The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive

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unit. Its last assignment was with the

475th Fighter Group 475th may refer to: *475th Air Base Wing, inactive United States Air Force unit *475th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit * 475th Fighter Group, World War II predecessor of 53d Weapons Evaluation Group * 475th Test Squadron ...

at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1958.

History

World War II and Army of Occupation

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.

Air defense operations

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.

Lineage

* Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943 : Inactivated on 1 April 1949 * Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952 : Activated on 1 December 1952 : Inactivated on 2 January 1958

Assignments

, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949 *

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, 1 December 1952 *

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, 16 February 1953 * 475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958

Stations

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, Australia, 14 May 1943 *

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, Australia, 11 June 1943 * Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 14 August 1943 : Operated from

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, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943 *

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, New Guinea, 25 March 1944 *

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, New Guinea, 15 May 1944 *

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, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944 *

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, 2 November 1944 : Detachment operated from San Jose,

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, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945 *

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, Philippines, 27 February 1945 * Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945 *

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, 8 August 1945 *

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, Korea, 28 September 1945 * Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948 *

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, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949 * Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952 * Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958

Aircraft

Lockheed P-38 Lightning The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinc ...

, 1943–1946 *

North American P-51 Mustang The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kin ...

, 1946–1949 *

North American F-86D Sabre The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the "Sabre Dog") is an American transonic jet interceptor aircraft, interceptor. Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was ...

, 1952–1955 *

Northrop F-89D Scorpion The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is an all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation. It was the first jet-powered aircraft to be designed for the interceptor role f ...

, 1955–1956 * Northrop F-89H Scorpion, 1956–1957

References

Notes

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External links

{{Aerospace Defense Command, state=collapsed Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units