<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kwakhiwa ngokuthi 22nd Pursuit Squadron Interceptor ngo-1939, yaqale yathunyelwa eCaribbean ngaphambi kokuthumela eNgilandi naseYurophu kusukela ngo-1944. Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, leli butho laphindela emsebenzini walo wangaphambi kwempi wokuvikela iPanama Canal  <response>: , ngaphambi kokuba aphinde athunyelwe eYurophu ngo-1948. Kwahlala lapho kwaze kwaba ngo-1991, lapho ezinye izingxenye zesikhala zathunyelwa eSaudi Arabia naseTurkey. Ibutho lavalwa ngo-2010 ukuze lihlanganiswe ne-23rd Fighter Squadron futhi laqanjwa kabusha i-480th Fighter Squadron. Ngezikhathi ezahlukahlukene ngesikhathi sokubakhona kwayo, leli qembu liye laqanjwa ngamagama ajwayelekile athi Stingers, Adlers, Bees, Bumblebees nelithi The BIG 22: Last of the Red Hot Fighter Squadrons. 