3d Fighter Squadron (Commando)

The 3d Fighter Squadron (Commando) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 3d Air Commando Group, based at Chitose, Japan. It was inactivated on 25 March 1946.

Lineage

 * Constituted as 3d Fighter Reconnaissance Squadron on 25 April 1944.
 * Activated on 1 May 1944
 * Redesignated 3d Fighter Squadron (Commando) on 2 June 1944
 * Inactivated on 25 March 1946
 * Disbanded on 8 October 1948.

Assignments

 * 3d Air Commando Group, 1 May 1944-25 March 1946.

Stations

 * Lakeland AAF, Florida,, May 1944
 * Alachua AAF, Florida, 7 August 1944
 * Drew Field, Florida, 6-24 October 1944
 * Leyte, Philippines, (undetermined location), 1 December 1944
 * Mangaldan Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 26 January 1945
 * Laoag Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945
 * Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 9 August 1945 (operated from Atsugi Airfield, Japan, 20 September-7 October 1945)
 * Chitose AB, Japan, 27 October 1945-25 March 1946.

Aircraft

 * P-40 Warhawk, 1944
 * F-6 (P-38 Lighting), 1944
 * P-51 Mustang, 1944-1946.

Operational history
Combat in Southwest and Western Pacific, 8 January-7 July 1945.