408th Fighter Group

The 408th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 25th Air Division (Air Defense Command), based at Kingsley Field, Oregon. It was inactivated on 1 January 1970

History

Served as an operational training and a replacement training unit. Also participated occasionally in demonstrations and maneuvers 1944-1944. Designated as SAC Fighter-Escort squadron 1953, never made active. Air Defense of Pacific Northwest, 19556-1970

Lineage

• Constituted as 408th Bombardment Group (Dive) on 23 March 1943

Activated on 5 April 1943

Redesignated as 408th Fighter-Bomber Group in August 1943

Disbanded on 1 April 1944

• Established as: 408th Strategic Fighter Wing, on 3 March 1953

Never made active

• Reconstituted and redesignated as 408th Fighter Group (Air Defense), on 8 July 1955

Activated on 8 April 1956

Inactivated on 1 January 1970

Assignments

• Third Air Force, 10 February 1942
• 72d Fighter Wing, 1 November 1943-1 April 1944
• Strategic Air Command, 3 March 1953
• Air Defense Command, 8 July 1955
• 28th Air Division, 8 April 1956
• 25th Air Division, 1 March 1959
• Spokane Air Defense Sector, 15 April 1960
• 25th Air Division, 1 September 1963-1 November 1970

Units assigned

• 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 30 September 1968-17 December 1969
• 322d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 8 April 1956-1 July 1968
• 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 1 November-3 December 1969
• 455th Fighter Squadron: 1944
• 636th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) (later 518th Fighter Squadron): 1943-1944; 1956-1 July 1959
• 637th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) (later 519th Fighter Squadron): 1943-1944
• 638th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) (later 520th Fighter Squadron): 1943-1944
• 639th Bombardment Squadron (Dive): 1943.

Stations

• Key Field, Mississippi, 5 April 1943
• Drew Field, Florida, 22 September 1943
• Abilene AAF, Texas, 20 November 1943
• DeRidder AAB, Louisiana, 12 February 1944
• Woodward AAF, Oklahoma, 26 March-i April 1944
• Klamath Falls Mun Aprt (later Kingsley Field), Oregon, 8 April 1956-1 November 1970

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

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