352d Tactical Fighter Squadron
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The 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force fighter squadron. Its last assignment was with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, where it was inactivated on 31 July 1971.
352d Tactical Fighter Squadron | |
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Active | 1943–1944; 1944–1945; 1957–1971 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Tactical fighter |
Motto(s) | Dum Spiro Pugno (Latin for 'While I Breathe I Fight') |
Engagements | American Theater of World War II European theater of World War II Vietnam Service |
Insignia | |
352d Tactical Fighter Squadron Emblem[1] | |
652d Bombardment Squadron emblem [lower-alpha 2][2] | |
Viet Nam tail code | VM |
World War II fuselage code[3] | YN |
The first predecessor of the squadron was activated in 1943 as the 372d Fighter Squadron, which served as a Lockheed P-38 Lightning Replacement Training Unit until it was disbanded in 1944.
The second predecessor of the squadron was the 652d Bombardment Squadron, which conducted weather reconnaissance in the European Theater of Operations.
The 352d Fighter-Day Squadron was formed during the Cold War, the squadron was attached to NATO, and stood on alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Deployed to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, the squadron fought with distinction. The squadron was inactivated there in 1971.