332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 4683rd Air Defense Wing, stationed at Thule AB, Greenland. It was inactivated on 31 May 1965.

History
Trained replacement pilots, September 1942 – March 1944, and furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943. Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1955–1959; Air Defense of the South-Central United States, 1959–1960; Air Defense of North American continent, 1960–1965.

Lineage

 * Constituted 332d Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942
 * Activated on 10 July 1942
 * Disbanded on 31 March 1944


 * Reconstituted, and redesignated 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 11 February 1953
 * Activated on 27 March 1953
 * Inactivated on 31 May 1965.

Assignments

 * 329th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944
 * 525th Air Defense Group, 27 March 1953
 * 4709th Air Defense Wing, 18 August 1955
 * 4621st Air Defense Wing (later New York Air Defense Sector), 1 October 1956
 * 4730th Air Defense Group, 8 February 1957
 * 33rd Air Division, 10 July 1959
 * Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, 1 January 1960
 * 4683rd Air Defense Wing, 1 September 1960 – 31 May 1965

Stations

 * Hamilton Field, California, 30 July 1942
 * Paine Field, Washington, 14 July 1942
 * Santa Anna Army Airbase, California, 10 September 1942
 * Ontario AAF, California, 28 August 1943
 * Santa Anna Army Airbase, California, 7 October 1943 – 31 March 1944
 * New Castle Airport, Delaware, 27 March 1953
 * McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 18 August 1955
 * England AFB, Louisiana, 10 July 1959
 * Thule AB, Greenland, 1 September 1960 – 31 May 1965

Aircraft

 * P-38 Lightning, 1942–1944
 * F-94C Starfire, 1953–1955
 * F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1955–1957
 * F-86L Sabre Interceptor (SAGE) 1957-1959
 * F-102 Delta Dagger, 1959-1965