F-94 Starfire units of the United States Air Force

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File:66th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-94B Starfire.jpg of the 66th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, 1952]]

The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the first United States Air Force jet-powered day/night all-weather interceptor. It was also the first operational USAF fighter equipped with an afterburner. Introduced in February 1950, its primary user was the Air Defense Command. It also saw service in the Korean War, replacing the F-82G Twin Mustang used by Far East Air Force in 1952. The aircraft had a relatively short operational life, being retired by the active-duty Air Force in November 1957 and the Air National Guard by June 1959.

Squadrons

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| 2nd Fighter-All Weather Squadron
2nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 52d Fighter-Interceptor Group
4709th Air Defense Wing
568th Air Defense Group

| F-94A

| June 1950-July 1953

| ADC; Converted from F-82F Twin Mustang; Converted to F-86D Sabre{{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|year=1980|publisher=Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center|location=Peterson AFB, CO|access-date=7 June 2014|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf|url-status=dead}}Cornett & Johnson, p 113

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| 4th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
4th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 6302d Air Base Group
6351st Air Base Wing

| F-94B

| Apr 1951-Feb 1954

| FEAF; Replaced F-82G Twin Mustangs; Combat in Korea Jan-June 1953; Converted to F-86D SabreCarey (2014) Twin Mustang: The North American F-82 at War, Pen and Sword {{ISBN|1783462213}}

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| 5th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
5th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 52d Fighter-Interceptor Group
4709th Air Defense Wing
568th Air Defense Group

| F-94A

| June 1950-July 1953

| ADC; Converted from F-82F Twin Mustang; Converted to F-86D Sabre

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| 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4711th Air Defense Wing
14th Fighter Group
4727th Air Defense Group

| F-94C

| Apr 1954-Nov 1957

| ADC; Converted from F-86A Sabre; Converted to F-102A Delta DaggerCornett & Johnson, p 114

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| 29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 29th Air Division

| F-94C

| Nov 1953-May 1957

| ADC; New unit; Converted to F-89H ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 115

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| 46th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4710th Air Defense Wing
4709th Air Defense Wing
4621st Air Defense Wing
New York Air Defense Sector
4728th Air Defense Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| Nov 1952-Jul 1958

| ADC; Replaced PA ANG 148th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron after Korean War federalization; Converted to F-94C Apr 1953; Inactivated July 1958

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| 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4710th Air Defense Wing
85th Air Division

| F-94C

| Jul 1953-Apr 1957

| ADC; Converted from F-84G Thunderjet; Converted to F-106 Delta DartCornett & Johnson, p 116

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| 58th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4707th Defense Wing
564th Air Defense Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| Feb 1952-Jun 1955

| ADC; Converted from F-86A Sabre; Converted to F-94C Jun 1953; Converted to F-89D/H Scorpion

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| 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 33d Fighter-Interceptor Wing
4707th Defense Wing
64th Air Division (NEAC)

| F-94A
F-94B

| Dec 1950 1951-Jun 1955

| ADC; New unit; Received F-94As in December 1950; upgraded to F-94Bs in March 1951; Converted to F-89D ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 117[http://lighthousememories.ca/winhttrack_website_copier/www.pinetreeline.org/other/neac.html Buss, Lydus H. (1957), Historical Reference Paper Number One US AIR DEFENSE IN THE NORTHEAST 1940 - 1957 DIRECTORATE OF COMMAND HISTORY OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES HEADQUARTERS CONTINENTAL AIR DEFENSE COMMAND Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140607034800/http://lighthousememories.ca/winhttrack_website_copier/www.pinetreeline.org/other/neac.html |date=7 June 2014 }}

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| 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 33d Fighter Group
4735th Air Defense Group

| F-94C

| Aug 1955-Aug 1957

| ADC; Converted from F-86D Sabre; Converted to F-101B Voodoo

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| 61st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 56th Fighter-Interceptor Group
4708th Defense Wing
575th Air Defense Group
64th Air Division (NEAC)

| F-94A
F-94B

| July 1950-Jun 1954

| ADC; New Unit; Initially received F-94As, upgraded to F-94Bs in March 1951; Converted to F-89D Scorpion

