History
Activated in the summer of 1942 as part of III Fighter Command Became a P-40 Warhawk, replacement training unit (RTU). Inactivated on 1 May 1944 as part of a reorganization of training units.
Reactivated in 1953 as part of Air Defense Command as an air defense squadron, equipped with F-89D Scorpion Interceptors and initially being assigned to Dover AFB, Delaware with a mission for the air defense of Philadelphia Delaware-Maryland-Virginia region.
Moved to Suffolk County AFB, New York, in 1963 becoming part of the New York City air defense force, upgraded in 1959 to the to the new McDonnell F-101B Voodoo and assigned alongside the F-101B interceptor was the F-101F operational and conversion trainer. The two-seat trainer version was equipped with dual controls, but carried the same armament as the F-101B and were fully combat-capable interceptors. Inactivated in September 1968 as part of the drawdown of ADC interceptor bases, the aircraft being passed along to the Air National Guard.
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