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The 83d Fighter-Day Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 83d Fighter-Day Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, where it was inactivated on 8 December 1957.
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During World War II, the 83d Fighter Group served as a First Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt replacement training unit (RTU).
In the Cold War, the 83d Fighter-Day Group was a Tactical Air Command unit initially equipped with North American F-86 Sabres, and subsequently North American F-100 Super Sabres. The unit was inactivated on 8 December 1957. Its mission, personnel and equipment were transferred to the 4th Fighter-Day Wing, which moved to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base the same day. Each of the group's squadrons was similarly replaced by one of the 4th group's squadrons: the 448th Fighter-Day Squadron by the 333d Fighter-Day Squadron; the 532d Fighter-Day Squadron by the 334th Fighter-Day Squadron; the 533d Fighter-Day Squadron by the 335th Fighter-Day Squadron; and the 534th Fighter-Day Squadron by the 336th Fighter-Day Squadron. The 4th Fighter Wing with its operational squadrons have, under various designations, remained at Seymour Johnson AFB for over 50 years.