World War II The
367th Fighter Squadron was activated on 1 January 1943 at
Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia as one of the original squadrons of the
358th Fighter Group. The
squadron initially began training with the
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Later that year, the unit replaced its Warhawks with the
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, which it flew for the remainder of the war. The squadron left Richmond in September 1943 for the port of embarkation. It sailed for England on the on 8 October. The 367th arrived in England during October 1943, where it began operations with
Eighth Air Force on 20 December 1943, but was transferred to
Ninth Air Force in February 1944. The unit engaged primarily in missions escorting bombers attacking targets on the continent of Europe until April 1944. The squadron
dive bombed
marshalling yards and
airfields and attacked enemy communications during April and May from its new station, an advanced landing ground at
RAF High Halden, to help prepare for the invasion of Normandy. The squadron remained in Germany after
VE Day until July 1945, when it returned to the United States, where it was inactivated on 7 November 1945.
Associate unit The
367th Fighter Squadron was reactivated at
Homestead Air Reserve Base on 23 October 2015, replacing Detachment 93 of the
495th Fighter Group. Under the "Total Force Integration" program, the squadron, a regular unit, will operate and maintain the
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the
482d Fighter Wing of
Air Force Reserve Command as an associate unit. ==Lineage==