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McGuire Air Force Base: F-106: Inactivated on 23 August 1967 540th Fighter-Day Squadron: Greenville AFB: F-100: Inactivated on 8 February 1957 550th Fighter Squadron: F-15C "Silver Eagles" Active Associate 555th Fighter Squadron
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
In October 1969, the 65th Fighter Weapons Squadron took over the F-100D/F Super Sabre aircraft, personnel, and facilities of the 4536th Fighter Weapons Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base. F-100s tail coded "WB", only to become non-operational early in 1970.
The 56th Maintenance Group (MXG) provides aircraft maintenance on more than 79 F-16s and 29 F-35s, for the Air Force's only active duty F-16 and F-35 training wing. The 56th Mission Support Group (MSG) sustains the F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-35 Lightning II, provides for the community, and delivers responsive combat support.
The number of active duty Air Force Bases within the United States rose from 115 in 1947 to peak at 162 in 1956 before declining to 69 in 2003 and 59 in 2020. This change reflects a Cold War expansion, retirement of much of the strategic bomber force, and the post–Cold War draw-down.
Air Force Plant 4 is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility in Fort Worth, Texas, currently owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. [1] It is home to the F-16 and F-35 fighter aircraft. [2] Military aircraft have been manufactured at the plant since 1942.
The Air Force selected Ebbing in 2023 over bases in Texas and Michigan to host the FMS pilot training mission. Ebbing ANGB will also host a Republic of Singapore F-16 squadron.
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma: AMC: KC-135R / Associate squadron to Air Force Reserve Command's 507th Air Refueling Wing. As of 2015, was slated to redesignate as a special operation squadron and return to Will Rogers Air National Guard Base flying the MC-12W aircraft under claimancy of AFSOC; transition in flux as of 2016. [85] [86]