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The [[squadron (aviation)|squadron]] was activated in April 1943 as the '''637th Bombardment Squadron''' at [[Key Field]], Mississippi, as one of the original squadrons of the [[408th Bombardment Group]].<ref name=Maurer519FS>Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 623-624</ref><ref name=Maurer408BG>Maurer, ''Combat Units'', p. 294</ref> In August, as were other [[Army Air Forces]] (AAF) single engine [[dive bomber]] units, it became a [[fighter-bomber]] unit as the '''519th Fighter-Bomber Squadron.'''<ref name=Maurer519FS/> The squadron did not receive aircraft to begin training until October, after it had moved to [[Drew Field]], Florida.<ref name=Maurer408BG/> It served as an operational training unit with various aircraft, providing [[en cadre|cadres]] to "satellite groups" and as a replacement training unit, training individual pilots.<ref name=Maurer519FS/><ref name=CCV6>''See'' Craven & Cate, Introduction, p. xxxvi</ref> |
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However, the AAF was finding that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization, were not proving well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, it adopted a more functional system in which each AAF base was organized into a separate numbered unit.<ref>Craven & Cate, p. 75, The Organization and its Responsibilities, Chapter 2 The AAF</ref> In this reorganization the squadron was disbanded in 1944 as the AAF converted to the AAF Base Unit system<ref name=Maurer519FS/> and was replaced, along with other units at [[Woodward Army Air Field]], by the 267th AAF Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Fighter) in a reorganization of the AAF in which all units not programmed for deployment overseas were replaced by AAF Base Units to free up manpower for assignment overseas.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/179/726.xml |title=Abstract, History Woodward Army Air Field, Apr 1944|date=|publisher=Air Force History Index|deadurl=no |accessdate=June 2, 2012}}</ref> |
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519th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
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 F-86D Sabre as flown by the squadron | |
| Active | 1943–1944; 1954–1955 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Air Force |
| Role | Fighter-Interceptor |
| Part of | Air Defense Command |
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
History
World War II
The squadron was activated in April 1943 as the 637th Bombardment Squadron at Key Field, Mississippi, as one of the original squadrons of the 408th Bombardment Group.[1][2] In August, as were other Army Air Forces (AAF) single engine dive bomber units, it became a fighter-bomber unit as the 519th Fighter-Bomber Squadron.[1] The squadron did not receive aircraft to begin training until October, after it had moved to Drew Field, Florida.[2] It served as an operational training unit with various aircraft, providing cadres to "satellite groups" and as a replacement training unit, training individual pilots.[1][3]
However, the AAF was finding that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization, were not proving well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, it adopted a more functional system in which each AAF base was organized into a separate numbered unit.[4] In this reorganization the squadron was disbanded in 1944 as the AAF converted to the AAF Base Unit system[1] and was replaced, along with other units at Woodward Army Air Field, by the 267th AAF Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Fighter) in a reorganization of the AAF in which all units not programmed for deployment overseas were replaced by AAF Base Units to free up manpower for assignment overseas.[5]
Cold War air defense
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
- Notes
- ^ a b c d Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 623-624
- ^ a b Maurer, Combat Units, p. 294
- ^ See Craven & Cate, Introduction, p. xxxvi
- ^ Craven & Cate, p. 75, The Organization and its Responsibilities, Chapter 2 The AAF
- ^ "Abstract, History Woodward Army Air Field, Apr 1944". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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Bibliography
This article incorporates 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. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- Craven, Wesley F & Cate, James L, ed. (1955). The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. Vol. VI, Men & Planes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. LCCN 48003657. OCLC 704158.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - 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.
- 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.
- Further reading
- "ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor. Vol. 21 (No. 1). Aerospace Defense Command: 5–11, 26–31, 40–45, 54–59. January 1979.
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