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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).
List of surviving McDonnell F-101 Voodoos identifies those Voodoos that are on display by country, model number, serial number, and location (museum or park and city); for USAF and other nations Voodoos. The F-101 (USAF) and CF-101 (Canadian) were a Cold War supersonic escort fighter, interceptor, and tactical reconnaissance aircraft.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Oxnard Air Force Base, California, 1 September 1968; Kingsley Field, Oregon, 31 December November 1969 – 1971; Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, 1 April 1971 – 15 July 1974; Peterson Field, Colorado, 15 November 1980; Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 15 August – 15 October 1982; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 11 August 2023 - present
The F-101 set a number of speed records, including: a JF-101A (the ninth F-101A modified as a testbed for the more powerful J-57-P-53 engines of the F-101B) setting a world speed record of 1,207.6 mph (1,943.4 km/h) on 12 December 1957 during "Operation Firewall", [41] beating the previous record of 1,132 mph (1,811 km/h) set by the Fairey ...