398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron explained

Unit Name:	398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Dates:	1942–1966
Country:	United States
Branch:	United States Air Force
Type:	Interceptor

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

• 369th Fighter (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 1 August 1943
• II Tactical Air Division, 10 August 1945
• III Tactical Air Command, 1 September 1945

Attached to 372d Fighter Group, 2 October – 7 November 1945

• XIX Tactical Air Command, 25 October – 7 November 1945
• Air Defense Command

Western Air Defense Force, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957.

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, August 1943
• Marysville Army Airfield, California, 3 November 1943
• Oroville Army Airfield, California, 29 January 1944
• Hamilton Field, California, 13 March 1944
• DeRidder Army Airbase, Louisiana, 27 March 1944
• Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas, 8 February 1945
• Alexandria AAF, Louisiana, 2 October – 7 November 1945
• Hamilton AFB, California, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957

Aircraft

• P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
• A-36 Apache, 1944
• P-40 Warhawk 1944–1945
• P-51 Mustang, 1945.

References

• Book: Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II. 1969. reprint. 1982. Office of Air Force History. Washington, DC. 0-405-12194-6. 72556. 70605402.
• 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