367th Fighter Squadron
367th Fighter Squadron
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| Active | 1943–1945; 2015–present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Role | Fighter |
| Size | 150 |
| Part of | Air Combat Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Homestead Air Reserve Base |
| Nickname(s) | Vultures |
| Engagements | European Theater of Operations |
| Decorations |
Distinguished Unit Citation French Croix de Guerre with Palm |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Lt Col Henry Jefress |
| Insignia | |
| 367th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 1 March 1944) |  |
| World War II Fuselage code | CP |
| Tail code | FM |
The 367th Fighter Squadron is a "reverse" associate United States Air Force unit, stationed at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, where it operates and maintains the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 482d Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command. Its parent is the 495th Fighter Group at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
The squadron was first activated at the beginning of 1943. After training in the United States, it moved to England and entered combat in the European Theater of Operations. The squadron earned the Distinguished Unit Citation and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm during its combat missions. After VE Day, the squadron returned to the United States, where it was inactivated on 7 November 1945. The squadron was reactivated in October 2015.
The 367th Fighter Squadron was activated on 1 January 1943 at Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia as one of the original squadrons of the 358th Fighter Group. The squadron initially began training with the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. Later that year, the unit replaced its Warhawks with the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, which it flew for the remainder of the war. The squadron left Richmond in September 1943 for the Port of Embarkation. It sailed for England on the SS Monterey on 8 October.
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