330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
250px Patch of the 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1942-1959
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor

File:330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre 51-13383.jpg

330th FIS North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre 51-13383 4709th Air Defense Wing, Stewart AFB, New York, 1954

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.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• 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).