32nd Air Operations Squadron

32nd Air Operations Squadron
F-15 Eagles on the flight line at Leeuwarden, about 1985
Active1 Feb 1940 – 15 Oct 1946
8 Sep 1955 – 1 July 1994
1 Aug 1994 – 1 Nov 2005
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Nickname(s)Wolfhounds
EngagementsWorld War II
Gulf War
DecorationsPresidential Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[1]
Insignia
Patch with 32nd Air Operations Squadron emblem (approved 2 August 1945)[2][note 1]
Patch with 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron emblem[note 2]
Early WWII 32nd Fighter Squadron emblem
Squadron codeCR (1970 – April 1994)

The 32nd Air Operations Squadron, nicknamed the Wolfhounds, is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 32nd Air Operations Group, based at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It was inactivated on 1 November 2005. Between 1955 and 1994, the unit was based at Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands, providing air defence on behalf of NATO as a fighter squadron.

  1. ^ "Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 26 February 2017. (search)
  2. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 157-158


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