613th Tactical Fighter Squadron

613th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Emblem of the 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Active	1943-1991
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Tactical Fighter

The 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, stationed at Torrejon Air Base, Spain. It was inactivated on 28 June 1991.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Lineage 1.2 Assignments 1.3 Stations 1.4 Aircraft 2 References

History

Activated in early 1943 as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron, trained under Second Air Force. Deployed to England in November 1943, assigned to VIII Bomber Command as a strategic bombardment squadron. Participated in the air offensive over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe until German capitulation in May 1945. Personnel demobilized in England and returned to the United States; squadron reassigned to Second Air Force for re-equipping with B-29 Superfortresses. Japanese capitulation led to inactivation in August 1945.

Assigned to Air Force Reserve January 1947. Never equipped or manned, inactivated 1949

Allocated to Tactical Air command, 1953 and reactivated as a Fighter-Bomber, later Tactical Fighter squadron. Performed routine deployments and exercises 1954-1966. Reassigned to NATO in 1966 as part of USAFE takeover of former SAC facilities in Spain. Performed routine deployments and exercises. Inactivated in 1991 as part of USAF drawdown of forces in Europe after the end of the Cold War.

Lineage

• Constituted 613th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 March 1943

Activated on 1 April 1943

Inactivated on 28 August 1945

• Redesignated 613th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) on 27 December 1946

Activated in the reserve on 10 January 1947

Inactivated on 27 June 1949

• Redesignated 613th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 24 November 1953

Activated on 8 February 1954

Redesignated 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958

Inactivated on 28 June 1991

Assignments

• 401st Bombardment Group, 1 April 1943-28 August 1945
• Tenth Air Force, 10 January 1947
• 401st Bombardment Group, 30 September 1947-27 June 1949.
• 401st Fighter-Bomber Group, 8 February 1954
• 401st Fighter-Bomber (later Tactical Fighter) Wing, 25 September 1957-28 June 1991

Stations

Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 1 April 1943 Geiger Field, Washington, 4 June 1943 Great Falls Army Air Base, Montana, 8 July-19 October 1943 RAF Deenethorpe (AAF-128), England, 4 November 1943-20 June 1945

Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, c. 1–28 August 1945 Brooks Field, Texas, 10 January 197-27 June 1949 Alexandria (Later England) AFB, Louisiana, 8 February 1954 Torrejon Air Base, Spain, 27 April 1966-28 June 1991

Aircraft

• B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943–1945
• F-86 Sabre, 1954
• F-84 Thunderjet, 1955–1957
• F-100 Super Sabre, 1957–1971
• F-4 Phantom II, 1971–1983
• F-16 Falcon, 1983–1991

References

 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