152d Fighter Squadron

152d Fighter Squadron
152nd Fighter Squadron Emblem
Active	1939–1945 1948–Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Fighter Training
Part of	Air National Guard/Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Tucson International Airport
Nickname	Tigers

The 152d Fighter Squadron flies the F-16C Block 42 Fighting Falcon. It is a unit of the Arizona Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 162d Fighter Wing.

1 History
2 References
3 External links

History

Lineage

Designated 152d Observation Squadron, and allotted to Rhode Island NG, on 21 Aug 1939

Activated on 13 Oct 1939.

Ordered to active service on 25 Nov 1940

Re-designated: 152d Observation Squadron (Medium) on 13 Jan 1942

Re-designated: 152d Observation Squadron on 4 Jul 1942

Re-designated: 152d Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) on 2 Apr 1943

Re-designated: 152d Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter) on 15 Jun 1943

Re-designated: 152d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron on 11 Aug 1943

Re-designated: 37th Photographic Mapping Squadron on 9 Oct 1943

Re-designated: 37th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 29 Mar 1944

Inactivated on 6 Nov 1945

Re-designated: 152d Fighter Squadron, and allotted to Rhode Island ANG, on 24 May 1946

Re-designated: 152d Fighter Bomber Squadron, 1948

Re-designated: 152d Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 1952

Transferred to Arizona Air National Guard, 1956

Re-designated: 152d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 1969

Re-designated: 152d Fighter Squadron, 1992

Assignments

Rhode Island National Guard, 13 Oct 1939
First Corps Area, 25 Nov 1940
VI Army Corps, 30 Dec 1940
26th Observation (later Reconnaissance) Group, 1 Sep 1941
73d Reconnaissance (later Tactical Reconnaissance) Group, 27 Jun 1943
69th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 9 Oct 1943
II Tactical Air Division, 29 Mar 1944

I (later III) Tactical Air Division, 12 Apr 1944
5th Photographic (later Reconnaissance) Group, 15 Nov 1944-28 Oct 1945
Rhode Island Air National Guard, 1946
162d Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1958
162d Tactical Fighter Training Group, 1969
162d Fighter Group, 1992
162d Fighter Wing, 1995-Present

Stations

Hillsgrove Army Airfield, Rhode Island, 13 Oct 1939
Fort Devens Airfield, Massachusetts, 31 Jul 1941
Reading Army Airfield, Pennsylvania, 8 Jun 1943
Camp Campbell Army Airfield, Kentucky, 27 Jun 1943
Esler Field, Louisiana, 20 Nov 1943
Muskogee Army Airfield, Oklahoma, 12 Apr-3 Oct 1943
Capodichino Airport, Naples, Italy, 18 Nov 1944

San Severo Airfield, Italy, 12 Dec 1944
Bari Airfield, Italy, 8 Aug 1945
Capodichino Airport, Naples, Italy, 17 Sep-18 Oct 1945
Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, 6 Nov 1945
Theodore Francis Green Airport, Rhode Island, 1948
Tucson International Airport (Later Tucson Air National Guard Base), 1956-Present

Aircraft

Douglas O-38, 1939-1941
O-47, 1939-1942
O-52 Owl, 1941-1943
Douglas O-46, 1941-1943
Stinson O-49, 1941-1943
Aeronca O-58, 1941-1943
O-59, 1941-1943
A-20 Havoc, 1943-1944
B-25 Mitchell, 1943-1944
P-39 Airacobra, 1943-1944

F-5 Lightning, 1944-1945
P-47 Thunderbolt, 1948-1952
F-51 Mustang, 1952-1954
F-84D Thunderjet, 1954-1956
F-86A Sabre, 1956-1966
F-100A Super Sabre, 1958-1966
F-102A Delta Dagger, 1966-1969
F-100C Super Sabre, 1969-1977
A-7D/K Corsair II, 1977-1981
F-16C Block 42 Fighting Falcon, 1992-Present

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References

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal
	World War II portal

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

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

Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

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