327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
	Emblem of the327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1942–1960
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Air Defense
Engagements	World War II

Convair F-102A-30-CO Delta Dagger 54-1381, 1956 Motif

Convair F-102A-75-CO Delta Dagger AF Serial No. 56-1396 of the 327 FIS at George AFB, California.

The 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division stationed at Thule AB, Greenland. It was inactivated on 25 March 1960.

History[]

Air defense and operational training unit until 1 March 1943, and afterward replacement training unit until 31 March 1944. On 1 May 1956, they became the first squadron to employ the Convair F-102A 'Delta Dagger' in operational service, becoming the first supersonic unit in Air Defense Command.

Lineage[]

Constituted 327th Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942

Activated on 10 July 1942

Disbanded on 31 March 1944

Reconstituted, and redesignated 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 20 June 1955

Activated on 18 August 1955

Discontinued on 25 March 1960

Assignments[]

IV Fighter Command

328th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944

Air Defense Command

27th Air Division, 18 August 1955

4722d Air Defense Group, 1 December 1956

27th Air Division, 25 June 1958

64th Air Division, 3 July 1958 – 25 March 1960.

Stations[]

Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942
Mills Field, California, 5 October 1942
Marysville AAF, California, 1 February – 31 March 1944
George AFB, California, 18 August 1955
Thule AB, Greenland, 3 July 1958 – 25 March 1960.

Aircraft[]

P-39 Airacobra, 1942–1944
F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1955–1956
F-102 Delta Dagger, 1956–1960

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).

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