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66th Fighter Wing
Illinois Air National Guard 169th Fighter Squadron F-51H Mustang 44-64661
Active
1943–1945; 1946–1950
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Fighter
Part of
Illinois Air National Guard
Military unit
The 66th Fighter Wing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Chicago Municipal Airport, Illinois. It was withdrawn from the Illinois Air National Guard and inactivated on 31 October 1950.
The 66thFighterWing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Chicago Municipal Airport, Illinois. It was withdrawn from...
1945 Second Air Force, 3 August – 7 November 1945 66thFighterWing, 9 December 1946 55th FighterWing, 7 December 1947 Indiana Air National Guard, 31 October...
121st Fighter Group. Allotted to ANG (Ohio) on 21 August 1946 IV Fighter Command, 1 December 1942 72d FighterWing, 7 October – 9 November 1943 66th Fighter...
Bombardment Wing, 9 February 1944 United States Air Forces in Europe Attached to: XII Fighter Command, 15 September 1945 – 15 February 1946 66thFighterWing, 29...
Re-designated: 107th Attack Wing, 15 March 2017 III Fighter Command, 10 August 1942 IV Fighter Command, 1 September 1943 66thFighterWing, 4 April 1944 Attached...
is under the jurisdiction of USAF Air Combat Command (ACC). The 20th FighterWing (20th FW) is the host unit. The base is named in honor of World War I...
January 1944, replacing the P-47-equipped 358th Fighter Group in the 66thFighterWing, VIII Fighter Command. After March 1944 aircraft of the group were...
121st Operations Group IV Fighter Command, 1 December 1942 66thFighterWing, 31 January 1944 – 20 August 1946 55th FighterWing, 26 June 1948 Ohio Air National...
as the 66thFighter Weapons Squadron, an advanced training unit for Wild Weasel tactics until inactivating in 1981. Active since 2003, the 66th Weapons...
2023. "142nd FighterWing Homepage > Oregon Air National Guard". 142wg.ang.af.mil. Retrieved 28 August 2023. "Home of the 173rd FighterWing – Oregon Air...
The 66th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing that was last active in September 2010 at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where...
and assigned to the 65th FighterWing, VIII Fighter Command, Eighth Air Force. The 479th group consisted of three Fighter Squadrons, (434th (L2), 435th...
under the ownership of the Huddlestons, was the headquarters of the 66thFighterWing, part of the USAAF Eighth Air Force. An air raid shelter still remains...
36th Tactical FighterWing, located at nearby Bitburg Air Base, assumed operational control of Spangdahlem, and became a dual-based wing. Squadrons from...
SAC/USAFSS presence on 31 Mar 1970. The 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Upper Heyford was inactivated and 66th Combat Support Group and assigned squadrons...
England May through June 1943, where it was assigned to the 66thFighterWing of VIII Fighter Command at Sawston Hall, Cambridge. The group was equipped...
a German jet fighter. Zemke achieved 2.5 kills while leading the 479th and was slated to become chief of staff of the 66thFighterWing. Unfortunately...
down a fighter. On 1 July 1950, the 3rd Bombardment Group moved to Iwakuni Air Base, Japan, where it could be closer to its targets. The wing headquarters...
the Illinois ANG 66thFighterWing, operationally gained by Continental Air Command. On 7 December 1947 the Ohio ANG 55th FighterWing, was federally recognized...
Installation Wing (by then a group) was reassigned. New Air Force standards caused the 66th Air Base Wing, because of its size, to be redesignated the 66th Air...
the Illinois ANG 66thFighterWing, operationally gained by Continental Air Command. On 7 December 1947 the Ohio ANG 55th FighterWing, was federally recognized...
The 67th FighterWing was a unit of the United States Air Force for four years, between 1946 and 1950. It was located at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts...