page_title: 474th Tactical Fighter Wing
section_title: Cold War F-86H and F-100D Operations
hierarchical_section_title: 474th Tactical Fighter Wing / History / Cold War F-86H and F-100D Operations
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Air Force North American F-86H-10-NH Sabre (s/n 53-1298) in flight. This aircraft is today on display at Churubusco, Indiana (USA).
context_page_description: The 474th Tactical Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where it trained combat-ready aircrews and maintained a rapid-reaction capability to execute fighter attacks against enemy forces and facilities in time of crisis. During its operational lifetime and under its various designations as a fighter or fighter bomber wing or group, the 474th was engaged in combat operations during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The 474th TFW was inactivated on 30 September 1989 but the 474th Air Expeditionary Group is currently deployed.
context_section_description: On 8 November 1954, the 474th Fighter Bomber Group was transferred to Clovis Air Force Base New Mexico from Taegu AB, South Korea after fighting in the Korean War. The 474th FBG became a second flying component of the 312th FBW on 22 Dec 1954, its mission to be a training organization until 8 October 1957. The 312th and subordinate 474th came under the 832nd Air Division under Tactical Air Command. The Group flew the North American F-86H Sabre. The operational squadrons and colors of the 474th FBG were:
  428th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (blue tail stripe and predominant Squadron emblem color)
  429th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (yellow tail stripe and predominant Squadron emblem color)
  430th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (red tail stripe and predominant Squadron emblem color)
  478th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (activated under 474th TFW October 1957) (green tail stripe and predominant Squadron emblem color)
  On 8 June 1957 Clovis AFB was renamed Cannon Air Force Base. The 474th TFW was activated at Cannon AFB on 8 October 1957, including the previously listed squadrons, and it maintained proficiency in tactical fighter operations, deploying components, aircraft, and crews on a global basis in support of NATO, Pacific Air Forces, Alaskan Air Command, and other organizations flying the F-100D Super Sabre. The 474th TFW deployed three squadrons (44 aircraft) to Homestead Air Force Base Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis on 24 Oct-9 Nov 1962 as part of the 1st Provisional Air Division under Brig. Gen. Gordon M. Graham. The entire wing, except for a deployed squadron in Southeast Asia, reverted to "paper" status on 15 September 1965, and the single detached squadron being reduced to "paper" status upon its return to the United States. The 429th TFS had been deployed with the F-100D to Bien Hoa Air Base in South Vietnam with the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing on 13 July 1965. The Squadron flew 1627 missions before its return to the U.S. It returned to the U.S. to be inactivated on 16 December 1965.
caption: F-86H Sabre
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