460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron
Military unit
The 460th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It was previously assigned to Tactical Air Command 's 325th Fighter Weapons Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida, where it was inactivated on 15 October 1982. On 11 August 2023, it was reactivated and assigned to the 926th Operations Group, 926th Wing at Nellias AFB, Nevada.
History
World War II
Established in late 1942 as a ground support squadron. Deployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations in 1943 to Australia where the unit functioned as a ground support unit at Sydney Airport , then at Dobodura in New Guinea. Converted to a P-47 Thunderbolt operational combat unit, engaged in fighter-bomber operations against Japanese positions in New Guinea , Netherlands East Indies and also during the Philippines Campaign (1944–1945). Moved to Okinawa , then Japan after the Japanese Capitulation as part of the Occupation Force, inactivated in 1946.
Air defense
P-47D 460th Fighter Squadron 1944 Convair F-102A-95-CO 57-907, 1960460 FIS F-106 Delta Darts Reactivated in 1954 as part of the U.S. Air Force Air Defense Command , stationed at Knoxville , for air defense of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and TVA dams in eastern Tennessee . Moved to Portland AFB, Oregon , and flew air defense missions over the Pacific Northwest , later to southern California in 1968 at Oxnard AFB , which closed a year later; it then moved to Grand Forks AFB , North Dakota , until inactivated as part of the drawdown of ADC in 1974.
Fighter training
Reactivated briefly in early 1982 as an air defense training squadron at Tyndall AFB , Florida; inactivated late the same year.
Lineage
Constituted as the 1st Airdrome Squadron on 7 November 1942 Activated on 20 November 1942
Redesignated 460th Fighter Squadron , Single Engine on 14 July 1944
Inactivated on 20 February 1946 Redesignated 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 23 March 1953 Activated on 18 March 1954[ 3]
Discontinued on 25 March 1966 Activated on 1 September 1968 (not organized) Organized on 30 September 1968
Inactivated on 30 July 1974 Redesignated 460th Fighter-Interceptor Training Squadron on 1 October 1980 Activated on 15 November 1980
Inactivated on 15 October 1982 Redesignated 460th Test and Evaluation Squadron on 2023 Activated on 11 August 2023
Assignments
Air Service Command , 20 November 1942Second Air Force , 28 December 194216th Bombardment Training Wing , c. 15 February 1943Fifth Air Force , c. 1 June 1943 (attached to 310th Bombardment Wing , 1 February 1944; 85th Fighter Wing , c. 16 May–14 July 1944V Fighter Command , 14 July 1944348th Fighter Group , 23 September 1944 – 20 February 1946516th Air Defense Group , 18 March 1954337th Fighter Group , 18 August 1955 – 25 March 1966[ 3] 414th Fighter Group , 1 September 1968408th Fighter Group , 1 December 196925th Air Division , 1 October 1970 – 30 July 1974Air Defense, Tactical Air Command , 15 November 1980325th Fighter Weapons Wing, 15 August 1981 – 15 October 1982
926th Operations Group , 11 August 2023
Stations
Syracuse Army Air Base , New York, 20 November 1942Biggs Field , Texas, 2 February – 17 April 1943Sydney , New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1943Dobodura Airfield Complex , (Papua) New Guinea, 20 June 1943Gusap Airfield , (Papua) New Guinea, 23 October 1943Nadzab Airfield Complex , (Papua) New Guinea, 23 July 1944Kornasoren Airfield , Noemfoor Island , New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Netherlands East Indies, 23 September 1944Tacloban Airfield , Leyte , Philippines, 10 November 1944Tanauan Airfield , Leyte, Philippines, 12 December 1944San Marcelino Airfield , Luzon , Philippines, 6 February 1945
Floridablanca Airfield , Luzon, Philippines, 15 May 1945Ie Shima Airfield , Okinawa , 12 July 1945Itazuke Army Air Base , Japan, 24 November 1945 – 20 February 1946McGhee Tyson Airport , Tennessee, 18 March 1954Portland International Airport , Oregon, 18 August 1955 – 25 March 1966[ 3] Oxnard Air Force Base , California, 1 September 1968Kingsley Field , Oregon, 31 December November 1969 – 1971Grand Forks AFB , North Dakota, 1 April 1971 – 15 July 1974Peterson Field , Colorado, 15 November 1980Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida, 15 August – 15 October 1982Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada, 11 August 2023 - present
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Notes
^ Historical Marker database ^ a b c Maurer, Combat Squadrons , pp. 567–568
^ a b c Lineage, including assignments, stations and aircraft through 1963 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons , pp. 567–568
Bibliography
public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980 (PDF) . Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012 . Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1 LCCN 61060979 . Retrieved 17 December 2016 . Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6 LCCN 70605402 . OCLC 72556 . Retrieved 17 December 2016 . "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor . 21 (1). Aerospace Defense Command: 5– 11, 26– 31, 40– 45, 54– 59. January 1979. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 460TH FIGHTER SQUADRON PRESENTED DURING THE MEMORIAL DEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO, 20 MAY 1991 460th Fighter Interceptor Squadron pdf
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