This is an organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the United States Air Force, sorted by type. Most squadrons have changed names and designations many times over the years, so they are listed by their current designation. Expeditionary and provisional units are not listed.
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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82nd Aerial Targets Squadron | Team Target[1] | Air Combat Command | United States Air Force Warfare Center | 53 WG | 9 February 1942 | Tyndall AFB, Florida[2] | E-9A[3] QF-16[4] |
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Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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64th Aggressor Squadron | Gomers[5] | Air Combat Command | United States Air Force Warfare Center | 57 WG | 15 January 1941 | Nellis AFB, Nevada | F-16C/D[6] | WA | |
65th Aggressor Squadron | Air Combat Command | United States Air Force Warfare Center | 57 WG | 15 January 1941 | Nellis AFB, Nevada[7] | F-35A[8] | WA | ||
706th Aggressor Squadron | Cajuns | Air Force Reserve Command | Tenth Air Force | 926 WG | 1 April 1943 | Nellis AFB, Nevada[9] | F-16[10] |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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USAF Air Demonstration Squadron | Thunderbirds[11] | Air Combat Command | United States Air Force Warfare Center | 57 WG | 25 May 1953 | Nellis AFB, Nevada | F-16C/D[12] |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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1st Airborne Command Control Squadron | Air Force Global Strike Command | Eighth Air Force | 595 C2G | 25 September 1917 | Offutt AFB, Nebraska | E-4[116] | |||
12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron | Air Combat Command | Fifteenth Air Force | 461 ACW | 18 October 1942 | Robins AFB, Georgia | E-8[117] | GA | ||
16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron | Air Combat Command | Fifteenth Air Force | 461 ACW | 1 March 1943 | Robins AFB, Georgia | E-8[118] | GA | ||
128th Airborne Command and Control Squadron | Georgia Air National Guard | 116 ACW | 1 February 1918 | Robins AFB, Georgia | E-8[119] | GA |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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41st Electronic Combat Squadron | Scorpions[348] | Air Combat Command | Sixteenth Air Force | 55 WG | 13 November 1917[349] | Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona | EC-130H[350] | DM | |
42nd Electronic Combat Squadron | Air Combat Command | Sixteenth Air Force | 55 WG | 7 November 1945[351] | Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona | EC-130H[350] | DM | ||
43rd Electronic Combat Squadron | Bats[352] | Air Combat Command | Sixteenth Air Force | 55 WG | 17 August 1917[353] | Davis–Monthan AFB, Arizona | EA-37B[350][354] | DM | |
390th Electronic Combat Squadron | Wild Boars[355] | Air Combat Command | Fifteenth Air Force | 366 FW | 1 June 1943[356] | NAS Whidbey Island, Washington | EA-18G[357] |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron [358] | Blue Foxes[359] | Pacific Air Forces | Eleventh Air Force | 354 FW | 1 February 1940 | Eielson AFB, Alaska | F-16C/D[360] | AK |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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7th Fighter Training Squadron | Screamin' Demons[601] | Air Combat Command | Fifteenth Air Force | 1 FW | 15 January 1941[602] | JB Langley–Eustis, Virginia | T-38[601] | FF | |
49th Fighter Training Squadron | Black Knights[603] | Air Education and Training Command | Nineteenth Air Force | 14 FTW | 15 January 1941 | Columbus AFB, Mississippi | T-38[604] | CB | |
88th Fighter Training Squadron | Air Education and Training Command | Nineteenth Air Force | 80 FTW | 9 February 1942 | Sheppard AFB, Texas | T-38[605] | EN | ||
435th Fighter Training Squadron | Deadly Black Eagles[606] | Air Education and Training Command | Nineteenth Air Force | 12 FTW | 15 October 1943[607] | JB San Antonio, Texas | T-38[608] | RA |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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1st Helicopter Squadron | Direct Reporting Unit | Air Force District of Washington | 11 WG | 20 April 1944 | JB Andrews, Maryland[704] | UH-1N[705] | |||
37th Helicopter Squadron | Air Force Global Strike Command | Twentieth Air Force | 582 HG | 14 November 1952 | Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyoming | UH-1N[706] | |||
40th Helicopter Squadron | Pathfinders[707] | Air Force Global Strike Command | Twentieth Air Force | 582 HG | 21 March 1968 | Malmstrom AFB, Montana | UH-1N[708] | ||
54th Helicopter Squadron | Air Force Global Strike Command | Twentieth Air Force | 582 HG | 14 November 1952 | Minot AFB, North Dakota | UH-1N[709] |
Squadron Name | Insignia | Nickname | Command | Air Force | Wing | Date First Activated | Base | Aircraft | Tail Code |
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53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron | Hurricane Hunters[859] | Air Force Reserve Command | Twenty-Second Air Force | 403 WG | 31 August 1944[860] | Keesler AFB, Mississippi | WC-130J[859] |
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