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.
History
World War II and Army of Occupation
Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 â 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945âÂÂ1949.
Air defense operations
Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952âÂÂ1958.
Lineage
- Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943
Inactivated on 1 April 1949
- Redesignated 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 10 October 1952
Activated on 1 December 1952
Inactivated on 2 January 1958
Assignments
Stations
Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August â 1 September 1943
Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February â 2 March 1945
- Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, 27 February 1945
- Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, 19 April 1945
- Ie Shima Airfield, Okinawa, 8 August 1945
- Kimpo Air Base, Korea, 28 September 1945
- Itazuke Air Base, Japan, 28 August 1948
- Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 25 March â 1 April 1949
- Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 â 2 January 1958
Aircraft
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