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A California Air National Guard North American F-86A Sabre of the 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Ontario International Airport, explodes over the eastern city limits of San Diego and crashes in open country a mile north of Lake Murray Reservoir. The pilot, Capt. Robert E. Dixon, of Spring Valley, California, is killed.
All transferred to Air National Guard by the end of 1954. [2] F-89C Scorpion, Second production model, 164 produced. First assigned to the 74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Presque Isle AFB, Maine in January 1952. [1] All transferred to Air National Guard by the end of 1954. [3] F-89D Scorpion, Third (and major) production model, 682 produced.
A Douglas B-26C, 44-35736, (built as an A-26C-45-DT), [78] of the 168th Bomb Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, based at O'Hare International Airport, suffers heavy icing conditions, attempts an emergency landing at NAS Glenview, Illinois, but explodes in midair just before landing, coming down in Northbrook along Willow Road, spreading ...
1956-1959 PA Air National Guard; Received F-94Bs from ID 190th FIS; received F-94Cs October 1947 from MA ANG [15] Converted to F-89H Scorpion June 1959 [23] 109th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 133d Fighter-Interceptor Group F-94A/B 1954-1958 MN Air National Guard; Received F-94As which were upgraded to F-94B standards along with F-94Bs.
Redesignated as Burlington Air National Guard Base: Forbes Air Force Base: Topeka: Kansas: 1973 Redesignated as Forbes Field Air National Guard Base: Foster Air Force Base: Victoria: Texas: 1959 Closed Galena Air Force Station: Galena: Alaska: 1993 Closed. Transferred to civilian use as Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport. Gary Air Force Base: San ...
Units existed in U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, U.S. Navy, ... North Carolina ANG (1959–1960) 157th, South Carolina ANG (1958–1960 ...
The Air National Guard's 280th Special Operations Communications Squadron (280th SOCS) is a communications unit located at Hall Air Guard Station, Dothan Regional Airport, Alabama. [2] The 280th SOCS provides tactical communication services to state, military and federal agencies utilizing state of the art information systems.
Flight 300 was the second of four fatal crashes in under two years involving Capital Airlines Viscounts; the others were Flight 67 (April 1958), [1] Flight 75 (May 1959), and Flight 20 (January 1960). An investigation of the accident concluded that the pilot in command of the T-33 failed to see and maintain a safe distance from other air traffic.