561st Fighter Squadron (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron was an F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel fighter squadron, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was deactivated in 1996, and was self-styled as "The Last Great Fighter Squadron." The 561st Fighter Squadron was first activated at Gowen Field, Idaho on December 24, 1942, as the 561st Bombardment Squadron-Heavy, a training squadron for B-17 Flying Fortress crews destined for Europe during World War II. The unit was active in the organized reserve from June, 1947 to June, 1949, being stationed first at Orchard Place Airport in Park Ridge, Illinois, and later at Gen. Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.