484th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Encyclopedia
The 484th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force
unit. Its last assignment was with 473d Fighter Group, stationed at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
, Michigan
. It was inactivated on 16 February 1959.
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 473d Fighter Group, stationed at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base is a decommissioned U.S. Air Force base in Marquette County, Michigan, south of the city of Marquette. The base, near the center of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, closed in 1995. The county airport, Sawyer International, now occupies a portion of the base and has scheduled...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It was inactivated on 16 February 1959.
History
Operated as replacement unit, October 1943– April 1944. Activated but never equipped or manned, 1956–1959Lineage
- Constituted 484th Fighter Squadron on 12 October 1943. Activated 1 November 1943
- Disbanded on 31 March 1944
- Reconstituted, and redesignated 484th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 15 November 1955
- Activated on 8 June 1956
- Inactivated on 16 February 1959
Assignments
- 473d Fighter Group473d Fighter GroupThe 473d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 30th Air Division, stationed at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan. It was inactivated on 30 September 1959....
, November 1943-31 March 1944; 8 June 1956-16 February 1959
Stations
- Grand Central Air Terminal, CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, 1 November 1943 - Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 31 March 1944
- K. I. Sawyer Air Force BaseK. I. Sawyer Air Force BaseK. I. Sawyer Air Force Base is a decommissioned U.S. Air Force base in Marquette County, Michigan, south of the city of Marquette. The base, near the center of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, closed in 1995. The county airport, Sawyer International, now occupies a portion of the base and has scheduled...
, Michigan, 8 June 1956-16 February 1959.