432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
{{Use American English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
|image=432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres.jpg
|image_size=300
|caption=F-86D Sabres at Truax FieldAircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
|dates=1943–1949; 1952–1958
|country={{flag|United States|23px}}
|branch= {{air force|USA}}
|type=
|role=Fighter-Interceptor
|size=
|command_structure=
|current_commander=
|garrison=
|nickname=Clover (World War II)Watkins, p. 40
|motto=
|colors=
|march=
|mascot=
|battles=
|notable_commanders=Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel
|anniversaries=
|decorations=Distinguished Unit Citation
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit CitationMaurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 534–535
|battle_honours=
|identification_symbol= 165px
|identification_symbol_label= Patch with 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 March 1955)
|identification_symbol_2=165px
|identification_symbol_2_label=432d Fighter Squadron emblem
}}
The 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 475th Fighter Group at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1958.
History
=World War II and Army of Occupation=
=Air defense operations=
File:432d FIS F-89H.jpg, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959]]
Lineage
=Assignments=
- 475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949
- 31st Air Division, 1 December 1952
- 520th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953
- 475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958
=Stations=
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- Charters Towers, Australia, 14 May 1943
- RAAF Base Amberley, Australia, 11 June 1943
- Dobodura Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 14 August 1943
: Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943
- Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 25 March 1944
- Hollandia Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 15 May 1944
- Mokmer Airfield, Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 12 July 1944
- Dulag Airfield, Leyte, 2 November 1944
: Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945
- Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 February 1945
- Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945
- Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
- Kimpo Air Base, Korea, 28 September 1945
- Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948
- Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 25 March – 1 April 1949
- Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958
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=Aircraft=
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- Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1943–1946
- North American P-51 Mustang, 1946–1949
- North American F-86D Sabre, 1952–1955
- Northrop F-89D Scorpion, 1955–1956
- Northrop F-89H Scorpion, 1956–1957
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References
=Notes=
; Explanatory notes
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; Citations
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=Bibliography=
{{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|access-date=23 March 2012|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210115181723/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 15 January 2021|access-date= 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|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://archive.today/20230820144531/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 August 2023 |edition= reprint|access-date= 17 December 2016|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
- {{cite book|last=Watkins|first=Robert A.|title=Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Force In World War II|volume=V, Pacific Theater of Operations|year=2013|publisher=Shiffer Publishing, Ltd.|location=Atglen, PA|isbn=978-0-7643-4346-9}}
- {{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
{{Aerospace Defense Command|state=collapsed}}