85th FIS

The 85th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (85th FIS) was an active United States Air Force unit from World War II through the early Cold War. Initially activated in 1942, the squadron saw combat in the Mediterranean Theater, flying the P-40 Warhawk and later the P-47 Thunderbolt. After the war, it was reactivated in the 1950s as part of the Air Defense Command, operating jet interceptors like the F-86 Sabre and F-102 Delta Dagger to defend U.S. airspace during the tense early years of the Cold War. The 85th FIS was inactivated in 1960 as part of a broader realignment of air defense forces.