18. stíhací skupina [1942-1944]

Created as 18th Pursuit Group in January 1927
Transformed on the 18th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) in 1939
and on the 18th Fighter Group in 1942
Transformed on the 18th Fighter - Bomber Group in January 1950

SQUADRONS
6th - 1927 - 1943
12th - 1943 -
19th - 1927 - 1943
36th - 1931 - 1932
44th - 1941 - 1942, 1943 -
55th - 1931
67th - 1945 -
68th - 1945 -
70th - 1943 - 1945
73rd - 1929 - 1931, 1941 - 1942
74th - 1929 - 1932
78th - 1940 - 1943
333rd - 1942 - 1943
419th - 1943 - 1944

STATIONS
Wahiawa, Wheeler Field , January 1927
Espiritu Santo, 11.3.1943
Guadalcanal, 17.4.1943
Mar, Airport Sansapor / , 21.8.1944
Lingayen, Lingayen Airfield / , 13.1.1945
San Jose, McGuire Field / , 1.3.1945
Zamboanga; Mindanao, 4.5.1945
Palawan, 10.11.1945
Floridablanca, Floridablanca Airfield , march 1946
16.09.1947-25.03.1948 City of Angeles, Army Air Base Clark Field
26.03.1948-28.07.1950 City of Angeles, Clark Air Force Base
Taegu, Taegu Air Base (K-2) , 28.7.1950
Ashiya, Ashiya Air Base / , 8.8.1950
Tongnae, Korea, 8.9.1950
Pyongyang, Korea, 21.11.1950
Suwon, Suwon Auxiliare Air Base (K-13) , 1.12.1950
Chinhae, Korea, 9.12.1950
Hoengsong, Korea, 26.12.1952
Pyeongtaek, Osan-Her AB , 11.1.1953
Kadena, Kadena Air Base , 1.11.1954 -

COMMANDERS
Unknown, 1927 - 1940
Maj Kenneth M Walker, 22.3.1940
Maj William R Morgan, 1941
Lt Col Aaron W Tyer, dec 1941
Lt Col W H Councill, 10.12.1943
Col Milton B Adams, 8.7.1944
Col Harry L Donicht, 24.5.1945
Lt Col Bill Harris, 1.8.1945
Lt Col Wilbur J Grumbles, 18.10.1945 - unknown date
Col Victor R Haugen, 1946
Col Homer And Boushey, 7.8.1946 - march 1947
Maj Kenneth M Taylor, 16.9.1947
Lt Col Joseph J Kruzel, 1.10.1947
Col Marion Malcolm, 3.9.1948
Lt Col Henry H Norman Jr, 24.7.1949
Col Ira L. Wintermute, 16.6.1950
Lt Col Homer M Cox, 20.2.1951
Col William P McBride, may 1951
Col Ralph H. Saltsman Jr, 5.6.1951
Col Seymour M. Levenson, 30.11.1951
Col Sheldon With Brinson, 17.5.1952
Lt Col Albert J Freund Jr, 25.11.1952
Col Maurice L Martin, 24.1.1953
Lt Col Edward L Rathbun, 17.12.1953
Col John H Buckner, 1.2.1954
Lt Col Edward L Rathbun, 24.5.1954
Lt Col Clifford P Patton, 17.8.1954
Col Nathan J Adams, 7.9.1954
Col John B Murphy, 1.11.1954
Lt Col Clifford P Patton, 10.11.1954
Col Paul E. Hoeper, 1.1.1955
Lt Col Joseph E Andres, 22.7.1955
Col Leo C Moon, 21.11.1955 -

CAMPAIGNS
World War II - Central Pacific
- China Defensive
- New Guinea
- Northern Solomons
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Western Pacific
- Leyte
- Luzon
- Southern Philippines
Korean War UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- 1st UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer - Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea Summer - Fall, 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea Summer - Fall, 1953

DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Philippine Islands, 10. - 11.11.1944
- Korea, 3.11.1950 - 24.1.1951
- Korea, 22.4. - 8.7.1951
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations - 24.7.1950 - 31.1.1951, 1.2.1951 - 31.3.1953.

The number of reports of loss - Date - Type of aircraft - Serial number
607 - 23.11.1942 - P-40 - 41-38295 ?
604 - 15.1.1943 - P-39 - 42-4290
608 - 15.1.1943 - P-39 - 42-4364
613 - 29.4.1943 - P-38 - 43-2218
612 - 13.5.1943 - P-38 - 43-2292
606 - 5.6.1943 - P-40 - 41-19838
536 - 1.7.1943 - P-40 - 41-19844
199&40 - 3.7.1943 - P-38 - 42-13500
38 - 3.7.1943 - P-38 - 43-2267
198&39 - 3.7.1943 - P-38 - 43-2277
151 - 27.7.1943 - P-39 - 41-7112
239 - 1.8.1943 - P-40 - 41-19819
362 - 15.8.1943 - P-40 - 43-5670
540 - 18.8.1943 - P-39 - 42-19002
623 - 14.9.1943 - P-40 - 41-14107
622 - 14.9.1943 - P-40 - 41-14207
1090 - 8.11.1943 - P-40 - 43-5677
1088 - 8.11.1943 - P-40 - 43-5681
1493 - 25.12.1943 - P-38 - 42-66892
1496 - 25.12.1943 - P-38 - 42-67773
2204 - 6.1.1944 - P-38 - 42-67610
2203 - 6.1.1944 - P-38 - 42-67615
1777 - 17.1.1944 - P-38
1778 - 17.1.1944 - P-38 - 42-67611
1774 - 17.1.1944 - P-38 - 42-67617
1776 - 17.1.1944 - P-38 - 42-67785
1780 - 18.1.1944 - P-38 - 42-67155
1789&1946 - 18.1.1944 - P-70 - 42-54269
2639 - 27.2.1944 - P-38 - 42-67154
2823 - 16.3.1944 - P-38 - 42-67172
3739 - 18.4.1944 - P-38 - 42-67788
5525 - 12.6.1944 - P-61 - 42-5513
10123 - 19.9.1944 - P-38 - 42-104285
12877 - 3.11.1944 - P-38 - 44-23361
10263 - 10.11.1944 - P-38 - 44-22396
13042 - 10.11.1944 - P-38 - 44-23397
13291 - 11.11.1944 - P-38 - 44-23122
10457 - 13.11.1944 - P-38 - 43-28574
10898 - 21.12.1944 - P-38 - 43-28573
13294 - 29.1.1945 - P-38 - 44-25?94
13299 - 1.2.1945 - P-38 - 44-23555
14665 - 2.6.1945 - BT-13 - 42-90179
14700 - 2.7.1945 - P-38 - 44-25594.