323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland. It was inactivated on 1 July 1960.

History
Air defense and operational training unit until February 1944, and afterward replacement training unit until April 1944. Air Defense of the Pacific Northwest, 1952–1955; Air Defense of the Upper Midwest, 1955–1957; Air Defense of Northeast North America, 1957–1960.

Lineage

 * Constituted 323d Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942
 * Activated on 25 August 1942
 * Disbanded on 10 April 1944


 * Reconstituted, and redesignated 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 14 November 1952
 * Activated on 26 November 1952
 * Discontinued on 1 July 1960.

Assignments

 * First Air Force
 * I Interceptor Command
 * 327th Fighter Group, 25 August 1942 – 10 April 1944


 * Air Defense Command
 * 25th Air Division
 * Attached to 4704th Defense Wing, 26 November 1952
 * 4702d Defense Wing, 19 January 1953
 * 9th Air Division, 8 October 1954
 * 327th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955
 * 4731st Air Defense Group, 15 October 1957
 * Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June – 1 July 1960

Stations

 * Mitchel Field, New York, 25 August 1942
 * Philadelphia Mun Aprt, Pennsylvania, 25 August 1942
 * Richmond AAB, Virginia, 19 September 1942 – 10 April 1944
 * Larson AFB, Washington, 26 November 1952
 * Truax Field, Wisconsin, 18 August 1955
 * Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 15 October 1957 – 1 July 1960.

Aircraft

 * Curtiss P-40, 1942–1943
 * P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1944
 * F-51 Mustang, 1953
 * F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1956
 * F-102 Delta Dagger, 1956–1960.