332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A Delta Dagger
Active 1942–1965
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Type Fighter-Interceptor
Engagements

  • American Campaign World War II
Decorations

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
Emblem of the 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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 31 May 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

Activated on 10 July 1942
Disbanded on 31 March 1944
Activated on 27 March 1953
Inactivated on 31 May 1965.[1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. 1 2 3 4 Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.
  • 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
  • USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).

External links

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