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Re: Post nothing but F-86 pics... that I can use :)

Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:13 pm

Dean -

Excerpt from the 322AEG Unit History for the 322FDG, may help a bit. As the 332 Fighter-Day Group, they were a USAF Reserve unit, but I'm pretty sure you already knew that. :)

Lineage: Redesignated as 322 Fighter-Day Group on 24 Mar 1954. Activated on 1 Jul 1954. Inactivated on 18 Nov 1957.


Assignments: Ninth Air Force, 1 Jul 1954-18 Nov 1957 (attached to 450 Fighter-Day Wing, 1 Jul 1954-18 Nov 1957).


Operational Components. Squadrons: 450 Fighter-Day: 1 Jul 1954-18 Nov 1957. 451 Fighter-Day: 1 Jul 1954-18 Nov 1957. 452 Fighter-Day: 1 Jul 1954-18 Nov 1957 (detached 16 Sep-8 Oct 1956).


Stations:Foster AFB, TX, 1 Jul 1954-18 Nov 1957 (deployed at Wendover AFB, UT, 3 Jan-4 Feb 1957).


Commanders:Col Carlos M. Talbott, 1 Jul 1954; Lt Col James C. Stewart, 19 Jul 1957; Col Albert S. Kelly, 29 Jul-18 Nov 1957.


Aircraft:F-86, 1954-1955; F-100, 1955-1957


Operations. Deployed tactical forces to points in US, Europe, and the Far East to engage in tactical exercises 1954-1957.


All decorations and campaign streamers were earned during WWII, so I didn't include them.
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