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95th Fighter Squadron
95th Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning IIs
Active	1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1952–1973; 1974–2010; 2013–2019; 2023–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter
Part of	Air Combat Command Fifteenth Air Force 325th Fighter Wing 325th Operations Group
Nickname(s)	Boneheads
Motto(s)	Death with Finesse
Mascot(s)	Mr. Bones
Engagements	European Theater of Operations Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
95th Fighter Squadron Emblem (approved 4 February 1954)

The 95th Fighter Squadron (95th FS), nicknamed the Boneheads, is an active squadron of the United States Air Force. Last activated on 15 June 2023 as a Lockheed Martin F-35 squadron stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Previously the 95 FS was an F-22 equipped squadron, but in 2019 the squadron's aircraft and personnel were distributed across other bases in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in 2018 and its destruction of large parts of Tyndall Air Force Base. It was subsequently disbanded in 2019. In August 2023, the unit received its first Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II aircraft.

The 95th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations between 25 December 1942 and 3 May 1945. It flew fighter escort and air defense from 1947 to 1949 and air defense from 1952 to 1973. Between 1988 and 2010 it conducted advanced fighter training for the McDonnell Douglas F-15C/D Eagle.

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 82d Pursuit Group. It soon moved to California where it equipped with Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and began training with Fourth Air Force as the 95th Fighter Squadron. It left California in the fall and sailed for Northern Ireland, where it received additional combat training under Eighth Air Force. A month after the initial Operation Torch landings in North Africa the squadron deployed to Algeria, where it entered combat as an element of Twelfth Air Force.

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 Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions on 25 April 1943 during an attack on enemy airfields in Foggia. 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 Allied 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 marshalling yards near Naples. In this mission the squadron protected 72 North American B-25 Mitchells without loss while destroying numerous attacking enemy fighters.

The squadron moved to Italy, where it became part of Fifteenth Air Force as part of the buildup to provide fighter cover for Fifteenth's heavy bombers. On 10 June 1944 the squadron earned a third Distinguished Unit Citation for its actions during an attack on oil refineries in Ploiești, Romania. During this attack each aircraft carried a 1,000-pound bomb 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 World War II, the 95th destroyed more than 400 aircraft including 199 air-to-air kills and had seven aces. 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 Grenier Field, New Hampshire, where it was equipped with North American P-51 Mustangs as a Strategic Air Command 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 air defense, but this mission change was brief, for the squadron was inactivated in October.

Air Defense

In late 1952, the squadron, now designated the 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, was activated under Air Defense Command (ADC) and assigned to the 4710th Defense Wing. It was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where it replaced the federalized 121st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was returned to the control of the District of Columbia Air National Guard. The 95th took over the personnel, mission, and Lockheed F-94 Starfire aircraft of the inactivating 121st. The squadron was tasked with defending Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area against the threat of crewed bomber attacks.

In May 1953 the squadron replaced its cannon armed F-94Bs with Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabres. In 1956, as ADC prepared to upgrade its system to the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (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.

The squadron's F-86L period lasted only a few months, however, for it converted to AIM-4 Falcon armed Convair F-102 Delta Daggers in February 1958. A final interceptor upgrade occurred in September 1959 when the unit became operational with the Convair F-106 Delta Dart. On 22 October 1962, before President John F. Kennedy told Americans that missiles were in place in Cuba, the squadron dispersed one third of its force, equipped with nuclear tipped missiles to Atlantic City International Airport at the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis. These planes returned to Andrews after the crisis.

In July 1963 the squadron moved to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, where its F-106s replaced the McDonnell F-101 Voodoos 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 1969 EC-121 shootdown incident, 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 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. 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, 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 F-15 Eagle. 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 Operation Noble Eagle, the 95th Fighter Squadron generated combat-configured McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles 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 Air National Guard. As a result, the squadron was inactivated in September 2010.

F-22A Raptor (2013–2019)

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 7th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base beginning in January 2014. The 95th completed acceptance of its fleet and gained initial operational capability in April 2014.

