321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-89J Scorpions. 1956, Paine Air Force Base, Washington
Active	1942–1960
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor
Insignia
Emblem of the 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 316th Air Division, stationed at Paine Air Force Base, Washington. It was inactivated on 8 March 1960.

History

Air defense for the east coast, 1942; operational training unit, October 1942-January 1944; replacement training, January–April 1944. Air Defense of Northwest United States; 1955-1958.

Lineage

• Constituted 321st Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942

Activated on 25 August 1942

Disbanded on 10 April 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 20 June 1955

Activated on 18 August 1955

Discontinued on 1 March 1960.

Assignments

• 326th Fighter Group, 25 August 1942 – 10 April 1944;18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960

Stations

• Mitchel Field, New York, 19 August 1942
• Bradley Field, Connecticut, 2 September 194
• Westover Field, Massachusetts, 1 November 1942
• Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 17 October 1943 – 10 April 1944
• Paine Air Force Base, Washington, 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960.

Aircraft

• P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1944
• F-89J Scorpion, 1955-1960.

References

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

• 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
• Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.
• USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).