389th Fighter Squadron

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 389th Fighter Squadron


caption= 389th Fighter Squadron Patch
dates= 1 June 1943 - 20 August 1946
1 January 1953 - 1 April 1959
30 April 1962 - 22 July 1991
11 March 1992 - Present
country= United States
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type= Fighter
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Twelfth Air Force
366th Fighter Wing
366th Operations Group
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garrison= Mountain Home Air Force Base
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battle_honours=The 389th Fighter Squadron (389 FS) is part of the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It operates F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft conducting close air support missions.

Mission

Perform close air support, interdiction, strategic attack, suppression of enemy air defense, and defensive counterair missions, employing the full array of U.S. Air Force capabilities including precision-guided munitions, inertially-aided munitions, night vision goggles, fighter data link, and Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN). [http://www.mountainhome.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4370 366 OG Fact Sheet] ]

History

The 389th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations from, 14 March 1943–3 May 1945 and in Southeast Asia from, 14 March 1966–8 October 1971. [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0389fs.html AFHRA 389 FS Page] ]

The squadron trained F-111 Aardvark aircrews from, 30 September 1979–26 June 1991.

=Operations=

*World War II
*Vietnam War

=Lineage=

*389th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) (1943)
*389th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine (1943 - 1952)
*389th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1952 - 1958)
*389th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1958 - 1979)
*389th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (1979 - 1992)
*389th Fighter Squadron (1992 - Present)

=Assignments=

*366th Fighter Group (1943 - 1946)
*366th Tactical Fighter Wing (1953 - 1959)
**Attached: 12th Air Force (29 September - 17 November 1954)
**Attached: 48th Fighter-Bomber Wing (18 November 1954 - 28 March 1955)
**Attached: United States Air Forces in Europe (c. 20 September - c. 3 October 1956)
**Attached: 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing (10 June - c. October 1957)
**Attached: 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing (10 - 22 December 1957)
*United States Air Forces in Europe (1962)
*366th Tactical Fighter Wing (1962 - 1969)
**Attached: Alaskan Air Command (15 September - 16 December 1965)
*37th Tactical Fighter Wing (1969 - 1970)
*12th Tactical Fighter Wing (1970 - 1971)
*347th Tactical Fighter Wing (1971 - 1972)
*366th Fighter Wing (1972 - 1991, 1992 - Present)

=Bases stationed=

*Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia (1943)
*Bluethenthal, North Carolina (1943)
*RAF Membury, England (1944)
*RAF Thruxton, England (1944)
*Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, France (1944)
*Dreux, France (1944)
*Laon-Couvron Air Base, France (1944)
*Asch, Belgium (1944 - 1945)
*Münster, Germany (1945)
*Bayreuth, Germany (1945)
*Fritzlar, Germany (1945 - 1946)
*England Air Force Base, Louisiana (1953 - 1959)
**Deployed: Toul-Rosières Air Base, France (29 September - 10 December 1954)
**Deployed: Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France (11 December 1954 - 28 March 1955)
**Deployed: Aviano Air Base, Italy (21 September - 2 October 1956)
**Deployed: Aviano Air Base, Italy (10 June - 22 December 1957)
*Chaumont-Semoutiers Air Base, France (1962 - 1963)
*Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico (1963 - 1966)
**Deployed: Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska (15 September - 16 December 1965)
*Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam (1966)
*Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam (1966 - 1969)
*Phu Cat Air Base, South Vietnam (1969 - 1971)
*Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho (1971 - 1991, 1992 - Present)
**Deployed: Taegu Air Base, South Korea (16 September - 5 October 1976)

=Aircraft Operated=

*P-47 Thunderbolt (1943 - 1946)
*P-51 Mustang (1953)
*F-86 Sabre (1953 - 1955)
*F-84 Thunderjet (1955 - 1958, 1962 - 1965)
*F-100 Super Sabre (1958, 1963)
*F-4 Phantom II (1965 - 1971)
*F-111 Aardvark (1971 - 1991)
*F-16 Fighting Falcon (1992 - 2007)
*F-15E Strike Eagle (2007 - Present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

* [http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/rso/squadrons_flights_pages/0389fs.html USAF 389th Fighter Squadron History]
* [http://www.mountainhome.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4370 366th Operations Group Fact Sheet]

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