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Sabre at NASM in livery of 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing. As the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing it flew the North American F-86 Sabre during the Korean War and was the top MiG-killing organization during the conflict. [3] Actually, on 17 December 1950, Lt. Col. Bruce H. Hinton shot down a MiG-15 during the very first Sabre mission of the war.
4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing: F-86 Sabre Also claimed 5 kills in World War II. Credited to have shot down pilots of more nationalities of any American ace, with victories against Nazi Germany, Vichy France and the Empire of Japan. [84] William Westcott: USAF Major 5 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing: F-86 Sabre
Parr returned to Korea as an F-86 pilot with the 335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing at Kimpo Air Base from May to September 1953. One of his missions began on June 7, 1953, when he descended from 41,000 feet over the Yalu River that separated North Korea from China and saw four Soviet MiG-15s. He pursued them ...
A pilot assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing prepares to fly an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., on Thursday, March 22, 2023. The F-15E is a dual-role fighter ...
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Manuel J. Fernandez, Jr., Captain, U.S. Air Force, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United Nations while serving as a Pilot with the 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter ...
He commanded the 4th Fighter Wing from 4 May 1955 to 22 August 1956. [5] He commanded the 479th Tactical Fighter Wing from 1 August 1959 to 19 June 1961. [6] In 1963 during the early stages of the Vietnam War he served as deputy to the Military Assistance Command Vietnam J-3 (Operations) advising on the expansion of the Republic of Vietnam Air ...
403d Troop Carrier Wing; 428th Fighter-Bomber Squadron; 429th Fighter-Bomber Squadron; 430th Fighter-Bomber Squadron; 437th Troop Carrier Group; 437th Troop Carrier Wing; 452d Bombardment Group; 452d Bombardment Wing; 474th Fighter Bomber Wing; 474th Fighter-Bomber Group; 483d Troop Carrier Group; 483d Troop Carrier Wing; 502d Tactical Control ...
With the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, the group moved to Japan following the Korean armistice in 1953, continuing training and tours to Korea. The group was inactivated on 8 December 1957 [ 1 ] with its component squadrons assigned directly to the wing as the Air Force reorganized its wings into the tri-deputate structure .