112th Fighter Squadron

112th Fighter Squadron

112th Fighter Squadron emblem
Active 1917-present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Fighter Support
Part of Air National Guard/Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ Toledo Express Airport
Engagements World War II

The 112th Fighter Squadron flies the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon. It is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 180th Fighter Wing.

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History

Evidently a supply unit, 1917–1919. Emergency operations while under state control included flood-relief in Ohio Valley during latter 1930's. Anti¬submarine patrols, 12 January–c. October 1942; courier in area to rear of front lines, June 1944–May 1945.

Ohio Air National Guard service, 1946–present

Lineage

Redesignated as: 633d Aero Supply Squadron on 1 February 1918
Demobilized on 19 August 1919
Ordered to active service on 25 November 1940
Redesignated as: 112th Observation Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
Redesignated as: 112th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
Inactivated on 18 October 1942
Activated on 30 April 1943
Inactivated on 7 November 1945
Redesignated as: 112th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 1946
Redesignated as: 112th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 1952
Redesignated as: 112th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 1955
Redesignated as: 112th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1958
Redesignated as: 121st Fighter Squadron , 1992-present

Assignments

Attached principally to Headquarters Command, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces, 7 June 1944-14 July 1945, but with elements attached to Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations, US Army, or sections thereof, 7 June-1 November 1944, 15 November 1944-12 February 1945
Allocated to: Tactical Air Command. 1962
Allocated to: Air Combat Command, 1992-present

Stations

Operated from Camp Abbot, Oregon
  • RAF Hurst Park, England, 20 June 1944
  • RAF Heston, England, 3o June 1944
Detachment at Valognes, France, c. 6 August–c. 9 September 1944
  • Jullouville, France, 27 August 1944
  • Buc, France, 24 September 1944
Flight operated from Namur, Belgium, 26 October 1944–c. 11 February 1945

Aircraft Operated[1]

See also

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ^ World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

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