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| 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group
10th Air Division

| F-94B

| Jan 1951-Jun 1953

| AAC; Replaced F-80C Shooting Star; Converted to F-89 ScorpionChloe, John Hale, (1984), Top Cover for America. the Air Force in Alaska. 1920–1983, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, {{ISBN|0-933126-47-6}}

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| 66th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group
10th Air Division

| F-94B

| Jan 1951-Jun 1954

| AAC; Replaced F-80C Shooting Star; Converted to F-89 Scorpion

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| 68th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
68th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 6160th Air Base Wing
8th Fighter-Bomber Wing

| F-94B

| Mar 1951-Sep 1954

| FEAF; Replaced F-82G Twin Mustangs; Combat in Korea Jan-June 1953; Converted to F-86D Sabre

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| 74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4711th Air Defense Wing
528th Air Defense Group
64th Air Division (NEAC)

| F-94B
F-94C

| Dec 1952-Aug 1954

| ADC; Converted from F-89C; Converted to F-89CCornett & Johnson, p 118

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| 82nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4703d Air Defense Wing
4704th Air Defense Wing
4702d Air Defense Wing
Iceland Air Defense Force (MATS)

| F-94B

| Feb 1952-Apr 1954

| ADC; Converted from F-84D Thunderjet; Converted to F-89D ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 119

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| 84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 566th Air Defense Group
78th Fighter Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| Apr 1953-May 1956

| ADC; Converted from F-89B Scorpion; Converted to F-94C Dec 1953; Converted to F-89D/H ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 120

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| 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4710th Air Defense Wing

| F-94B

| Nov 1952-May 1953

| ADC; Replaced DC ANG 121st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron after Korean War federalization; Converted to F-86D SabreCornett & Johnson, p 121

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| 96th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4710th Air Defense Wing
525th Air Defense Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| Nov 1952-Nov 1957

| ADC; Replaced DE ANG 142d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron after Korean War federalization; Converted to F-94C Jul 1953
Inactivated November 1957

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| 97th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 82d Fighter Group

| F-94C

| Dec 1955-Nov 1957

| ADC; Converted from F-86D Sabre; Inactivated November 1957

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| 121st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
4710th Air Defense Wing

| F-94B

| Oct 1951-Nov 1952

| ADC; Federalized DC ANG Squadron during Korean War, initially equipped with F-84C Thunderjet; Converted to F-94B Oct 1951; Returned to District control 1 November 1952;Cornett & Johnson, p 122 equipment transferred to 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron.McLaren and Isham (1993) Lockheed F-94 Starfire: A Photo Chronicle, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, {{ISBN|0887404510}}

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| 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
4710th Air Defense Wing

| F-94B

| Oct 1951-Nov 1952

| ADC; Federalized DE ANG Squadron during Korean War, initially equipped with F-84C Thunderjet; Converted to F-94B Oct 1951; Returned to State control 1 November 1952;Cornett & Johnson, p 123 equipment transferred to 96th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron.

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| 148th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 113th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
4710th Air Defense Wing

| F-94B

| Oct 1951-Nov 1952

| ADC; Federalized PA ANG Squadron during Korean War, initially equipped with F-84C Thunderjet; Converted to F-94B Oct 1951; Returned to State control 1 November 1952; equipment transferred to 46th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron.

