330th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

World War II

Trained replacement pilots, September 1942-March 1944; furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943.; served as part of air defense force for the west coast, 1943.

Cold War air defense

Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1954–1967.

Lineage

Constituted as the 330th Fighter Squadron (Two Engine) on 24 June 1942

Activated on 10 July 1942 Disbanded on 31 March 1944

Reconstituted and redesignated 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 14 November 1952

Activated on 27 November 1952 Inactivated on 1 July 1959

Assignments

329th Fighter Group, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944

4709th Defense (later Air Defense) Wing, 27 November 1952

4700th Air Defense Group, 20 September 1954

329th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1959

Stations

Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942

Paine Field, Washington, 14 July 1942

Glendale Army Air Base, California, 10 September 1942

Lindbergh Field, California, 2 November 1942 – 31 March 1944

Stewart Air Force Base, New York, 27 November 1952 – 1 July 1959

Aircraft

Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1942–1944

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1952–1953

North American F-86D Sabre, 1953-1959