Contents

• 1 Mission
• 2 History
  • 2.1 Operations^[2]
  • 2.2 Lineage^[2]
• 3 Assignments^[2]
• 4 Stations^[2]
• 5 Aircraft Operated^[2]
• 6 References
  • 6.1 Notes
  • 6.2 Bibliography

• 7th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) (1940–1942)
• 7th Fighter Squadron (1942–1943)
• 7th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1943–1944)
• 7th Fighter Squadron, Twin Engine (1944–1946)
• 7th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1946–1948)
• 7th Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled (1948)

• 7th Fighter Squadron, Jet (1948–1950)
• 7th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1950–1958)
• 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1958–1991)
• 7th Fighter Squadron (1991–1999)
• 7th Combat Training Squadron (1999–2005)
• 7th Fighter Squadron (2005–Present)

• Selfridge Field, Michigan, (1941)
• Morrison Field, Florida, (1941–1942)
• Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Australia, (1942)
• Bankstown Airfield, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, (1942)
• Batchelor Airfield, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia, (1942)
• Rogers (Rarona) Airfield (30 Mile Drome), Port Moresby, New Guinea, (1942–1943)
• Dobodura Airfield, New Guinea, (1943)
• Gusap Airfield, New Guinea, (1943–1944)
• Finschafen Airfield (Dreger Field), New Guinea, (1944)
• Hollandia, Netherlands East Indies, (1944)
• Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, (1944)
• Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, (1944)
• McGuire Field, Mindoro, Philippines, (1944–1945)
• Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, (1945)
• Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, (1945)
• Atsugi AB, Japan, (1945–1946)

• Chitose AB, Japan, (1946–1948)
• Misawa AAB (later, AB), Japan, (1948–1950)
• Itazuke AB, Japan, (1950)
• Taegu AB (K-2), South Korea, (1950–1953)
• Kunsan AB (K-8), South Korea, (1953)
• Itazuke AB, Japan, (1953–1956)
• Misawa AAB (later, AB), Japan,(1956–1957)
• Chitose AB, Japan, (1957)
• Etain-Rouvres Air Base, France (1957–1959)
• Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, (1959–1968)
• Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico (1968–2006, 2008–Present)

Deployed: Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, (10 September - 6 October 1971, 2 March - 4 April 1973)

Deployed: Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand (11 May - 12 August 1972)

Deployed: Bitburg Air Base, West Germany, (2 April - 3 May 1974, 4 October - 6 November 1975)

Deployed: Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, (23 August - 25 September 1976)

Deployed: Lahr Air Base (Canadian Forces Base), West Germany, (26 August - 23 September 1983)

• P-35 (1941)
• P-40 Warhawk (1942–1944)
• P-47 Thunderbolt (1943–1944)
• P-38 Lightning (1944–1946)
• P-51 Mustang (1946–1949)
• P-80 Shooting Star (1949–1951)
• F-84 Thunderjet (1951–1956)

• F-86 Sabre (1956–1957)
• F-100 Super Sabre (1957–1962)
• F-105 Thunderchief (1962–1966)
• F-4 Phantom II (1967–1977)
• F-15 Eagle (1977–1991)
• F-117 Nighthawk (1991–2006)
• AT-38 Talon (1992–2006)
• F-22 Raptor (2008–Present)