330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active 1942-1959
Country  United States
Branch  United States Air Force
Role Fighter-Interceptor
Insignia
Patch with 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 4 March 1944)[1]

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

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Aircraft is North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre serail 51-13383 in 1954
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 407

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  • "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. Aerospace Defense Command. 21 (1): 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.
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