330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 329th Fighter Group, stationed at Stewart AFB, New York. It was inactivated on 1 July 1959.

History
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. Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1954–1967.

Lineage

 * Constituted 330th Fighter Squadron 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

Assignments

 * IV Fighter Command
 * 329th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944


 * Air Defense Command
 * 4709th Defense (later Air Defense) Wing, 27 November 1952
 * 4700th Air Defense Group, 20 September 1954
 * 329th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1959.

Stations

 * Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942
 * Paine Field, Washington, 14 July 1942
 * Glendale, California, 10 September 1942
 * San Diego, California,, 2 November 1942 – 31 March 1944
 * Stewart AFB, New York, 27 November 1952 – 1 July 1959.

Aircraft

 * P-38 Lightning, 1942–1944
 * F-80 Shooting Star, 1952–1953
 * F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953-1959.