456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1944-1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Air Defense

The 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command San Francisco Air Defense Sector stationed at Castle AFB, California. It was inactivated on 18 July 1968

History

Lineage

• Constituted 456th Fighter Squadron on 5 Oct 1944

Activated on 15 Oct 1944

Inactivated on 25 Aug 1946

• Redesignated 456th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 Mar 1953

Activated on 8 Aug 1954

Inactivated on 18 Aug 1955

• Activated on 18 Oct 1955

Inactivated on 18 Jul 1968

Assignments

• First Air Force

414th Fighter Group, 15 Oct 1944-25 Aug 1946

. 520th Air Defense Group, 8 Aug 1954-18 Aug 1955

• 28th Air Division, 18 Oct 1955
• San Francisco Air Defense Sector, 1 Jul 1960–18 Jul 1968

Stations

• Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina, 15 Oct 1944
• Selfridge Field, Michigan, 21 Nov 1944

Bluethenthal Field, North Carolina, 19 Mar-5 Jun 1945

• North Field, Iwo Jima, 7 Jul 1945
• Clark Field, Luzon, 23 Dec 1945
• Floridablanca, Luzon, unkn¬25 Aug 1946
• George AFB, California, 8 Aug 1954-18 Aug 1955*
• Castle AFB, California, 18 Oct 1955-18 Jul 1968

* Note: Unit inactivated on 18 August 1955. 437th FIS redesignated as 456th FIS and reassigned to Castle AFB, 18 Oct 1955.

Aircraft

• P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944-1946
• F-86 Sabre, 1954-1955; 1955-1958
• F-102 Delta Dagger 1958-1959
• F-106 Delta Dart, 1959–1968

Operations History

Combat in Western Pacific, 13 Jul-14 Aug 1945. Air defense of the West Coast, 1954-1968

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975