440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Encyclopedia
The 440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, stationed at Erding Air Station, West Germany
. It was inactivated on 16 February 1959.
P-51 Mustang
Operational, later Replacement Training Unit. Inactivated in May 1944 with the end of RTU training.
Reactivated in 1953 as an F-86D Sabre Interceptor Squadron in West Germany, assigned to the 86th Fighter-Bomber Group at Landstuhl AB. Deployed to Erding Air Base
in Bavaria
, operating as a forward-deployed squadron near the Czechoslovakian border until inactivated with the withdrawal of the F-86D from West Germany in 1960.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
unit. Its last assignment was with 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, stationed at Erding Air Station, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. It was inactivated on 16 February 1959.
History
Activated in 1943 as a III Fighter CommandIII Fighter Command
The III Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at MacDill Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 8 April 1946.-Lineage:...
P-51 Mustang
P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and in several other conflicts...
Operational, later Replacement Training Unit. Inactivated in May 1944 with the end of RTU training.
Reactivated in 1953 as an F-86D Sabre Interceptor Squadron in West Germany, assigned to the 86th Fighter-Bomber Group at Landstuhl AB. Deployed to Erding Air Base
Erding Air Base
Erding Air Base is a German Air Force airfield near the town of Erding, about northeast of central Munich in Bavaria...
in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, operating as a forward-deployed squadron near the Czechoslovakian border until inactivated with the withdrawal of the F-86D from West Germany in 1960.
Lineage
- Constituted 440th Fighter Squadron 12 February 1943
- Activated on 24 February 1943
- Disbanded on 1 May 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 3 February 1953
- Activated on 18 February 1953
- Inactivated on 1 January 1960
Assignments
- 337th Fighter Group337th Fighter GroupThe 337th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, Portland Air Defense Sector, stationed at Portland Airport, Oregon. It was inactivated on 30 March 1966.-History:...
, 24 February 1943-1 May 1944 - 530th Air Defense Group, 18 February 1953
- Twelfth Air Force
- Attached to 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 1 July 1954
- 7486th Air Defense (later Air Base) Group7486th Air Defense GroupThe 7486th Air Defense Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at Landstuhl Air Base , West Germany...
, 2 December 1954 - 86th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 3 January 1956
- 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 8 March 1958-1 January 1960.
- 7486th Air Defense (later Air Base) Group
Stations
- Sarasota Army Airfield, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, 24 February 1943 - Pinellas Army Airfield, FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, 15 April 1943-1 May 1944 - Geiger Field, Washington, 18 February 1953
- Landstuhl Air Base, West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, 4 July 1954 - Erding Air BaseErding Air BaseErding Air Base is a German Air Force airfield near the town of Erding, about northeast of central Munich in Bavaria...
, West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, 17 February 1956- 31 December 1959.
Aircraft
- P-40 Warhawk, 1943–1944
- P-51 MustangP-51 MustangThe North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II, the Korean War and in several other conflicts...
, 1944 - F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1960