The 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division stationed at Thule AB, Greenland

Greenland

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. It was inactivated on March 25, 1960

History

Air defense and operational training unit until March 1, 1943, and afterward replacement training unit until March 31, 1944. On 1 May 1956, they became the first squadron to employ the Convair F-102A 'Delta Dagger' in operational service, becoming the first supersonic unit in Air Defense Command.

Lineage

• Constituted 327th Fighter Squadron on June 24, 1942

Activated on July 10, 1942

Disbanded on March 31, 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on June 20, 1955

Activated on August 18, 1955

Discontinued on March 25, 1960

Assignments

• IV Fighter Command
  IV Fighter Command
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328th Fighter Group

328th Armament Systems Wing

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, July 10, 1942 – March 31, 1944

• Air Defense Command

27th Air Division, August 18, 1955

4722d Air Defense Group

4722d Air Defense Group

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, December 1, 1956

27th Air Division, June 25, 1958

64th Air Division, July 3, 1958 – March 25, 1960.

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California
  California
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  , July 10, 1942
• Mills Field, California
  California
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  , October 5, 1942
• Marysville AAF, California
  California
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  , February 1 – March 31, 1944
• George AFB, California
  California
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  , August 18, 1955
• Thule AB, Greenland
  Greenland
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  , July 3, 1958 – March 25, 1960.

Aircraft

• P-39 Airacobra, 1942–1944
• F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1955–1956
• F-102 Delta Dagger
  F-102 Delta Dagger
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  , 1956–1960