It operates the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducting close air support missions.

Lieutenant Colonel John E. Barr, the executive officer for the 51st Fighter Group, modified a P-40 to carry 1,000 pound bombs, and by May 1943, the Japanese offensive had been halted.

[5] On 15 October 1946, the 25th was reactivated at Naha Air Base, Okinawa, where the squadron was assigned Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star aircraft.

The 25th flew more than 21 sorties each day that month to save the 2nd Infantry Division, which had been cut off by the enemy near Kunuri, from being overrun.

On that date, the 25th was relocated without personnel or equipment to Suwon Air Base, Republic of Korea, and assigned to the 51st Composite Wing.

The squadron's presence helped maintain a peaceful armistice between North and South Korea until 2 October 1989.

It was during that time that the 25th began transferring aircraft to the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron and other stateside units.

On 1 October 1993, the 25th Fighter Squadron was reactivated under the 51st Wing at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Syd McPherson.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency