Established in 1943 as a P-47 Thunderbolt Replacement Training Squadron (RTU) under I Fighter Command. Also performed air defense over New England. Inactivated in 1944 with the end of RTU training. Activated in 1956 under Tactical Air Command and programmed for F-100 Super Sabres. Never manned or equipped, inactivated in early 1957.
Reactivated in 1969 as a General Dynamics F-111A training squadron, assigned to the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. It was inactivated in 1977 when the parent wing transferred its F-111 aircraft to the 366th TFW at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
Lineage
Constituted 442d Fighter Squadron on 19 Feb 1943
Activated on 24 Feb 1943
Disbanded on 10 Apr 1944.
Reconstituted, and redesignated 442d Fighter-Day Squadron, on 4 Oct 1956.
Activated on 15 Oct 1956
Inactivated on 8 Feb 1957
Established and activated by Tactical Air Command as the 4527th Combat Crew Training Squadron on 20 January 1968
Inactivated on 15 October 1969
Re-designated as 442d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 October 1969
Organized on 15 October 1969, assuming assets of TAC 4527th Combat Crew Training Squadron
Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-912799-12-9.
