337th Fighter Group

337th Fighter Group
Emblem of the 337th Fighter Group
Active	1942-1966
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor

460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-90-CO Delta Dagger 57-838, 337th Fighter Group, Portland International Airport, Oregon, April 1963

The 337th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, Portland Air Defense Sector, stationed at Portland Airport, Oregon. It was inactivated on 30 March 1966.

History

Operated as replacement training unit, flying P-40 Warhawks and P-51 Mustangs, 1942-1944. Reactivated as an Air Defense Command Aircraft Control and Warning Group, forming radar squadrons in the late 1940s and the early 1950s and deploying them around the New York, New Jersey area under First Air Force and the 26th Air Division. Moved to Oregon in 1955 and operated interceptor squadrons under 25th Air Division until phaseout of interceptors due to budget reductions in 1966.

Lineage

• Constituted as 337th Fighter Group on 16 July 1942

Activated on 23 July 1942

Disbanded on 1 May 1944

• Activated as 503d Aircraft Warning Group, 1 April 1948

Re-designated 503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group, 6 December 1949

Inactivated on 6 February 1952

• Activated as: 503d Air Defense Group, on 16 February 1953

Reconstituted and redesignated 337th Fighter Group (Air Defense), on 20 June 1955

Activated on 18 August 1955 by redesignation of 503d Air Defense Group.

Inactivated on 30 March 1966

Assignments

• III Fighter Command, 23 July 1942-1 May 1944
• First Air Force, 1 April 1948
• 26th Air Division, 16 November 1948 – 6 February 1952
• 4704th Defense Wing, 16 February 1953
• 25th Air Division, 8 October 1954
• Portland Air Defense Sector, 15 April 1960-30 March 1966

Components

World War II

• 98th Fighter Squadron: 21 July 1942-1 May 1944
• 303d Fighter Squadron: 21 July 1942-1 May 1944
• 304th Fighter Squadron: 21 July 1942-1 May 1944
• 440th Fighter Squadron: 21 July 1942-1 May 1944

Interceptor squadrons

• 460th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Portland Airport, 18 August 1955–30 March 1966

• 357th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Portland Airport, 6 February 1953-25 May 1953

• 497th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Portland Airport, 18 February 1953-18 August 1955

Radar squadrons

Stations

• Morris Field, North Carolina, 23 July 1942
• Drew Field, Florida, 7 August 1942
• Sarasota Army Airfield, Florida, c. 3 January 1943-1 May 1944
• Fort Slocum (later, Slocum AFB), 1 April 1948
• Roslyn AFS, New York, 1 January 1951 – 6 February 1952
• Portland Airport, Oregon, 18 August 1955-30 March 1966

Aircraft

• P-40 Warhawk, 1942–1943
• P-51 Mustang, 1944
• F-89 Scorpion, 1955–1958
• F-102 Delta Dagger, 1958–1966

See also

• List of USAF Aerospace Defense Command General Surveillance Radar Stations
• Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons

References

	United States Air Force portal
	Military of the United States portal

 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
• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

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