367th Fighter Squadron

The 367th Fighter Squadron is a "reverse" associate United States Air Force unit, stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, where it operates and maintains the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 482d Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command. Its parent is the 495th Fighter Group at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

367th Fighter Squadron
Active1943–1945; 2015–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter
Size150
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQHomestead Air Reserve Base
Nickname(s)Vultures
EngagementsEuropean Theater of Operations
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Col Henry Jefress
Insignia
367th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 1 March 1944)
World War II Fuselage codeCP
Tail codeFM

The squadron was first activated at the beginning of 1943. After training in the United States, it moved to England and entered combat in the European Theater of Operations. The squadron earned the Distinguished Unit Citation and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm during its combat missions. After VE Day, the squadron returned to the United States, where it was inactivated on 7 November 1945. The squadron was reactivated in October 2015.

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