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List of commanding Officers of the
76th From 1942 to present
1. Maj Edward F. Rector - 4 Jul 1942
2. Lt Col Bruce K. Holloway - 5 Dec 1942
3. Capt (later Maj) Grant Mahony - 2 Jan 1943
4. Capt William Miller - 9 Jun 1943
5. Capt (later Maj) Robert Costello - Jul
1943
6. Capt James M. Williams - Oct 1943
7. Capt (later Maj) John S. Stewart - Jan
1944
8. Maj (later Lt Col) Charles E. Griffith - May
1944
9. Maj (later Lt Col) L. V. Teeter - Dec 1944
10. Maj (later Lt Col) David T. Whiddon - Jun 1945
11. Maj Eugene McGuire - Oct
1945-c. Dec 1945
Squadron Inactivated 5 Jan 1946 - 10 Oct 1946
12. Capt (later Maj) Victor N. Curtis - 10 Oct
1946
13. Maj Robert M. Levy - 5
Oct 1948-1949
Squadron Inactivated 24 Sep 1949 -
18 Aug 1955
14. Lt Col Walter R. Hardee Jr - 1956
15. Maj Morris F. Wilson - 1957
16. Lt Col Donald V. Miller - 11 Sep 1959
17. Maj William B. Howell - 1 Feb 1961
18. Lt Col Frederick D. Ellis - 1961
19. Maj Willliam B. Howell - 29 Dec 1961
20. Lt Col (later Col) James A. Hearn - 15
Feb 1962
21. Maj Robert W. Thompson - 6 May 1963
22. Capt Frederick W. Knops Jr. - 28 May
1963-1 Jul 1963
Squadron Inactivated - 1
Jul 1963 - 1Oct 1972
23. Lt Col John B. Cutler, - 1 Oct 1972
Researching (1972-85)
23. LtCol
Wallace “Bing” Girling. 1972
- ? (actual dates uk)
Col. Arthur L. Chase 1976-1977
LtCol
Jim Jamerson LtCol Jim
Jamerson LtCol Jim Jamerson 1979-1980
LtCol Joe Redden 1980-1982
LtCol Roger Carleton 1982-1984
LtCol Bob Hoh 1984-1985
Ron Cooper 1985
Lt Col Ron Cooper - 1985-1987
Lt Col Bill Pitts - 1987-1989
Lt Col Victor E. Renuart Jr - 1989-1991
Squadron Inactivated - 1992-1Dec
1995
Lt Col Thomas Meade, - 1 Dec 1995- July 1996
Lt Col Dallas Stephens - July 1996-5 Sep
1997
Lt Col Craig Brazeau - 6 Sep 1997-19 Oct
1997
Lt Col Mary Staley - 20 Oct 1997-5 Jul 1999
Lt Col David Ziegler - 6 Jul 1999-
22 May 2001
Lt Col Sam McCraw - 23 May 2001
Lt Col Todd Gossett - 4 Feb 2004
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Chronological history of the 76th
Squadron
3rd Pursuit Squadron "Hell's
Angels" became
76th
Pursuit Squadron |
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P-40's |
Constituted |
December
17, 1941 |
China |
76th
Fighter Squadron |
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P-40's |
Renamed |
May
15, 1942 |
Kunming
China |
76th
Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group) |
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P-40's |
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P-51
Mustangs 1944 |
Reassigned |
July
4 1942 |
Kunming
China |
Relocated |
December
1945 |
United
States |
Inactivated |
January
6, 1946 |
Fort
Lewis, Washington |
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76th
Fighter Squadron (23rd Fighter Group) |
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P-47
and RF-80 |
Reactivation |
Oct.
10, 1946 |
Northwest
Field, Quam |
Transferred |
April
1949 |
Howard
AFB Panama Canal |
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Zone |
Inactivation |
September
24, 1949 |
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76th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron (23rd FG) |
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F-89 |
Activated |
August
18, 1955 |
Presque
Isle, AFB Maine |
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76th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron (35th AD) |
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F-89
Scorpion |
Relocated |
November
1957 |
Pinecastle
AFB Florida |
Relocated |
February
1961 |
Westover
AFB Mass. |
Deactivated |
July
1963 |
Massachusetts |
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76th
Tactical Fighter Squadron (23rd TFW) |
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A-7s,
A-10s |
Activated |
October
1972 |
England
AFB Louisiana |
Deployed |
1991
- 1992 |
Saudi
Arabia |
Deactivated |
1992 |
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76th
Space Operations Squadron 14th AF) |
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Space
Systems |
Reactivated |
December
1995 |
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76th
Space Operations Squadron |
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Deactivated |
January
21, 2001 |
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76th
Space Control Squadron |
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Space
Systems |
Activated |
January
22, 2001 |
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