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The first aircraft assigned to K. I. Sawyer were F-102 Delta Daggers from the 438th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Kincheloe AFB, which were temporarily stationed at K. I. Sawyer during the summer of 1958. On 8 November 1958 the Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector (SsmADS) was established at K. I
On November 18, the crew departed Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, in B-52G (tail number 58‑0228) on a training flight to K. I. Sawyer AFB south of Marquette, Michigan. The goal of the mission was to test the performance of a new ground reconnaissance radar.
4042nd Strategic Wing K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan; B-52H, 1961–1963 526th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated on 1 February 1963, assets to 644th BS/410th BW. 4043rd Strategic Wing Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; B-52E, 1960–1963 42nd Bombardment Squadron Inactivated on 1 February 1963, assets to 34th BS/17th BW. 4047th Strategic Wing McCoy AFB ...
A U.S. Army Bell UH-1H Iroquois from Fort Rucker Army Base, Alabama, on a routine training flight crashes and burns three miles SE of Marianna Municipal Airport, Marianna, Florida, killing all three crew, an instructor pilot and two students, military officials said. The identities of the victims was being withheld pending notification of next ...
By 1961, the base was ready to accept the B-52s of the 526th Bombardment Squadron, which moved to K.I. Sawyer from Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. [9] However, the 4042d Wing was a Major Command controlled (MAJCON) wing, which could not carry a permanent history or lineage, [ 10 ] and SAC wanted to replace it with a permanent unit. [ 11 ]
The aircraft was returning to Adana when an explosion occurred in a left wing fuel tank. At the time, the aircraft was descending through 5000 feet to 3000 feet. The flight crew lost control and the aircraft impacted terrain. At the time, the aircraft had 6 crew members and 12 passengers on board. There were no survivors. [6] 17 April
These planes returned to K.I. Sawyer after the crisis. [5] A highlight from this era was the squadron capturing top F-101 squadron honors at the William Tell 1965, USAF Worldwide Weapons Meet. The squadron maintained the air defense alert until it was inactivated on 30 April 1970, with its aircraft being passed along to the Air National Guard ...
The aircraft was assigned to the 410th BMW/46th AREFS at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan, but, as is often the case on Tanker Task Force deployed operations, the flight crew was from another SAC unit at Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina. [107] Only two aircraft crew chiefs on board were from K I Sawyer AFB, Michigan. [108] 26 September 1976