The 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the 329th Fighter Group, stationed at Stewart AFB, New York

New York

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. It was inactivated on 1 July 1959.

History

Trained replacement pilots, September 1942-March 1944; furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January-December 1943; served as part of air defense force for the west coast, 1943. Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1954–1967

Lineage

• Constituted 330th Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942

Activated on 10 July 1942

Disbanded on 31 March 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 14 November 1952

Activated on 27 November 1952

Inactivated on 1 July 1959

Assignments

• IV Fighter Command
  IV Fighter Command
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329th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942-31 March 1944

• Air Defense Command

4709th Defense (later Air Defense) Wing, 27 November 1952

4700th Air Defense Group, 20 September 1954

329th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955-1 July 1959.

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California
  California
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  , 10 July 1942
• Paine Field
  Paine Field
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  , Washington, 14 July 1942
• Glendale
  Glendale, California
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  , California
  California
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  , 10 September 1942
• San Diego, California
  California
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  ,, 2 November 1942-31 March 1944
• Stewart AFB, New York
  New York
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  , 27 November 1952-1 July 1959.

Aircraft

• P-38 Lightning
  P-38 Lightning
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  , 1942–1944
• F-80 Shooting Star, 1952–1953
• F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953-1959.

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