[3] The group was assigned the 326th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was activated at Fairfax Field in December, flying radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabre fighter aircraft as its operational component.

[4] The 326th's operational mission was air defense of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the central Midwest.

[citation needed] The group moved to Grandview Air Force Base on 16 February 1954.

[citation needed] The group was discontinued and replaced by the 328th Fighter Group (Air Defense), which assumed its mission, personnel and equipment at Grandview (later Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base) as part of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.

[1][5][6][7] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency