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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multirole aircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations ...
[17] [18] The F-104 was in service for 12 years with 11,690 flight hours, 246 hours 45 minutes of these in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War and 103 hours 45 minutes in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, after which five F-104 remained and were grounded by lack of spares due to post war U.S. sanctions. The type was phased out in late 1972. [17] [18]
The 331st was reconstituted as the 331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and activated in 1953 at Suffolk County Air Force Base as an Air Defense Command (ADC) interceptor squadron. [1] The squadron was initially equipped with radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabres . [ 5 ]
Trailing the majority of the game, Texas Tech went on a 13-3 run to tie the score 65-all with 8:04 to play. The stretch kept going and wound up with the Red Raiders holding a 73-67 advantage with ...
A complete breakdown of Texas Tech's NCAA Tournament opener against NC State, including player health, defenses and players to watch. ... scouting report for Texas Tech basketball vs. NC State in ...
In 1967 the 319th F-104As and Bs were re-engined with the J79-GE-19 engines with 17,900 lbf (79.6 kN) of thrust in afterburner; service ceiling with this engine was in excess of 73,000 ft (22,250 m). In 1969, all the F-104A/Bs in ADC service were retired. On 18 May 1958, an F-104A set a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h). [3]
Texas Tech's basketball team reacts to Texas Tech's forward Devan Cambridge's 3-pointer against Omaha in a non-conference basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at United Supermarkets Arena.
At the beginning of the 1937–38 season, Texas Tech's short-lived Matadors moniker was replaced officially with "Red Raiders", the nickname the team has today. [5] Texas Tech received their first postseason bid in 1942 to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) tournament. Before withdrawing from the Border Conference in ...