326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
| 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
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Convair F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1383 at Richards-Gebaur AFB in May 1964 | |
| Active | 1942–1944; 1953-1967 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force |
| Role | Fighter-Interceptor |
| Nickname | Skywolves |
| Insignia | |
| Patch with the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 5 September 1961)[1] |
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The 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 328th Fighter Wing at Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1967.
History
World War II
Air defense and operational training unit until 1 March 1944, and afterward replacement training unit until 31 March 1944.
Air Defense Command
326th FIS F-102 56-1444 about 1960
Air defense of the midwest United States, 1953–1967. On 22 October 1962, before President Kennedy told the nation that missiles were in place in Cuba, the squadron dispersed one third of its force, equipped with nuclear tipped missiles to Central Nebraska Regional Airport at the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis.[2][3] These planes returned to Richards-Gebaur after the crisis.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 326th Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942
- Activated on 10 July 1942
- Disbanded on 31 March 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 March 1953
- Activated on 18 December 1953
- Inactivated on 2 January 1967
Assignments
- 328th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944
- 4676th Air Defense Group, 18 December 1953
- 328th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955
- 328th Fighter Wing, 1 February 1961 – 2 January 1967
Stations
- Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942
- Santa Rosa Army Air Field, California, 13 December 1943 – 31 March 1944
- Fairfax Field, Kansas, 18 December 1953
- Grandview (later Richards-Gebaur) Air Force Base, Missouri, 1 March 1954 – 2 January 1967
Aircraft
- Bell P-39 Aircobra, 1942–1944
- North American F-86D Sabre, 1953–1957
- Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, 1957–1967
See also
References
Notes
- ↑ Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 402. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
- ↑ McMullen, Richard F. (1964) "The Fighter Interceptor Force 1962-1964" ADC Historical Study No. 27, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, CO (Confidential, declassified 22 Mar 2000), pp. 10-12
- ↑ NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO , 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996). P. 16
Bibliography
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Cornett, Lloyd H.; Johnson, Mildred W. (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980. Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
- NORAD/CONAD Participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Historical Reference Paper No. 8, Directorate of Command History Continental Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, 1 Feb 63 (Top Secret NOFORN declassified 9 March 1996)
- "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1)
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