Base, Thailand, 10 October 1972 – 21 January 1973 and 31 March – 18 October 1973 Operated from King Fahd International Airport, Saudi Arabia, 15 August 1990 – 2 August 1991 Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 20 August 1993 – present Aircraft Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943 North American P-51 Mustang, 1943–44, 1945–46 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–45 F-100 Super Sabre, 1956–70 F-4 Phantom II, 1970–71 A-7 Corsair II, 1971–78 A-10 Thunderbolt II, 1978–92 Campaign streamers World War II: Air Offensive, Europe; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Air Combat. Vietnam War: Vietnam Ceasefire Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations Distinguished Unit Citation: European Theater of Operations, December 1943 – 15 May 1944; France, 25 August 1944. Presidential Unit Citation: Southeast Asia, 12 October 1972 – 21 January 1973. French Croix de Guerre with Palm: 1 December 1943 – 31 December 1944 Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: 12 October 1972 – 28 January 1973 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 October 1962 – 1 December 1963; 15 July 1971 – 31 May 1972; 1 May 1974 – 30 April 1976; 1 July 1978 – 31 May 1979; 1 June 1979 – 22 May 1981; 1 July 1985 – 30 June 1987; 1 May 1990 – 15 March 1992; 20 August 1993 – 31 August 1993; 11 September 2000 – 10 September 2002. References External links Military units and formations in Alaska 0353