398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

The 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the Air Defense Command, being stationed at Hamilton AFB, California. The squadron was inactivated on 8 February 1957.

History
Air defense and replacement training until March 1944, and afterward replacement training plus air support for army maneuvers until August 1945. The 398th FIS was 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 398th Fighter Squadron on 26 May 1943
 * Activated on 1 August 1943
 * Redesignated: 398th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 April 1944
 * Redesignated: 398th Fighter Squadron on 5 June 1944
 * Inactivated on 7 November 1945


 * Redesignated: 398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 18 September 1956
 * Activated on 18 November 1956
 * Inactivated on 8 February 1957.

Assignments

 * 369th Fighter (later Fighter-Bomber; Fighter) Group, 1 August 1943
 * II Tactical Air Division, 10 August 1945
 * III Tactical Air Command, 1 September 1945
 * Attached to 372d Fighter Group, 2 October – 7 November 1945


 * XIX Tactical Air Command, 25 October – 7 November 1945
 * Air Defense Command
 * Western Air Defense Force, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957.

Stations

 * Hamilton Field, California, August 1943
 * Marysville Army Airfield, California, 3 November 1943
 * Oroville Army Airfield, California, 29 January 1944
 * Hamilton Field, California, 13 March 1944
 * DeRidder Army Airbase, Louisiana, 27 March 1944
 * Stuttgart Army Airfield, Arkansas, 8 February 1945
 * Alexandria AAF, Louisiana, 2 October – 7 November 1945
 * Hamilton AFB, California, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957

Aircraft

 * P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
 * A-36 Apache, 1944
 * P-40 Warhawk 1944–1945
 * P-51 Mustang, 1945.