The 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive

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unit. Its last assignment was with

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, California, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1967.

History

World War II

Established in mid-1942 as a

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(OTU) with a mission to train fighter pilots on single-engine fighter aircraft. Later became a Replacement Training Unit (RTU). Inactivated in early 1944 when the need for fighter pilots was reduced.

Air defense

329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-40-NA Sabre 52-3719

The squadron was redesignated the 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and reactivated at

, California in August 1955 as part of

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's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars. At George. the squadron replaced the

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, which had been detached from the

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at Truax Field, Wisconsin, assuming its

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s and its mission to provide air defense over the Southern California region.Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 562 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-90-CO Delta Dagger 57-811

329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-90-CO Delta Dagger 57-811

In the spring of 1957 it received F-86L Sabres and a year later transitioned into

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aircraft. In July 1960 the unit began flying

Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was designed in response to the 1954 interceptor program. Envisioned as an imagined "Ultimate I ...

s. The 329th was inactivated on 31 July 1967 as part of the phasedown of ADC.

Lineage

* Constituted as the 329th Fighter Squadron (Single Engine) on 24 June 1942 : Activated on 10 July 1942 : Redesignated 329th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine c. 1 August 1943 : Disbanded on 31 March 1944 * Reconstituted and redesignated 329th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 20 June 1955 : Activated on 18 August 1955Lineage, including assignments, stations and aircraft, through 1963 in Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 406 : Inactivated on 1 July 1967

Assignments

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, 10 July 1942 – 31 March 1944 *

27th Air Division The 27th Air Division was a United States Air Force numbered air division and the geographic Air Defense Command region controlled by the 27th AD. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Tenth Air Force, at Luke Air Force Bas ...

, 18 August 1955 * 4722d Air Defense Group, 1 December 1956 * 27th Air Division, 25 June 1958 *

, 1 October 1959 * 27th Air Division, 1 April 1966 – 1 July 1967

Stations

* Hamilton Field, California, 10 July 1942 *

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California, 2 November 1942 *

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, Oregon, 7 October 1943 *

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, California, 18 December 1943 – 31 March 1944. * George Air Force Base, California, 18 August 1955 – 1 July 1967

Aircraft

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, 1942–1944 * North American F-86D Sabre, 1955–1958 * Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, 1958–1960 * Convair F-106 Delta Dart, 1960–1967

References

; Explanatory notes ; Citations

Bibliography

* Buss, Lydus H.(ed), Sturm, Thomas A., Volan, Denys, and McMullen, Richard F., History of Continental Air Defense Command and Air Defense Command July to December 1955, Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command, Ent AFB, CO, (1956) * * * *

External links

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Military units and formations established in 1942 Aerospace Defense Command units 1942 establishments in California 1967 establishments in California