in 1953.
dates	1944–1945; 1952–1956
country
branch
role	Fighter
battles	Asiatic-Pacific Theater without inscription
identification_symbol	[[File:467 Strategic Fighter Sq emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	467 Strategic Fighter Sq emblemApproved 11 January 1956.
identification_symbol_2	[[File:467th Strategic Fighter Squadron - Emblem.png	165px]]
identification_symbol_2_label	467th Fighter-Escort Squadron emblem

The 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing at Turner Air Force Base, Georgia, where it was inactivated on 11 May 1956.

History

World War II

P-47N Thunderbolt as flown by the squadron

Formed in late 1944 under Second Air Force as one of the last Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter squadrons, programmed for deployment to Western Pacific theater with long-range P-47Ns for Boeing B-29 Superfortress escort missions. Arrived in Hawaii in early 1945, assigned to Seventh Air Force. Lack of a serious fighter defense over Japan at high altitudes and reprogramming of B-29 raids over Japan to night low-level fast attacks led to reassignment as a replacement training unit based in Hawaii; also performed air defense of the islands until inactivation in November 1945.

Strategic Air Command

Reactivated as Strategic Air Command fighter-escort squadron for Boeing B-50 Superfortress and Convair B-36 Peacemaker bombers. Performed fighter-escort training throughout the 1950s, inactivated in 1956 with the phaseout of the escort mission and retirement of the B-36.

Lineage

Constituted as the 467th Fighter Squadron on 5 October 1944 : Activated on 12 October 1944. : Inactivated on 25 November 1945
Redesignated 467th Fighter-Escort Squadron on 19 June 1952 : Activated on 1 July 1952 : Redesignated 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 January 1953 : Inactivated on 11 May 1956

Assignments

508th Fighter Group, 12 October 1944 – 25 November 1945
508th Fighter-Escort Wing (later 508th Strategic Fighter Wing), 1 July 1952 – 11 May 1956

Stations

Peterson Field, Colorado, 12 October 1944
Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, 25 October 1944
Bruning Army Air Field, Nebraska, 15 November – 18 December 1944
Kahuku Army Air Field, Hawaii, 6 January 1945
Mokuleia Airfield, Hawaii, 3 March 1945
Bellows Field, Hawaii, 16 September – 25 November 1945
Turner Air Force Base, Georgia, 1 July 1952 – 11 May 1956

Aircraft

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945
Republic F-84 Thunderjet, 1952–1956

References

Notes

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Bibliography

References

Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp.573-574
"467th STRATEGIC FIGHTER SQUADRON".

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