page_title: 35th Fighter Squadron
section_title: Korean War
hierarchical_section_title: 35th Fighter Squadron / History / Korean War
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Air Force North American F-86F-30-NA Sabre (s/n 52-4446), nicknamed "Terrible Turtle" of the 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing, flown by 1st Lt. Perrin W. Gower, in Korea.
context_page_description: The 35th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 8th Operations Group, stationed at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The squadron operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.
  The 35th FS is one of two squadrons of Block 40 F-16C/Ds at Kunsan, flying the Fighting Falcon since 1981. The 35th is one of the oldest squadrons in the United States Air Force, its history dating to 12 June 1917, when the unit was activated as the 35th Aero Squadron.
context_section_description: "When the Korean War began, the redesignated 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron entered combat.  Once on the offensive, the 35th moved from base to base in Korea, flying the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star and later the North American F-86 Sabre.  At one time, the 35th was stationed at Pyongyang, now the capital of North Korea."
caption: A 35th FBS F-86 Sabre in Korea, 1953
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