83d Fighter-Day Group

The 83d Fighter-Day Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 83d Fighter-Day Wing, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

It was inactivated on 8 December 1957.

During World War II, the 83d Fighter Group served as a First Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt replacement training unit (RTU). In the Cold War, the 83d Fighter-Day Group was a Tactical Air Command unit initially equipped with F-86 Sabres, and subsequently F-100 Super Sabres. The unit was inactivated in place on 8 December 1957, its personnel and equipment being assigned to the 4th Fighter-Day Wing, which was activated as a redesignation of the 83d Fighter-Day Wing that was also inactivated in place.

The 4th Fighter Wing with its operational squadrons have, under various designations, remained at Seymour Johnson AFB for over 50 years.

Lineage

 * Constituted as the 83d Fighter Group on 18 September 1943
 * Activated on 25 September 1943
 * Disbanded on 10 April 1944.


 * Reconstituted, redesignated the 83d Fighter-Day Group on 24 February 1956
 * Activated on 8 July 1956
 * Inactivated on 8 December 1957

Assignments

 * I Fighter Command, 25 September 1943 – 10 April 1944
 * Attached to the Philadelphia Fighter Wing, 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944


 * 83d Fighter-Day Wing, 8 July 1956 – 8 December 1957

Components

 * 448th Fighter (later Fighter-Day) Squadron: 1943–1944; 1956–1957
 * Redesignated as the 333d Fighter Day Squadron, 8 December 1957


 * 532d Fighter (later Fighter-Day) Squadron: 1943–1944; 1956–1957
 * Redesignated as the 334th Fighter Day Squadron, 8 December 1957


 * 533d Fighter (later Fighter-Day) Squadron: 1943–1944; 1956–1957
 * Redesignated as the 335th Fighter Day Squadron, 8 December 1957


 * 534th Fighter (later Fighter-Day) Squadron: 1943–1944; 1956–1957
 * Redesignated as the 336th Fighter Day Squadron, 8 December 1957

Stations

 * Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 25 September 1943
 * Dover Army Airbase, Delaware, 22 November 1943 – 10 April 1944
 * Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, 8 July 1956 – 8 December 1957

Aircraft

 * P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1944
 * F-86 Sabre, 1956
 * F-100 Super Sabre, 1956–1957