The 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to Aerospace Defense Command, being stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, where it was inactivated on 31 December 1969. The squadron was first activated as the 317th Fighter Squadron. During World War II, it saw combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, where it earned two Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States and was inactivated.
