398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
The 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to Air Defense Command, at Hamilton AFB, California. The squadron was inactivated on 8 February 1957 before being manned or equipped.
History
Air defense and replacement training until March 1944, and afterward replacement training plus air support for army maneuvers until August 1945.The squadron was redesignated the '398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and activated in November 1956 at Hamilton AFB and scheduled to receive F-104s. Before personnel or equipment were in place, the unit was inactivated on 18 February 1957.
Lineage
- Constituted as the 398th Fighter Squadron on 26 May 1943
- Redesignated 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 18 September 1956
Assignments
- 369th Fighter Group, 1 August 1943
- II Tactical Air Division, 10 August 1945
- III Tactical Air Command, 1 September 1945
- XIX Tactical Air Command, 25 October – 7 November 1945
- Western Air Defense Force, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957
Stations
- Hamilton Field, California, August 1943
- Marysville Army Air Field, California, 3 November 1943
- Oroville Army Air Field, California, 29 January 1944
- Hamilton Field, California, 13 March 1944
- DeRidder Army Air Base, Louisiana, 27 March 1944
- Stuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas, 8 February 1945
- Alexandria Army Air Field, Louisiana, 2 October – 7 November 1945
- Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957
Aircraft
- Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
- North American A-36 Apache, 1944
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1944–1945
- North American P-51 Mustang, 1945