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| 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron | |
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| Active | 1942–1944; 1953–1967 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Fighter interceptor |
| Nickname | Skywolves[citation needed] |
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| Patch with the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem[b][1] |  |
| 326th Fighter Squadron emblem(World War II) |  |
The326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactiveUnited States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the328th Fighter Wing atRichards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri, where it was inactivated on 2 January 1967.
It was first activated as the326th Fighter Squadron and served as an air defense and operational training unit until 1 March 1944, and then a replacement training unit until 31 March 1944.[1]
The squadron was redesignated the326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and activated in 1953 to provideair defense of the midwest United States from 1953 to 1967. The 326th flewradar equipped andMighty Mouse rocket armedNorth American F-86D Sabre aircraft.[2] The 326th Squadron upgraded toConvair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft, armed withAIM-4 FalconAir-to-air missiles by June 1957.[2]
From 18 December 1953 – 1 March 1954, the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was assigned toFairfax Field, Kansas, andan F-84 crashed near the city's business district killing the pilot and three residents.[3]
On 22 October 1962, before PresidentJohn F. Kennedy told Americans that missiles were in place in Cuba, the squadron dispersed one third of its force, equipped with nuclear tipped missiles toCentral Nebraska Regional Airport at the start of theCuban Missile Crisis.[4][5] These planes returned to Richards-Gebaur after the crisis.
However, Starting on 19 December 1962, the squadron established a detachment of fighters atHomestead Air Force Base, Florida. This operation ended on 15 February 1963.[6] For one year, a similar detachment was established atNaval Air Station Key West, Florida, from 1 August 1965 until 1 July 1966. From 1966 until inactivation, the 326th maintained a detachment at Grand Island Municipal Airport, Nebraska.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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