5th Fighter Squadron (Commando)

The 5th Fighter Squadron (Commando) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 1st Air Commando Group stationed at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. It was inactivated on 3 November 1945. The unit was reactivated as the 605th Air Commando Squadron in 1962 at operated in the Panama Canal Zone until being inactivated in 1973.

Lineage

 * Constituted 5th Fighter Squadron (Commando) on 9 August 1944. Activated on 1 September 1944. Inactivated on 3 November 1945. Disbanded on 8 October 1948.
 * Reconstituted 1963 as 605th Air Commando Squadron, Composite and activated, organized 15 November 1963, redesignated 605th Special Operations Squadron 1 August 1968, inactivated 30 April 1972.

Assignments

 * 1st Air Commando Group, 1 September 1944 – 3 November 1945.
 * 1st Air Commando Wing 1963 - 1 July 1964 (attached to USAF Southern Command (?) November 1963 - July 1964)
 * 5700th Air Base Wing - 8 November 1967
 * 24th Air Commando Wing/Special Operations Wing - 1972.

Stations

 * Asansol, India, 1 Sep 1944
 * one detachment operated from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 15-21 Oct 1944, and another from Fenny Airfield, Bangladesh, 8-30 Nov 1944);
 * Fenny Airfield, Bangladesh, 28 Dec 1944;
 * Hay, India, 7 Feb 1945;
 * Asansol, India, 13 May 1945;
 * Kalaikunda, India, 23 May 1945;
 * Asansol, India, 22 Jun – 6 Oct 1945;
 * Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 1-3 Nov 1945.
 * Howard Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone 1963-1972.

Aircraft

 * Helio U-10 Courier
 * Douglas A-26K Invader
 * Douglas C-47 Skytrain
 * North American T-28 Trojan
 * North American P-51 Mustang (1945)
 * Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (1944-1945)