The 343d Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
 Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 20 August 1993.
 The unit was formed at Eielson as the 343d Composite Wing and activated in October 1981 to replace the 5010th Combat Support Group.
 It operated both fighter and forward air control aircraft.
 In 1991, it also became the administrator for periodic Exercise Cope Thunder operations, which moved to Alaska from the Philippines after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo resulted in the evacuation of units from Clark Air Base When the wing was inactivated, it was replaced at Eielson by the 354th Fighter Wing.
The 377th Fighter Squadron is an United States Air Force active duty unit stationed at Montgomery Air National Guard Base, Alabama.
 It is an Active Associate Unit administratively assigned to the 495th Fighter Group at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina and integrated operationally with the 100th Fighter Squadron of the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing.
 Prior to its reactivation in 2015, the unit was last stationed at Biggs Field, Texas, where as a subordinate unit of the 362nd Fighter Group they flew the North American P-51H Mustang.
The Seattle Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Air Force, active during the Pacific War of 1942-45.
 Based in the Northwest, its original purpose was defense against possible Japanese air attack.
The 56th Fighter Wing is a fighter wing in the United States Air Force.
 It is the Air Force’s only active-duty F-16 training wing.
 The 56th graduates more than 400 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots and 300 air control professionals annually.
 The wing is also responsible for three additional squadrons under the 54th Fighter Group located at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, where F-16 training is moving as the wing transitions to become the sole pilot training center for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
The 924th Fighter Group is a group of the United States Air Force Reserve.
 It assigned to Tenth Air Force and stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona as a Geographically Separated Unit (GSU) of the Air Force Reserve Command's 442d Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.
 On 1 October 2012, the 924 FG was reassigned to the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
 The 924th flies the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and is gained by Air Combat Command when mobilized.
The 355th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.
 It is an active-duty associate unit administratively assigned to the 495th Fighter Group and operates aircraft assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 301st Fighter Wing.
 Prior to its reactivation in 2015, the unit's last assignment was that of a subordinate unit of the 354th Fighter Wing based at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, flying the Republic A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft.
 The squadron was inactivated on 15 August 2007 as a result of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005.
The 44th Fighter Group (44 FG) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force.
 It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
 The 44 FG is an associate unit of the 325th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command (ACC) and if mobilized the wing is gained by ACC.
 Otherwise, the 44 FG operates as a geographically-separated unit (GSU) of AFRC's 301st Fighter Wing at NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas.
The 48th Fighter Wing (48 FW) is part of the United States Air Force's Third Air Force, assigned to Headquarters Air Command Europe and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
 It is based at RAF Lakenheath, England.
 The 48 FW is the only F-15 wing based in Europe and consists of both F-15C/D Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft as well as a rescue squadron of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.
 The 48 FW was given the name "Statue of Liberty Wing" on 4 July 1954 and remains the only U.S. Air Force unit with both a name and a numerical designation.
The United States Air Force's 102d Intelligence Wing (102 IW), of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, is a military intelligence unit located at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts.
 Its primary subordinate operational unit is the 101st Intelligence Squadron.
 According to the Air Force, the history of the 102d begins with the 318th Fighter Group, which was active during World War II.
 After the war, the 318th was inactivated, and eventually the 102d Fighter Wing was formed, which had a direct lineage link.
 In 1946, the 102d was activated at Logan International Airport where it stayed until 1968, when it moved to Otis Air Force Base.
 Beginning in 1946, the wing began regular patrols of the Northeastern United States which took place in conjunction with Air Force active duty units.
 In 1968, the 102d was moved to Otis, where it continued its regular patrols until 1973.
The Northwestern United States is an informal geographic region of the United States.
 The region consistently includes the states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho—and usually Montana and Wyoming.
 Some sources include southeast Alaska in the Northwest.
 The related but distinct term "Pacific Northwest" generally excludes areas from the Rockies eastward.

Question: The Seattle Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Air Force, active during the Pacific War of which span of years, it was based in the Northwestern United States?
Answer: 1942-45