The 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 unit. Its last assignment was with the 316th Air Division

316th Air Division

The 316th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, assigned to Seventeenth Air Force, being stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany...

, stationed at Paine Air Force Base

Paine Air National Guard Base

Paine Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base, approximately 6 miles southwest of Everett, Washington. It was active during World War II as a IV Fighter Command air defense field for the Seattle, Washington area and during the Cold War as an Air Defense Command interceptor base...

, Washington. It was inactivated on 8 March 1960.

History

Air defense for the east coast, 1942; operational training unit, October 1942-January 1944; replacement training, January-April 1944. Air Defense of Northwest United States; 1955-1958.

Lineage

• Constituted 321st Fighter Squadron on 24 June 1942

Activated on 25 August 1942

Disbanded on 10 April 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 321st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 20 June 1955

Activated on 18 August 1955

Discontinued on 1 March 1960.

Assignments

• 326th Fighter Group
  326th Fighter Group
  The 57th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 25th Air Division, Air Defense Command. It was last stationed at Paine Air Force Base, Washington. It was inactivated on 30 September 1968....
  
  , 25 August 1942-10 April 1944;18 August 1955-1 March 1960

Stations

• Mitchel Field, New York
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  , 19 August 1942
• Bradley Field
  Bradley International Airport
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  , Connecticut
  Connecticut
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  , 2 September 194
• Westover Field, Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
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  , 1 November 1942
• Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina
  North Carolina
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  , 17 October 1943-10 April 1944
• Paine Air Force Base
  Paine Air National Guard Base
  Paine Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base, approximately 6 miles southwest of Everett, Washington. It was active during World War II as a IV Fighter Command air defense field for the Seattle, Washington area and during the Cold War as an Air Defense Command interceptor base...
  
  , Washington, 18 August 1955-1 March 1960.