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398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Field	Value
unit_name	398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
image	Charles Daniels Collection Photo North American P-51 Mustang 413366 (15268940125).jpg
image_size	300
caption	P-51 Mustang, last plane flown by the squadron
dates	1942–1945; 1956–1957
country
branch
role	Fighter training
identification_symbol	[[File:398fis-patch.jpg	165px]]
identification_symbol_label	398th Fighter Squadron emblem

The 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to Air Defense Command, at Hamilton AFB, California. The squadron was inactivated on 8 February 1957 before being manned or equipped.

History

Air defense and replacement training until March 1944, and afterward replacement training plus air support for army maneuvers until August 1945.

The squadron was redesignated the '398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and 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 as the 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 Group (later 369th Fighter-Bomber Group, 369th Fighter Group), 1 August 1943
II Tactical Air Division, 10 August 1945
III Tactical Air Command, 1 September 1945 (attached to 372d Fighter Group after 2 October 1945)
XIX Tactical Air Command, 25 October – 7 November 1945 (attached to 372d Fighter Group)
Western Air Defense Force, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957

Stations

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

Aircraft

Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
North American A-36 Apache, 1944
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1944–1945
North American P-51 Mustang, 1945

References

Notes

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Bibliography

References

Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', p. 489

Wikipedia Source

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