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517th Strategic Fighter Squadron

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History
Lineage Assignments Stations Aircraft Operations history
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The 517th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 407th Strategic Fighter Wing stationed at Great Falls AFB, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 July 1957.

History

Lineage

Constituted as: 634th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 23 March 1943

Activated on 28 March 1943

Redesignated as: 517th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 April 1944

Reconstituted, and redesignated as: 517th Strategic Fighter Squadron, on 13 November 1953.

Activated on 18 December 1953

Inactivated on 1 July 1957.

Assignments

407th Bombardment(later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 28 March 1943 – 1 April 1944
407th Strategic Fighter Wing, 18 December 1953 – 1 July 1957

Stations

Drew Field, Florida, 28 March 1943

Operated from Amchitka AAF Alaska, July– August 1943

Lakeland AAF, Florida, 2 October 1943
Galveston AAF, Texas, 9 November 1943
Bruning AAF, Nebraska, 3 March – 1 April 1944
Great Falls AFB, Montana, 18 December 1953 – 1 July 1957.

Aircraft

A-24 Dauntless, A-36 Apache, and P-51 Mustang, 1943
P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1944
F-84 Thunderjet, 1954–1957

Operations history

Combat in Northern Pacific, Aleutians, July– August 1943. Training for combat and later replacement training 1943-1944. SAC Strategic Fighter Escort, 1954–1957

References

{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402|pages= }}

External links

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States}}{{Strategic Air Command}}{{USAAF 2d Air Force World War II}}{{USAAF 3d Air Force World War II}}

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