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All 920th aircraft and personnel left U-Tapao in December 1975, and in fact, the last SAC aircraft to leave the base and fly the final Young Tiger Tanker Task Force mission was a 920th KC-135. The aircraft departed on 21 Dec 1975, and was crewed by Capt. Gary Schreck, aircraft commander, 1st Lt. Steve Farrar, copilot, 1st Lt. Roger Rosenberry ...
Beginning in 1965, division B-52s began to deploy to the Pacific, where they flew Operation Arc Light missions, while its tankers supported Arc Light and tactical aircraft as part of the Young Tiger Task Force. The division moved to McCoy Air Force Base in July 1968, when command of Homestead was transferred from SAC to Tactical Air Command.
Upon completion of the Arc Light deployment, the 376th SW B-52Ds either returned to the continental U.S. or were sent to U-Tapao. The 376th SW then ceased bomber operations, but continued flying Young Tiger tanker missions.
Tanker and bomber crews of the 380th were temporarily assigned to the Pacific theater in support of B-52 Operation Arc Light missions and KC-135 Operation Young Tiger. The KC-135 crews and aircraft supported Southeast Asia operations from October 1966 until 1973. The B-52 crews served from 1968 until 1970.
Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize saw manager A.J. Hinch emerge from the dugout. He took a walk behind the mound and gave the ball away with two outs in the fifth inning of Wednesday's 7-4 ...
2024 season: 86-76, 3rd in AL Central Let's take a look at the season that was for the 2024 Detroit Tigers, the questions the team must address this winter and the early outlook for 2025.
The Tigers responded to Cora's meeting by turning up their aggressiveness while running the bases. It was like a light switch flipped on. Their first-to-third attempts increased from 42.9% before ...
Steadily progressing and adding to the mission, U-Tapao welcomed its first complement of KC-135 tankers in August 1966. By September, the base was supporting 15 tankers. From 1966 to 1970, 4258th wing tankers flew over 50,000 sorties from U-Tapao. The Seventh Air Force wanted additional B-52s missions flown in the war zone. B-52 missions from ...