Air Command (ADTAC), 1 October 1979 Gained by: First Air Force, Tactical Air Command, 9 December 1985 Gained by: Northwest Air Defense Sector (NWADS), 1 July 1987 Gained by: Western Air Defense Sector (WADS), 1 October 1997–Present Components World War II 404th Fighter Squadron (9Q): 15 July 1943 – 10 November 1945 405th Fighter Squadron (8N): 15 July 1943 – 10 November 1945 406th Fighter Squadron (4W): 15 July 1943 – 10 November 1945 Air National Guard 141st Fighter Group (Air Defense), 16 April 1956 – 1 July 1960 142nd Operations Group, 11 October 1995 – Present 142nd Tactical Fighter Training Group, 1 January 1983 – 15 March 1992 114th Fighter Squadron, 15 March 1992 – 1 April 1996 (GSU at Kingsley Field, OR) 116th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor) Squadron, 31 October 1950 – 10 February 1951; 1 November 1952 – 16 April 1956 123rd Fighter (Later Fighter-Interceptor, Fighter) Squadron, 30 August 1946 – Present Stations Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 15 July 1943 Camp Springs AAF, Michigan, 30 September 1943 Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 18 January – 14 February 1944 RAF Bisterne (AAF-415), England, March 1944 Beuzeville Airfield (A-6), France, June 1944 Perthes Airfield (A-65), France, 18 September 1944 Dole/Tavaux Airfield (Y-7), France, 1 October 1944 Tantonville Airfield (Y-1), France, 20 December 1944 Metz Airfield (Y-34), France, 15 February 1945 Frankfurt/Eschborn Airfield (Y-74), Germany, 7 April 1945 Furth/Industriehafen Airfield (R-30), Germany, 5 May 1945 AAF Station Hoersching, Austria, 16 August 1945 Strasbourg/Entzheim Airport, France, September– October 1945 Camp Shanks, New York, 9–10 November 1945 Portland Municipal Airport, Oregon, 30 August 1946 Geiger Field, Spokane Washington, 2 March 1951 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952 Portland Municipal (Later International) Airport, Oregon, 1 November 1952 Designated: Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, 1991–present Aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1945 F-51D Mustang, 1946–1952 F-86F Sabre, 1952–1955 F-94A Starfire, 1955–1957 F-89J Scorpion, 1957–1966 F-102A Delta Dagger, 1966–1971 F-101B Voodoo, 1972–1981 F-4C Phantom II, 1981–1989 F-15A/B Eagle, 1989–2009 F-15C/D Eagle, 2007–Present Decorations Air Force Outstanding Unit Award References Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. External links 142nd FW home page Wings of the United States Air National Guard Military units and formations