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The 144th Fighter Wing started the conversion process to the F-15C Eagle from the 120th Fighter Wing of the Montana Air National Guard with the arrival of the first of 21 F-15s on 18 June 2013. [3] The last F-16 departed the 144th Fighter Wing on 7 November 2013, destined for 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard .
A USAF Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, 81-793, of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, lost its port wing at 1500 hrs. during a pass over Martin State Airport, Middle River, Maryland during the Chesapeake Air Show and crashed into a residential area of Bowley's Quarters, Maryland damaging several homes. [217]
The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed for the United States Air Force. It has since been adopted by numerous air forces worldwide, and has been in near-continuous production since 1974, totaling approximately 4,600 aircraft.
Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Block 50 Fighting Falcon, [230] 96-0085, of the 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Wing, collided at ~1130 hrs. with a civilian Cessna 150M with two aboard [231] over Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina, both aircraft coming down near Lewisfield Plantation in Moncks Corner. The F-16 pilot ejected and was ...
All this makes Fresno the optimal location for the beddown of F-15EX or F-35A aircraft. ... The 144th Fighter Wing continues to invest in our community with an economic impact of nearly $160 ...
In 1954 the 81st became a Fighter Bomber Wing and the assigned squadrons began flying the F-84 Thunderjet. Then in 1958, the 78th received its first F-101 Voodoo aircraft. While flying the A-10 Thunderbolt II at RAF Woodbridge the squadron deployed to Incirlik Air Base Turkey in 1991, where it took part in Operation Provide Comfort .
Prior to 2013, the 144 FW stationed F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, initially consisting of F-16C/D Block 25, then F-16C/D Block 32, on alert at March. Following the wing's transition to the F-15 Eagle, the 144 FW now stations contracted South Dakota ANG (114th FW) F-16C Block 30s at this operating location in support of USNORTHCOM and NORAD.
Naval Air Station Lemoore also is under consideration for a new squadron.