During the Korean War, it deployed to Okinawa and engaged in combat missions under the control of Far East Air Forces.

[1] From Guadalcanal, it struck enemy airfields and military installations along with shipping in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago.

On 29 March 1944, the squadron made an unescorted daylight attack on heavily defended airfields in the Truk Islands for which it was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC).

It flew an unescorted mission attacking the oil refineries at Balikpapan on Borneo on 3 October 1944, for which it was awarded a second DUC.

[3] In the closing months of the war in the Pacific, it supported Australian forces on Borneo and attacked targets in Indochina.

After V-J Day, it ferried liberated prisoners from Okinawa to the Philippines and flew patrols along the coast of China.

It moved to Clark Field in the Philippines in September 1945 and returned to the United States for inactivation at the Port of Embarkation in January 1946.