South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing by Lt. George A. Larson USAF (Ret.) (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101467107298
ISBN-139781467107297
eBay Product ID (ePID)8050386924
Product Key Features
Book TitleSouth Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Aviation, Military / Pictorial, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorLt. George A. Larson Usaf (Ret.)
Book SeriesImages of Aviation Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-936759
SynopsisThe South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing's history began during World War II with the 356th Fighter Group. It became a post-World War II Air Guard unit, initially flying the North American F-51D Mustang removed from storage as the active duty Air Force began transitioning to turbojet fighters. It was slowly upgraded to turbojet aircraft, first with the T-33 trainer to assist pilots into to the F-94 Starfighter. One of the most dramatic upgrades was with the F-89D Norhtrop Scorpion, which had onboard radar for all-weather interception, and the F-89J, armed with the nuclear warhead Genie rockets to shoot down Russian bombers. Its first supersonic fighter was the Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, a delta-wing fighter. The wing continued to transition through various turbojet fighters to the current General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon from 1992 to the present. The unit is fully integrated into the US Air Force's aerial defense of the United States and the Global War on Terrorism.