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|caption=330th FIS [[F-86 Sabre]] at [[Stewart AFB]]<ref group=note>Aircraft is North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre serail 51-13383 in 1954</ref>
|caption=330th FIS [[F-86 Sabre]] at [[Stewart AFB]]<ref group=note>Aircraft is North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre serail 51-13383 in 1954</ref>
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==History==
==History==
===World War II===
===World War II===
Trained replacement pilots, September 1942-March 1944; furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943.; served as part of air defense force for the west coast, 1943.<ref name=Maurer330FS/>
Trained replacement pilots, September 1942March 1944; furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943.; served as part of air defense force for the west coast, 1943.<ref name=Maurer330FS/>


===Cold War air defense===
===Cold War air defense===
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* [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]], 1942–1944
* [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]], 1942–1944
* [[Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star]], 1952–1953
* [[Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star]], 1952–1953
* [[North American F-86D Sabre]], 1953-1959<ref name=Maurer330FS/>
* [[North American F-86D Sabre]], 1953–1959<ref name=Maurer330FS/>


==References==
==References==
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; Citations
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===Bibliography===
===Bibliography===
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946 - 1980|url= http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |accessdate=March 23, 2012|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location = Peterson AFB, CO|page= }}
* {{cite book|last=Cornett|first=Lloyd H|author2=Johnson, Mildred W|title=A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980|url= http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf |accessdate=23 March 2012|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location = Peterson AFB, CO}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|origyear= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|accessdate= December 17, 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979|pages=}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|origyear= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|accessdate= 17 December 2016|edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher= Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|accessdate= December 17, 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402| pages= }}
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|accessdate= 17 December 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
* {{cite journal |last= |first= |title=ADCOM’s Fighter Interceptor Squadrons|url=|journal=The Interceptor |date= January 1979|publisher=Aerospace Defense Command |volume= 21|issue= 1 |pages=5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59}}
* {{cite journal |title=ADCOM’s Fighter Interceptor Squadrons|journal=The Interceptor |date= January 1979|publisher=Aerospace Defense Command |volume= 21|issue= 1 |pages=5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 00:40, 3 November 2019

330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active1942–1959
Land Vereinigte Staaten
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter-Interceptor
Insignia
Patch with 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 4 March 1944)[1]

The 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 329th Fighter Group at Stewart Air Force Base, New York, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1959.

History

World War II

Trained replacement pilots, September 1942 – March 1944; furnished cadres for fighter squadrons, January–December 1943.; served as part of air defense force for the west coast, 1943.[1]

Cold War air defense

Air defense of the Northeastern United States, 1954–1967.

Lineage

  • Constituted as the 330th Fighter Squadron (Two Engine) on 24 June 1942
Activated on 10 July 1942
Disbanded on 31 March 1944
  • Reconstituted and redesignated 330th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 14 November 1952
Activated on 27 November 1952
Inactivated on 1 July 1959[1]

Assignments

Stations

Aircraft

References

Notes
  1. ^ Aircraft is North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre serail 51-13383 in 1954
Citations
  1. ^ a b c d e f Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 407

Bibliography

Public Domain 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. 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.