page_title: 70th Fighter Squadron
section_title: Tactical fighter operations
hierarchical_section_title: 70th Fighter Squadron / History / Tactical fighter operations
caption_attribution_description: English: F-4E of the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing - Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
context_page_description: The 70th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force squadron. The Squadron was constituted on 14 Dec 1940 as the 70th Pursuit Squadron. This squadron was activated on 1 Jan 1941 and patrolled the airspace around Fiji. After the war, the squadron was declared inactivated on 26 Dec 1945. The 70th Tactical Fighter Squadron was reinstated on 8 Sep 1975 and serve the 70th Fighter Squadron was retired on 1 Nov 1991. It was most recently part of the 347th Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. It operated Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducting ground attack missions.
context_section_description: It deployed aircraft and personnel to Southwest Asia from, 10 January – 16 September 1992.
caption: Squadron McDonnell F-4E Phantom in 1984[note 1]
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