330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
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Patch of the 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
Active | 1942-1959 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | Fighter-Interceptor |
The 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 329th Fighter Group, stationed at Stewart AFB, New York. 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
- 329th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944
- 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, 10 July 1942
- Paine Field, Washington, 14 July 1942
- Glendale, California, 10 September 1942
- San Diego, California, 2 November 1942 – 31 March 1944
- Stewart AFB, New York, 27 November 1952 – 1 July 1959.
Aircraft
- P-38 Lightning, 1942–1944
- F-80 Shooting Star, 1952–1953
- F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953-1959.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- 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).
External links
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