398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

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

398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
P-51 Mustang, last plane flown by the squadron
Active	1942–1945; 1956–1957
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter training
Insignia
398th Fighter Squadron emblem[a][1]

History

Air defense and replacement training until March 1944, and afterward replacement training plus air support for army maneuvers until August 1945.^[1]

The squadron was redesignated the '398th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and 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.^[1]

Lineage

• Constituted as the 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^[1]

Assignments

• 369th Fighter Group (later 369th Fighter-Bomber Group, 369th Fighter Group), 1 August 1943
• II Tactical Air Division, 10 August 1945
• III Tactical Air Command, 1 September 1945 (attached to 372d Fighter Group after 2 October 1945)
• XIX Tactical Air Command, 25 October – 7 November 1945 (attached to 372d Fighter Group)
• Western Air Defense Force, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957^[1]

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, August 1943
• Marysville Army Air Field, California, 3 November 1943
• Oroville Army Air Field, California, 29 January 1944
• Hamilton Field, California, 13 March 1944
• DeRidder Army Air Base, Louisiana, 27 March 1944
• Stuttgart Army Air Field, Arkansas, 8 February 1945
• Alexandria Army Air Field, Louisiana, 2 October – 7 November 1945
• Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 18 November 1956 – 8 February 1957^[1]

Aircraft

• Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1943–1944
• North American A-36 Apache, 1944
• Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1944–1945
• North American P-51 Mustang, 1945^[1]