53rd Fighter Squadron
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The 53rd Fighter Squadron is an active unit of the United States Air Force, stationed at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Assigned to the 495th Fighter Group, the squadron was last activated on 10 December 2021, as an associate unit to the 113th Wing's 121st Fighter Squadron. It was previously assigned to the 52nd Operations Group and stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, from where it operated the McDonnell Douglas F-15C/D Eagle until its inactivation on 31 March 1999.
Four F-16C Fighting Falcons of the squadron's associate, the 121st Fighter Squadron, at Joint Base Andrews in 2022
53rd FDS F-86F-25-NH Sabre - 51-13467
22nd TFS F-4E-30-MC Phantom - 66-7526, about 1975
Capt. John T. Doneski in 84-14 shot down an Iraqi Su-22M with an AIM-9M during operation "Desert Storm".
495th Fighter Group
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The 495th Fighter Group is an active duty fighter group in the United States Air Force. It is assigned to Fifteenth Air Force of Air Combat Command and stationed at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, with additional units at multiple active Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard installations across the United States.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot of the 495th Fighter Group prepares to take off from Bagram Airfield
1943: Three P-38 Lightnings, AAF Ser. No. 42-68184 and two comrades, of the 495th Fighter Training Group in flight.