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North American F-6C (P-51C-5-NT) Mustang Serial 42-103368 of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Reconnaissance Group at Saint-Dizier Airfield, France, Autumn 1944. This aircraft was flown by Captain John H. Hoefler, who used it to shoot down three enemy aircraft in June 1944.
2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment: The 2-135th Aviation is a reconnaissance and surveillance battalion equipped with RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The battalion is responsible for providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the 1st Infantry Division and other joint forces.
Cobra Eye – Boeing RC-135X reconnaissance aircraft with mission of tracking ICBM reentry vehicles. [51] [52] In 1993, it was converted into an additional RC-135S Cobra Ball. [53] [54] The sole aircraft was converted during the mid-to-late-1980s from a C-135B Telemetry/Range Instrumented Aircraft, serial number 62–4128.
Nicknamed the Flying Tigers, the battalion is the only United States Army attack helicopter unit in history to have captured enemy troops. During Desert Storm the battalion captured 527 enemy combatants, serving with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). "The number of prisoners (527) is probably a record for EPWs captured by a helicopter ...
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade is the Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. [1] It was first organized in July 1968 as an aviation group and stands as the most decorated aviation unit in the United States Army. [citation needed] It was redesignated an aviation brigade in 1986.
The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Kentucky.It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Kentucky Army National Guard, an element of the Kentucky National Guard of the much larger United States National Guard Bureau.
The Army Reserve Aviation Command (ARAC) is the headquarters command for all aviation assets in the United States Army Reserve. It is located at Fort Knox, Kentucky and is commanded by a brigadier general. The command consists of approximately 4,400 soldiers and 600 civilians, with 230 aircraft at facilities in 12 states. [1]
These aircraft were redesignated as RF-101G. As compared to the RF-101A dedicated photo-reconnaissance version of the F-101A, the RF-101G had a shorter and broader nose. These aircraft went to the Kentucky Air National Guard in July 1965, replacing the RB-57B. Kentucky ANG RF-101H flying a combat mission in South Vietnam, 1968