86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 79th Fighter Group, stationed at Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 March 1960. It saw combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in 1944-45, and carried out Air Defense of Midwestern United States; 1949-1960.

Lineage

 * Constituted 86th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942
 * Activated on 9 February 1942
 * Redesignated 86th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942
 * Inactivated on 15 July 1947


 * Redesignated 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 September 1952
 * Activated on 1 November 1952
 * Inactivated on 1 March 1960.

Assignments

 * 79th Pursuit (later Fighter) Group, 9 February 1942 – 15 July 1947
 * 4708th Defense Wing, 1 November 1952
 * 502d Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953
 * 79th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960

Stations

 * Dale Mabry Field, Florida, 9 February 1942
 * Morris Field, North Carolina, 1 May 1942
 * Hillsgrove AAF, Rhode Island, 23 June – 28 September 1942
 * Egypt, 12 November 1942
 * Libya, 24 January 1943
 * Tunisia, 13 March 1943
 * Malta, C. 4 July 1943
 * Sicily, C. 18 July 1943
 * Southern Italy, 15 September 1943
 * Salsola Airfield, Italy, c. 5 October 1943
 * Madna Airfield, Italy, c. 19 November 1943
 * Capodichino, Italy, 16 January 1944
 * Pomigliano Airfield, Italy, 1 May 1944
 * Corsica, 11 June 1944
 * Southern France, 22 August 1944
 * Iesi, Italy, 4 October 1944
 * Fano, Italy, 5 December 1944
 * Cesenatico, Italy, 21 March 1945
 * Horsching, Austria, 26 July 1945 – 25 June 1947
 * Langley Field, Virginia, 25 June – 15 July 1947
 * Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio, 1 November 1952 – 1 March 1960.

Aircraft

 * P-40 Warhawk, 1942–1944
 * P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1947
 * F-84C Thunderjet, 1952–1953
 * F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1957
 * F-102 Delta Dagger, 1957-1960.