466 Fighter Squadron (AFRC)

Lineage.  Constituted as 466 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 5 Oct 1944.  Activated on 12 Oct 1944.  Inactivated on 25 Nov 1945.  Redesignated as 466 Fighter-Escort Squadron on 19 Jun 1952.  Activated on 1 Jul 1952.  Redesignated as 466 Strategic Fighter Squadron on 20 Jan 1953.  Inactivated on 11 May 1956.  Redesignated as 466 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 23 Jun 1972.  Activated in the Reserve on 1 Jan 1973.  Redesignated as 466 Fighter Squadron on 1 Feb 1992.

Assignments.  508 Fighter Group, 12 Oct 1944-25 Nov 1945.  508 Fighter-Escort (later, Strategic Fighter) Wing, 1 Jul 1952-11 May 1956.  508 Tactical Fighter Group, 1 Jan 1973; 301 Tactical Fighter Wing, 25 Mar 1973; 508 Tactical Fighter Group, 17 Oct 1975; 419 Tactical Fighter (later, Fighter) Wing, 1 Oct 1982; 419 Operations Group, 1 Aug 1992-.

Stations.  Peterson Field, CO, 12 Oct 1944; Pocatello AAFld, ID, 25 Oct 1944; Bruning AAFld, NE, 15 Nov 1944; Fort Lawton, WA, 21 Dec 1944-1 Jan 1945; Kahuku AAB, TH, 6 Jan 1945; Mokuleia AAB, TH, 25 Feb 1945; Bellows AAB, TH, 16 Sep-25 Nov 1945.  Turner AFB, GA, 1 Jul 1952-11 May 1956 (deployed at Misawa AB, Japan, 8 Feb-5 May 1953 and 16 Feb-16 May 1954).  Hill AFB, UT, 1 Jan 1973-.

Service Streamers.  World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

Campaign Streamers.  Southwest Asia: Ceasefire Campaign.  Global War on Terrorism-Expeditionary-(GWOT-E).  Iraq: Iraqi Liberation; Iraqi Transition; Iraqi Governance; Iraqi National Resolution.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

Decorations.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Aug 1981-31 Jul 1983; 2 Aug 1983-2 Aug 1985; 1 Jul 1987-31 Aug 1989; 1 Apr 1994-31 Mar 1996; 1 May 2004-30 Apr 2006; 1 May 2006-30 Jun 2007; 1 Oct 2011-30 Sep 2013; 1 Jan-31 Dec 2017; 1 Jan-31 Dec 2018.

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 18 Sep 2023.

Supersedes statement prepared on 9 Aug 2016.

Emblem.  Approved on 29 Mar 1995.

Prepared by James Musser.

Reviewed by Margaret Ream.