144th Fighter Wing
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The 144th Fighter Wing is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Fresno Air National Guard Base, California. As part of the Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force, the wing is operationally gained by the Air Combat Command.
F-15C Eagle of the 144th Fighter Wing
F-51D-30-NA Mustang, AF Ser. No. 44-74825, flying over Northern California, 1948
Hayward Air National Guard Base, California, 1953, F-51H Mustangs.
194th FIS F-86L Sabre Interceptors, 1960
First Air Force
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The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Its primary mission is the air defense of the Contiguous United States (CONUS), United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Since May 2022, it also provides the Air Force contribution to United States Space Command, as Air Forces Space (AFSPACE), including support functions for NASA human space flight.
Shield of Continental NORAD Region - Air Forces Northern and Air Forces Space
Image: Maj Gen Henry C. Morrow
Image: Garry C. Dean
Image: Stanley E. Clarke III