323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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The 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
United States Air Force
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 unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base
Ernest Harmon Air Force Base
Ernest Harmon Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The base was built by the United States Army Air Forces in 1941 under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement with the United Kingdom....

, Newfoundland
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. It was inactivated on July 1, 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
Pacific Northwest
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, 1952–1955; Air Defense of the Upper Midwest
Upper Midwest
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, 1955–1957; Air Defense of Northeast North America, 1957–1960.

Lineage

  • Constituted 323d Fighter Squadron on June 24, 1942
Activated on August 25, 1942
Disbanded on April 10, 1944
  • Reconstituted, and redesignated 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on November 14, 1952
Activated on November 26, 1952
Discontinued on July 1, 1960.

Assignments

  • First Air Force
    First Air Force
    The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....

I Interceptor Command
327th Fighter Group
327th Fighter Group
The 327th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 30th Air Division, being stationed at Truax Field, Wisconsin...

, August 25, 1942 – April 10, 1944
  • Air Defense Command
25th Air Division
Attached to 4704th Defense Wing, November 26, 1952
4702d Defense Wing, January 19, 1953
9th Air Division
9th Air Division
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, October 8, 1954
327th Fighter Group
327th Fighter Group
The 327th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 30th Air Division, being stationed at Truax Field, Wisconsin...

, August 18, 1955
4731st Air Defense Group
4731st Air Defense Group
The 4731st Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division, being stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada. It was last active 1 July 1960.-History:...

, October 15, 1957
Goose Air Defense Sector
Goose Air Defense Sector
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, June 6 – July 1, 1960

Stations

  • Mitchel Field, New York
    New York
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    , August 25, 1942
  • Philadelphia Mun Aprt
    Philadelphia International Airport
    Philadelphia International Airport is a major airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and is the largest airport in the Delaware Valley region and in Pennsylvania...

    , Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
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    , August 25, 1942
  • Richmond AAB
    Richmond International Airport
    - Accidents and incidents :*In 1996, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 from Trenton experienced loss of rudder control while on approach to Richmond, however rudder control was regained shortly after and the aircraft landed normally. There was one minor injury....

    , Virginia
    Virginia
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    , September 19, 1942 – April 10, 1944
  • Larson AFB, Washington, November 26, 1952
  • Truax Field, Wisconsin
    Wisconsin
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    , August 18, 1955
  • Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland
    Newfoundland and Labrador
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    , October 15, 1957 – July 1, 1960.

Aircraft

  • Curtiss P-40
    Curtiss P-40
    The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational...

    , 1942–1943
  • P-47 Thunderbolt
    P-47 Thunderbolt
    Republic Aviation's P-47 Thunderbolt, also known as the "Jug", was the largest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single reciprocating engine. It was heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to...

    , 1943–1944
  • F-51 Mustang, 1953
  • F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1956
  • F-102 Delta Dagger
    F-102 Delta Dagger
    The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a US interceptor aircraft built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet bomber fleets...

    , 1956–1960.
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