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432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949. Air defense operations Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958. 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 * 475th Fighter Group, 14 May 1943 – 1 April 1949 * 31st Air Division, 1 December 1952 * 520th Air Defense Group, 16 February 1953 * 475th Fighter Group, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958 Stations * Charters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F-86D Sabre
The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the "Sabre Dog",) was an American transonic jet fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was an interceptor aircraft, interceptor derivative of the North American F-86 Sabre. While the original F-86 Sabre was conceived as a day fighter, the F-86D was specifically developed as an Interceptor aircraft, all-weather interceptor. Originally designated as the YF-95 during development and testing, it was re-designated the F-86D before production began, despite only sharing 25% commonality of parts with the original F-86. Production models of the F-86D/K/L differed from other Sabres in that they had a larger fuselage, a larger afterburning engine, and a distinctive nose radome. The most-produced Sabre Dog variants (the "D" and "G" models) also mounted no guns, unlike the Sabre with its six M2 Browning, M3 Browning .50 caliber machine guns, instead mounti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
