93d Fighter Squadron

93d Fighter Squadron

93d Fighter Squadron emblem
Active 1 June 1943 – 10 June 1946
27 June 1949 – 3 April 1951
15 June 1952 – 16 November 1957
1 October 1978 – present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Fighter
Part of Air Force Reserve Command
Tenth Air Force
482nd Fighter Wing
482nd Operations Group
Garrison/HQ Homestead Air Reserve Base
Nickname(s) Makos
Engagements Battle of Normandy
Operation Market Garden
Siege of Bastogne
Operation Plunder Siege
Decorations DUC
FCdG w/ Palm
A 93d FS F-16C in 2007.
93d TFS F-4Ds taking off from Roosevelt Roads, 1988.
Note: For the World War II and Cold War Fighter/Fighter-Interceptor squadron, see 93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 93d Fighter Squadron (93 FS) is part of the 482d Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.

History

Activated in June 1943 under I Troop Carrier Command and equipped with C-47 Skytrains. Trained in various parts of the eastern United States until the end of 1943. Deployed to England and assigned to IX Troop Carrier Command, Ninth Air Force.

Prepared for the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Began operations by dropping paratroops of the 101st Airborne Division in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944) and releasing gliders with reinforcements on the following day. The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation and a French citation for these missions. After the Normandy invasion the squadron ferried supplies in the United Kingdom.

After moving to France in September, the unit dropped paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the airborne attack on the Netherlands. In December, it participated in the Battle of the Bulge by releasing gliders with supplies for the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne.

When the Allies made the air assault across the Rhine River in March 1945, each aircraft towed two gliders with troops of the 17th Airborne Division and released them near Wesel. The squadron also hauled food, clothing, medicine, gasoline, ordnance equipment, and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals. It converted from C-47s to C-46s and the new aircraft to transport displaced persons from Germany to France and Belgium after V-E Day.

Returned to the U.S. during the period July–September 1945, and trained with C-46 aircraft until inactivated.[1]

The squadron trained in troop carrier operations from, 1949–1951 and fighter-bomber operations from, 1952-1957. Since 1978, it has trained to maintain combat readiness in tactical fighter operations. The 93d periodically deployed to Turkey to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq from, 1997-2003.[1]

Operations and Decorations

Lineage

Activated on 1 Jun 1943
Inactivated on 10 Jun 1946
Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949
Ordered to Active Service on 1 Apr 1951
Inactivated on 3 Apr 1951
Activated in the Reserve on 15 Jun 1952
Inactivated on 16 Nov 1957
Activated in the Reserve on 1 Oct 1978
Re-designated 93d Fighter Squadron on 1 Feb 1992.

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Assignments

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Stations

Operated from RAF Ramsbury (AAF 469), England, 7-16 Aug 1944
Operated from RAF Membury (AAF-466), England, 16-22 Aug 1944

Operated from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Sep-Dec 1992
Operated from MacDill AFB, Florida, Feb 1993-Mar 1994

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Aircraft

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References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

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