121st Fighter Squadron

121st Fighter Squadron
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Active	2004-Present
Country	Aquitayne
Allegiance	Aquitayne
Branch	Air Force
Type	Squadron
Role	Air Superiority
Size	150 active 0 civilian personnel 0 reserve personnel 10 aircraft
Air Base	Feiyer Air Base, Cape Town Aquitayne
Nickname(s)	"Hard Chargers"
Motto(s)	"Libertatem Defendimus(Liberty We Defend)"
Colors	White, Blue
Mascot(s)	Turtle
Anniversaries	18 March 1939 26 September 1956 1 June 2004
Engagements	Battle of Helm, Humanitarian Intervention of Pangus
Decorations	Royal Merit Parliamentary Citation Great War
Commanders
8th Wing Commander	Colonel Lars Neilsson
8th Wing Executive Officer	Lieutenant Colonel Borei Mangla
Commander 121st Fighter Squadron	Major Philas Noma
Insignia
121st Fighter Wing Emblem

The 121st Fighter Squadron (121 FS) is a unit of the Aquitaynian Air Forces Colonial Command 8th Air Wing located at Freiyer Air Base, Cape Town, Insula Fera. The 121st is equipped with the Anemonian M.Cs 8 Illusion air superiority fighter.

The squadron is a descendant organization of the 121st Observation Squadron, established on 10 July 1940. It is one of the 29 original Air Force Reserve Observation Squadrons of the Aquitaynian Army Air Corps formed before 1965.

History

Origins

The 121st Fighter Squadron was introduced in 2004 to meet the large influx of Anemonian M.Cs 8 Illusion aircraft and their integration to the Aquitaynian Armed Services. As it is the primary multirole fighter of the Air Force, the 121st were one of the first Air Force units to receive the brand new aircraft and begin operations in Ceria. The pilots were pulled from units across the service, including special operation groups, to allow such a new aircraft to succeed in a high stress environment; likewise, the unit was initially a Training Squadron.

8th Air Wing

The 121st Fighter Squadron was moved to the 8th Air Wing on 21 January, 2014, as the Air Wing was transferring its base of operations from Metropolitan Aquitayne to Colonial Aquitayne, on assignment for the defense of the new colony of Cape Town, Insula Fera. Prior to that, the squadron acted as TRAINDIV's training squadron for all new pilots who would end up flying the M.Cs 8 Illusion aircraft.

The 121st is also the only squadron within the 8th Air Wing to have lost an aircraft during Operation North Star, on mission in the Humanitarian Intervention in Insula Fera.

Assignments

• GHQ Air Force, 1 June 2004
• CENTCOM, 15 June 2004

Attatched to Training Division Headquarters, 20 June - 6 October 2007

• 6th Air Wing, 20 October 2007 - 15 January 2014

Attached to: 91st Fighter Group 20 October 2007 - 16 February 2009

Attached to: 91st Aerial Refueling Wing 18 February 2009 - 13 June 2012

Attached to: 91st Reconnaissance Squadron 15 June 2012 - 15 January 2014

• 8th Air Wing, 21 January, 2014 - Present

Stations

• Kei-Tan Air Base, Tacor, Ceria Province, Aquitayne 1 June 2004 - 6 October 2007
• Jeiger Air Base, Swacaea, Tasmalian Province, Aquitayne 20 October 2007 - 15 January 2014
• Feiyer Air Base, Cape Town, Insula Fera, Aquitayne 19 January 2014 - Present

Aircraft

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