398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Patch
Active1942–1966
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
TypeInterceptor

The 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the Air Defense Command, being stationed at Hamilton AFB, California. The squadron was inactivated on 8 February 1957.

History

Air defense and replacement training until March 1944, and afterward replacement training plus air support for army maneuvers until August 1945. The 398th FIS was activated in November 1956 at Hamilton AFB and scheduled to receive F-104s. Before personnel or equipment were in place, the unit was inactivated on 18 February 1957.

Lineage

  • Constituted 398th Fighter Squadron on 26 May 1943
Activated on 1 August 1943
Redesignated: 398th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 April 1944
Redesignated: 398th Fighter Squadron on 5 June 1944
Inactivated on 7 November 1945
  • Redesignated: 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 18 September 1956
Activated on 18 November 1956
Inactivated on 8 February 1957.

Assignments

Attached to 372d Fighter Group, 2 October – 7 November 1945
Western Air Defense Force, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957.

Stations

Aircraft

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
  • 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