The 40th Squadron with its P-47 Thunderbolt fighters was part of the massive Allied build-up to liberate Europe from Nazi rule. The unit was re-established in 1946 as the 190th Fighter Squadron at Gowen Field Air Base in the US state of Idaho, allowing it to celebrate its 7th ...The 40th Squadron with its P-47 Thunderbolt fighters was part of the massive Allied build-up to liberate Europe from Nazi rule. The unit was re-established in 1946 as the 190th Fighter Squadron at Gowen Field Air Base in the US state of Idaho, allowing it to celebrate its 7th anniversary in 2021.
The unit celebrated the event with a historic livery worn by one of the unit's P-47s 75 years earlier.