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Because of their location on the airbase they were then called the "Northern Cobra" and "Southern Cobra" Squadron (see map also). In 2013, both Cobra squadrons were finally decommissioned. The 124 Squadron "Rolling Sword" was founded in the 1950s at Tel Nof Airbase as the first helicopter squadron in Israel and flew, among others, the Sikorsky ...
The route was developed in 1942 for several reasons. Initially, the 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command, United States Army Air Corps (later Air Transport Command) at Gore Field (Great Falls Municipal Airport) was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to the Soviet Union through Northern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the ...
The station was named in honor of Lieutenant Alan J. Campion, 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Ladd AFB, who was killed on 26 November 1950 when the Lockheed F-94 Starfire interceptor he was flying crashed while attempting to land at nearby Galena AFB, Alaska. Construction of the station, began in September 1950 and was completed in April 1952.
Eareckson Air Station (IATA: SYA, ICAO: PASY), formerly Shemya Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. The airport was closed as an active Air Force Station on 1 July 1994.
On February 4, 1966, a huge fire broke out in Beit Zim in Tel Aviv. The squadron's S-58 helicopter was launched and rescued 30 survivors from the roof of the building. [7] On July 1, 1969, two helicopters from the squadron participated in the "Bostan 25A" operation in the area of Ras Zafarna in Egypt. [8]
Alaskan Air Command P-51H 44-64461 North American P-82H Twin Mustang 46-500 449th AWS Ladd AFB, 1951 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Lockheed F-94A-5-LO 49-2531, Ladd AFB 449th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Northrup F-89J-55-NO Scorpion 53-2509, Ladd AFB Two 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron F-102 interceptors based at Elmendorf AFB, 1965 ...
In World War II, the civilian Nome Airport shared use of the runway with Marks Army Airfield for transfer of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union and in 1942, for air defense of the western coast of Alaska. Renamed Marks Air Force Base in 1948, the military installation was used as a fighter-interceptor forward base until they were pulled ...
Sparrevohn LRRS Airport (IATA: SVW, ICAO: PASV, FAA LID: SVW) is a military airstrip located south of Sparrevohn, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The airstrip is also located 129 miles (208 km) south of McGrath, Alaska, and 188 miles (303 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska.