USAF  "STINGERS"  F-15D EAGLE

 The 60th Fighter Squadron is one of two combat flying squadrons in the 33d Fighter Wing Operations Group, 33d Fighter Wing. The mission of the 60th Fighter Squadron is to prepare and maintain a 24 Primary Assigned Aircraft (PAA) combat-coded F-15C squadron for worldwide deployment and air combat operations. The squadron plans and executes an annual flying hour program of over 5,700 sorties to train and maintain the combat readiness of 32 pilots and 300 maintenance personnel for operational tasks in the world's most sophisticated air superiority aircraft. The squadron has over 320 active-duty and civilian personnel and 27 F-15C/D aircraft assigned. The "Fighting Crows" maintain and manage $950 million in assets and have an annual budget of $14 million.

SCALE:    1:72
NOTE:    F-15D Eagle 22nd FS, 36th TFW, Spangdahlem AB

Item Number:   DRW50146                                                                                                                                        Price: $34.95

Special Features:
    - 1/72 Authentic Scale
    - High Quality Diecast Metal
    - Historically Accurate
    - Removable Weapons
    - Detailed Cockpits
    - Opening Canopies
    - Moving Wing Flaps
    - Pre-assembled
    - Display In Flight or In Landing Mode

About the 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron:
The 22nd Fighter Squadron was originally constituted as the 22nd Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 22 December 1939. It activated on 1 February 1940 at Langley Field, VA, and was assigned to the 36th Pursuit (later, 36th Fighter) Group. It was re-designated as the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Jet Propelled, on 27 October 1947, upon the squadron's transition to the P(later F–)80; and as the 22nd Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 17 June 1948. The unit relocated to Furstenfeldbruck AB, Germany, on 13 August 1948 and was re-designated as the 22nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 20 January 1950. That same year, the squadron transitioned to the F-84. The 22nd then relocated to Bitburg AB, Germany, on 28 October 1952, where it remained until the base's closure, and was re-designated as the 22nd Fighter-Day Squadron on 9 August 1954.
Having converted in 1956 to the F-100, the 22nd was reassigned to the 36th Fighter-Day (later, 36th Tactical Fighter, 36th Fighter) Wing, on 8 December of the following year. It was re-designated, on 8 July 1957, as the 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. The 22nd converted to the F-105 aircraft in 1961, to the F-4 in 1966, and to the F-15 in 1977.
Redesignated as the 22nd Fighter Squadron on 1 October 1991, the squadron was reassigned to the 36th Operations Group, on 31 March 1992.
Upon its reassignment to the 52nd Operations Group, on 1 April 1994, the 22nd FS relocated to Spangdahlem AB, Germany. The squadron has been tasked with maintaining combat fighter proficiency in Europe since 1948.