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All 920th aircraft and personnel left U-Tapao in December 1975, and in fact, the last SAC aircraft to leave the base and fly the final Young Tiger Tanker Task Force mission was a 920th KC-135. The aircraft departed on 21 Dec 1975, and was crewed by Capt. Gary Schreck, aircraft commander, 1st Lt. Steve Farrar, copilot, 1st Lt. Roger Rosenberry ...
Beginning in 1965, division B-52s began to deploy to the Pacific, where they flew Operation Arc Light missions, while its tankers supported Arc Light and tactical aircraft as part of the Young Tiger Task Force. The division moved to McCoy Air Force Base in July 1968, when command of Homestead was transferred from SAC to Tactical Air Command.
During this mission two B-52Fs were lost in a mid-air collision on June 19, 1965, [3] while circling over the South Pacific Ocean, approximately 250 miles (400 km) offshore at the point of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), unable to conduct mid-air refueling in awaiting arrival of KC-135A tankers for pre-strike air refueling.
Tanker and bomber crews of the 380th were temporarily assigned to the Pacific theater in support of B-52 Operation Arc Light missions and KC-135 Operation Young Tiger. The KC-135 crews and aircraft supported Southeast Asia operations from October 1966 until 1973. The B-52 crews served from 1968 until 1970.
∎ As part of MLB’s balanced schedule, the Tigers play every team, AL and NL, for at least one series. ... April 21-23: San Diego Padres. April 25-27: Baltimore Orioles. April 28-30: At Houston ...
SPRING SCHEDULE: Grapefruit League in 2024 begins Feb. 24 in Lakeland Tigers play-by-play radio announcer Dan Dickerson talks on camera during Detroit Tigers spring training on Wednesday, March 16 ...
Left fielder Matt Vierling of the Detroit Tigers catches a fly ball hit by Rob Refsnyder of the Boston Red Sox during the first inning at Comerica Park on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024 in Detroit.
B-18 Bolo as flown by the 392d B-17 "Man o war"; of the 10 men crew two were KIA and eight POW. The squadron was first activated at March Field, California in January 1941 as the 2d Reconnaissance Squadron, and was attached to the 30th Bombardment Group per General Headquarters Air Force's policy of attaching one reconnaissance squadron to each bombardment group. [4]