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It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, an Air Mobility Command-gained unit which flies the C-17 Globemaster heavy airlifter. Wright-Patterson is also the headquarters of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory .
The rotor shaft eventually failed in flight, which in turn led to the aft blades and forward blades desynchronizing and colliding. The aircraft was a total loss; the two test pilots, Harold Peterson and George Callaghan, were killed. This led to the cancellation not only of the YH-16, but also the planned sixty-nine-passenger YH-16B version. [130]
Civilian victims were Mrs. Andrew L. Clark, 62, who was alone in her home at 211 Colonial Court, where a major portion of the plane fell, and James LaRoy Hollabaugh, 29, adopted son of Mrs. Agnes Nilsson Grove of 1920 Maryland Avenue. Both of those houses were destroyed by fire but Mrs. Grove escaped with burns on her feet and abrasions on her ...
McGuire AFB, NJ: ADC: 1 Feb 1952 1 Sep 1954: 1 Sep 1954 18 Oct 1956: Operational elements transferred to 4621st Air Defense Wing in July 1956. [216] [274] 4710th Defense Wing 4710th Air Defense Wing: New Castle Airport, DE O'Hare International Airport: ADC: 1 Feb 1952 1 Mar 1956: 1 Mar 1956 8 Jul 1956: Redesignated 1 September 1954 ...
Peterson AFB, CO: Jul 06 – Jul 07 Was 2161st Comm Sq, redesignated 561st Network Operations Sq 580th Communications Squadron: Mountain Home AFB, ID Wheelus AB Libya: Apr 51 – Sep 53 581st Communications Squadron: Mountain Home AFB, ID Clark AB Philippines: Oct 51 – Sep 53 582d Communications Squadron: Mountain Home AFB, ID Great Falls AFB MT
Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. (August 1, 1920 – January 7, 1945) was an American United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
The McGuire sisters were born to Asa and Lillie (Fultz) McGuire [3] [4] in Middletown, Ohio, and grew up in Miamisburg near Dayton.Their mother, Lillie, was a minister of the Miamisburg First Church of God, where, as children, they sang in church at weddings, funerals, and revivals.
Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force who retired as a colonel after 26 years of military service.