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| 317th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
4704th Air Defense Wing
567th Air Defense Group

| F-94A

| May 1950-Dec 1953

| ADC; Converted from F-82F Twin Mustang; Converted to F-86D SabreFirst USAF squadron to receive F-94A on 26 May 1950Cornett & Johnson, p 124

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| 318th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
318th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
4704th Air Defense Wing
567th Air Defense Group
528th Air Defense Group

| F-94A

| May 1950-Aug 1954

| ADC; Converted from F-82F Twin Mustang; Converted to F-89D Scorpion

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| 319th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 325th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
101st Fighter-Interceptor Wing
Fifth Air Force (FEAF)
4706th Air Defense Wing
58th Air Division

| F-94A
F-94B
F-94C

| Jun 1951-Nov 1957

| ADC; Converted from F-82F Twin Mustang; Converted to F-94B March 1952; Converted to F-94C November 1955; Converted to F-89J ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 125

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| 332nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 525th Air Defense Group

| F-94C

| Mar 1953-Aug 1955

| ADC; New unit; Converted to F-86D SabreCornett & Johnson, p 127

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| 339th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
339th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 6162d Air Base Wing
35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
49th Fighter-Bomber Wing

| F-94B

| Apr 1951-Jun 1955

| FEAF; Replaced F-82G Twin Mustangs; Combat in Korea Jan-June 1953; Converted to F-86D Sabre

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| 354th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 533d Air Defense Group<

| F-94C

| Jul 1953-Aug 1955

| ADC; Converted from F-51 Mustang; Converted to F-86D Sabre

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| 437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 4707th Air Defense Wing
564th Air Defense Group

| F-94C

| Nov 1952-Jun 1955
Aug 1955-Apr 1956

| ADC; New unit; Converted to F-89D Scorpion June 1955; Converted to F-94C August 1955; Converted to F-89J ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 128

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| 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 534th Air Defense Group
507th Fighter Group

| F-94B

| Apr 1953-May 1957

| ADC; New unit; Converted to F-106 Delta Dart

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| 449th Fighter-All Weather Squadron
449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

| 5001st Composite Wing
11th Air Division

| F-94A

| Jun 1950-Jun 1954

| AAC; Replaced F-82H Twin Mustangs; Converted to F-89 Scorpion

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| 497th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 503d Air Defense Group

| F-94B
F-94A

| Feb 1953-Jul 1954

| ADC; New unit; Converted to F-94A December 1953; Converted to F-89D ScorpionCornett & Johnson, p 130

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| 3552nd Training Squadron

| 3550th Training Group

| F-94A
F-94B
F-94C

| Dec 1951-Jun 1958

| ATC: Training squadron at Moody AFB Georgia

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| 101st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 102d Fighter Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| 1952-1958

| MA Air National Guard; Carried green markings, known as the "Irish Squadron"; Received F-94C December 1957; Converted to F-84B Thunderstreak{{cite web|url=http://www.philippecolin.net/102ndFW.html |title=The 102nd Fighter Wing |access-date=2008-05-29 |publisher=Philippe Colin |date=2008-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403181813/http://www.philippecolin.net/102ndFW.html |archive-date=3 April 2008 |url-status=dead|df=dmy }}

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| 102nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 106th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94B

| 1954-1958

| NY Air National Guard; Converted to MC-119J Aeromedical Flying Boxcar

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| 103rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 111th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| 1956-1959

| PA Air National Guard; Received F-94Bs from ID 190th FIS; received F-94Cs October 1947 from MA ANG Converted to F-89H Scorpion June 1959[http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/103rd-FS-p1525.html 103d Fighter Wing lineage and history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145916/http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/103rd-FS-p1525.html |date=14 July 2014 }}

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| 109th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 133d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1954-1958

| MN Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs. Squadron operated from Volk Field, Wisconsin due to jet restrictions at Wold Chamberlain Airport, Minneapolis. Inactivated January 1958

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| 114th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 106th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94B

| 1957-1958

| NY Air National Guard; Inactivated and transferred to OR ANG.[http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/114th-FIGHTER-SQUADRON-p3996.html 114th Fighter Squadron lineage and history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144752/http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/114th-FIGHTER-SQUADRON-p3996.html |date=14 July 2014 }}

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| 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 142d Fighter-Interceptor Wing

| F-94A/B

| 1954-1957

| WA Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs. Converted to F-89D Scorpion[https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f94_2.html Baugher, Lockheed F-94B]

