432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
	F-86D Sabres at Truax Field
Active	1943–1949; 1952–1958
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Fighter-Interceptor
Nickname(s)	Clover (World War II)
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation; Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Captain (later Colonel) John S. Loisel
Insignia
Patch with 432d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 March 1955)
432d Fighter Squadron emblem

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

Combat in Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific, 12 August 1943 – 21 July 1945. Occupation duty (Korea and Japan), 1945–1949.^[2]

Air Defense of Upper Midwest, 1952–1958.^[2]

Activated on 14 May 1943 by special authority prior to constitution as 432d Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1943

Inactivated on 1 April 1949

Activated on 1 December 1952

Inactivated on 2 January 1958^[2]

Operated from Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, 12 August – 1 September 1943

Detachment operated from San Jose, Mindoro, Netherlands East Indies, 5 February – 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 – 1 April 1949
Truax Field, Wisconsin, 10 October 1952
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota, 18 August 1955 – 2 January 1958^[2]

^ Aircraft are North American F-86D-40-NA Sabres. Identified aircraft include serial numbers 52-3622 and 52-3717
^ Aircraft is Northrop F-89H-5-NO Scorpion serial 54-409, stationed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Minnesota. Taken at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, armed with a "Genie" nuclear missile. Aircraft fired the nuclear weapon as the "John Shot" of Operation Plumb Bob, 19 July 1959

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