The 326th flew radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabre aircraft.

[2] The 326th Squadron upgraded to Convair F-102 Delta Dagger aircraft, armed with AIM-4 Falcon Air-to-air missiles by June 1957.

[2] From 18 December 1953 – 1 March 1954, the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was assigned to Fairfax Field, Kansas, and an F-84 crashed near the city's business district killing the pilot and three residents.

However, Starting on 19 December 1962, the squadron established a detachment of fighters at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.

[6] For one year, a similar detachment was established at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, from 1 August 1965 until 1 July 1966.