It operates Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft training pilots for close air support missions.

The squadron engaged in low-level sweeps over the low countries and Occupied France, attacking enemy airfields and targets of opportunity such as locomotives, bridges, radio stations, and armored cars.

On 5 April 1944, shortly after converting from P-47's to North American P-51 Mustangs, the squadron successfully bombed and strafed German airfields during a snow squall, for which it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation.

[3] It provided fighter cover for Allied forces landing in Normandy on 6 June 1944, and afterwards hit transportation facilities to cut enemy supply lines.

Th unit received new Mighty Mouse rocket armed and airborne intercept radar equipped North American F-86D Sabre interceptors in early 1955.

The unit almost immediately re-deployed to Thailand, this time to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in early 1966 as part of the deployment of its parent wing.

[2] The squadron remained in Thailand engaged in combat operations over Indochina until 1970, flying frequent missions over South and North Vietnam.

[2] The squadron activated briefly at McConnell AFB in March 1971, but moved to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona later that month and was reassigned to the reformed 355th Tactical Fighter Wing and equipped with the new LTV A-7D Corsair II ground support aircraft.