332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
The 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 4683rd Air Defense Wing, stationed at Thule AB, Greenland. It was inactivated on May 31, 1965.
History
Trained replacement pilots, September 1942 – March 1944, and furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943. Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1955–1959; Air Defense of the South-Central United States, 1959–1960; Air Defense of North American continent, 1960–1965.
Lineage
- Constituted 332d Fighter Squadron on June 24, 1942
- Activated on July 10, 1942
- Disbanded on March 31, 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on February 11, 1953
- Activated on March 27, 1953
- Inactivated on May 31, 1965.
Assignments
- 329th Fighter Group, July 10, 1942 – March 31, 1944
- 525th Air Defense Group, March 27, 1953
- 4709th Air Defense Wing, August 18, 1955
- 4621st Air Defense Wing (later New York Air Defense Sector), October 1, 1956
- 4730th Air Defense Group, February 8, 1957
- 33rd Air Division, July 10, 1959
- Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, January 1, 1960
- 4683rd Air Defense Wing, September 1, 1960 – May 31, 1965
Stations
- Hamilton Field, California, July 30, 1942
- Paine Field, Washington, July 14, 1942
- Santa Anna Army Airbase, California, September 10, 1942
- Ontario AAF, California, August 28, 1943
- Santa Anna Army Airbase, California, October 7, 1943 – March 31, 1944
- New Castle Airport, Delaware, March 27, 1953
- McGuire AFB, New Jersey, August 18, 1955
- England AFB, Louisiana, July 10, 1959
- Thule AB, Greenland, September 1, 1960 – May 31, 1965
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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