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| 118th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 103d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94B

| 1956-1958

| CT Air National Guard; Last ANG squadron to be equipped with Starfires in Spring, 1956; Converted to F-86H Sabre Spring 1958.[http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/118th-Fighter-Squadron-A-10-Thunderbolt-II-p3952.html 118th Airlift Squadron history] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115032/http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/118th-Fighter-Squadron-A-10-Thunderbolt-II-p3952.html |date=14 July 2014 }}

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| 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 142d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1955-1957

| OR Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs. Converted to F-89D Scorpion

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| 131st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 102d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94B
F-94C

| 1954-1958

| MA Air National Guard; Carried Red/White markings, known as the "Polish Squadron". Received F-94C December 1957 (319th FIS). Converted to F-89J Scorpion[http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/131st-FS-p4056.html 131st Fighter Squadron lineage and history] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135133/http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/131st-FS-p4056.html |date=14 July 2014 }}

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| 132nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 101st Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1953-1957

| ME Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards. Converted to F-89D Scorpion

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| 133rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 101st Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1954-1958

| NH Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards. Converted to F-86L Sabre{{Cite web |url=http://www.157arw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-110602-020.pdf |title=Granite Wings: A History of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, 1947-1998 |access-date=7 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217073402/http://www.157arw.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-110602-020.pdf |archive-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}

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| 134th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 101st Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1952-1958

| VT Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards. Converted to F-89D Scorpion[http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/134th-Fighter-Squadron-Maple-Flag-2012-p3908.html 134th Fighter Squadron lineage and history] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150722/http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/134th-Fighter-Squadron-Maple-Flag-2012-p3908.html |date=14 July 2014 }}

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| 136th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 107th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1954-1957

| NY Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards. Converted to F-86H Sabre[https://archive.today/20121214124832/http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/AG_Reports/ New York Department of Military Affairs Adjutant General Reports, 1947-1990]

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| 137th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 107th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/BThe first ANG F-94s were F-94As. The F-94As were sent to Lockheed for modification to F-94B standards and then returned to the ANG as B models

| 1953-1957

| NY Air National Guard; First ANG unit equipped with F-94 Converted to F-86H Sabre

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| 138th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 107th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1953-1957

| NY Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards. Converted to F-86H Sabre

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| 139th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 107th Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B

| 1954-1957

| NY Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards. Converted to F-86H Sabre

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| 175th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 133d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B
F-94C

| 1954-1958

| SD Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs; upgraded to F-94C May 1956. Converted to F-89J Scorpion[https://archive.today/20130123113027/http://www.flightlineinsignia.com/175th-Fighter-Squadron-Pocket-Tab-p2917.html 175th Fighter Squadron Lineage and History]

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| 178th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 133d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B
F-94C

| 1954-1959

| ND Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs; upgraded to F-94C 1957. Converted to F-89J Scorpion June 1959{{Cite web |url=http://www.119wg.ang.af.mil/history/index.asp |title=History of the Happy Hooligans |access-date=7 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814235837/http://www.119wg.ang.af.mil/history/index.asp |archive-date=14 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}

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| 179th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 133d Fighter-Interceptor Group

| F-94A/B
F-94C

| 1954-1959

| MN Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs; upgraded to F-94C June 1957. Converted to F-89J ScorpionThe last F-94C Starfighters were phased out of ANG service by the 179th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at the Duluth Municipal Airport, Minnesota during the summer of 1959, the last being sent to AMARC in December 1959.

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| 186th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 140th Fighter-Bomber Group

| F-94C

| 1955-1956

| MT Air National Guard; Converted to F-89C Scorpion{{Cite web |url=http://www.idaho.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100723-055.pdf |title=History of the Idaho Air National Guard |access-date=7 June 2014 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722180605/http://www.idaho.ang.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100723-055.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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| 190th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

| 140th Fighter-Bomber Group

| F-94A/B

| 1954-1956

| ID Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs. Converted to F-89B Scorpion

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