F-106 Delta Dart of the group's 84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron[note 1]
Active
1942–1945, 1946–1952, 1955–1961
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Type
Air Defense
Role
Fighter Interceptor
Part of
Air Defense Command
Motto(s)
Above the Foe
Insignia
Current form of the group emblem
Original form of the group emblem as approved 26 September 1942[1]
Military unit
The 78th Fighter Group (78 FG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 78th Fighter Wing, at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 February 1961.
During World War II the group was an Eighth Air Force fighter unit stationed in England assigned primarily to RAF Duxford. It claimed 338 air-to-air and 358 air-to-ground aircraft destroyed. It flew its last mission on 13 April 1945.
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