In October 2018, large parts of Tyndall Air Force Base were damaged by Hurricane Michael. Subsequently, Tyndall's flying units were relocated to other bases, with the 2nd Fighter Training Squadron and 43rd Fighter Squadron being relocated to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, while the aircraft and personnel of the 95th Fighter Squadron were split up and relocated to Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, and Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. The squadron was disbanded in 2019.

F-35A Lightning II (2023–present)

The 95th Fighter Squadron reactivated at Tyndall AFB in June 2023 as the first of three units to be stationed at the base with the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II. The first three F-35As (18-5416, 20-5626 and 20-5627) were delivered to the 95th FS on 1 August 2023.

Lineage

• 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

Inactivated in 2019

Activated on 15 June 2023

Assignments

• 82d Fighter Group: 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
• New York Air Defense Sector: 1 July 1963
• 21st Air Division: 1 April 1966 (attached to Fifth Air Force ADVON after 15 November 1969)
• 20th Air Division: 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 (later 325th Tactical Training Wing): 1 July 1981
• 325th Operations Group: 1 September 1991 – 21 September 2010
• 325th Operations Group: 11 October 2013 – 2019; 15 June 2023–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
• RAF Eglinton,(Station 344) Northern Ireland, 3 October 1942
• Tafaraoui Airport, Algeria, 24 December 1942
• Telergma Airfield, Algeria, 1 January 1943
• Berteaux Airfield, Algeria, 28 May 1943
• Souk-el-Arba Airfield, Tunisia, 13 June 1943
• Grombalia Airfield, Tunisia, 4 August 1943
• San Pancrazio Airfield, Italy, 3 October 1943
• Lecce Airfield, Italy, 10 October 1943
• Vincenzo Airfield, Italy, 11 January 1944
• Lesina Airfield, 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

• Andrews Air Force Base, 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 2010
• Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 11 October 2013 – unknown
• Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, November 2018 – unknown
• Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, November 2018 – unknown
• Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, November 2018 – unknown
• Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 15 June 2023 – present

Detachment

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

Aircraft

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Distinguished Unit Citation	25 April 1943	95th Fighter Squadron, Italy
	Distinguished Unit Citation	2 September 1943	95th Fighter Squadron, Italy
	Distinguished Unit Citation	10 June 1944	95th Fighter Squadron, Ploiești, Romania
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1976-30 Jun 1977	95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1977-30 June 1979	95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1981-31 March 1983	95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 June 1983-31 May 1985	95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
	Air Offensive, Europe	3 October 1942 – 5 June 1944	95th Fighter Squadron
	Tunisia	24 December 1942 – 13 May 1943	95th Fighter Squadron
	Sicily	14 May 1943 – 17 August 1943	95th Fighter Squadron
	Naples-Foggia	18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944	95th Fighter Squadron
	Rome-Arno	22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944	95th Fighter Squadron
	Normandy	6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944	95th Fighter Squadron
	Northern France	25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944	95th Fighter Squadron
	Southern France	15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944	95th Fighter Squadron
	North Apennines	10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945	95th Fighter Squadron
	Rhineland	15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945	95th Fighter Squadron
	Central Europe	22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945	95th Fighter Squadron
	Po Valley	3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	95th Fighter Squadron
	Air Combat, EAME Theater	3 October 1942 – 11 May 1945	95th Fighter Squadron

See also

• Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons

v t e Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
Air Forces	Second Nineteenth Air University
Bases	Altus Columbus Goodfellow Gunter Annex Holloman Keesler Lackland Laughlin Luke Maxwell Randolph Sheppard Tyndall Vance
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Groups	336th Training Group 381st Training Group

