It is part of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, with a mission to certify aircraft as worthy to return to service.

During World War II, the squadron was given, and successfully carried out, the assignment to shoot down the plane carrying Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Operation Vengeance.

As the 339th Fighter Squadron, notably carried out Operation Vengeance on 18 April 1943, resulting in the death of Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who had planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Multiple pilots in the squadron earned the Navy Cross for their roles in the mission.

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