332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Encyclopedia
The 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with the 4683rd Air Defense Wing, stationed at Thule AB, Greenland
. It was inactivated on May 31, 1965.
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 4683rd Air Defense Wing, stationed at Thule AB, Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It was inactivated on May 31, 1965.
History
Trained replacement pilots, September 1942 – March 1944, and furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943. Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1955–1959; Air Defense of the South-Central United States, 1959–1960; Air Defense of North American continent, 1960–1965.Lineage
- Constituted 332d Fighter Squadron on June 24, 1942
- Activated on July 10, 1942
- Disbanded on March 31, 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on February 11, 1953
- Activated on March 27, 1953
- Inactivated on May 31, 1965.
Assignments
- 329th Fighter Group, July 10, 1942 – March 31, 1944
- 525th Air Defense Group525th Air Defense GroupThe 525th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 4710th Air Defense Wing, being stationed at New Castle County Airport, Delaware...
, March 27, 1953 - 4709th Air Defense Wing, August 18, 1955
- 4621st Air Defense Wing (later New York Air Defense Sector), October 1, 1956
- 4730th Air Defense Group4730th Air Defense GroupThe 4730th Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the New York Air Defense Sector, being stationed at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey...
, February 8, 1957 - 33rd Air Division, July 10, 1959
- Oklahoma City Air Defense SectorOklahoma City Air Defense SectorThe Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Oklahoma City Air Force Station , Oklahoma...
, January 1, 1960 - 4683rd Air Defense Wing, September 1, 1960 – May 31, 1965
Stations
- Hamilton Field, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, July 30, 1942 - Paine FieldPaine FieldPaine Field, also known as Snohomish County Airport is a public airport located in unincorporated Snohomish County, between Mukilteo and Everett, Washington...
, Washington, July 14, 1942 - Santa Anna Army Airbase, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, September 10, 1942 - Ontario AAF, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, August 28, 1943 - Santa Anna Army Airbase, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, October 7, 1943 – March 31, 1944 - New Castle AirportNew Castle AirportNew Castle Airport , also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and four miles south of the central business district of the city of Wilmington....
, DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, March 27, 1953 - McGuire AFB, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, August 18, 1955 - England AFB, LouisianaLouisianaLouisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, July 10, 1959 - Thule AB, GreenlandGreenlandGreenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, September 1, 1960 – May 31, 1965
Aircraft
- P-38 LightningP-38 LightningThe Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament...
, 1942–1944 - F-94C Starfire, 1953–1955
- F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1955–1957
- F-86L Sabre Interceptor (SAGE) 1957-1959
- F-102 Delta DaggerF-102 Delta DaggerThe Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a US interceptor aircraft built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet bomber fleets...
, 1959-1965