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357th Fighter Squadron Dragons Patch – Plastic Backing, 4″

A 4″ with Plastic Backing/Sew On Squadron Patch of the 357th Fighter Squadron .

• 4″ inches
• With Plastic Backing/Sew On
• US Veteran-Owned Business

The 357th Fighter Squadron is part of the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. It operates Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft training pilots for close air support missions.

The squadron was first activated during World War II as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter squadron. After training in the United States the unit deployed to the European Theater of Operations. The unit entered combat operations in the summer of 1943, continuing in combat until April 1945. It earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for carrying out a difficult attack in April 1944. The squadron moved to Germany, where it was briefly part of the occupation forces before returning to the United States where it was inactivated in November 1945.

Constituted as the 357th Fighter Squadron and activated on 12 November 1942
Redesignated 357th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 20 August 1943
Inactivated on 20 November 1946
Redesignated 357th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 September 1952
Activated on 1 November 1952
Discontinued on 8 March 1960
Redesignated 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 13 April 1962
Organized on 8 July 1962
Inactivated on 10 December 1970
Activated on 15 March 1971[2]a-10
Redesignated: 357th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 July 1976
Redesignated: 357th Fighter Squadron on 1 November 1991[2]