321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 316th Air Division, stationed at Paine Air Force Base, Washington. It was inactivated on 8 March 1960.

History
Air defense for the east coast, 1942; operational training unit, October 1942-January 1944; replacement training, January-April 1944. Air Defense of Northwest United States; 1955-1958.

Lineage

 * Constituted 321st Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942
 * Activated on 25 August 1942
 * Disbanded on 10 April 1944


 * Reconstituted, and redesignated 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 20 June 1955
 * Activated on 18 August 1955
 * Discontinued on 1 March 1960.

Assignments

 * 326th Fighter Group, 25 August 1942-10 April 1944;18 August 1955-1 March 1960

Stations

 * Mitchel Field, New York, 19 August 1942
 * Bradley Field, Connecticut, 2 September 194
 * Westover Field, Massachusetts, 1 November 1942
 * Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 17 October 1943 – 10 April 1944
 * Paine Air Force Base, Washington, 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960.

Aircraft

 * P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1944
 * F-89J Scorpion, 1955-1960.