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