519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1943–1955
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor

The 519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 521st Air Defense Group, stationed at Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955.

History

Training for combat, October 1943– April 1944. Air defense of the Midwest United States, 1954–1955

Lineage

• Constituted 637th Bombardment Squadron (Dive) on 23 March 1943

Activated on 5 April 1943

Redesignated 519th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 10 August 1943

Disbanded on 1 April 1944

• Reconstituted, and redesignated 519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, on 4 November 1954

Activated on 8 December 1954

Inactivated on 18 August 1955.

Assignments

• 408th Bombardment (later Fighter-Bomber) Group, 5 April 1943 – 1 April 1944
• 521st Air Defense Group, 8 December 1954 – 18 August 1955.

Stations

• Key Field, Mississippi, 5 April 1943
• Drew Field, Florida, 24 September 1943
• Abilene AAF, Texas, 10 November 1943
• DeRidder AAB, Louisiana, 11 February 1944
• Woodward AAF, Oklahoma, 26 March-1 April 1944
• Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa, 8 December 1954 – 18 August 1955.

Aircraft

• A-24 Banshee, 1943–1944
• A-36 Apache, 1943–1944
• P-40 Warhawk, 1943–1944
• P-47 Thunderbolt 1943-1944
• F-86D Sabre Interceptor, 1954–1955

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
• Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1982.
• USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1).