The 77th Fighter Squadron is part of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions. The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air Force, its origins dating to 20 February 1918, being organized at Rich Field , Waco ...

The 77th, now designated a fighter squadron, arrived at Northhamptonshire, England, in August 1943, flying the P-38. The 77th entered combat operations in November 1943, flying combat missions until April 25, 1945, when, armed with P-51 Mustangs, they began escorting "heavies" to Pilzen, Czechoslovakia, in one of the last raids of the war.

Jun 2, 2023 · U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 77th Fighter Squadron (FS) taxi on the flightline upon redeploying to Shaw Air Force May 4, 2023. The 77th FS and Fighter Generation Squadron deployed to project combat air power and help stabilize the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Oct 26, 2022 · Good thing the Air Force’s 77th Fighter Squadron, also known as “The Gamblers,” just rolled into a new deployment bearing a four-of-a-kind, one of the best hands in poker, painted across the...

77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan to air support to Afghan and coalition forces on the ground.

The 77th Fighter Squadron (77 FS) is part of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting air superiority missions. The squadron is one of the oldest in the United States Air …

Oct 24, 2022 · U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Yanni Rosario Gonzalez, 77th Fighter Generation Squadron (FGS) weapons load crew member, operates a MJ-1 standard lift truck while loading a F-16C Fighting Falcon on the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Oct. 12, 2022.

The 77th Fighter Squadron "Gamblers" are a combat ready F-16C/D squadron tasked with air-to-air, air-to-surface and Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses missions as directed by the wing or...

Apr 9, 2015 · Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron; Service Numbers: 17064508 / O-753590; Highest Rank: Captain; Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

8 May 1947 A North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, 44-74652, of the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, based at Shaw Field, South Carolina, crashes at noon near Cassatt, South Carolina in Kershaw County.