460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron

460th Test and Evaluation Squadron
460th Test and Evaluation Squadron
	460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-106 Delta Darts
Active	1942–1982; 2023-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Test
Nickname(s)	The Black Rams
Motto(s)	Cave Tigrim Latin Beware of the Tiger
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation ; Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ; Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Current; commander	Lt Col Derek "Shadow" Anderson
Insignia
Patch with 460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron emblem
Patch with 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 17 January 1955)

Last updated November 24, 2024

The 460th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It was previously assigned to Tactical Air Command's 325th Fighter Weapons Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, where it was inactivated on 15 October 1982. On 11 August 2023, it was reactivated and assigned to the 926th Operations Group, 926th Wing at Nellias AFB, Nevada.

History

World War II

Established in late 1942 as a ground support squadron. Deployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations in 1943 to Australia where the unit functioned as a ground support unit at Sydney Airport, then at Dobodura in New Guinea. Converted to a P-47 Thunderbolt operational combat unit, engaged in fighter-bomber operations against Japanese positions in New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies and also during the Philippines Campaign (1944–1945). Moved to Okinawa, then Japan after the Japanese Capitulation as part of the Occupation Force, inactivated in 1946.

Air defense

Reactivated in 1954 as part of the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command, stationed at Knoxville, for air defense of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and TVA dams in eastern Tennessee. Moved to Portland AFB, Oregon, and flew air defense missions over the Pacific Northwest, later to southern California in 1968 at Oxnard AFB, which closed a year later; it then moved to Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, until inactivated as part of the drawdown of ADC in 1974.

Fighter training

Reactivated briefly in early 1982 as an air defense training squadron at Tyndall AFB, Florida; inactivated late the same year.

Lineage

Constituted as the 1st Airdrome Squadron on 7 November 1942

Activated on 20 November 1942

Redesignated 460th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 14 July 1944

Inactivated on 20 February 1946

Redesignated 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 March 1953

Activated on 18 March 1954^[3]

Discontinued on 25 March 1966

Activated on 1 September 1968 (not organized)

Organized on 30 September 1968

Inactivated on 30 July 1974

Redesignated 460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 1 October 1980

Activated on 15 November 1980

Inactivated on 15 October 1982

Redesignated 460th Test and Evaluation Squadron on 2023

Activated on 11 August 2023

Assignments

Air Service Command, 20 November 1942
Second Air Force, 28 December 1942
16th Bombardment Training Wing, c. 15 February 1943
Fifth Air Force, c. 1 June 1943 (attached to 310th Bombardment Wing, 1 February 1944; 85th Fighter Wing, c. 16 May–14 July 1944
V Fighter Command, 14 July 1944
348th Fighter Group, 23 September 1944 – 20 February 1946
516th Air Defense Group, 18 March 1954
337th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 25 March 1966^[3]
414th Fighter Group, 1 September 1968
408th Fighter Group, 1 December 1969
25th Air Division, 1 October 1970 – 30 July 1974
Air Defense, Tactical Air Command, 15 November 1980
325th Fighter Weapons Wing, 15 August 1981 – 15 October 1982
926th Operations Group, 11 August 2023

Stations

Syracuse Army Air Base, New York, 20 November 1942
Biggs Field, Texas, 2 February – 17 April 1943
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1943
Dobodura Airfield Complex, (Papua) New Guinea, 20 June 1943
Gusap Airfield, (Papua) New Guinea, 23 October 1943
Nadzab Airfield Complex, (Papua) New Guinea, 23 July 1944
Kornasoren Airfield, Noemfoor Island, New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Netherlands East Indies, 23 September 1944
Tacloban Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 10 November 1944
Tanauan Airfield, Leyte, Philippines, 12 December 1944
San Marcelino Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 6 February 1945

Floridablanca Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 15 May 1945
Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 12 July 1945
Itazuke Army Air Base, Japan, 24 November 1945 – 20 February 1946
McGhee Tyson Airport, Tennessee, 18 March 1954
Portland International Airport, Oregon, 18 August 1955 – 25 March 1966^[3]
Oxnard Air Force Base, California, 1 September 1968
Kingsley Field, Oregon, 31 December November 1969 – 1971
Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, 1 April 1971 – 15 July 1974
Peterson Field, Colorado, 15 November 1980
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 15 August – 15 October 1982
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 11 August 2023 - present

Aircraft

A-20 Havoc, 1944
P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945
P-51 Mustang, 1945–1946
F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1954–1955
F-89 Scorpion, 1955–1958
F-102 Delta Dagger, 1958–1966; TF-102, 1982
F-106 Delta Dart, 1968–1974

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References

Notes

↑ Historical Marker database
1 2 3 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 567–568
1 2 3 Lineage, including assignments, stations and aircraft through 1963 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 567–568

Bibliography

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

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 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979 . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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 . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
"ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. 21 (1). Aerospace Defense Command: 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 460TH FIGHTER SQUADRON PRESENTED DURING THE MEMORIAL DEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO, 20 MAY 1991
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[1] Historical Marker database

[Maurer460FS-2] 1 2 3 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 567–568

[Maurer460FS2-3] 1 2 3 Lineage, including assignments, stations and aircraft through 1963 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 567–568

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