The 301st Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Far East Air Forces, based on Okinawa. It was inactivated on 20 January 1949.

Lineage

• Constituted as 301st Fighter Wing on 5 Oct 1944 and activated on 15 Oct.

Inactivated on Okinawa on 20 Jan 1949

Assignments

• First Air Force
  First Air Force
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  , 15 Oct 1944
• Twentieth Air Force
  Twentieth Air Force
  The Twentieth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.20 AF's primary mission is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operations...
  
  , 31 Jul 1945
• Eighth Air Force
  Eighth Air Force
  The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana....
  
  , 29 Nov 1945
• Far East Air Forces, 7 Jul 1946 – 20 Jan 1949

Stations

• Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina
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  , 15 Oct 1944
• Mitchel Field, New York, 1 Nov 1944 – 30 May 1945
• Ie Shima Airfield
  Ie Shima Airfield
  is a gunnery and training facility, managed by the United States Marine Corps and a former World War II airfield complex on Ie Shima, an island located off the northwest coast of Okinawa Island in the East China Sea...
  
  , Okinawa, 31 Jul 1945
• Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, 29 Nov 1945
• Naha Airfield, Okinawa, 14 Aug 1947 – 20 Jan 1949.

Components

• 51st Fighter Group: 15 Oct 1946 – 18 Aug 1948
• 413th Fighter Group
  413th Fighter Group
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  : 2 Nov 1944 – 15 Oct 1946
• 414th Fighter Group
  414th Fighter Group
  The 414th Fighter Group is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Force Reserve Command, being activated at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina 2010.-Overview:...
  
  : 28 Oct 1944 – 17 Apr 1945
• 506th Fighter Group: March–Dec 1945
• 507th Fighter Group: 124 Jun 1945-27 May 1946

Operational history

Organized under First Air Force in late 1944, deployed to the Pacific Theater in 1945 and assigned to Twentieth Air Force. Engaged in combat during the last few days of the war. Assigned to Eighth AF in Aug 1945 and to Far East Air Forces in 1946. Served as part of the Army of Occupation on Okinawa. After 18 Aug 1948 no units assigned and existed as a paper unit. Inactivated on Okinawa on 20 Jan 1949

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