Wheeler Field , Hawaii Territory
The headquarter of 72nd Fighter Squadron was located in where in Oct 1943?
72nd Fighter Squadron The 72nd Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 56th Operations Group , based at MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . It was inactivated on 19 June 1992 . History . World War II . Established as a defensive interceptor squadron for Hawaii in late 1941 . Suffered tremendous casualties and aircraft losses at Wheeler Field during the Pearl Harbor Attack . Re-equipped and used as Seventh Air Force training unit ; also flew reconnaissance patrols over Hawaii until late 1943 . Deployed to Central Pacific as part of Seventh Air Force island hopping campaign against Japanese in late 1943 . Flew combat missions from Makin Island using P-39 Airacobra fighters until April 1944 , returning to Hawaii and being re-equipped and trained with long-range P-51 Mustangs . Re-deployed to Western Pacific , being stationed on Iwo Jima while battle for the island was still ongoing and engaged in long-range B-29 Superfortress escort missions over Japan ; continuing that mission until the end of hostilities in August 1945 . Reassigned to Mariana Islands , as a Far East Air Force fighter squadron , inactivated 1946 . Cold War . Reactivated as Tactical Air Command F-86 jet tactical fighter squadron , 1952 Deployed to France in 1954 as part of NATO ; re-equipped with the F-100 Super Sabre 1957 . Ordered out of France by host government as part of Frances rejection of NATOs nuclear weapons policy . Reassigned to Philippines in 1958 for air defense of Luzon . Inactivated 1959 as a result of budget reductions . Equipment reassigned to 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron . Pilot training . Reactivated 1 July 1982 at MacDill AFB , Florida as an F-16A/B Block 10 Fighting Falcon Replacement Training Unit Squadron , replacing the 13th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron when the 58th TFTS transitioned from F-4 Phantom IIs . Tail coded MC , black tail stripe outlined in white . Upgraded to the Block 25 and 30 F-16C/D in March 1990 and continued as a Replacement Training Unit . Inactivated in 1992 as part of the BRAC realignment of MacDill AFB . Lineage . - Constituted 72nd Pursuit Squadron ( Interceptor ) on 4 October 1941 - Redesignated 72nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 15 November 1952 - Re-designated 72nd Tactical Fighter Squadron on 19 May 1958 - Re-designated 72nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron , and activated on 1 July 1982 Assignments . - 15th Pursuit ( later Fighter ) Group , 5 October 1941 - 318th Fighter Group , 15 October 1942 - 21st Fighter Group , 15 June 1944 – 10 October 1946 - 21st Fighter-Bomber Group , 1 January 1953 – 8 February 1958 - 6200th Air Base Wing , 1 July 1958 – 9 April 1959 . - 56th Tactical Training Wing , 1 July 1992 - 56th Operations Group , 1 November 1991 – 19 June 1992 Stations . - Wheeler Field , Hawaii Territory , 5 October 1941 - Hilo Field , Hawaii Territory , 25 July 1943 - Wheeler Field , Hawaii Territory , 21 October 1943 - Makin Airfield , Gilbert Islands , 18 December 1943 - Haleiwa Fighter Strip , Hawaii Territory , 23 April 1944 - Mokuleia Field , Hawaii Territory , 8 June 1944 - Central Field , Iwo Jima , 26 March 1945 - South Field , Iwo Jima , 15 July 1945 - Isley Airfield , Saipan , 5 December 1945 - Northwest Field , Guam , 17 April-10 October 1946 - George AFB , California , 1 January 1953 – 26 November 1954 - Châteauroux-Déols Air Base , France , 14 December 1954 - Chambley-Bussières Air Base , France , 9 July 1955 – 8 February 1958 - Clark AB , Luzon , Philippines , 1 July 1958 – 9 April 1959 . - MacDill AFB , Florida , 1 July 1982 – 19 June 1992 Aircraft . - P-40 Warhawk , 1941–1943 - P-39 Airacobra , 1943–1944 - P-38 Lightning , 1944–1945 - P-51 Mustang , 1944–1946 - P-47 Thunderbolt , 1946 - F-51 Mustang , 1953 - F-86 Sabre , 1953–1957 - F-100 Super Sabre , 1958–1959 - F-16 Fighting Falcon , 1982-1992 References . - Martin , Patrick . Tail Code : The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings . Schiffer Publishing , 1994 . . - Rogers , Brian . United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978 . Hinkley , England : Midland Publications , 2005 . .