History
The 44th Flew patrols over the Pacific from Hawaii from 7 December 1941–October 1942. It went on to fly combat missions in the South and Southwest Pacific from 21 December 1942 – 15 August 1945. It again flew combat missions in Southeast Asia from 18 December 1964 – 25 February 1965, 21 April – 22 June 1965, 19 –29 October 1965, and 25 April 1967 – 6 October 1970.
The squadron was unmanned from 31 December 1966–24 April 1967 and November 1970–15 May 1971. It has flown air defense over Okinawa and Japan since 1971.
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