The 136th Airlift Wing is a unit of the Texas Air National Guard, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained b
136th Airlift Wing C-130H over Fort Worth, Texas
Republic F-84E-15-RE Thunderjet, AF Ser. No. 49-2427, of the 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Airshow display (1964) of four Generations of 136th Airplanes. Shown, KC-97L Stratotanker; North American F-86D-60-NA Sabre, AF Ser. No. 53-1030 (F-86L) now on display at NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX; Lockheed F-80B-1-LO Shooting Star, AF Ser. No. 45-8607; North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang, AF Ser. No. 44-73856, sold to private owner
The Air National Guard, also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the "air militia" of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the
136th Airlift Wing
…136th Airlift Wing 136th Airlift Wing C-130H over Fort Worth, Texas Active 1950–1952 1952–present Country United States Allegiance Texas Branch Air National Guard Type Wing Role Airlift Part of Texas Air National Guard Garrison/HQ Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas Nickname Silver Eagles Motto…
A Galludet Tractor biplane which the New York National Guard aviators rented in 1915
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh, Missouri National Guard, and members of his National Guard unit, 110th Observation Squadron, after he flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean, 1927
Following a devastating blizzard in 1949, Colorado ANG C-47s dropped hay to stranded and starving livestock throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Altogether the Colorado air guardsmen flew 17 such missions dropping tons of hay that saved thousands of cattle and wildlife. Colorado ANG F-51s and A-26s also flew 10 reconnaissance missions during that emergency, 29 January 1949.
Captain John McMahn and Sergeant White, of the 182nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, close out flight records at Taegu AB (K-2), South Korea, following their F-84E Thunderjet becoming the first such aircraft to complete 1,000 flying hours, 1952