326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1940–1967
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor
Engagements	World War II

Convair F-102A-75-CO Delta Dagger 56-1383, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, May 1964

326th FIS F-102 56-1444 about 1960

The 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 328th Fighter Wing stationed at Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri. It was inactivated on 2 January 1967.

History

Air defense and operational training unit until 1 March 1944, and afterward replacement training unit until 31 March 1944. Air defense of the midwest United States, 1953–1967.

Lineage

• Constituted 326th Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942

Activated on 10 July 1942

Disbanded on 31 March 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 23 March 1953

Activated on 18 December 1953

Inactivated on 2 January 1967

Assignments

• 328th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944
• 4676th Air Defense Group, 18 December 1953
• 328th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955
• 328th Fighter Wing, 1 February 1961 – 2 January 1967

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942
• Santa Rosa AAF, California, 13 December 1943 – 31 March 1944
• Fairfax Field, Kansas, 18 December 1953
• Grandview (later Richards-Gebaur) AFB, Missouri, 1 March 1954 – 2 January 1967

Aircraft

• P-39 Aircobra, 1942–1944
• F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1957
• F-102 Delta Dagger, 1957–1967

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).