432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
| 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
|---|---|
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North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres
520th Air Defense Group, Truax Field, Wisconsin, Nov 1953 Identified Aircraft: 52-3622, 52-3717 | |
| Active | 1943–1958 |
| Country |
 United States |
| Branch |
 United States Air Force |
| Type | Fighter-Interceptor |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel |
| Insignia | |
| Emblem of the 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron |
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The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 475th Fighter Group stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. It was inactivated on 2 January 1958.
History
Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949. Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.
Lineage
432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89H-5-NO Scorpion 54-409 Stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. At Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959
- Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943
- Inactivated on 1 April 1949
- Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952
- Activated on December 1952
- Inactivated on 2 January 1958.
Assignments
- 475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949
- Air Defense Command
- 31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
- 520th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953
- 475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958.
Stations
- Charters Towers, Australia, 14 May 1943
- RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, 11 June 1943
- Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 14 August 1943
- Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943
- Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 March 1944
- Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
- Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944
- Dulag Airfield, Leyte, 2 November 1944
- Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, 5 February – 2 March 1945
- Clark Field, Luzon, 27 February 1945
- Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, 19 April 1945
- Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
- Kimpo AB, Korea, 28 September 1945
- Itazuke AB, Japan, 28 August 1948
- Ashiya AB, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949
- Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958
Aircraft
- P-38 Lightning, 1943–1946
- P-51 Mustang, 1946–1949
- F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1952–1955
- F-89D Scorpion, 1955–1956
- F-89H Scorpion, 1956–1957
References
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).
