327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
The 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division stationed at Thule AB, Greenland. It was inactivated on March 25, 1960
History
Air defense and operational training unit until March 1, 1943, and afterward replacement training unit until March 31, 1944. On 1 May 1956, they became the first squadron to employ the Convair F-102A 'Delta Dagger' in operational service, becoming the first supersonic unit in Air Defense Command.
Lineage
- Constituted 327th Fighter Squadron on June 24, 1942
- Activated on July 10, 1942
- Disbanded on March 31, 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on June 20, 1955
- Activated on August 18, 1955
- Discontinued on March 25, 1960
Assignments
- 328th Fighter Group, July 10, 1942 – March 31, 1944
- 27th Air Division, August 18, 1955
- 4722d Air Defense Group, December 1, 1956
- 27th Air Division, June 25, 1958
- 64th Air Division, July 3, 1958 – March 25, 1960.
Stations
- Hamilton Field, California, July 10, 1942
- Mills Field, California, October 5, 1942
- Marysville AAF, California, February 1 – March 31, 1944
- George AFB, California, August 18, 1955
- Thule AB, Greenland, July 3, 1958 – March 25, 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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