A Vermont Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon at Exercise Red Flag
Active
1942–1945, 2016–
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Fighter
Part of
Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ
Burlington International Airport
Engagements
Mediterranean Theater of Operations European Theater of Operations
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Insignia
315th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 17 October 2016)[1]
315th Fighter Sq emblem (1943-1945)[2][note 1]
315th Fighter Sq emblem (1942-1943)[2]
Military unit
The 315th Fighter Squadron is an active squadron of the United States Air Force. It is an active associate fighter squadron assigned to the 495th Fighter Group and integrated into the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard. It was activated in 2016 in Burlington, Vermont. Prior to that it was last active at Camp Shanks, New York, in November 1945.
The unit was activated in July 1942 as one of the three squadrons of the 324th Fighter Group. After training in the United States, it moved to Egypt in July 1942 and engaged in combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, moving to France following the invasion of southern France. It received two Distinguished Unit Citations and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for its combat actions. Following the surrender of Germany, the 315th remained in Germany as part of the occupation forces until the fall of 1945, when it returned to the United States and was inactivated.
^Haulman, Daniel L. (31 January 2018). "Factsheet 315 Fighter Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ abWatkins, pp. 38-39
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