v t e Tactical Air Command (TAC)
Air Forces	First Ninth Twelfth Eighteenth Nineteenth
Air Divisions	20th (ADTAC) 21st (ADTAC) 23d (ADTAC) 24th (ADTAC) 25th (ADTAC) 26th (ADTAC) 28th (ADTAC) 831st 832d 833d 834th 835th 836th 837th 838th 839th 840th
Named units	Air Forces Panama Air Forces Iceland Air Defense, Tactical Air Command
Wings	TFW 1st 4th 12th 15th 20th 23d 27th 32d 33d 37th 50th 56th 312th 323d 347th 354th 355th Other 1st SOW 57th FWW 63d TAW 64th TAW 67th TRW 75th TRW 85th TFTW 317th TAW 363d TRW 405th TFTW 461st TBW 4505th ARW
Former bases	Active (MAJCOM) Altus (AETC) Brooks (AFMC) Cannon (AFSOC) Charleston (AMC) Creech (ACC) Davis–Monthan (ACC) Dover (AMC) Dyess (ACC) Eglin (AFMC) Hill (AMFC) Holloman (ACC) Hurlburt Field (AFSOC) Langley (ACC) Little Rock (AETC) Luke (AETC) MacDill (AMC) McChord (AMC) McConnell (AMC) Moody (ACC) Mountain Home (ACC) Nellis (ACC) Pope (AMC) Seymour Johnson (ACC) Shaw (ACC) Tonopah (ACC) Tyndall (AETC) Whiteman (ACC) Inactive Bergstrom Blythville Donaldson England Forbes George Howard Grenier Myrtle Beach Orlando Sewart Turner Williams Inactive, but with a military presence Bunker Hill Biggs Dow Godman Homestead Lockbourne March Otis
Aircraft	A-1 A-7 A-10 A-37 AC-47 AC-119 AC-130 B-26 B-57 B-66 C-7 C-47 C-82 C-119 C-123 C-130 E-3 E-8 EF-111 EC-135 F-4 F-5 F-15 F-16 F-47 F-51 F-80 F-82 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-100 F-101 F-102 F-104 F-105 F-106 F-111 F-117 H-1 H-5 H-6 H-19 H-43 H-60 H-53 KB-29 KB-50 KC-97 O-1 O-2 OH-23 OV-10 P-40 P-38 R-4 S-62 T-6 T-28 T-29 T-33 T-38

