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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
87th FIS F-86D Sabre 51-6035 at Lockbourne AFB in 1956 87th FIS F-106s on the flightline at K. I. Sawyer AFB in 1976 [note 1] F-106 59-0094 in flight in the early 1980s [note 2] The 87th was again activated at Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa in 1952 to provide air defense of the central United States.
An additional organization, the 414th Fighter Group (414 FG) of the Air Force Reserve Command, is an Air Force Reserve "associate" unit to the 4th Fighter Wing, with its flight crews and maintenance crews flying, maintaining and supporting the same F-15E aircraft as their active duty counterparts. [4] 4th Operations Group (Tail Code: SJ).
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Following graduation from Purdue in 1973, Brown was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force and received his pilot wings at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, in 1974.He was then assigned to the 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, Michigan, where he flew both T-33 and F-106 aircraft. [3]
The precursor to the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing can be traced to 1 August 1958, when Strategic Air Command established the 4042d Strategic Wing at K. I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan [3] as part of SAC's plan to disperse its B-52 Stratofortress heavy bombers over a larger number of bases, thus making it more difficult for the Soviet Union to knock out ...