440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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Squadron F-86D Sabre
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| Active | 1943–1944; 1953–1960 |
| Country |
 United States
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 United States Air Force
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| Role | Fighter-Interceptor |
| Part of | Air Defense Command |
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| Patch with 440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron emblem (approved 9 July 1954) |  |
The 440th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 86th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, stationed at Erding Air Station, Germany. It was inactivated on 1 January 1960.
The squadron was first activated as the 440th Fighter Squadron at Sarasota Army Air Field, Florida in 1943 when the 337th Fighter Group expanded from three to four squadrons. It served as a III Fighter Command North American P-51 Mustang Operational, later Replacement Training Unit. The squadron was disbanded in May 1944 and its personnel and equipment transferred to the 341st AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Fighter).
Reactivated in 1953 as a North American F-86D Sabre interceptor squadron. Moved to West Germany, attached to the 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing at Landstuhl Air Base. The squadron moved to Erding Air Base in Bavaria, operating as a forward-deployed squadron near the Czech border until inactivated in January 1960 with the withdrawal of the F-86D from West Germany.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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