480th Fighter Squadron Activation

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany—Col. Jackson Fox, 52nd Operations Group commander presents the 480th Fighter Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Andrew Wolcott, 480th FS commander, as he assumes command Aug. 13. The 480th is Spangdahlem’s newest F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron, and took on the motto “From Escardrille to Warhawks” to signify its geographical ties to the Lafayette Escadrille in France. Prior to America’s entry into World War I, 38 American pilots volunteered to fly for the French Aéronautique militaire in April 1916 and are known as America’s first fighter aircraft aviators. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Logan Tuttle)

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