19th Fighter Squadron History

19th Fighter Squadron

Lineage
Organized as 14th Aero Squadron on 14 Jun 1917. Redesignated 19th Aero Squadron on 26 Jun 1917. Demobilized on 14 Apr 1919. Reconstituted, and consolidated (20 Dec 1923) with 19th Squadron, which was authorized on 30 Aug 1921. Organized on 1 Oct 1921. Inactivated on 29 Jun 1922. Redesignated 19th Pursuit Squadron on 25 Jan 1923. Activated on 1 May 1923. Redesignated: 19th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 6 Dec 1939; 19th Fighter Squadron, on 15 May 1942; 19th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943. Inactivated on 12 Jan 1946. Redesignated 19th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 11 Dec 1981. Activated on 1 Apr 1982. Redesignated 19th Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991. Inactivated on 31 Dec 1993. Activated on 1 Jan 1994.
Assignments
Unkn, 14 Jun 1917-Feb 1918; Seventh Aviation Instruction Center, Feb-Dec 1918; unkn, Jan-Apr 1919. Ninth Corps Area, 1 Oct 1921-29 Jun 1922. 17th Composite Group, 1 May 1923; 5th Composite Group, 15 Jan 1924; 18th Pursuit (later, 18th Fighter) Group, Jan 1927; 318th Fighter Group, 16 Mar 1943-12 Jan 1946. 363d Tactical Fighter (later, 363d Fighter) Wing, 1 Apr 1982; 363d Operations Group, 1 May 1992-31 Dec 1993. 3d Operations Group, 1 Jan 1994-.
Stations
Camp Kelly, TX, 14 Jun 1917; Wilbur Wright Field, OH, 1 Aug 1917; Garden City, NY, 31 Oct-3 Dec 1917; St Maxient, France, 1 Jan 1918; Clermont-Ferrand, France, 6 Feb 1918; Cenac-Bordeaux, France, c. 29 Dec 1918-c. 18 Mar 1919; Mitchel Field, NY, c. 5-14 Apr 1919. March Field, CA, 1 Oct 1921-29 Jun 1922. Wheeler Field, TH, 1 May 1923; Luke Field, TH, 15 Jan 1924; Wheeler Field, TH, 11 Jan 1927; Bellows Field, TH, 20 Feb 1942; Kualoa Field, TH, 22 May 1942; Bellows Field, TH, 20 Oct 1942; Barbers Point, TH, 9 Feb 1943; Kipapa Field, TH, 30 May 1943; Stanley Field, TH, 4 Sep 1943; Kualoa Field, TH, 26 Dec 1943; Bellows Field, TH, 18 Apr 1944; Saipan, 29 Jun 1944; Ie Shima, 30 Apr 1945; Okinawa, Nov-Dec 1945; Ft Lewis, WA, 11-12 Jan 1946. Shaw AFB, SC, 1 Apr 1982-31 Dec 1993. Elmendorf AFB, AK, 1 Jan 1994-.
Aircraft
Apparently included JN-6 and SE-5, 1921-1922. In addition to MB-3 and SE-5, included DH-4 and JN-6 during period 1923-1926; primarily PW-9 during period 1927-1930; primarily P-12 during period 1931-1937; in addition to P-26 and P-36, included A-12, BT-9, OA-3, and P-12 during period 1938-1941; P-40, 1941-1943; P-47, 1943-1945; P-38, 1944-1945. F-16, 1982-1993.
Operations
Maintained aircraft, 1918. Caught on the ground in Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941. Patrols over the Pacific and training in Hawaii, Feb 1942-Apr 1944. Combat in Western Pacific, 22 Jun 1944-14 Aug 1945.
Honors
Service Streamers. World War I Theater of Operations.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Central Pacific; Air Offensive, Japan; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Ryukyus; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award: [1 Apr 1982]-1 Jun 1983.
Emblem
Or, a gamecock rising Gules, neck and tail Sable, garnished on the wing of the first, spurred Argent; a bordure Azure charged with nineteen mullets Argent, each wreathed of five plates diminished of the like, within a diminished bordure Sable. Approved on 12 Nov 1993 (DFSC 94-02413); replaced emblems approved on 10 Dec 1981 (DFSC 82-01580), and 20 Apr 1928 (K 4522).

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