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The modern Missouri ANG received federal recognition on 3 July 1946 as the 71st Fighter Wing at Lambert Field, St. Louis. The 131st Fighter Group and its 110th Fighter Squadron received federal recognition on 15 July. The 110th Fighter Squadron was equipped with F-51D Mustangs, and the mission of the Missouri ANG was the air defense of the state.
Constituted in the National Guard in 1921 as the 110th Squadron (Observation) and allotted to the state of Missouri; Organized and federally recognized on 23 June 1923, at Anglum Field, St. Louis, Missouri. 1st Lt. Charles Lindbergh was a member of the squadron 1925–27. Currently Missouri ANG 110th Bomb Squadron [35] [42] 111th Aero Squadron ...
Its Ford 4-AT-B was used for corporate transport and line patrols, and is now part of the National Naval Aviation Museum. [2] Later it was used for the East St. Louis Flying School. In 1939, Oliver Parks expanded his flight operations to the airport for the Civilian Pilot Training Program.
The majority were slated for administrative or instructional duties in the Army Air Forces, but there were others such as airline pilots who became Air Transport Command ferry pilots, under the wartime-era Service Pilot rating. Beginning in the winter of 1942, Medical, Dental, and Sanitary Corps officers also attended Officer Training School in ...
2565th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944 Miami Municipal Airport, Oklahoma Operated by: Spartan School [8] British Flight Training School No. 4 [11] 15th Flying Training Detachment (36th FTW) 3052d Army Air Forces Base Unit (Contract Pilot School Primary/Advanced), April 1944 Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona
North American F-6C (P-51C-5-NT) Mustang Serial 42-103368 of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Reconnaissance Group at Saint-Dizier Airfield, France, Autumn 1944. This aircraft was flown by Captain John H. Hoefler, who used it to shoot down three enemy aircraft in June 1944.
The small plane, a Learjet 55, had just departed Northeast Philadelphia Airport bound for Springfield, Missouri, when it went down, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
James Phillip Fleming (born March 12, 1943) is a former United States Air Force pilot who served in the Vietnam War.Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing a six-man MACV-SOG reconnaissance team, stranded between heavily defended enemy positions, near Đức Cơ, Vietnam in 1968.