398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
P-51 Mustang, last plane flown by the squadron
Active	1942–1945; 1956–1957
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter training
Insignia
398th Fighter Squadron emblem [a] [1]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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 ^[1]

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 ^[1]

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 ^[1]

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 ^[1]

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. Approved 30 August 1944. Description: Over and through a light yellow green disc, border equally divided black and white with thin black neat line, a caricatured black condor with white feathers about neck, red head and neck, yellow orange beak and red feet, diving toward dexter base and trailing black speed lines.

Citations

1. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 489

Bibliography

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

• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN   0-405-12194-6. LCCN   70605402. OCLC   72556. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016.
• Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W. (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980 (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2024.