445th FIS, ADC

The 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS) was a unit of the United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) activated in 1953. Initially stationed at Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, the squadron’s primary mission was the air defense of the Great Lakes region during the early Cold War. The 445th FIS operated aircraft such as the North American F-86D Sabre and later the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger. The squadron was inactivated in 1968 as part of a general reduction of continental air defense forces.