F-16C Fighting Falcon, 120th Fighter Squadron (FS), 140th Wing (WG), Colorado Air National Guard (COANG)
Active
28 August 1917 – Present
Country
United States
Allegiance
Colorado
Branch
Air National Guard
Type
Squadron
Role
Air Defense/Tactical Fighter
Part of
Colorado Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ
Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado
Nickname(s)
Colorado Cougars Redeyes (call sign) Mile High Militia
Motto(s)
"FIRST IN THE AIR GUARD"
Mascot(s)
Colorado mountain lion Colorado Cougars
Tail Code
Colorado Flag Tail Stripe; "CO"
Engagements
World War I World War II Vietnam War Operation Iraqi Freedom
Insignia
120th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 14 April 1957)[1]
120th Observation Squadron emblem[2]
Military unit
The 120th Fighter Squadron (120 FS) is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard 140th Wing located at Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado. The 120th is equipped with the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon.
The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I 120th Aero Squadron, established on 28 August 1917. It was reformed on 27 June 1923, as the 120th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
The 120th Fighter Squadron was the first federally recognized Air National Guard unit, receiving this distinction on 30 June 1946. Thus, their motto is, "First in the Air Guard."
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 347–348
^Hubbard, p. 720
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