The 72nd Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 56th Operations Group, based at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. It was inactivated on 19 June 1992.
72nd TFTS F-16B Block 10B Fighting Falcon 80-0623
72nd TFS F-100D 55-3610 at Clark AB, 1958
72nd Fighter Squadron P-51D Mustang, North Field, Iwo Jima, 1945.
Wheeler Army Airfield, also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National Historic Landmark for its role in the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
A US Army UH-60 Blackhawk preparing for flight at Wheeler AAF during 2011
Curtiss P-40s burning at Wheeler, 7 December 1941