44th Fighter Squadron and 44th Fighter Squadron, Two Engine

Constituted as 44 Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 22 Nov 1940. Activated on 1 Jan 1941. Redesignated as: 44 Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; 44 Fighter Squadron, Two Engine, on 26 Jan 1944; 44 Fighter Squadron, Single Engine, on 6 May 1946; 44 Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 23 Dec 1949; 44 Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 20 Jan 1950; 44 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 Jul 1958; 44 Fighter Squadron on 1 Oct 1991

Insignia approved on 18 Feb 1942. Australian made, embroidery on wool.

Stations. Wheeler Field, TH, 1 Jan 1941; Bellows Field, TH, 7 Nov 1941; Wheeler Field, TH, 12 Dec 1941; Kaneohe, TH, 27 Dec 1941; Wheeler Field, TH, 25 Jan 1942; Bellows Field, TH, 23 Jun–23 Oct 1942; Efate, New Hebrides, 7 Nov 1942 (air echelon operated from Guadalcanal, 20 Dec 1942–20 Mar 1944); Espiritu Santo, 25 Oct 1943 (air echelon operated from Treasury Island, Solomon Islands, 20 Mar–25 Apr 1944, and from Guadalcanal, 11 May–16 Jul 1944); Guadalcanal, 17 Jul 1944; Cape Opmarai, New Guinea, 23 Aug 1944 (air echelon operated from Morotai, 7 Nov 1944–16 Jan 1945); Lingayen, Luzon, 13 Jan 1945; San Jose, Mindoro, 26 Feb 1945 (air echelon operated from Palawan, 26 Apr–13 May 1945); Zamboanga, Mindanao, 4 May–Nov 1945; Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 10 Nov 1945; Florida Blanca, Luzon, 17 Jul 1946; Clark Field (later, AFB), Luzon, 3 Oct 1947.