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fairly successful in this role, gaining a reputation for accuracy in their cannon fire and their bombing and capable of quite rapid reaction times in response to requests for air support. During this period, the 476th F-104s maintained an in-commission rate of 94.7%, a testimony both to the quality of 476th maintenance personnel and to the simplicity and maintainability of F-104 systems. However, an F-104 went down during a sortie 100 nm SSW of DaNang on 29 June. The pilot was rescued with minor injuries.
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carrying out a maximum performance test dive followed by a high-G pullout with the ninth production F-100A (52-5764) when his aircraft disintegrated in midair. Deficiencies were found with the design of the airplane and modifications were made. The F-100A's performance was considered good but there were still some major operational deficiencies which prevented the F-100A from being an acceptably-good day fighter. Consequently, the F-100A was never very popular with its flight crews.
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made to the F-104G led to a large number of foreign sales, with the
Starfighter metamorphosing from a mediocre air-superiority day fighter into a highly capable multirole all-weather strike fighter. The excellent flying weather in Southern California gave the 479th a new mission to train F-104 pilots from West Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Italy during January 1962 – August 1963 as a result of these foreign-sale success of the G-model Starfighter.
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The 436th TFS assumed the 476th's commitment in DaNang on 11 July, and the 436th began flying combat sorties the next day. Although a few MiGCAP missions were flown, the majority of the missions were quick-reaction close-air support missions in support of ground troops. On 23 July, Capt. Roy
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fighters. The effect of F-104 deployment upon NVN and PRC MiG operations was immediate and dramatic. NVN MiGs soon learned to avoid contact with USAF strikes being covered by the F-104s. During the entire deployment of the 476th only two fleeting encounters between F-104Cs and enemy fighters
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for the first time in May 1967. From the spring of 1967, the F-4D gradually began to replace the earlier F-4C in combat over the skies of
Vietnam. The first F-4D MiG "kill" took place on 5 June 1967, when crewmen Maj. Everett T. Raspberry and Capt. Francis Gullick shot down a
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Vietnam War were retained in order to preserve and honor their combat heritage, the 479th was inactivated with the 35th absorbing the personnel, equipment and aircraft of the 479th on 1 October 1971.
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430:(J-6s). He ejected and was taken prisoner. While the rest of the squadron was out looking for Major Smith, two other F-104s had a midair collision while returning to their base. Both pilots ejected and were recovered unharmed.
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469:. The F-104 remained with the
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639:479th Tactical Training Wing
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83:479th Tactical Training Wing
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646:Activated on 1 January 1977
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1115:21st (ADTAC)
1110:20th (ADTAC)
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799:Holloman AFB
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56:January 2013
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1673:Bunker Hill
1502:Little Rock
1199:Named units
1120:23d (ADTAC)
838:, 1977–1991
832:,1965–1971.
826:, 1958–1967
820:, 1956–1959
654:Assignments
485:Vietnam War
483:During the
475:Puerto Rico
297:F-86H Sabre
277:Vietnam War
275:during the
267:during the
48:introducing
2070:Categories
1698:Lockbourne
1600:Blythville
1443:Charleston
1392:4505th ARW
1382:405th TFTW
1083:Nineteenth
1078:Eighteenth
1055:Air Forces
855:References
793:George AFB
699:Components
558:T-38 Talon
554:New Mexico
407:occurred.
245:George AFB
234:Korean War
222:George AFB
31:references
1693:Homestead
1664:Inactive,
1605:Donaldson
1595:Bergstrom
1526:McConnell
1387:461st TBW
1372:317th TAW
1367:85th TFTW
723:Squadrons
2060:Aviation
1721:Aircraft
1655:Williams
1588:Inactive
1578:Whiteman
1484:Holloman
1418:(MAJCOM)
1377:363d TRW
1362:75th TRW
1357:67th TRW
1352:64th TAW
1342:57th FWW
958:29991467
954:71006954
843:See also
812:Aircraft
787:Stations
467:Thailand
158:Insignia
153:Training
1640:Orlando
1630:Grenier
1610:England
1572:Tyndall
1566:Tonopah
1520:McChord
1514:MacDill
1496:Langley
1492:(AFSOC)
1439:(AFSOC)
1347:63d TAW
1337:1st SOW
1073:Twelfth
974:266–267
881:266–267
601:Lineage
428:MiG-19s
271:and to
265:Florida
202:History
151:Fighter
111:Country
44:improve
2046:Portal
1823:EC-135
1818:EF-111
1758:AC-130
1753:AC-119
1688:Godman
1650:Turner
1645:Sewart
1625:Howard
1620:George
1615:Forbes
1574:(AETC)
1552:(AMC)
1544:Nellis
1510:(AETC)
1504:(AETC)
1480:(AMFC)
1474:(AFMC)
1449:Creech
1437:Cannon
1433:(AFMC)
1431:Brooks
1427:(AETC)
1416:Active
1406:Former
999:
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704:Groups
516:, and
506:Israel
494:MiG-17
392:Taiwan
377:Vulcan
138:
129:Branch
120:
103:Active
33:, but
1988:OV-10
1983:OH-23
1968:KC-97
1963:KB-50
1958:KB-29
1918:F-117
1913:F-111
1908:F-106
1903:F-105
1898:F-104
1893:F-102
1888:F-101
1883:F-100
1803:C-130
1798:C-123
1793:C-119
1748:AC-47
1703:March
1678:Biggs
1580:(ACC)
1568:(ACC)
1562:(ACC)
1556:(ACC)
1546:(ACC)
1540:(ACC)
1534:(ACC)
1532:Moody
1528:(AMC)
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1516:(AMC)
1498:(ACC)
1486:(ACC)
1472:Eglin
1468:(ACC)
1466:Dyess
1462:(AMC)
1460:Dover
1451:(ACC)
1445:(AMC)
1425:Altus
1408:bases
1330:Other
1321:355th
1316:354th
1311:347th
1301:312th
1226:Wings
1190:840th
1185:839th
1180:838th
1175:837th
1170:836th
1165:835th
1160:834th
1145:831st
1068:Ninth
1063:First
1048:(TAC)
860:Notes
514:Japan
498:Hanoi
496:near
471:434th
381:alert
273:PACAF
263:; to
257:USAFE
253:435th
249:434th
2033:T-38
2028:T-33
2023:T-29
2018:T-28
2008:S-62
1998:P-38
1993:P-40
1953:H-53
1948:H-60
1943:H-43
1938:H-19
1878:F-89
1873:F-86
1868:F-84
1863:F-82
1858:F-80
1853:F-51
1848:F-47
1843:F-16
1838:F-15
1788:C-82
1783:C-47
1773:B-66
1768:B-57
1763:B-26
1743:A-37
1738:A-10
1708:Otis
1560:Shaw
1550:Pope
1508:Luke
1478:Hill
1306:323d
1296:56th
1291:50th
1286:37th
1271:27th
1261:20th
1256:15th
1251:12th
1155:833d
1150:832d
997:ISBN
978:ISBN
950:OCLC
885:ISBN
510:Iran
179:The
147:Role
2013:T-6
2003:R-4
1978:O-2
1973:O-1
1933:H-6
1928:H-5
1923:H-1
1833:F-5
1828:F-4
1813:E-8
1808:E-3
1778:C-7
1733:A-7
1728:A-1
1683:Dow
1281:33d
1276:32d
1266:23d
1246:4th
1241:1st
1234:TFW
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