The 20th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) squadron. It was most recently part of the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base , New Mexico, where it operated the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II aircraft, conducting training and air superiority missions.

Shaw Air Force Base is home to the 20th Fighter Wing, which serves as the installation's host unit. Shaw Weasels prepare, employ and sustain combat ready suppression of enemy air defense and attack F-16 airpower and deliberately develop combat ready Airmen to win our nation’s wars.

Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force. Oldest active fighter squadron in the Air National Guard. Inactivated on 31 March 1944. Inactivated on 8 February 1957. Redesignated 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron (196?)

Redesignated 20th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 27 Oct 1972. Activated on 1 Dec 1972.

The 20th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) squadron. It was most recently part of the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. It operated the F-4 Phantom II aircraft, conducting training and air superiority missions.

Dec 22, 2004 · The inactivation of the 20th Fighter Squadron, known as the Silver Lobos, also signifies the end of a 33-year German-American joint fighter training program in the decades-old F-4E and F aircraft.

Combat in the Philippine Islands, 8 Dec 1941–1 May 1942; ground echelon fought as infantry unit in Bataan, 18 Jan–8 Apr 1942. Carried as an active unit but was not operational from the fall of the Philippines until 2 Apr 1946. Trained German Air …

The 20th Fighter Wing executed combat air patrol missions over major U.S. cities following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C., and continues to perform in the homeland defense role.

During World War II the 20th Fighter Group was an Eighth Air Force fighter unit stationed in the United Kingdom. It arrived at RAF Kings Cliffe in 1943. It was the oldest USAAF group to be assigned to the Eighth Air Force for an extended period, flying 312 combat missions.

The 20th Fighter Squadron, "Silver Lobos," is a Foreign Military Sales dedicated squadron which provides the German air force with aircrew combat instruction using the F-4F.