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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).
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter designed and produced by the American McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.. Development of the F-101 began in the late 1940s as a long-range bomber escort (then known as a penetration fighter) for the United States Air Force's (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC).
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.
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]
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 ...
Because Project Arrow was also designed to reunite World War II groups and their historic components, the 437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron moved on paper from Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts to Oxnard and took over the Lockheed F-94C Starfires [6] of the 533d's 354th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which left Oxnard for McGhee-Tyson Airport ...
A fighter jet from Holloman Air Force Base crashed into White Sands National Park on Tuesday, April 30. Officials reported that the F-16 Fighting Falcon had crashed 11:50 a.m., at a location in ...
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