v t e Aerospace Defense Command (ADC)
Bases	CONUS Amarillo Beale Charleston Davis-Monthan Dobbins Dover Dow Duluth Eglin Edwards Ellington Ellsworth England Ent Ethan Allen Fairfax Fallon Fort Gregg-Adams Fort Heath Geiger George Glasgow Grand Forks Grenier Griffiss Gunter Hamilton Hancock Homestead Hurlburt Hunter Imeson Key West Kincheloe Kingsley Kirtland Lackland Laredo Larson Luke MacDill March Malmstrom McCoy McChord McClellan McGhee Tyson McGuire Minneapolis-St. Paul Minot Mitchel New Castle Niagara Falls Norton O'Hare Otis Oxnard Paine Perrin Peterson Pittsburgh Portland Presque Isle R.I. Bong Richards-Gebaur Robins K.I. Sawyer Selfridge Seymour Johnson Sioux City Stead Stewart Suffolk County Tinker Travis Truax Tyndall Vandenberg Vincent Walker Webb Westover Wright-Patterson Wurtsmith Youngstown Overseas Ernest Harmon Frobisher Bay Goose Keflavik McAndrew Pepperrell Thule
Stations	CONUS Adair Aiken Almaden Alpena Antigo Arlington Heights Baker Bedford Bellefontaine Belleville Benton Blaine Brookfield Brunswick Bucks Harbor Burns Calumet Cambria Cape Charles Cape Cod Carmi Caswell Chandler Charleston Cheyenne Mountain Claysburg Clear Colville Condon Continental Divide Cottonwood Cross City Crystal Springs Curlew Custer Cut Bank Dallas Center Dauphin Island Dickinson Duncanville Eldorado Empire Finland Finley Flintstone Fordland Fort Fisher Fort Lee Fortuna Gettysburg Grand Marais Grand Rapids Guthrie Hanna City Havre Highlands Houma Hutchinson Joelton Keno Killeen Kingman Kirksville Klamath Lake Charles Lake City Las Cruces Las Vegas Lewistown Lockport Lufkin Lyndonville Madera Makah Mica Peak Miles City Mill Valley Minot Montauk Moriarty Mount Hebo Mount Laguna Mount Lemmon Naselle North Bend North Charleston North Truro Oklahoma City Olathe Omaha Opheim Osceola Othello Owingsville Ozona Palermo Point Arena Port Austin Port Isabel Pyote Red Bluff Rochester Rockport Rockville (Indiana) Roslyn Rye Saint Albans San Clemente Island Santa Rosa Island Saratoga Springs Sault Ste Marie Shemya Snelling Snow Mountain Sweetwater Texarkana Tierra Amarilla Thomasville Tonopah Topsham Two Creeks Wadena Walnut Ridge Watertown Waverly West Mesa Willow Run Winnemucca Winslow Winston-Salem Woomera Yaak Zapata Overseas Armstrong Baldy Hughes Beausejour Cape Makkovik Cartwright Cut Throat Island Elliston Ridge Fox Harbour Hofn Hopedale Kamloops La Scie Langanes Latrar Melville Puntzi Mountain Ramore Red Cliff Rockville Saglek St. Anthony Saskatoon Mountain Sioux Lookout Spotted Island Stephenville
Air Defense units	Forces Central Air Defense Eastern Air Defense Iceland Western Air Defense First Fourth Tenth Fourteenth Air Divisions 8th 9th 20th 21st 23d 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32d 33d 34th 35th 36th 37th 58th 64th 73d 85th Sectors Albuquerque Bangor Boston Chicago Detroit Duluth Goose Grand Forks Great Falls Kansas City Los Angeles Minot Montgomery New York Oklahoma City Phoenix Portland Reno Sault Sainte Marie San Francisco Seattle Sioux City Spokane Stewart Syracuse Washington Wings Fighter 1st 4th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 56th 78th 81st 325th 328th 507th Detection and Control 71st 73d 551st 552d Air Defense 46th 4620th 4621st 4622d 4624th 4625th 4627th 4628th 4683d 4700th 4702d 4703d 4704th 4705th 4706th 4707th 4708th 4709th 4710th 4711th 4750th 4751st 4752d 4756th 4780th Groups Fighter 1st 4th 14th 15th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 53d 54th 56th 57th 78th 79th 81st 82d 84th 325th 326th 327th 328th 329th 337th 343d 355th 408th 412th 414th 473d 475th 476th 478th 507th Air Defense 10th 500th 501st 502d 503d 514th 515th 516th 517th 518th 519th 520th 521st 525th 527th 528th 529th 530th 533d 534th 564th 566th 567th 568th 575th 637th 665th 678th 692d 701st 751st 762d 765th 778th 780th 827th 858th 4606th 4620th 4676th 4700th 4721st 4722d 4727th 4728th 4729th 4730th 4731st 4732d 4733d 4734th 4735th 4750th 4756th Aircraft Control & Warning 503d 505th 540th 541st 542d 543d 544th 545th 546th 563d 564th 565th 566th Squadrons Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons
Major weapon systems	Electronic TB-29 EB-57 EC-121 Fighters Propeller: F-47 F-51 P-61 F-82 Subsonic Jet: P-80 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-94 Supersonic Jet: F-101 F-102 F-104 F-106 Missiles AIM-4 AIM-26 AIR-2 CIM-10 Ships Guardian Interceptor Interdictor Interpreter Investigator Locator Lookout Outpost Pickett Protector Scanner Searcher Skywatcher Tracer Watchman Vigil Texas Towers Texas Tower 2 Texas Tower 3 Texas Tower 4
Miscellaneous	Air Defense Command Emblem Gallery (on Wikimedia Commons) General Surveillance Radar Stations

