332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
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Active | 1942–1944; 1953–1965 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Role | Fighter-Interceptor |
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Patch with 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 29 February 1956)[1] | |
332d Fighter Squadron emblem (World War II) |
The 332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 4683rd Air Defense Wing at Thule Air Base, Greenland, where it was inactivated on 31 May 1965.
The squadron was first organized during World War II as the 332d Fighter Squadron. It trained fighter pilots until March 1944 when it was disbanded in a reorganization of the Army Air Forces' training and support units. The squadron was again organized in 1953 as an air defense organization. It moved to Greenland in 1960.