the 355th Fighter Squadron, which reactivated the same day. It was under the administrative command of the 495th Fighter Group and flying and maintaining General Dynamics F-16C/D Fighting Falcons assigned to the 301st's 457th Fighter Squadron at Fort Worth. Current Operations (2020–present) On 18 December 2020, the aircraft and personnel of the 355th were redesignated the 24th Fighter Squadron, the flag of the 355th returned to its historic base – Eielson Air Force Base. The 355th FS became the second Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II equipped unit in Alaska after the 356th Fighter Squadron. Lineage Constituted as the 355th Fighter Squadron on 12 November 1942 Activated on 15 November 1942 Redesignated 355th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 21 August 1944 Inactivated on 31 March 1946 Redesignated 355th Fighter-Day Squadron on 28 September 1956 Activated on 19 November 1956 Redesignated 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958 Inactivated on 30 September 1970 Activated on 1 November 1970 Redesignated 355th Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991 Inactivated on 31 March 1992 Activated on 20 August 1993 Inactivated on 15 August 2007 Activated on 5 October 2015 Inactivated on 25 October 2019 Activated on 18 December 2020 Assignments 354th Fighter Group, 15 November 1942 – 31 March 1946 354th Fighter-Day Group, 19 November 1956 354th Fighter-Day Wing (later 354th Tactical Fighter Wing), 25 September 1957 Attached to: Seventeenth Air Force, 15 July – 26 October 1958; 19 May – 17 September 1959; 10 September 1960 – 16 January 1961; 7 July – 14 October 1962; 3 July – 17 September 1963; 8 June – 28 August 1964; 2 July – 25 September 1965; and 4 December 1965 – 23 April 1966, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, 5 September – 19 November 1961, 2d Air Division Provisional, 21 October – 1 December 1962, Alaskan Air Command, 6–20 February 1963, 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, 3 February – 22 April 1968 113th Tactical Fighter Wing, 22 April 1968 (remained attached to 37th Tactical Fighter Wing until 4 July 1968 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, 5 July 1968 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, 19 May 1969 – 30 September 1970 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (later 354th Fighter Wing), 1 November 1970 – 31 March 1992 (attached to 354th Combat Support Group, 15 – 16 August 1990, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, 20 December 1990 – 2 August 1991 354th Operations Group, 20 August 1993 – 15 August 2007 495th