121st Fighter Squadron
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Template:Infobox Military Unit 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.
Heraldry
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.
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
Colonial Command Cape Town Deployments
Aircraft
Template:Standard table ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Role ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|# in Service |----- ! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | Fighters |------ |M.Cs 82 Illusion |Template:Country data Anemos Major |multirole fighter |10 |----- |}