The 474th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last was assigned to the 413th Tactical Fighter Wing, stationed at George Air Force Base

George Air Force Base

George Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located within city limits, 8 miles northwest of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. The facility was closed by the Base Realignment and Closure 1992 commission at the end of the Cold...

, California. It was inactivated on 15 March 1959.

History

Activated as a 4th F-86H Sabre squadron in late 1957. Primary mission was training for other squadrons in the wing. Upgraded to F-100 Super Sabre

F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard until 1979. The first of the Century Series collection of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of...

 in 1958 and became operational squadron. Inactivated, personnel and equipment being re-designated 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing on 15 March 1959.

Lineage

• Constituted as 474th Fighter-Day Squadron on 1 October 1957

Activated on 8 October 1957

Re-designated: 474th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958

Inactivated on 15 March 1959

Assignments

• 413th Fighter-Day Wing, 8 October 1957

Re-designated 413th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 July 1958-15 March 1959

Attached to: 65th Air Division, 15 November 1958–14 March 1959.

Stations

• George Air Force Base
  George Air Force Base
  George Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located within city limits, 8 miles northwest of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California. The facility was closed by the Base Realignment and Closure 1992 commission at the end of the Cold...
  
  , California, 8 October 1957-15 March 1959

Operated from: Torrejon AB, Spain, 15 November 1958–14 March 1959