Wing / Group(s) Assigned:
507th Fighter Wing (Col Ward Martindale - Wing Commander)
Air Division(s) Assigned:
21st Air Division
30th Air Division
Location(s):
Kincheloe (Kinross) AFB, MI
Griffiss AFB, NY
Dates Unit Was Active:
12 May 1960 - 30 Sep 1968
Aug 1968 - 30 Sep 1968 (redesignated 49th FIS)
Alert Detachment’s: None
Number of Aircraft: 29
Number of Aircraft Loses: 4 Lost
F-106 Airframe Lineage Database Data
The 438th FIS was activated at Kinross AFB (later named Kincheloe AFB) in April 1953 with F-94Bs. In the spring of 1954 it transitioned into F-89Ds and in the summer of 1957 into F-102As.
In May 1960 it received F-106As. The squadron moved to Griffiss AFB in August 1968 and on 30 September 1968 was redesignated the 49th FIS.
The squadron patch with "Donald Duck" in it was licensed by Disney.
