| 词条 | 444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron |
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|unit_name= 444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | image=444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-101B 57-354 1962.jpg | image_size = 300 |caption=444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-101B Voodoo[1] |dates=1943-1944; 1954–1968 |country={{USA}} |branch={{air force|USA}} |type= |role=Fighter-Interceptor |size= |command_structure=Air Defense Command |current_commander= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label=Patch with 444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 13 July 1954[2] |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= }} The 444th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Washington Air Defense Sector stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, where it was inactivated on 30 September 1968. HistoryWorld War IIThe squadron was first activated at Tonopah Army Air Field, Nevada in February 1943, when the 328th Fighter Group expanded from three to four squadrons.[2][3] The squadron was initially a Bell P-39 Airacobra replacement training unit. It moved to Concord Army Airfield, California and received Bell P-63 Kingcobra aircraft for training replacement pilots. Moved again to Santa Rosa Army Air Field, continuing mission until it was disbanded on 1 May 1944[2] and its personnel and equipment were absorbed by the 434th AAF Base Unit (Fighter Replacement Training Unit - Single Engine). Air defenseThe squadron was reconstituted and activated in 1954 as part of Air Defense Command as an air defense squadron, was equipped with the North American F-86D Sabre and stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina[2] with a mission for the air defense of Charleston and the military facilities in the region. Was upgraded to the North American F-86L Sabre in 1957, an improved version of the F-86D which incorporated the Semi Automatic Ground Environment, or SAGE computer-controlled direction system for intercepts. The 444th was re-equipped with new McDonnell F-101B Voodoo supersonic interceptor,[2] and the F-101F operational and conversion trainer in 1960. The two-seat trainer version was equipped with dual controls, but carried the same armament as the F-101B and were fully combat-capable. Operated the Voodoos until September 1968, the aircraft being passed along to the Air National Guard and the squadron inactivated as part of the general drawdown of the ADC active-duty interceptor force. Lineage
Activated on 1 March 1943 Disbanded on 31 March 1944
Activated on 16 February 1954[5] Inactivated 30 September 1968[6] Assignments
Stations
Aircraft
References{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
1. ^Aircraft is McDonnell F-101B-90-MC Voodoo serial 57-354 at Charleston AFB, South Carolina in September 1962 2. ^1 2 3 4 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p.550 3. ^Maurer, combat Units, pp. 209-210 4. ^Aircraft is North American F-86L-60-NA Sabre serial 53-4047 at Charleston AFB, South Carolina in July 1957 5. ^1 2 3 Lineage, including assignments through 1963 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p.550 6. ^See Mueller, p. 89 (showing dates at Charleston AFB) 7. ^Mueller, p. 89
Bibliography{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
External links{{Aerospace Defense Command|state=collapsed}} 3 : Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force|Military units and formations established in 1853|Aerospace Defense Command units |
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