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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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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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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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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2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident (redirect from August 2018 Seattle Q400 Hijacking)
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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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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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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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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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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McChord Field (section 62nd Airlift Wing)
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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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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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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Western Air Defense Sector (redirect from Seattle Air Defense Sector)
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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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (redirect from F-22 fighter)
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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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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Museum of Flight (redirect from Seattle Museum of Flight)
wing". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2014. "Museum highlights personal courage in new fighter wing"...
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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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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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479th Flying Training Group (redirect from 479th Fighter Wing)
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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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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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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64th Aggressor Squadron (redirect from 64th Fighter Squadron)
Delta Dagger as part of the 25th Air Division, 325th Fighter Group. Provided air defense of the Seattle area and the Pacific Northwest until 1966. Was deployed...
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Northrop F-5 (redirect from F-5 Freedom Fighter)
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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449th Air Expeditionary Group (redirect from 449th Fighter-Bomber Wing)
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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85th Group (redirect from 85th Tactical Fighter Training Wing)
Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, assigned as a unit of the 48th Fighter Wing whose home station is at RAF Lakenheath, UK. It was inactivated on 28...
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Goodyear F2G Corsair (category 1940s United States fighter aircraft)
Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. It was the first production aircraft and was acquired from the Marine Corps by the Champlin Fighter Museum, and later...
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