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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.

432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
F-86D Sabres at Truax Field[note 1]
Active1943–1949; 1952–1958
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleFighter-Interceptor
Nickname(s)Clover (World War II)[1]
DecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation[2]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel
Insignia
Patch with 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 March 1955)[2]
432d Fighter Squadron emblem[1]

History



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.[2]


Air defense operations


432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89H Scorpion[note 2]
432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Northrop F-89H Scorpion[note 2]

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.[2]


Lineage


Inactivated on 1 April 1949
Activated on 1 December 1952
Inactivated on 2 January 1958[2]

Assignments



Stations


Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943
Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 2 March 1945

Aircraft



References



Notes


Explanatory notes
  1. Aircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
  2. Aircraft is Northrop F-89H-5-NO Scorpion serial 54-409, stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. Taken at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959
Citations
  1. Watkins, p. 40
  2. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 534–535

Bibliography


 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.






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