The 499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 85th Fighter-Bomber Group stationed at Waycross Army Airfield, Georgia. It was inactivated on 1 May 1944.
Constituted 305th Bombardment Squadron (Light) on 13 January 1942
Activated on 10 February 1942
Redesignated:
305th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 27 July 1942
Redesignated:
499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943
Disbanded on 1 May 1944.
85th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 10 February 1942 – 1 May 1944.
Savannah AAB, Georgia, 10 February 1942
Bowman Field, Kentucky, 16 February 1942
Hunter Field, Georgia, 9 June 1942
Waycross AAF, Georgia, 15 August 1942
Gillespie Field, Nashville, Tennessee, 3 October 1942
Blythe AAB, California, 2 November 1942
Rice AAF, California, 10 December 1942
Harding AAF, Louisiana, 8 April 1943
Waycross AAF, Georgia, 22 August 1943
Harris Neck AAF, Georgia, 20 September 1943
Waycross AAF, Georgia, 13 December 1943 – 1 May 1944
V-72 Vengeance, 1942
A-24 Dauntless, 1942–1943
North American A-36, 1943
P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
P-40 Warhawk, 1944
P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944
Participated in air-ground maneuvers, October 1942— April 1943, and afterward served as a replacement training unit until 1 May 1944
