An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot of the 495th Fighter Group prepares to take off from Bagram Airfield
Active
1943–1945; 2013–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Fighter / Attack
Part of
Air Combat Command
Fifteenth Air Force
Garrison/HQ
Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Engagements
European Theater of Operations
Commanders
Colonel
John D. Galloway Jr
Insignia
495th Fighter Group emblem
Aircraft flown
Attack
A-10 Thunderbolt II
Fighter
F-16 Fighting Falcon / F-15 Eagle / F-35 Lightning II
Military unit
The 495th Fighter Group is an active duty fighter group in the United States Air Force. It is assigned to Fifteenth Air Force of Air Combat Command and stationed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, with additional units at multiple active Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard installations across the United States.[1]
The group was first activated in England during World War II as the 495th Fighter Training Group and trained fighter aircraft pilots for Eighth Air Force until it was disbanded in 1945. It was activated again in 2013 as the headquarters for Air Combat Command "active associate" fighter units.
^Currier, Amanda (11 March 2013). "Shaw stands up new total force fighter group". Ninth Air Force Public Affairs. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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