323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1942–1960
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force

North American F-86D-30-NA Sabre 51-5949, 25th Air Division, Larson AFB, Washington, April 1955

The 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, Newfoundland. It was inactivated on 1 July 1960.

History [edit]

Air defense and operational training unit until February 1944, and afterward replacement training unit until April 1944. Air Defense of the Pacific Northwest, 1952–1955; Air Defense of the Upper Midwest, 1955–1957; Air Defense of Northeast North America, 1957–1960.

Lineage [edit]

• Constituted 323d Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942

Activated on 25 August 1942

Disbanded on 10 April 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 323d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 14 November 1952

Activated on 26 November 1952

Discontinued on 1 July 1960.

Assignments [edit]

• First Air Force

I Interceptor Command

327th Fighter Group, 25 August 1942 – 10 April 1944

• Air Defense Command

25th Air Division

Attached to 4704th Defense Wing, 26 November 1952

4702d Defense Wing, 19 January 1953

9th Air Division, 8 October 1954

327th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955

4731st Air Defense Group, 15 October 1957

Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June – 1 July 1960

Stations [edit]

• Mitchel Field, New York, 25 August 1942
• Philadelphia Mun Aprt, Pennsylvania, 25 August 1942
• Richmond AAB, Virginia, 19 September 1942 – 10 April 1944
• Larson AFB, Washington, 26 November 1952
• Truax Field, Wisconsin, 18 August 1955
• Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland, 15 October 1957 – 1 July 1960.

Aircraft [edit]

• Curtiss P-40, 1942–1943
• P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1944
• F-51 Mustang, 1953
• F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1953–1956
• F-102 Delta Dagger, 1956–1960.

References [edit]

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal
	World War II portal

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

External links [edit]

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