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463:, conducting fighter aircraft aircrew training for pilots. The improved F-15C/D model arrived in 1982 for pilot training. In 1985 the Air Force consolidated the 461st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron with the World War II 361st Fighter Squadron, giving the squadron a combat heritage and lineage.
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Kingdom during the balance of 1945, most personnel were demobilized and returned to the United States, with aircraft being sent to storage facilities in the UK. The squadron was inactivated at
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squadrons equipped with supersonic jet aircraft. The aircraft carried three black diagonal stripes on the tail. Between 1956 and 1959, it conducted air superiority and general support missions as directed by
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and, later by United States Air Forces in Europe. It also maintained and trained forces for a limited fighter-bomber capability with basic air-to-air weapons. The squadron was inactivated in August 1959.
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continued to gain aircraft and the first F‑15E transition class graduated on 24 February 1989. Once qualified, the crews were reassigned to an operational squadron at the
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missions after 3 January 1944. Its targets included U-boat installations, barges, shipyards, aerodromes, hangars, marshaling yards, locomotives, trucks, oil facilities,
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In the late 1980s, the F-15E Strike Eagle dual-role version of the F-15C arrived at Luke. The 461st received the first new F‑15E on 12 April 1988. The
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The squadron was reactivated at
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Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings. Schiffer Publishing, 1994.
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jet aircraft. The squadron flew its last combat mission, escorting B-17's dropping propaganda leaflets, on 7 May 1945.
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A KC-46A Pegasus connects with a 461st
Squadron F-35 Lightning II in the skies over California 22 January 2019
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An F-35 Lightning II, marked AA-1, lands at Edwards Air Force Base
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John Perrin, Class of '40 The Rutgers Oral History Archives
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US Air Force squadron, part of Air Force Materiel Command
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unofficial 361st Fighter Squadron emblem prior to 1945
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2011:Judge Advocate General's Corps
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1631:House Armed Services Committee
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540:Activated on 12 December 1942
461:McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle
281:before inactivating in 1945.
1403:Air Force Sustainment Center
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690:405th Tactical Training Wing
644:Activated on 27 October 2006
630:Inactivated on 5 August 1994
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585:Activated on 8 February 1956
515:fifth-generation jet fighter
417:461st FDS F-100C at Hahn AFB
409:Fighter operations in Europe
361:North American P-51 Mustangs
359:until they were replaced by
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684:58th Tactical Training Wing
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279:Distinguished Unit Citation
273:, which flew combat in the
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578:461st Fighter-Day Squadron
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357:Republic P-47 Thunderbolts
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391:Operation Market-Garden
248:United States Air Force
144:Operation Market Garden
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79:United States Air Force
2092:Awards and decorations
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1718:Direct Reporting Units
1020:public domain material
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667:36th Fighter-Day Group
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616:361st Fighter Squadron
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349:VIII Fighter Command
334:RAF Martlesham Heath
209:412th Wing Tail Code
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1584:Vice Chief of Staff
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751:Camp Myles Standish
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655:356th Fighter Group
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576:Constituted as the
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2074:Fitness Assessment
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1950:Civilian auxiliary
1699:Air National Guard
1601:Four-star generals
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1415:75th Air Base Wing
1410:72nd Air Base Wing
1361:88th Air Base Wing
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858:
855:
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850:
849:
848:
841:
838:
836:
835:
834:(2006–present)
829:
826:
823:
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811:
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791:
785:
782:
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764:
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748:
742:
736:
730:
724:
721:Westover Field
716:
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664:
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619:
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592:on 8 July 1958
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582:
581:
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551:
541:
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410:
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318:
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238:
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221:Aircraft flown
218:
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96:Flight Testing
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68:
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50:
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2:
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2211:Air Force Two
2208:
2207:Air Force One
2205:
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2200:
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2195:
2193:
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2127:
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2119:
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2067:
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2047:
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2037:
2034:
2032:
2029:
2027:
2024:
2022:
2019:
2017:
2014:
2012:
2009:
2007:
2004:
2002:
1999:
1995:
1992:
1990:
1987:
1985:
1982:
1981:
1979:
1977:
1974:
1973:
1971:
1967:Personnel and
1965:
1955:
1951:
1948:
1944:
1941:
1939:
1936:
1935:
1934:
1931:
1927:
1924:
1923:
1922:
1919:
1915:
1912:
1911:
1910:
1907:
1906:
1903:
1897:
1896:Twenty-Second
1894:
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1887:
1884:
1882:
1879:
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1709:Installations
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1183:0-912799-12-9
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1075:0-405-12194-6
1071:
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979:
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943:
941:
924:
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913:
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827:
824:
821:
818:
815:
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799:
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786:
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779:Hahn Air Base
777:
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771:
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762:
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749:
746:
745:Grenier Field
743:
740:
737:
734:
733:Bradley Field
731:
728:
725:
722:
719:
718:
709:
706:
703:
700:
697:
694:
691:
688:
686:, 1 July 1977
685:
682:
679:
676:
672:
668:
665:
662:
659:
656:
653:
652:
643:
642:
638:
635:Redesignated
634:
633:
629:
626:
623:Redesignated
622:
621:
617:
613:
612:
608:
607:
603:
600:Redesignated
599:
598:
594:
591:
588:Redesignated
587:
584:
583:
579:
575:
574:
570:
569:
565:
561:
557:
556:
552:
550:
546:
543:Redesignated
542:
539:
538:
534:
530:
529:
525:
524:
518:
516:
512:
508:
504:
499:
497:
483:
479:
477:
473:
469:
464:
462:
458:
449:
440:
437:
432:
428:
424:
423:Hahn Air Base
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404:
398:
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257:
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239:Military unit
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61:United States
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123:, California
101:Part of
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2216:Honor Guard
2177:Core Values
2121:History and
984:15 February
816:(1956–1959)
759:(AAF-345),
757:RAF Goxhill
649:Assignments
490:Flight test
383:flak towers
150:Decorations
140:Engagements
117:Garrison/HQ
2266:Categories
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2042:Training:
1886:Nineteenth
1881:Eighteenth
1550:Leadership
852:References
2102:Equipment
2085:equipment
2016:RED HORSE
1976:Personnel
1933:Squadrons
1891:Twentieth
1876:Sixteenth
1871:Fifteenth
1679:Structure
1619:2010–2019
1614:2000–2009
1609:1940–1959
1574:Air Staff
1256:Air bases
877:Citations
505:from the
342:RMS
2250:Category
2192:Memorial
2112:Uniforms
2107:Aircraft
1994:enlisted
1984:officers
1969:training
1856:Eleventh
1687:Commands
1161:61060979
1084:70605402
978:Archived
958:Maurer,
840:See also
795:Aircraft
715:Stations
468:squadron
379:strafing
353:Normandy
300:Overview
164:Insignia
128:Motto(s)
88:Squadron
2130:History
1861:Twelfth
1836:Seventh
1694:Reserve
1317:Centers
1278:Hanscom
1268:Edwards
929:6 April
761:England
562:as the
521:Lineage
312:History
294:fighter
227:Fighter
109:
49:Country
2187:Symbol
2097:Badges
1989:cadets
1921:Groups
1841:Eighth
1826:Fourth
1816:Second
1293:Tinker
1288:Robins
1263:Arnold
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810:(1956)
387:Arnhem
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41:Active
1980:Rank
1909:Wings
1851:Tenth
1846:Ninth
1831:Fifth
1821:Third
1811:First
1788:PACAF
1778:AFSOC
1763:AFGSC
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1768:AFMC
1758:AETC
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1178:ISBN
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1105:ISBN
1088:OCLC
1080:LCCN
1070:ISBN
1052:2012
986:2019
931:2016
370:and
242:The
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