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The Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft. London: Amber Books. ISBN 1-904687-84-9. Johnsen, Frederick A. (2005). Lockheed C-141 Starlifter. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press. ISBN 1-58007-080-9. Kingsbury, Nancy R. Military Airlift: Structural Problems Did Not Hamper C-141 Success in Desert Shield/Storm. DIANE Publishing, 2005.
At the time President George W. Bush ordered coalition military units into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, the group training to transition the KC-135R. Since then the group has supported continuous deployments including antiterrorism efforts abroad under Operation Enduring Freedom and air refueling missions over the US for ...
In 1989, a 459th C-141 was the first aircraft to fly troops and supplies into Howard Air Force Base, Panama during Operation Just Cause; the following year the wing was named the Air Force Reserve Outstanding Unit of the Year by the Air Force Association. In August 1990 wing aircrews were some of the first reservists activated in Support of ...
The class became the USAF's first class of women graduates on September 2, 1977. [4] La Sauce retired from the military in 1992. [5] La Sauce and the other members of UPT class 77-08 were inducted to the Women in Aviation, International Pioneer Hall of Fame in 2016. [6] La Sauce's flight suit displayed at Norton Air Force Base Museum
All nine personnel -- one in the F-35B and eight in the KC-130J tanker -- are accounted for.
The last Rodeo for C141 competition. In 2005, the wing retired its C-141 fleet. August 9, 2005 the wing received its first Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifter, named "Spirit of California". This was the first of nine C-17s assigned to the 452nd, the wing became the first Air Force Reserve Command C-17 Globemaster III unit. [19]
The 141st Air Refueling Wing also moved from Geiger Field to nearby Fairchild Air Force Base to accommodate the larger KC-135A aircraft. [3] An Air National Guard spokesman at the time characterized the conversion from the F-101 Voodoo to the KC-135 as "like giving up an MG for a semi-truck ".
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