390th Fighter Squadron

390th Fighter Squadron

390th Fighter Squadron Patch
Active 1 June 1943 - 20 August 1946
1 January 1953 - 1 April 1959
30 April 1962 - 1 October 1982
15 December 1982 - Present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Fighter
Part of Air Combat Command
12th Air Force
366th Fighter Wing
366th Operations Group
Garrison/HQ Mountain Home Air Force Base
Nickname Wild Boars
Decorations DUC
PUC
AFOUA w/ V Device
Belgium Fourragère
RVGC w/ Palm

The 390th Fighter Squadron (390 FS) is part of the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It operates F-15C Eagle aircraft conducting an air superiority mission.

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Mission

Squadron stood down in September 2010

History

The 390th flew combat missions in the European Theater of Operations from 14 March 1944–3 May 1945 and Southeast Asia from, c. 18 November 1965–14 June 1972.[1]

The squadron conducted replacement training from, 1 July 1974 – c. 18 August 1976. It trained EF-111 Raven aircrews in electronic countermeasures from, 15 December 1982–4 August 1992. The 390th again saw combat when it jammed radar sites during the invasion of Panama in December 1989, and the Gulf War from, 17 January 1991–6 March 1991. The 390 FS also deployed aircraft and aircrews to Turkey and Saudi Arabia from, 10 January–c. 11 September 1992.[1]

It became the 390 Electronic Combat Squadron on 27 Sep 2010.[2]

Operations

Lineage

Assignments[1]

Bases stationed[1]

Deployed: NAS Keflavik, Iceland (19 January 2006 - 20 April 2006

Aircraft Operated[1]

References

Notes

Bibliography

See also

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal