482d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

482d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

482d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem
Active 1943–1969
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
Type Fighter-Interceptor

The 482d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Montgomery Air Defense Sector, stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. It was inactivated on 30 June 1969.

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History

Activated in 1943 as a IV Fighter Command P-38 Lightning Replacement Training Unit (RTU). Trained P-38 pilots until phaseout of Lightning training in March 1944.

Reactivated in 1955 as an Air Defense Command interceptor squadron. Performed air defense mission over the Mid-Atlantic states with F-102 Delta Daggers. Deployed to Miami during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis providing air defense over South Florida.

In July 1965 was moved to Homestead AFB, Florida, where it flew F-104A Starfighters. In addition, the squadron received the two-seat, dual-control, combat trainer F-104B. The performance of the F-104B was almost identical to that of the F-104A, but the lower internal fuel capacity reduced its effective range considerably. It was decided after the Cuban Missile Crisis to establish permanently assigned interceptors to Homestead to counter any air intrusion by Soviet/Cuban fighters. These ADC F-104As remained in service for several years until inactivated in June 1969 with the phaseout of the F-104.

Lineage

Activated or 1 November 1943
Disbanded on 31 March 1944
Activated on 8 April 1956
Inactivated on 30 June 1969

Assignments

Stations

Detachment operated from Miami International Airport, Florida, 1 July-31 December 1961
Detachment operated from Homestead AFB, Florida, 1 January 1962, 30 June 1965

Aircraft

References

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal
World War II portal

 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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