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The airfield opened in April 1940 on 897.22 acres (363.09 ha) subleased from Inyo County. During World War II it was known as Bishop Army Airfield and was a sub-base to Muroc Army Airfield in 1942 and 1943 for Fourth Air Force. The site was used for aircraft flight and ordnance delivery training.
The Midland Army Air Field Museum is an aviation museum located at the Midland International Air and ... [14] Republic F-105D Thunderchief [12] Schweizer TG-3A [12 ...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.
Muroc Army Airfield, 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Mojave; 323rd Air Base Sq / 323rd Base Headquarters and Air Base Sq; 1 May 1942–31 March 1944 421st Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Heavy Bombardment); 1 April 1944–16 October 1945 Now: Edwards Air Force Base Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Bishop Army Airfield
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum – Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, New York (closed in 1995) [12] Randolph Air Force Base Museum – Randolph Air Force Base, Universal City, Texas (consolidated with Lackland museum in 1958) [13] Silver Wings Aviation Museum – Mather Air Force Base, near Sacramento, California [14] [15] [16]
The F-14 primarily conducted air-to-air and reconnaissance missions with the U.S. Navy until the 1990s, when it was also employed as a long-range strike fighter. [2] It saw considerable action in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf and was used as a strike platform in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq until its final deployment with the United States in 2006.
Ephrata Army Air Base, Washington, 1 December 1942; Bishop Army Air Field, California, 15 December 1942 – April 1944; RAF Mendlesham (USAAF Station 156), [23] England, 26 April 1944-c. 25 July 1945; Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, Aug-28 August 1945; Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, 8 July 1963 – 8 July 1965