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World War II

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 306th Fighter Squadron

The 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing. stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida

Florida

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. It was inactivated on 1 October 1986.

Upon inactivation, all personnel, equipment and aircraft were redesignated as the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

History

Established as a fourth F-100 Super Sabre

F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard until 1979. The first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of...

 Fighter Squadron (D/F) in 1957 at Turner AFB, Georgia for the 31st FBW, aircraft carried a green motif, aircraft transferred to 356th TFS, 354th TFW, Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina, 15 March 1959. Administratively reassigned to George AFB, California, same date, assumed F-100D/F aircraft of 1st TFS, 413th TFW, carried a red motif. Participated in four rotational tactical deployments to USAFE from 1960-1962 to bolster the US military forces in Europe

Europe

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Moved to Homestead AFB, Florida in late 1962 stood air defense alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

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 from October-November 1962. Maintained training regiment until 1966 when deployed to Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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, engaged in combat operations in South Vietnam

South Vietnam

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 1966-1970. F-100s flew with tail code "SD" at Tuy Hoa AB, using red tail stripe. Inactivated as part of draw down of forces in South Vietnam, reactivated at Homestead later in 1970, being re-equipped with F-4E Phantom II, tail coded "ZD", gold tail stripe. Inactivated due to budget reductions, July 1971.

Re-activated in 1978 with F-4Es as a F-4 Replacement Training Unit, again as the 4th squadron of the 31st TTW. Carried yellow stripe, tail coded ZF, re-equipped with F-4Ds in 1980. Inactivated in 1983 when the wing compressed back down to three squadrons. Activated again in 1985 with mixture of F-16A/B Block 15 Falcons for combat readiness operations. Inactivated after about a year again due to budget reductions, aircraft and personnel merged into 308th TFS.

Lineage

• Constituted as 306th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 September 1957

Activated on 25 September 1957

Re-designated: 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958

Inactivated on 28 September 1970

• Re-activated on 30 October 1970

Inactivated on 15 July 1971

• Re-activated on 1 July 1978

Re-designated: 306th Tactical Training Squadron on 30 March 1981

Inactivated on 1 September 1983

• Re-designated as 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and activated on 1 October 1985

Inactivated on 31 October 1986

Assignments

• 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing, 25 September 1957
• 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 July 1958-28 September 1970; 30 October 1970-15 July 1971; 1 July 1978

Attached to 7227th Combat Support Group, 8 April – 16 July 1960; 15 February – 1 March 1961; 20 August – 1 September 1961; 24 April – 19 July 1962

Attached to 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, 27 June – 30 September 1963

Attached to 7231st Combat Support Group, 1 May – 8 August 1964

Attached to 4505th Fighter Wing, 7 July 1965 – 27 January 1966

• 31st Tactical Training Wing, 30 March 1981-1 September 1983
• 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 October 1985-31 October 1986

Stations

• Turner AFB, Georgia, 1957
• George AFB, California, 1959

Deployed to: Aviano AB, Italy, 1960-1962 (numerous deployments)

• Homestead AFB, Florida, 1962-1966

Deployed to: Kadena AB, Okinawa, 1963

Deployed to: Cigli Air Base

Çiğli Air Base

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, Turkey, 1964

Deployed to: Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam, 1965-1966.

• Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam, 1966-1970
• Homestead AFB, Florida, 1970-1971; 1978-1983, 1985-1986

Aircraft

• F-100 Super Sabre
  F-100 Super Sabre
  The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard until 1979. The first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of...
  
  , 1957-1970
• F-4E Phantom II, 1978-1980
• F-4D Phantom II, 1980-1983
• F-16 Fighting Falcon
  F-16 Fighting Falcon
  The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force . Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,400 aircraft have been built since...
  
  , 1985-1986