62nd FIS

The 62nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (62nd FIS) was an active unit of the United States Air Force primarily tasked with air defense missions. Originally constituted during World War II as the 62nd Pursuit Squadron in 1940, it served in both the European and Mediterranean Theaters, providing escort and air superiority missions. Reactivated during the Cold War, the squadron was assigned to the Air Defense Command and operated advanced jet interceptors, such as the F-86 Sabre and later the F-101 Voodoo, to protect U.S. airspace from potential Soviet threats. The 62nd FIS was inactivated in 1969 as the need for continental air defense diminished.