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In 1951 The runway was extended to 8,000 ft (2,400 m) to accommodate what by then had developed into Oxnard Air Force Base. In the 1950s, the base was home to the 354th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. The base fielded F101 Voodoo interceptors, which had a cameo appearance in the movie "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966).
F-101B F-101B on display at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Nebraska F-101B at Fairchild AFB F-101 Voodoo at the Texas Air Museum in Slaton, Texas. 57-0252 – Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah [24] 57-0282 – Pima Air & Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona [25]
3 F-101Bs of the 437th FIS, Oxnard AFB, California 1964. In January 1960 the squadron was equipped with new McDonnell F-101B Voodoo supersonic interceptor, and the F-101F operational and conversion trainer. The two-seat trainer version was equipped with dual controls, but carried the same armament as the F-101B and were fully combat-capable.
Convair F-102A-65-CO Delta Dagger Serial 56-1206 of the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard, Ellington AFB. The second iteration of Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) was established on 21 March 1946 as a component of the United States Army Air Forces, with the mission of planning for and executing the air defense of the United States.
A 33rd Tactical Group RF-101A (s/n 54-1512) after landing at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (later transferred to Tan Son Nhut Air Base) c. 1965. In October 1953, the USAF requested that two F-101As be built as prototype YRF-101A tactical reconnaissance aircraft. [46] [47] These were followed by 35 RF-101A production aircraft. [48]
To reflect this change, the unit traded in its F-86s for the F-84F Thunderstreak. 92d TFS F-101C Voodoo 56-035. Beginning in the fall of 1958, the squadron was re-equipped with the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo. The F-101 was configured as a fighter bomber, intended to carry a single nuclear weapon for use against battlefield targets such as airfields ...
Oxnard Air Force Base, California, 16 December 1952 (operated From: Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, 8 May – 10 June 1955 McGhee Tyson Airport , Tennessee, 18 August 1955 – 8 January 1958 George Air Force Base , California, 25 April 1962 (operated from Eielson Air Force Base , Alaska 24 January – 14 February 1964, Incirlik Air Base , Turkey ...
The group was reconstituted, redesignated as the 533d Air Defense Group, and activated at Oxnard Air Force Base, California in 1953 [4] with responsibility for air defense of Southern California. [ citation needed ] Assigned the 354th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (FIS), which was already stationed at Oxnard, and flying World War II era North ...