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The 144th Fighter Wing was established by the National Guard Bureau, allocated to the state of California, recognized and activated on 1 November 1950, assuming the personnel, equipment, and mission of the inactivated 61st Fighter Wing. The 144th Fighter Group was assigned to the new wing as its operational group with the three fighter squadrons.
The 194th Fighter Squadron (194 FS) is a unit of the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) at Fresno Air National Guard Base, California.The 194th is equipped with the F-15 Eagle and like its parent wing, the 144th, is operationally-gained within the active U.S. Air Force by the Air Combat Command (ACC).
Prior to 2013, the 144 FW stationed F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, initially consisting of F-16C/D Block 25, then F-16C/D Block 32, on alert at March. Following the wing's transition to the F-15 Eagle, the 144 FW now stations contracted South Dakota ANG (114th FW) F-16C Block 30s at this operating location in support of USNORTHCOM and NORAD.
144th Fighter Wing (144 FW), Fresno Yosemite IAP / Fresno ANGB California, F-15 Eagle; Detachment 1, 144 FW, March ARB (formerly March AFB), California. 148th Fighter Wing (148 FW), Duluth IAP / Duluth ANGB, Minnesota, F-16 Fighting Falcon; 158th Fighter Wing (158 FW), Burlington IAP / Burlington ANGB, Vermont, F-35 Lightning II
51 FW: 15 January 1941 Osan AB, South Korea: A-10C [382] OS: 27th Fighter Squadron: Fighting Eagles [383] Air Combat Command: Fifteenth Air Force: 1 FW: 8 May 1917 JB Langley–Eustis, Virginia: F-22A [384] FF: 34th Fighter Squadron: Rude Rams [385] Air Combat Command: Fifteenth Air Force: 388 FW: 15 October 1944 [386] Hill AFB, Utah: F-35A ...
Two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s 144 Wing claimed four downed. Johnson's victims likely belonged to I./JG 11 (Fighter Wing 11). [129] Oberleutnant Heinz-Gerhard Vogt, a 28-victory ace, was shot down in this area in this battle. Vogt, of 7./JG 26, survived to be killed in action later in the year. [130] 20 July 1944 Argentan Spitfire IXB MK392
The 144th Airlift Squadron (144 AS) is a unit of the Alaska Air National Guard 176th Wing located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska. The 144th is an associate unit of the active 517th Airlift Squadron , equipped with the C-17 Globemaster III.
Colonel Charles Henry "Mac" MacDonald (November 23, 1914 – March 3, 2002) was a United States Air Force officer and a fighter ace of World War II. [1] [2] MacDonald commanded the 475th Fighter Group for 20 months in his P-38 Lightning, "Putt Putt Maru", and became the third ranking fighter ace in the Pacific during World War II.