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57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Emblem of the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
Active	1940–2006
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Fighter-Interceptor

The 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, also known as "The Black Knights of Keflavik", is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Previously part of the Air Defense Command, the Aerospace Defense Command (ADC), Tactical Air Command (TAC) and Air Combat Command (ACC), its last assignment was with United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) as a geographically-separated unit (GSU) of the 48th Fighter Wing. The 57 FIS was stationed at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was inactivated on June 28, 2006.

History

Lineage

• Constituted 57th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on November 20, 1940.

Activated on January 15, 1941.

Redesignated 57th Fighter Squadron on May 15, 1942

Disbanded on May 1, 1944.

• Reconstituted on March 24, 1947.

Activated in the reserve on May 15, 1947.

Inactivated on June 27, 1949.

• Redesignated 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on February 11, 1953.

Activated on March 27, 1953

Inactivated on March 1, 1995

Assignments

• 54th Pursuit (later Fighter) Group

Fourth Air Force, January 15, 1941 – May 11, 1943

Third Air Force, May 11, 1943 – May 1, 1944

• Strategic Air Command

459th Bombardment Group, May 15, 1947 – June 27, 1949

• Air Defense Command

528th Air Defense Group, March 27, 1953

• Military Air Transport Service

Iceland Air Defense Force, November 13, 1954

1400th Operations Group, December 18, 1955

• Air Forces Iceland, July 1, 1960
• Air (later Aerospace) Defense Command, July 1, 1962 – October 1, 1979
• Tactical Air Command (ADTAC), October 1, 1979 – June 1, 1992
• Air Combat Command

35th Wing, June 4, 1992 – October 1, 2002

• United States Air Forces in Europe

86th Airlift Wing, October 1, 2002 – October 8, 2004

48th Fighter Wing, October 8, 2004 – June 34, 2006

Stations

• Hamilton Field, California, January 15, 1941
• Everett, Washington, June 26, 1941
• Harding Field, Louisiana, January 31, 1942

Detachment operated from: San Diego Airport, California, May 28 – June 12, 1942

Detachment operated from: Elmendorf Airfield, Alaska, June 20 – September 30, 1942

Detachment operated from: Kodiak, Alaska, September 29 – December 1, 1942

• Bartow AAF, Florida, May 12, 1943 – May 1, 1944
• Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona, May 15, 1947 – June 27, 1949
• Presque Isle AFB, Maine, March 27, 1953
• Keflavik Aprt (later NAS Keflavik), Iceland, November 12, 1954 – March 1, 1995

Aircraft

• P-39 Airacobra, 1941–1943
• P-51 Mustang, 1943–1944
• F-89 Scorpion, 1953–1962
• F-102 Delta Dagger, 1962–1973
• F-4 Phantom II, 1973–1985
• F-15 Eagle, 1985–2006

Operations history

Air defense of the west coast, May–June 1942, and Alaska, June 20 – December 1, 1942; replacement training, April 1943 – April 1944. SAC Fighter-Escort, 1947–1949. Air defense of the Northeast United States, 1953–1954, Icelandic Air Defense, 1954–1995. Effective 1 March 1995, the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron was deactivated and the 85th Operations Squadron was activated in its place. The 85th Operations Squadron was the host unit for rotational units from the Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve which sent aircraft and personnel to Keflavik on 45/90 day rotations to perform the Air Defense mission. This mission ended in 2006 when the Department of Defense ended its Air Defense role in Iceland and Naval Air Station Keflavik was closed as an active military installation.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• 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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