330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 329th Fighter Group at Stewart Air Force Base, New York, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1959.

History

World War II

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.^[1]

Cold War air defense

Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1954–1967.

Lineage

Constituted as the 330th Fighter Squadron (Two Engine) 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^[1]

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^[1]

Stations

Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942
Paine Field, Washington, 14 July 1942
Glendale Army Air Base, California, 10 September 1942
Lindbergh Field, California, 2 November 1942 – 31 March 1944
Stewart Air Force Base, New York, 27 November 1952 – 1 July 1959^[1]

Aircraft

Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1942–1944
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1952–1953
North American F-86D Sabre, 1953–1959^[1]

References

Notes

^ Aircraft is North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre serail 51-13383 in 1954

Citations

^ a b c d e f Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 407

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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