194th Fighter Squadron

194th Fighter Squadron
194th Fighter Squadron Patch
Active	1943 – present
Country	United States
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Squadron
Role	Fighter
Part of	California Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Fresno Air National Guard Base, California
Nickname(s)	Griffins

The 194th Fighter Squadron (194 FS) is a unit of the California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing at Fresno Air National Guard Base, California. The 194th is equipped with the F-16C Fighting Falcon.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 409th Fighter Squadron on 12 Oct 1943

Activated on 15 Oct 1943

Redesignated: 409th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 Apr 1944

Redesignated: 409th Fighter Squadron on 5 Jun 1944.

Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945

• Redesignated: 194th Fighter Squadron, and allocated to California ANG on 24 May 1946

Assignments

• 372d Fighter (Later Fighter-Bomber, Fighter) Group, 15 Oct 1943 – 7 Nov 1945

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, 15 Oct 1943
• Portland Army Air Base, Oregon, 7 Dec 1943
• Esler Army Airfield, Louisiana, 25 Mar 1944
• Pollock Army Airfield, Louisiana, 15 Apr 1944
• Esler Army Airfield, Louisiana, 9 Feb 1945

• Alexandria Army Air Base, Louisiana, 14 Sep – 7 Nov 1945

Aircraft

• P-39 Aircobra, 1943–1944
• P-40 Warhawk, 1944–1945

References

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, AL: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/194fs.htm
• history of the 144th