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As Hurricane Andrew approached South Florida in late August 1992, the base evacuated their F-16 fighter aircraft, with the 31 TFW aircraft going to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio; the 482 FW aircraft to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida; the 125 FIG Det 1 aircraft to their home station of Jacksonville ANGB; and the 301 ...
An F-16 fighter jet sits amid the rubble at Homestead Air Force Base after Hurricane Andrew blew through South Miami-Dade on Aug, 24, 1992. ... 1992: Every building was either destroyed or damaged ...
The hurricane destroyed 90% of mobile homes in the county, including 99% of mobile homes in Homestead. [6] At the Homestead Air Force Base, most of the 2,000 buildings on the base were severely damaged or rendered unusable. [76] Damage to the base was extensive enough that it was recommended for closure. [77]
At Homestead Air Reserve Base (then known as Homestead Air Force Base), a barometric pressure of 922 mbar (27.2 inHg) was measured, making Andrew the most intense hurricane to strike Florida since the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 and the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Camille in 1969. [4]
It destroyed 25,000 homes in South Florida and damaged more than 101,000 others, as seen in this file photo. ... An F-16 fighter jet sits amid the rubble at Homestead Air Force base after ...
F-16C after being displaced from Homestead AFB, which was evacuated to Shaw in August 1992. Temporarily reassigned to the 363d FW, the tail codes were changed to "SW" when Homestead was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew and the squadron was reassigned to Shaw on a semi-permanent basis. McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom of the 309th TFS, about 1971.
As a result of the August 1992 destruction of Homestead AFB Florida by Hurricane Andrew in September 1992, the 31st Fighter Wing's 309th Fighter Squadron was initially evacuated to Shaw AFB prior to the hurricane making landfall. With Homstead unusable for an extended period after the hurricane, on 1 October 1992 the squadron was permanently ...
In the case of the 482 FW, the wing evacuated to Wright-Patterson AFB. Due to the massive damage to Homestead AFB and the surrounding community caused by Hurricane Andrew, the 482 FW remained at and conducted flight operations from Wright-Patterson AFB until December 1992, when it relocated to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The 482 FW ...