exercises and controlled the local training ranges. Lineage Constituted as the 353rd Fighter Squadron 12 November 1942 Activated 15 November 1942. Inactivated 31 March 1946 Redesignated 353rd Fighter-Day Squadron 28 September 1956 Activated 19 November 1956 Redesignated 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron 1 July 1958 Redesignated 353rd Fighter Squadron 1 November 1991 Inactivated 15 December 1992 Activated 20 August 1993 Redesignated 353rd Combat Training Squadron 1 August 1994 Assignments 354th Fighter Group, 12 November 1942 – 31 March 1946 354th Fighter-Day Group, 19 November 1956 354th Fighter-Day Wing (later 354th Tactical Fighter Wing), 25 September 1957 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, 27 April 1966 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (later 354th Fighter Wing), 15 July 1971 – 15 December 1992 354th Operations Group, 20 August 1993 611th Air Operations Group, 4 September 2003 354th Operations Group, 1 October 2006 – present Stations Hamilton Field, California, 15 November 1942 Tonopah Army Air Field, Nevada, 19 January 1943 Santa Rosa Army Air Field, California, 2 March 1943 Portland Army Air Base, Oregon, 4 May – 6 October 1943 RAF Greenham Common, England, 4 November 1943 RAF Boxted, England, 13 November 1943 RAF Lashenden, England, c. 14 April 1944 Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France (ALG A-2), c. 18 June 1944 Gaël, France (ALG A-31), 14 August 1944 Orconte, France (ALG A-66), 21 September 1944 Operated from Saint-Dizier/Robinson, France (ALG A-64), c. 18 November – 1 December 1944 Rosieres en Haye, France (ALG A-98), 1 December 1944 Mainz-Finthen Airdrome (ALG Y-64), Ober-Olm, Germany, c. 4 April 1945 Ansbach Airfield, Germany (ALG R-82), 1 May 1945 Herzogenaurach Airdrome, Germany (ALG R-29), c. 15 May 1945 – 15 February 1946 Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., 15 February – 31 March 1946 Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, 19 November 1956 – 22 April 1966 Rotational 90-day deployments to Aviano Air Base, Italy and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey 1958–1966 Deployed to: Hahn Air Base, West Germany, 15 July – 16 November 1961 (Berlin Crisis) Deployed to: McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, 8 October 1962 – 20 January 1963 (Cuban Missile Crisis) Deployed to: Dhahran Airfield, Saudi Arabia, 15 September – 16 December 1963 Deployed to: San Isidro Air Base, Dominican Republic, 2–28 May 1965 (Dominican Crisis) Torrejon Air Base, Spain, 27 April 1966 Numerous 30-day deployments to Wheelus Air Base, Libya, 1966–1970 Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, 15 July 1971 – 15 December 1992 Operated from Korat Royal Thai Air Force