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词条 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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  1. History

     World War II and Army of Occupation  Air defense operations 

  2. Lineage

     Assignments  Stations  Aircraft 

  3. References

     Bibliography 

  4. External links

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The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 475th Fighter Group at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1958.

History

World War II and Army of Occupation

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.[2]

Air defense operations

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.[2]

Lineage

  • Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943

Inactivated on 1 April 1949

  • Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952

Activated on 1 December 1952

Inactivated on 2 January 1958[2]

Assignments

  • 475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949
  • 31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
  • 520th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953
  • 475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958[2]

Stations

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  • Charters Towers, Australia, 14 May 1943
  • RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, 11 June 1943
  • Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 14 August 1943

Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943

  • Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 March 1944
  • Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
  • Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944
  • Dulag Airfield, Leyte, 2 November 1944

Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945

  • Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 February 1945
  • Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines,19 April 1945
  • Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
  • Kimpo Air Base, Korea, 28 September 1945
  • Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948
  • Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949
  • Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
  • Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958[2]
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Aircraft

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  • Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1943–1946
  • North American P-51 Mustang, 1946–1949
  • North American F-86D Sabre, 1952–1955
  • Northrop F-89D Scorpion, 1955–1956
  • Northrop F-89H Scorpion, 1956–1957[2]
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References

{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
Notes
1. ^Aircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
2. ^Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 534-535
3. ^Aircraft is Northrop F-89H-5-NO Scorpion serial 54-409, stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. Taken at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959
Citations
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Bibliography

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
  • {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980|url= http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |accessdate=March 23, 2012|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location = Peterson AFB, CO|page= }}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|origyear= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|accessdate= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979|pages=}}
  • {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|accessdate= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402| pages= }}
  • {{cite journal |last= |first= |title=ADCOM’s Fighter Interceptor Squadrons|url=|journal=The Interceptor |date= January 1979|publisher=Aerospace Defense Command |volume= 21|issue= 1 |pages=5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59}}

External links

{{Aerospace Defense Command|state=collapsed}}

2 : Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force|Aerospace Defense Command units

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