1st Fighter Group
Dedicated to the memory
of
those who served and
those who gave their lives
defending
our precious gift of
freedom
Oldest fighter organization
in the
United States Air Force
1st Pursuit Group
May 1918
1st Fighter Group
May 1941
1st Tactical Fighter Wing
October 1970
Squadrons
17th, 1917-1940 • 27th, 1917-
71st, 1941- • 94th, 1917-
95th, 1917-1927 • 185th, 1918-1919
Campaigns
World War I
Lorraine • Champagne • Champaign-Marne
Aisne-Marne • Oise-Aisne • St Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
Air Combat Europe-Africa-Mediterranean Theater
Air Offensive-Europe • Algeria-French Morroco [sic]
Tunisia • Sicily • Naples-Foggia
Anzio • Rome-Arno • Normandy
Northern France • Southern France
North Apennines • Rhineland
Central Europe • Po Valley
Decorations
Croix de Guerre with Palm
94th Aero Squadron
Distinguished Unit Citations;
Italy Aug. 25, 1943
Italy Aug. 30, 1943
Ploesti, Rumania May 18, 1944
Memorial designed by
Warren Perryman
27th Fighter Squadron
Dedicated September 1986
Courtesy hmdb.org
