323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
The 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland. It was inactivated on July 1, 1960
History
Air defense and operational training unit until February 1944, and afterward replacement training unit until April 1944. Air Defense of the Pacific Northwest, 1952–1955; Air Defense of the Upper Midwest, 1955–1957; Air Defense of Northeast North America, 1957–1960.
Lineage
- Constituted 323d Fighter Squadron on June 24, 1942
- Activated on August 25, 1942
- Disbanded on April 10, 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on November 14, 1952
- Activated on November 26, 1952
- Discontinued on July 1, 1960.
Assignments
- I Interceptor Command
- 327th Fighter Group, August 25, 1942 – April 10, 1944
- 25th Air Division
- Attached to 4704th Defense Wing, November 26, 1952
- 4702d Defense Wing, January 19, 1953
- 9th Air Division, October 8, 1954
- 327th Fighter Group, August 18, 1955
- 4731st Air Defense Group, October 15, 1957
- Goose Air Defense Sector, June 6 – July 1, 1960
Stations
- Mitchel Field, New York, August 25, 1942
- Philadelphia Mun Aprt, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1942
- Richmond AAB, Virginia, September 19, 1942 – April 10, 1944
- Larson AFB, Washington, November 26, 1952
- Truax Field, Wisconsin, August 18, 1955
- Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, October 15, 1957 – July 1, 1960.
Aircraft
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
- Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.
- USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).
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