page_title: 190th Fighter Squadron
section_title: Air Defense
hierarchical_section_title: 190th Fighter Squadron / History / Idaho Air National Guard / Air Defense
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Air Force Convair F-102A-40-CO Delta Dagger (s/n 54-1407) from the 190th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 124th Fighter-Interceptor Group, Idaho Air National Guard. The 190th FIS flew the F-102A from 1964 to 1975.
context_page_description: The 190th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Idaho Air National Guard 124th Fighter Wing located at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise, Idaho. The 190th is equipped with the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The 190th Fighter Squadron is known as the "Skull Bangers"
context_section_description: After the Korean War, the squadron was equipped with the long-range F-51H Mustang and became a part of Air Defense Command. In early 1953 it was equipped with F-86A Sabre daylight jet interceptors, and the squadron was redesignated the 190th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 January 1953.
  On 1 July 1955, the 190th was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 124th Fighter Group (Air Defense) was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 190th FIS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 124th Headquarters, 124th Material Squadron (Maintenance), 124th Combat Support Squadron, and the 124th USAF Dispensary. Also in 1955, the F-86A day interceptors were replaced by the F-94A Starfire all-weather interceptor.  The 190th changed aircraft four more times over the next 23 years to fly the F-89C Scorpion, F-86L Sabre Interceptor and the F-102 Delta Dagger.
  In 1958, the 190th implemented the ADC Runway Alert Program, in which interceptors of the 190th FIS were committed to a five-minute runway alert, a task that would last until 1974. In 1968 Air Defense Command was re-designated as Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM).
caption: 190th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A 54-1407, about 1967
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