Group, All Weather, on 10 August 1948 Redesignated: 347th Fighter-All Weather Group on 20 January 1950 Inactivated on 24 June 1950 Redesignated: 347th Tactical Fighter Group on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive) Redesignated: 347th Operations Group on 1 May 1991 Activated on 1 May 1991 Redesignated: 347th Rescue Group on 1 October 2006. Assignments Commander South Pacific, 3 October 1942 I Island Air Command, 17 October 1942 XIII Fighter Command, 13 January 1943 – 1 January 1946 Attached I Island Command, 1 July-c. December 1943 Fifth Air Force, 20 February 1947 315th Composite Wing, 25 September 1947 347th Fighter Wing (later, 347th Fighter-All Weather Wing), 18 August 1948 – 24 June 1950 347th Tactical Fighter (later, 347th Fighter; 347th Wing; 347th Rescue) Wing, 1 May 1991 23rd Wing, 1 October 2006 – present Components 4th Fighter (later, Fighter-All Weather) Squadron: 20 February 1947 – 24 June 1950 (detached entire period) 38th Rescue Squadron: 1 May 2001–present 41st Rescue Squadron: 1 April 1997–present 52d Airlift Squadron: 1 May 1994 – 16 September 1997 67th Fighter Squadron: 3 October 1942 – 1 November 1945 68th Fighter (later, Fighter-All Weather; Tactical Fighter; Fighter) Squadron: 3 October 1942 – 1 November 1945; 20 February 1947 – 24 June 1950 (detached 1 March – 24 June 1950); 1 May 1991 – 30 April 2001 69th Tactical Fighter (later, Fighter) Squadron: 1 May 1991 – 2 February 2001 70th Fighter (later, Tactical Fighter; Fighter) Squadron: 3 October 1942 – 30 March 1943; 1 November – 26 December 1945; 1 May 1991 – 30 June 2000 71st Rescue Squadron: 1 April 1997–present 339th Fighter (later, Fighter-All Weather) Squadron: 3 October 1942 – 1 January 1946; 20 February 1947 – 24 June 1950 (detached 1 July 1949 – 24 June 1950) 307th Fighter Squadron: 20 November 1992 – 31 August 1995 308th Fighter Squadron: 20 November 1992 – 1 April 1994 431st Fighter Squadron: attached 15 November 1947 – 28 August 1948 433d Fighter Squadron: attached 18 November 1947 – 28 August 1948. Stations Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield, New Caledonia, Melanesia, 3 October 1942 Detachment operated from: Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 3 October – 22 December 1942 and 29 January–December 1943 Carney Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 29 December 1943 Stirling Airfield, Stirling Island, Solomon Islands, 15 January 1944 Sansapor (Mar) Airfield, Netherlands East Indies, 15 August 1944 (ground echelon only) Middleburg (Toem) Airfield, Netherlands East Indies, 20