140th Wing
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The 140th Wing is a unit of the Colorado Air National Guard, stationed at Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force
F-16s of the 140th TFW over Denver, Colorado
"Minutemen" aerobatics team with F-80Cs, 1956
120th TFS F-100D Super Sabres, 1973
Colorado ANG A-7D, 1986
Air National Guard
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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
140th Wing
…140th Wing F-16s of the 140th TFW over Denver, Colorado Active 1950–Present Country United States Allegiance Colorado Branch Air National Guard Type Wing Role Composite Fighter/Transport Size 1400 personnel Part of Colorado Air National Guard Garrison/HQ Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado…
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