The 8th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 54th Fighter Group Air Education and Training Command, stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
It currently operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, conducting initial training, transition and instructor upgrades training.
The squadron have a proud lineage of aircraft and assignments. The origin of the 8th Fighter Squadron can be traced back to 1940, and since then, the squadron has served in several war and peace time assignments across the globe.
8th Fighter Squadron F-22A Raptor taxiing at Holloman AFB
8th Pursuit Squadron P-40Es at Darwin, Australia, in June 1942
8th FBS F-80Cs over Korea, 1950
The fully armed squadron CO's F-84E during the Korean War
The 54th Fighter Group is an active unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and assigned to the 49th Wing of Air Education and Training Command. The group was reactivated in March 2014.
F-16 Fighting Falcon as flown by the 54th Fighter Group
Image: 54th fighter gp emblem
42d Fighter Squadron P-39F at Adak, Alaska
54th Fighter Group P-51 at Hillsborough AAF