379 Fighter Squadron (ACC)

Lineage. Constituted as 379 Fighter Squadron on 11 Feb 1943. Activated on 1 Mar 1943. Inactivated on 1 Aug 1946. Activated on 1 Feb 2016.
Assignments. 362 Fighter Group, 1 Mar 1943-1 Aug 1946. 495 Fighter Group (Active Associate), 1 Feb 2016-.

Stations. Westover Field, MA, 1 Mar 1943; Bradley Field, CT, 22 Jun 1943; Groton Field, CT, 3 Aug 1943; Mitchel Field, NY, 19 Oct-12 Nov 1943; Wormingford, England, 30 Nov 1943; Headcorn, England, 15 Apr 1944; Lignerolles, France, c. 7 Jul 1944; Rennes, France, 10 Aug 1944; Prosnes, France, 19 Sep 1944; Rouvres, France, 9 Nov 1944; Frankfurt, Germany, c. 8 Apr 1945; Furth, Germany, 30 Apr 1945; Illesheim, Germany, 4 May 1945; Straubing, Germany, 15 May-Aug 1945; Seymour Johnson Field, NC, 5 Sep 1945; Biggs Field, TX, 6 Dec 1945-1 Aug 1946. Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls Regional Airport, SD, 1 Feb 2016-.

Aircraft. P-47, 1943-1945; P-51, 1945-1946.

Operations. Combat in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), 8 Feb 1944-30 Apr 1945.

Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.

Campaign Streamers. World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat, EAME Theater.

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Brest, France, 25 Aug 1944; Moselle-Rhine River Triangle, 16 Mar 1945.

Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through 2 Feb 2016.

Aircraft, and Operations through 1 Aug 1946.

Supersedes statement published in Maurer Maurer, Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1969), 469.

Emblem. None. Squadron may design and request approval of an emblem in accordance with AFI 84-105, chapter 3.

Prepared by Daniel L. Haulman