47th Fighter Squadron

The 47th conducts advanced A-10 Thunderbolt II training. ==History==

World War II The 47th Fighter Squadron was activated on 1 December 1940, as the 47th Pursuit Squadron, one of three squadrons assigned to the 15th Pursuit Group at Wheeler Field, territory of Hawaii. The squadron also flew missions from Hawaiian stations of Bellows Field, Haleiwa Fighter Strip and Mokuleia Field, as well as Barking Sands Army Air Field. Assigned to the 4708th Defense Wing under Air Defense Command, the squadron flew F-47 aircraft. ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 47th Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) on 22 November 1940 : Activated on 1 December 1940 : Redesignated: 47th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 12 February 1942 : Redesignated: 47th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942 : Redesignated: 47th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20 August 1944 : Inactivated on 15 October 1946 • Redesignated 47th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952 : Activated on 1 December 1952 : Discontinued on 1 July 1960 • Redesignated 47th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 17 April 1962 : Organized on 1 July 1962 : Inactivated on 1 July 1971 • Activated in the Reserve on 1 October 1973 : Redesignated 47th Fighter Squadron on 1 February 1992 • 924 Fighter Group 27 September 2013 – present Stations • Wheeler Field, Hawaii, 1 December 1940 • Bellows Field, Hawaii, 22 February 1942 • Haleiwa Field, Hawaii, 25 March 1942 • Barking Sands Army Air Field, Hawaii, 29 July 1943 • Mokuleia Field, Hawaii, 8 November 1943 • Bellows Field, Hawaii, 8 June 1944 – 27 January 1945) • South Field (Iwo Jima), 27 February 1945 • Bellows Field, Hawaii, 25 November 1945 • Wheeler Field, Hawaii Territory, 9 February – 15 October 1946 • Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York 1 December 1952 – 1 July 1960) • MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 1 July 1962 – 1 July 1971 (deployed to Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand 25 July – 22 November 1965) • Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 October 1973 • Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, 27 September 2013 – present Aircraft operated • Boeing P-26 Peashooter (1941) • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (1941–1943) • Curtiss P-36 Hawk (1941–1943) • Republic P-47 (later F-47) Thunderbolt (1943–1945) (1952–1953 • North American P-51 Mustang (1944–1946) • North American F-86D Sabre (1954–1957) • North American F-86L Sabre (1957–1958) • North American F-102 Delta Dagger (1958–1960) • Republic F-84F Thunderstreak (1962–1964) • McDonnell F-4 Phantom II (1964–1971) • Cessna A-37 Dragonfly (1973–1980) • Republic Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II (1980–present) ==References==