432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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.

World War II and Army of Occupation
Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.

Air defense operations
Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.

Lineage

 * Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943
 * Inactivated on 1 April 1949


 * Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952
 * Activated on 1 December 1952
 * Inactivated on 2 January 1958

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

 * 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

Aircraft

 * 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