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In 1947, the PA ANG 112th Fighter Group was formed at Pittsburgh Airport, its origins being the World War II 350th Fighter Group. A component of Air Defense Command, the 146th Fighter Squadron operated various types of interceptors until 1975, when it was re-equipped with A-7D Corsair IIs and became part of Tactical Air Command.
Avenger Field WASPs and training aircraft. At this time, Jacqueline Cochran was making plans for a training program for women pilots to participate in the war effort. Working with the Army Air Forces, she established a training facility at the Howard Hughes field in Houston, Texas, for Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs as it was known.
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; October 13, 1922 – August 31, 1990) was an American professional basketball player. [1] He is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
[3] [4] Her training she completed at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. [5] She was stationed at Merced Army Airfield. [4] Shutsy-Reynolds was one of the first women to fly military aircraft. [5] After the WASP were disbanded in 1944, Shutsy-Reynolds took a bus and hitchhiked her way home where she went to work in her father's repair shop. [2]
Military personnel from Pittsburgh (120 P) Military personnel from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (7 P) P. Pennsylvania National Guard personnel (49 P)
Sweetwater began selling more and more pro audio equipment, and eventually Sweetwater's retail business surpassed its recording studio business. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] By 2016, Sweetwater had become the largest online retailer of music instruments and equipment in the U.S. [ 10 ] Surack remains Founder and Chairman of Sweetwater Sound, with John Hopkins ...
The initial rescue effort was completed by 8:30 a.m. EST while emergency personnel continued to check under the wreckage for any trapped victims; [1] none were found. [25] A crane erected at Forbes and Briarcliff was used to retrieve the wrecked vehicles, and the bus (22 tons) was lifted from the site on January 31.
The United States Army had established Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) P-70DC for the Nike Missile air-defense system, Pittsburgh Defense Area. The site had an FAA ARSR-lA search radar providing air-traffic-control data, as well as a pair of AN/FPS-6 B height-finder radars, and initially the station functioned as a Ground-Control ...