page_title: 112th Fighter Squadron
section_title: Lineage
hierarchical_section_title: 112th Fighter Squadron / History / Lineage
caption_attribution_description: English: 112th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Operation Northern Watch 2002
context_page_description: The 112th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing located at Toledo Air National Guard Base, Ohio. The 112th is equipped with the F-16C/D Fighting Falcon.
  The squadron is a descendant organization of the World War I, 112th Aero Squadron, established on 18 August 1917. It was reformed on 20 June 1927, as the 112th Observation Squadron, and is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.
context_section_description: Organized as 112th Aero Squadron** on 18 August 1917
  Re-designated: 112th Aero Squadron (Supply) on 1 September 1917
  Re-designated: 633d Aero Squadron (Supply) on 1 February 1918
  Demobilized on 19 August 1919
  Constituted in the Ohio National Guard in 1921 as the 112th Squadron (Observation)
  Re-designated: 112th Observation Squadron on 25 January 1923
  Organized and Federally recognized on 20 June 1927
  Consolidated and reconstituted on 20 October 1936 with the World War I 112th Aero Squadron
  Ordered to active service on 25 November 1940
  Re-designated: 112th Observation Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
  Re-designated: 112th Observation Squadron on 4 July 1942
  Inactivated on 18 October 1942
  Re-designated 112th Liaison Squadron on 2 April 1943
  Activated on 30 April 1943
  Inactivated on 7 November 1945
  Re-designated 112th Bombardment Squadron (Light), and allotted to Ohio Air National Guard on 24 May 1946.
  Extended federal recognition on 2 December 1946
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 10 February 1951
  Re-designated: 112th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10 February 1951
  Released from active duty and returned to Ohio state control, 9 July 1952
  Re-designated: 112th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 July 1952
  Re-designated: 112th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 April 1955
  Re-designated: 112th Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1958
  Federalized and ordered to active service on: 1 October 1961
  Released from active duty and returned to Indiana state control, 31 August 1962
  Re-designated: 112th Fighter Squadron on 15 March 1992
  Components designated as: 112th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron when deployed as part of an Air and Space Expeditionary unit after June 1996.
  ** This unit is not related to another 112th Aero Squadron (Service) that was activated in March 1918 at Rich Field, Waco, Texas.
caption: 112th EFS Operation Northern Watch, 2002
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