526th Fighter Squadron

The 526th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 86th Operations Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1994.

The squadron was first activated as the 310th Bombardment Squadron in February 1942. After training in the United States, it was deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it became the 526th Fighter-Bomber Squadron and engaged in combat until the spring of 1945, earning two Distinguished Unit Citations. After VE Day, the squadron became part of the occupation forces in Germany. Briefly inactivated in 1946, it returned to Germany a few months later.

During the Cold War, the squadron served in the fighter bomber role as the 526th Fighter-Bomber Squadron and in the air defense role as the 526th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. It became the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron in 1968. The squadron again saw combat service in the Gulf War before inactivating in July 1994.