It flew North American F-100 Super Sabres and deployed to support NATO forces in Germany.

[3] However, the Army Air Forces (AAF) found that standard military units, whose manning was based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were not well adapted to the training mission.

[2][4][5] The 477th Fighter-Bomber Squadron was activated at Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico in October 1957[6] as the fourth North American F-100 Super Sabre of the 312th Tactical Fighter Wing.

[citation needed] The squadron was inactivated in 1959 and transferred its personnel and equipment to the 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron when the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing moved on paper from Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas to Cannon to replace the 312th Wing.

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