The squadron was first active during
World War II as the 5th Fighter Squadron, Commando. After training in the United States the squadron moved to the
China Burma India Theater, where it served in combat until the
surrender of Japan. The squadron returned to the United States where it was inactivated in November 1945.[1]
The squadron was activated again in October 1963 as the United States expanded its
special operations units and was stationed in the
Panama Canal Zone, where it trained units of various Latin American air forces until it was inactivated in late 1972.
Lineage
Constituted as the 5th Fighter Squadron, Commando on 9 August 1944