• The Seattle Fighter Wing was a United States Army Air Forces unit. The wing provided air defense of the Northwestern United States and trained fighter units...
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    for federal service, the wing would fall under control of Air Combat Command. The 123rd Fighter Squadron assigned to the wing's 142nd Operations Group,...
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  • became the final X-wing fighter in Star Wars. The X-wings were designed to appear more "traditional" than the Empire's TIE fighters. ILM built miniatures...
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    The 325th Fighter Wing (325 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The 325th Fighter Wing's primary mission...
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    The 144th Fighter Wing (144 FW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Fresno Air National Guard Base, California. As part of the...
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    Force Base, Ohio, where it was inactivated in 2009. The wing was first organized as the 478th Fighter Group (Two Engine), which briefly served as a Fourth...
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    Seattle (/siˈætəl/ see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2023 population...
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    re-designated as the 107th Fighter Group. On 1 October 1995, in accordance with the Air Force "One Base - One Wing" policy, the 107th Fighter Wing was established...
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    evaluation experience. The 412th Test Wing's origins can be traced to 29 November 1943 when the 412th Fighter Group was activated at Muroc Army Air Field...
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    the 131st Fighter-Bomber Wing remained in California and flew its F-51 Mustangs for the remainder of its federal service. The 110th Fighter-Bomber Squadron...
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  • The 10th Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces. Its last assignment was with the Fourth Air Force, based at Hamilton Army Airfield...
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    McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagles of the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing under the command of NORAD were scrambled at around 20:15 local time...
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    March 1944 Seattle Air Defense Wing (later Seattle Fighter Wing): 20 August 1942 – 31 March 1944 Groups 1st Pursuit Group (later 1st Fighter Group), attached...
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    Museum of Flight at Seattle's Boeing Field. It also published books related to aviation, such as Henry Sakaida's 1985 book Winged Samurai: Saburo Sakai...
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    intercepted a stolen Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 turboprop over Seattle. The fighters armed with live AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles, intercepted...
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    and assigned to the 65th Fighter Wing, VIII Fighter Command, Eighth Air Force. The 479th group consisted of three Fighter Squadrons, (434th (L2), 435th...
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    Francisco Fighter Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. The wing provided air defense of the central Pacific coast and trained fighter units and...
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    RINGS, PRIDE, Strikeforce, International Fight League and RFA. Raised in Seattle, Washington, Smith got into martial arts at the age of 13 after watching...
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    Fighter Wing - Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia 27th Fighter Squadron 71st Fighter Squadron (Formal Training Unit) 94th Fighter Squadron 49th Wing...
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    Fighter Wing (144th FW) – gained by Air Combat Command 194th Fighter Squadron "Griffins" – F-15C/D RC-26B (Fresno ANG Base, California) 194th Fighter...
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    Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the airbase's primary mission being worldwide strategic...
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    were from the collection of the Champlin Fighter Museum, formerly in Mesa, Arizona, which closed in 2003. The wing opened on June 6, the sixtieth anniversary...
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    78th Fighter Wing was the air defense of the Pacific coast. The wing and subordinate units were redesignated as the 78th Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 20...
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  • Cavazos, Norma (April 9, 2000). "Renee Estevez plays Nancy on `West Wing'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 19, 2010. "Comedic roles seem to find...
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    The 123d Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Oregon Air National Guard 142d Fighter Wing located at Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon. The 123d is...
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    permanently based wing in the Air Force, and equipped with A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and F-16 Fighting Falcons (about 48 aircraft), the 51st Fighter Wing is charged...
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    the unit's mission expanded and the 328th Fighter Group was replaced by the 328th Fighter Wing until the wing was inactivated in 1968 and its remaining...
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    with 449th Bombardment Wing as 449th Bombardment Wing on 31 January 1984 (remained inactive) Constituted as 449th Fighter-Bomber Wing on 23 March 1953 Redesignated...
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    The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation...
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    (established late 2017) Fourth Air Force 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing Detachment 1, California Air National Guard 701st...
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