1st Fighter Group

1st
Oldest fighter organization
in the United States Air Force.

1st Pursuit Group - May 1918
1st Fighter Group - May 1941
1st Tactical Fighter Wing - October 1970

Squadrons
17th - 1917 to 1940
27th - 1917 to Present
71st - 1941 to Present
94th - 1917 to Present
95th - 1917 to 1927
185th - 1918 to 1919

Campaigns
World War I

Lorraine
Champagne
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Marne
St Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne

World War II
Air Combat
Air Offensive, Europe
Algeria-French Morocco
Tunisia (Air)
Sicily
Naples-Foggia (Air)
Anzio
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Appenines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley

Decorations
Croix de Guerre with Palm
94th Aero Squadron

Distinguished Unit Citations
25 August 1943 - Salerno, Italy
30 August 1943 - Aversa, Italy
18 May 1944 - Ploesti, Romania