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The 477th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive
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unit. It was assigned to the 312th Tactical Fighter Wing at
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. New Mexico, where it was inactivated on 18 February 1959, when it transferred its personnel and equipment to another squadron. It flew
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s and deployed to support
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forces in Germany. It was consolidated in September 1985 with the 477th Bombardment Squadron, which served as a
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training unit from 1942 to 1944, when it was disbanded in a reorganization of
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training units, as the 477th Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron, but the consolidated squadron has not been active.


History


World War II training operations

The 477th Bombardment Squadron was activated on 17 July 1942 at
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, Louisiana as one of the original components of the 335th Bombardment Group, and was equipped with
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s.Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 214-215.Craven & Cate, Introduction, p. xxxvi The 476th acted as a Replacement Training Unit (RTU) for the B-26. However, the
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(AAF) found that standard military units, whose manning was based on relatively inflexible
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were not well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, in the spring of 1944, the 335th Group, its components and supporting units at Barksdale, were disbanded on 1 May and replaced by the 331st AAF Base Unit (Medium, Bombardment). The squadron was replaced by Section U of the new base unit.


Fighter operations

The 477th Fighter-Bomber Squadron was activated at
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, New Mexico in October 1957 as the fourth
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of the 312th Tactical Fighter Wing.Ravenstein, pp. 159-160 The squadron deployed to Turkey for
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rotational commitments. The squadron was inactivated in 1959 and transferred its personnel and equipment to the
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when the
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moved on paper from
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, Texas to Cannon to replace the 312th Wing.


Consolidation

The squadrons were consolidated as the 477th Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron on 19 September 1985.Department of the Air Force/MPM Letter 662q, 19 September 1985, Subject: Reconstitution, Redesignation, and Consolidation of Selected Air Force Tactical Squadrons


Lineage

; 477th Bombardment Squadron * Constituted as the 477th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) on 9 July 1942 : Activated on 17 July 1942 : Disbanded on 1 May 1944 : Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 477th Tactical Fighter Squadron as the 477th Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron ; 477th Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron * Constituted as the 477th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 26 September 1957 : Activated on 8 October 1957 : Redesignated: 477th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958 : Inactivated on 18 February 1959 : Consolidated with the 477th Bombardment Squadron as the 477th Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron on 19 September 1985


Assignments

* 335th Bombardment Group, 17 July 1942 – 1 May 1944 * 312th Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 312th Tactical Fighter Wing), 8 October 1957 – 18 February 1959 (detached 8 September – 11 December 1958)


Stations

* Barksdale Field, Louisiana, 17 July 1942 – 1 May 1944 * Clovis Air Force Base (Later Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, 8 October 1957 – 18 February 1959Mueller, p. 61


Aircraft

* Martin B-26 Marauder, 1942-1944 * North American F-100 Super Sabre, 1957–1959


Campaigns


References


Notes

; Explanatory notes ; Citations


Bibliography

* *: * * * * {{Tactical Air Command Military units and formations established in 1957