29th Test and Evaluation Squadron

29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1918-1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Interceptor

The 29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Great Falls Air Defense Sector, based at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. It was inactivated on 1 July 1968.

History

Heraldry

On and over a blue disc bordered golden yellow a gamecock in the position of attack (body, head, neck, wings, and feathers, brown; legs, feet, beak, and eyes, yellow; comb and wattles, red ). (Approved 15 Mar 1935)

Lineage

• Organized as 29th Aero Squadron on l0 Oct 1918

Demobilized on 12 Sep 1919

• Reconstituted and consolidated (1935) with 29th Pursuit Squadron which was constituted on 24 Mar 1923.

Activated on 1 Oct 1933.

Redesignated: 29th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 6 Dec 1939

Redesignated: 29th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942

Redesignated:

Inactivated on 25 May 1944

• Activated on 21 Jul 1944

Inactivated on 3 Jul 1946

• Redesignated 29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 Mar 1953

Activated on 8 Nov 1953

Inactivated on 1 Jul 1968

Assignments

• Unknown, 1918-1919
• 16th Pursuit (later Fighter) Group, 1 Oct 1933
• XXVI Fighter Command, 1 Nov 1943
• Second Air Force, 8 Apr 1944-25 May 1944
• 412th Fighter Group, 21 Jul 1944-3 Jul 1946
• 29th Air Division, 8 Nov 1953
• Great Falls Air Defense Sector, 1 Jul 1960-1 Jul 1968

Stations

• Camp Knox, Ky, 10 Oct 1918
• Godman Field, Ky, Jan-12 Sep 1919
• Albrook Field, CZ, 1 Oct 1933
• Casa Larga, Panama, 17 May 1942-25 Mar 1944
• Lincoln AAF1d, Neb, 8 Apr-25 May 1944
• Palmdale AAF1d, Calif, 21 Jul 1944
• Bakersfield Mun Aprt, Calif, 5 Aug 1944
• Oxnard Flight Strip, Calif, 9 Sep 1944
• Santa Maria AAF1d, Calif, l0 Jul 1945
• March Field, Calif, 6 Dec 1945-3 Jul 1946
• Great Falls AFB, Mont, 8 Nov 1953-1 Jul 1968

Operational History

Evidently aerial arm of field artillery brigade firing center at Camp Knox, Ky, 1918-1919. Good-will flight to Guatemala, 7-12 Feb 1938. Air defense for the Panama Canal, 1933-1944. Testing unit for P-59A and P-80 jet aircraft, 1944-1946. Air defense of upper midwest, 1953-1968

References

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.