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323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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Emblem of the 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active 1942–1960
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-30-NA Sabre 51-5949

North American F-86D-30-NA Sabre 51-5949, 25th Air Division, Larson AFB, Washington, April 1955

The 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland. It was inactivated on 1 July 1960.

History[]

Air defense and operational training unit until February 1944, and afterward replacement training unit until April 1944. Air Defense of the Pacific Northwest, 1952–1955; Air Defense of the Upper Midwest, 1955–1957; Air Defense of Northeast North America, 1957–1960.

Lineage[]

  • Constituted 323d Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942
Activated on 25 August 1942
Disbanded on 10 April 1944
  • Reconstituted, and redesignated 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 14 November 1952
Activated on 26 November 1952
Discontinued on 1 July 1960.

Assignments[]

I Interceptor Command
327th Fighter Group, 25 August 1942 – 10 April 1944
25th Air Division
Attached to 4704th Defense Wing, 26 November 1952
4702d Defense Wing, 19 January 1953
9th Air Division, 8 October 1954
327th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955
4731st Air Defense Group, 15 October 1957
Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June – 1 July 1960

Stations[]

  • Mitchel Field, New York, 25 August 1942
  • Philadelphia Mun Aprt, Pennsylvania, 25 August 1942
  • Richmond AAB, Virginia, 19 September 1942 – 10 April 1944
  • Larson AFB, Washington, 26 November 1952
  • Truax Field, Wisconsin, 18 August 1955
  • Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 15 October 1957 – 1 July 1960.

Aircraft[]

References[]

PD-icon 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).
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