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The 48th OG was assigned the Fighter Squadrons previously assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing upon activation, all equipped with the General Dynamics F-111F. it phased out the F-111 aircraft and was equipped with F-15 aircraft, at first 2 squadrons of "E" model Strike Eagles and then later adding a full squadron of "C" & "D" model Eagles.
Original emblem of the 48th FBW Statue of Liberty emblem of the 48th FBW F-86Fs 48th FBW, at Chaumont Air Base, France, November 1953 Statue dedication ceremony, F-86s at Chaumont Air Base, 4 July 1956 North American F-100D Super Sabres of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing – 1957. The aircraft in foreground, AF Ser. No. 54-2222, is the Wing ...
The 48th Fighter Wing official website (www.lakenheath.af.mil) has used the 'Madhatters' nickname in articles dated 2006, 2010, and occasionally since. However, in more recent years (e.g. articles dated 2017, 2020, and 2022), the use of 'Bolars' now appears more common.
The 493rd Fighter Squadron (493rd FS), nicknamed the Grim Reapers, is part of the United States Air Force's 48th Fighter Wing located at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The 493rd FS operates the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II .
Squadron F-100D [note 2] 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-100Ds at Chaumont Air Base in 1957 [note 3] Then in late 1956 the squadron upgraded to the F-100D Super Sabre . However the nuclear-weapon capable F-100 caused disagreements with France concerning atomic storage and custody issues within NATO, resulting in a decision to remove Air Force ...
Jul. 27—The Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 88th Security Forces both scheduled separate exercises today. Alert fighter jets from the 180th Fighter Wing ...
The 495th Fighter Squadron (495th FS), nicknamed the Valkyries, is part of the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Having been reactivated on 1 October 2021, it became the first overseas United States Air Force squadron to operate the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II on 15 December 2021.
48th Tactical Fighter Wing - Statue de La Liberte (The Statue of Liberty) [27] 49th Tactical Fighter Wing - Tutor et Ultor (I Protect and Avenge) [27] 50th Tactical Fighter Wing - Master of the Sky [27] 51st Fighter Wing (formerly 51st Tactical Fighter Wing) - Leading the Charge (1993–present); Deftly and Swiftly (former motto) [27] [30]