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Units Commands XII Bomber XII Tactical Air XXII Tactical Air XII Troop Carrier (Provisional) Wings 5th Bombardment 42d Bombardment 47th Bombardment (7th Fighter) 51st Troop Carrier 52d Troop Carrier 57th Bombardment 62d Fighter 63d Fighter 64th Fighter 87th Fighter 90th Photographic Groups Bombardment 2d Bombardment 12th Bombardment 17th Bombardment 47th Bombardment 97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 310th Bombardment 319th Bombardment 320th Bombardment 321st Bombardment 340th Bombardment 376th Bombardment Fighter 1st Fighter 14th Fighter 27th Fighter 31st Fighter 33d Fighter 52d Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 81st Fighter 82d Fighter 86th Fighter 324th Fighter 325th Fighter 332d Fighter 350th Fighter Reconnaissance 3d Reconnaissance 5th Reconnaissance 68th Reconnaissance Troop carrier 60th Troop Carrier 61st Troop Carrier 62d Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier Squadrons 15th Bombardment 414th Night Fighter 415th Night Fighter 416th Night Fighter 417th Night Fighter 427th Night Fighter
United States Army Air Forces First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Twentieth

References

Notes

1. This emblem was based on a design used by the squadron during World War II. Watkins, p. 34
2. Note the Andrews AFB tail marking of Mr Bones in a circle
3. When the squadron moved to Dover AFB in 1963, it assumed a new tail insignia of a blue flash with Mr Bones in a Diamond.
4. "ADVON" refers to the Advanced Echelon

Citations

1. Reeves, Magen M.; Coffman, Peter (9 February 2022). "The 95th FS; part of Tyndall's proud fighter heritage". Tyndall Air Force Base. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
2. ^ Wright, Ashley M. (8 October 2013). "95th Returns, New F-22 squadron reflects local, military history". 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
3. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 321
4. Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 147–149
5. ^ 82d Training Wing History Office, A Brief History of the 82d Flying Training Wing and Sheppard AFB (January 2012) retrieved 15 November 2013
6. ^ "95th Fighter Squadron". Tyndall Air Force Base. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
7. Newton & Senning, pp. 581–583
8. ^ Robertson, Patsy (13 May 2015). "95 Fighter Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
9. Cornett & Johnson, p. 122
10. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 121
11. McMullen, pp. 10–12
12. NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, p. 16
13. F-106 Delta Dart.com 95th FIS (retrieved 4 December 2013)
14. Wright, Ashley M. (21 April 2014). "IOC declared for 95th Fighter Squadron". 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
15. ^ Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs (2 November 2018). "Tyndall AFB personnel, F-22s temporary relocate to JBPHH and JBER". Pacific Air Forces. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
16. Axe, David (13 June 2020). "With F-22 Stealth Fighters Running Out, The U.S. Air Force Got Desperate". Forbes. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
17. Hunter, Jamie (10 February 2020). "Raptor: 15 Years on the Frontline – Part 2". Combat Aircraft Journal. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
18. ^ 325th Fighter Wing (6 July 2022). Economic Impact Analysis Tyndall Air Force Base (PDF) (Report). p. 7. Retrieved 12 September 2022.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
19. Roza, David (20 April 2023). "Bring Back the Boneheads: Air Force to Reactivate Historic Fighter Squadron With F-35s". Air & Space Forces Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
20. "First Lightnings at Tyndall". scramble.nl. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
21. Lineage through 2008 in Robertson.
22. Assignments through 2008 in Robertson.
23. Station number in Anderson
24. Stations through 2008 in Robertson, except as noted.

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• Watkins, Robert A. (2009). Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Vol. IV, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-3401-6.
• 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

Further reading

• Anonymous (1949). 82nd Fighter. Robert W. Kelly Publishing Co.
• Blake, Steven (2012). P-38 Lighting Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group in World War II. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 108. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-780968-71-1.
• Blake, Steven (1992). Adorimini:"Up and at 'Em" A History of the 82nd Fighter Group in World War II. Boise, ID: Walsworth Publishing Co.
• Coles, Harry C., (1945) Participation by the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, USAF Historical Study No. 37
• Grant, C.L., (1961) The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, USAF Historical Study No. 126
• Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense (PDF). Vol. I. 1945–1955. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-43792-131-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
• Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense (PDF). Vol. II, 1955–1972. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-43792-131-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
• USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).

External links

• 95th Fighter Squadron Fact Sheet

• Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force
• Military units and formations established in 1941
• Military units and formations in Florida
• Fighter squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces