7th Fighter Squadron, US Air Force

7TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, US AIR FORCE

History: Constituted as 7 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Redesignated as: 7 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 7 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 20 Aug 1943; 7 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 6 Nov 1944; 7 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 8 Jan 1946; 7 Fighter Squadron, Jet-Propelled, on 1 May 1948; 7 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 10 Aug 1948; 7 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 1 Feb 1950; 7 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 8 Jul 1958; 7 Fighter Squadron on 1 Nov 1991; 7 Combat Training Squadron on 17 Jun 1999; 7 Fighter Squadron on 22 Jul 2005. Inactivated on 15 Dec 2006. Activated 15 May 2008. Inactivated on 2 May 2014. Redesignated as 7 Fighter Training Squadron on 7 Sep 2021. Activated on 12 Nov 2021.

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The Emblem was approved on 13 May 1944.

Literature: Image from Wikimedia Commons. Information from https://www.afhra.af.mil/

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