429th Electronic Combat Squadron

429th Electronic Combat Squadron
Emblem of the 429th Electronic Combat Squadron
Active	1943-1998
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force

The 429th Electronic Combat Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 27th Operations Group and stationed at Cannon AFB, New Mexico.

The squadron was the last USAF unit to fly the General Dynamics F-111.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 429th Fighter Squadron on 26 May 1943

Activated on 1 Aug 1943

Inactivated on 7 Dec 1945.

• Re-designated 429th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 25 Jun 1952

Activated on 10 Jul 1952

Re-designated 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958

Inactivated 15 November 1966

Re-activated 15 September 1968

Inactivated 30 September 1989

• Re-Designated 430th Electronic Combat Squadron 1 August 1992

Activated on 11 September 1992

Inactivated on 19 June 1988

Assignments

• 474th Fighter Group, 1 Aug 1943-7 Dec 1945
• 474th Fighter-Bomber Group, 10 Jul 1952-22 November 1954

Attached to 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 Apr 1953-22 Nov 1954

• 474th Fighter-Bomber Group, 13 Dec 1954 – 1 Jul 1958

Attached to 474th Fighter-Bomber Wing 8 Oct 1957-1 Jul 1958

• 474th Fighter-Bomber (later Tactical Fighter) Wing, 1 Jul 1958–15 Nov 1966; 15 Sep 1968—30 July 1973
• 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 Jul 1973-21 Jun 1975
• 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, 21 Jun 1975-30 Sep 1989
• 366th Operations Group, 11 Sep 1992-22 Jun 1993
• 27th Operations Group, 22 Jun 1993-19 Jun 1998

Stations

• Glendale Airport, California, 1 August 1943
• Van Nuys Airport, California, 11 October 1943
• Oxnard Flight Strip, California, 5 January – 6 February 1944
• RAF Warmwell (AAF-454), England, 12 March 1944
• Saint-Lambert Airfield (A-11), France, 6 August 1944
• Saint Marceau Airfield (A-43), France, 29 August 1944
• Peronne Airfield (A-72), France, 6 September 1944
• Florennes/Juzaine Airfield (A-78), Belgium, 1 October 1944
• Strassfeld Airfield (Y-59), Germany, 22 March 1945
• Langansalza Airfield (R-2), Germany, 22 April 1945

• AAF Station Schweinfurt, Germany, 16 June 1945
• AAF Station Stuttgart/Echterdingen, Germany, 25 October – 21 November 1945
• Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 6–8 December 1945
• Misawa AB, Japan, 10 July 1952
• Kunsan Air Base (K-8), South Korea, 10 July 1952
• Taegu Air Base (K-2), South Korea, 1 April 1953 – 22 November 1954
• Clovis AFB, New Mexico, 13 December 1954 – 15 November 1966
• Nellis AFB, Nevada, 15 Sep 1968—30 Sep 1989
• Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 11 Sep 1992-22 Jun 1993
• Cannon AFB, New Mexico, 22 Jun 1993-19 Jun 1998

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.