520th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

520th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre 52-3840, 530th Air Defense Group, Geiger Field, Washington, February 1955 Note 3 stripes on aircraft indicating squadron commander's aircraft
Active	1943–1955
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor

The 520th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 530th Air Defense Group, stationed at Geiger Field, Washington. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955.

History

Training for combat, October 1943– April 1944. Air defense of the Mprthwest United States, 1954–1955

Lineage

• Constituted 638th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 23 March 1943

Activated on 5 April 1943

Redesignated 520th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 April 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 520th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 4 November 1954

Activated on 8 December 1954

Inactivated on 18 August 1955

Assignments

• 408th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 5 April 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 530th Air Defense Group, 8 December 1954 – 18 August 1955.

Stations

• Key Field, Mississippi, 5 April 1943
• Drew Field, Florida, 24 September 1943
• Abilene AAF, Texas, 10 November 1943
• DeRidder AAB, Louisiana, 11 February 1944
• Woodward AAF, Oklahoma, 26 March – 1 April 1944
• Geiger Field, Washington, 8 December 1954 – 18 August 1955.

Aircraft

• A-24 Banshee, 1943–1944
• A-36 Apache, 1943–1944
• P-40 Warhawk, 1943–1944
• P-47 Thunderbolt 1943-1944
• F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1954–1955

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.
• USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).