South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing

Released on by Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.)
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  • South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing Book Detail

  • Author : Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.)
  • Release Date : 2021-08-16
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 128
  • ISBN 13 : 1467107298
  • File Size : 72,72 MB
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South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing by Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.) PDF Summary

Book Description: The South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing's history began during World War II with the 356th Fighter Group. It became a post-World War II Air Guard unit, initially flying the North American F-51D Mustang removed from storage as the active duty Air Force began transitioning to turbojet fighters. It was slowly upgraded to turbojet aircraft, first with the T-33 trainer to assist pilots into to the F-94 Starfighter. One of the most dramatic upgrades was with the F-89D Norhtrop Scorpion, which had onboard radar for all-weather interception, and the F-89J, armed with the nuclear warhead Genie rockets to shoot down Russian bombers. Its first supersonic fighter was the Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, a delta-wing fighter. The wing continued to transition through various turbojet fighters to the current General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon from 1992 to the present. The unit is fully integrated into the US Air Force's aerial defense of the United States and the Global War on Terrorism.

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