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On 5 September 1957, the South Carolina Air National Guard 157th Fighter-Bomber Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 169th Fighter-Interceptor Group was established by the National Guard Bureau. The 157th was re-designated as a Fighter-Interceptor squadron and became the group's flying squadron.
William Nicholas Leonard (January 12, 1916 – August 21, 2005) was an American aviator, a flying ace of World War II, and a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Leonard was born in Douglas, Arizona , the son of United States Army Colonel Charles F. Leonard and his wife Hannah M. Leonard.
The wartime 304th Fighter Squadron was re-constituted and re-designated as the 169th Fighter Squadron on 24 May 1946. It was allotted to the Illinois Air National Guard , being organized at Greater Peoria Airport , Illinois and was extended federal recognition on 21 June 1947.
What is now the 169th Airlift Squadron originated during World War II as the 304th Fighter Squadron, which was activated on 23 July 1942. The 304th was assigned to the 337th Fighter Group at the Pinellas County Airport, Florida, and served as an operational training unit equipped with the P-39 Airacobra and the P-40 Warhawk.
Re-constituted in the Army Air Service as the 35th Pursuit Squadron on 24 March 1923; [34] Re-designated: 35th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942; fought in Pacific Theater during World War II; Korean War 1950–1953; Currently 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, South Korea [10] 36th Aero Squadron: 12 June 1917 AEF: 19 September 1917 – 25 March 1919
Night fighter ace William N. Leonard United States U.S. Navy: 8 Elvin L. Lindsay United States U.S. Navy: 8 Thomas E. Maloney United States U.S. Army Air Forces: 8 possibly just 7 William R. Maxwell United States U.S. Navy: 8 Earl May, Jr. United States U.S. Navy: 8 Wallace McIntosh United Kingdom Royal Air Force: 8 Avro Lancaster tail gunner
A tree protected the remains of a World War II fighter pilot, whose plane crashed in Germany in 1945, for more than 70 years.
C-130 taking off from McEntire F-104As on the ramp at McEntire. McEntire Joint National Guard Base or McEntire JNGB (IATA: MMT, ICAO: KMMT, FAA LID: MMT) is a military airport located in Richland County, South Carolina, United States, 10 miles (16 km) west of the town of Eastover and approximately 15 miles southeast of the city of Columbia.