The 477th 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 312th Tactical Fighter Wing

312th Aeronautical Systems Wing

The 312th Aeronautical Systems Group is a component of the United States Air Force 312th Aeronautical Systems Wing. It is stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and is assigned to Air Force Material Command ....

, based at Cannon Air Force Base

Cannon Air Force Base

Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command ....

. New Mexico

New Mexico

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. It was inactivated on 18 February 1959.

History

Activated as a fourth F-100 Super Sabre squadron at Cannon AFB under the 312th TFW. Deployed to Turkey for NATO rotational comittments. Inactivated in 1959 when its parent wing was inactivated and re-designated as the 27th TFW. Personnel and equipment of the squadron were re-designated as the 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron

481st Tactical Fighter Squadron

-History:In 1957, the 27th Fighter-Escort Wing was assigned to Bergstrom Air Force Base near Austin, Texas and at that time it was part of the Strategic Air Command. In the summer of 1957, it was re-named as the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing and transferred to the Tactical Air Command...

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Lineage

• Constituted 477th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 8 October 1957 and activated same date.

Redesignated: 477th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958

Inactivated on 18 February 1959.

Assignments

• 312th Fighter-Bomber (later Tactical Fighter) Wing
  312th Tactical Fighter Wing
  The 312th Fighter Bomber Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 832d Air Division and stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico....
  
  , 8 October 1957-18 February 1959.

Stations

• Clovis (Later Cannon) AFB, New Mexico
  New Mexico
  New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
  
  , 8 October 1957-18 February 1959.

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