64th Aggressor Squadron
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The 64th Aggressor Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. Along with the 65th Aggressor Squadron, the 64th AGRS, as part of the 57th Adversary Tactics Group, provides Air Combat Manuevering training to USAF and other aviation forces in conjunction with Red Flag exercises.
Originally formed in 1940, it eventually became the 64th Aggressor squadron on December 30, 1981. As the 64th Fighter Weapons Squadron, they began performing the aggressor role with the T-38 Talon in 1972. In 1975, they received F-5E Tiger II, which they flew until preparing to transition to the F-16 on April 1, 1988. As the Cold War ended and military budgets adjusted, the unit was deactivated on October 5, 1990. The squadron was reactivated on October 3, 2003, again flying the F-16.
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[edit] Lineage
- Constituted 64th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on November 20, 1940.
- Activated on 15 January 1941.
- Redesignated 64th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) (Twin Engine) on 31 January 1942
- Redesignated 64th Fighter Squadron (Twin Engine) on 15 May 1942;
- Redesignated 64th Fighter Squadron on 1 June 1942;
- Redesignated 64th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 21 August 1944.
- Inactivated on 7 November 1945.
- Activated on 15 August 1946.
- Redesignated 64th Fighter Squadron, Jet on 20 July 1948;
- Redesignated 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 January 1950.
- Inactivated on 15 December 1969.
- Redesignated 64th Fighter Weapons Squadron on 7 September 1972.
- Activated on 15 October 1972.
- Redesignated: 64th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron on 30 December 1981;
- Redeisgnated 64th Aggressor Squadron on 1 April 1983.
- Inactivated on 5 October 1990.
- Activated on 3 October 2003.
[edit] Assignments
- 57th Pursuit (later, 57th Fighter) Group, 15 January 1941-7 November 1945
- 57th Fighter (later, 57th Fighter-Interceptor) Group, 15 August 1946
- 10th Air Division, 13 April 1953;
- 325th Fighter Group, 15 August 1957
- 326th Fighter Group, 15 March 1960
- 57th Fighter Group, 1 April 1961
- 405th Fighter Wing, 10 June 1966-15 December 1969.
- 57th Fighter Weapons (later, 57th Tactical Training; 57th Fighter Weapons) Wing, 15 October 1972-5 October 1990.
- 57th Operations Group, 3 October 2003 - 15 September 2005.
- 57th Adversary Tactics Group, 15 September 2005 - present.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- AF Historical Reseach Agency
- Dave Parsons and Derek Nelson (1993) Bandits - History of American Adversarial Aircraft, Motorbooks International.
- George Hall (1986). TOPGUN - The Navy's Fighter Weapons School, Presidio Press.
- Robert Wilcox (2005-reissue)Scream of Eagles, Pocketstar
- Lou Drendel (revised 1984) ...And Kill MiGs!, Squadron/Signal Publications
