Luke Field/Air Force Base and 56th Fighter Wing Heritage Pamphlet ...
Luke Field/Air Force Base and 56th Fighter Wing Heritage Pamphlet ...
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Assignments. Fifteenth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 15 August 1947 76 ; Strategic <strong>Air</strong> Comm<strong>and</strong>, 1 October<br />
1947 77 ; Tenth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 1 December 1948 (attached to 26th <strong>Air</strong> Division [Defense],<br />
10 December 1949-19 February 1950; 30th <strong>Air</strong> Division [Defense], 20 February 1950-);<br />
Eastern <strong>Air</strong> Defense <strong>Force</strong>, 1 September 1950-6 February 1952 (remained attached to<br />
30th <strong>Air</strong> Division [Defense] to 6 February 1952). <strong>Air</strong> Defense Comm<strong>and</strong>, 28 December<br />
1960; Sault Sainte Marie <strong>Air</strong> Defense Sector, 1 February 1961; Duluth <strong>Air</strong> Defense<br />
Sector, 1 October 1963-1 January 1964. Pacific <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>s, 16 March 1967; Thirteenth<br />
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 8 April 1967 (attached to Seventh <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 8 April 1967-26 February 1974;<br />
United States Support Activities Group/Seventh <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 27 February 1974-30 June<br />
1975); Ninth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 30 June 1975; Nineteenth <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>, 1 April 1994-. 78<br />
Stations. Selfridge <strong>Field</strong> (later, <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>), Michigan, 15 August 1947-6 February<br />
1952. K.I. Sawyer <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>, Michigan, 1 February 1961-1 January 1964. Nakhon<br />
Phanom Royal Thai <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>, Thail<strong>and</strong>, 8 April 1967-30 June 1975; MacDill <strong>Air</strong><br />
<strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>, Florida, 30 June 1975; <strong>Luke</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> <strong>Base</strong>, Arizona, 1 April 1994-. 79<br />
Emblem. Emblem approved 19 April 1967<br />
Four North American F-86A Sabres of the 62d <strong>Fighter</strong> Squadron,<br />
<strong>56th</strong> <strong>Fighter</strong> <strong>Wing</strong>, flew over Chicago in February 1951. Top to bottom<br />
Tail Numbers were 53-1243, 53-1288, 53-1264, <strong>and</strong> 53-1262.<br />
76<br />
15 AF GO-77, 20 August 1947<br />
77<br />
SAC GO-93, 12 September 1947<br />
78<br />
AETC MO MO-2, 25 March 1994<br />
79<br />
AETC MO MO-2, 25 March 1994
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