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199th Fighter Squadron
199th Fighter Squadron emblem.jpg
199th Fighter Squadron Squadron Emblem
Active 1947-Present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Squadron
Role Fighter
Part of Air National Guard/Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ Hickam Air Force Base
Mascot Kuka'ilimoku

The 199th Fighter Squadron is an aviation unit of the Hawaii Air National Guard of the United States Air Force. Its parent unit is the 154th Wing and it currently operates the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.

Contents

Mission

History

The squadron was originally constituted as the Twentieth Air Force 464th Fighter Squadron on 5 Oct 1944. It was allocated to the Hawaii Air National Guard on 28 May 1946.

Assignments

Major Command

Previous Designations[1]

  • 199th Fighter Squadron (1993-Present)
  • 199th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (1947-1993)

Bases Stationed

Aircraft Operated[2]

Two 199th TFS F-4Cs with an Arizona ANG KC-135A in 1979.

References

  1. ^ Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0
  2. ^ World Airpower Journal. (1992). US Air Force Air Power Directory. Aerospace Publishing: London, UK. ISBN 1-880588-01-3

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