449th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89J Scorpions
Active	1943–1945; 1947–1960
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter interceptor
Engagements	World War II Asia-Pacific Theater
Insignia
449th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (Approved 4 December 1951)[1]
449th Fighter Squadron emblem (World War II)

The 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 11th Air Division stationed at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 25 August 1960.

The squadron was first activated in 1943 as the 449th Fighter Squadron and engaged in combat in China during World War II. Following VJ Day, it returned to the United States and was inactivated. It was reactivated in Alaska in 1947.