The 457th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve Command unit, assigned to the 301st Operations Group, 301st Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.

It deployed to Iwo Jima in the spring of 1945 and engaged in combat until V-J Day, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation.

It began its current active period in July 1972, when the regular Air Force transferred three squadrons of Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs to the reserves.

The unit is currently converting to the F-35A Lightning II, which will carry TX tail codes.

Activated on 21 October 1944 at Lakeland Army Air Field, Florida with North American P-51 Mustangs.

Took part in Operation Deny Flight, enforcing a no-fly zone over Bosnia, in 1993 while flying out of Aviano AB in Italy.

[5] The 457th FS ended a two-month deployment to Balad Air Base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in December 2005.

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