55th Fighter Squadron
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The 55th Fighter Squadron is part of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions.
Insignia of the 55th Fighter Squadron
55th Fighter Squadron
55th Fighter Squadron World War II Emblem
55th Fighter Squadron emblem 1930 1932
On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich
55th Fighter Squadron
…In late 2008, the 55th deployed to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Six F-16 pilots from the squadron were awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses for Operation Midnight Hammer. Organized as the 55th Aero Squadron on 9 August 1917…
Operation Midnight Hammer was the first combat use of the 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) GBU-57 MOP (pictured).
Timeline of Operation Midnight Hammer
Pentagon graphic depicting the layout of Fordow's ventilation shafts and damage inflicted
A Northrop B-2 Spirit bomber, used by the U.S. in the operation