The 159th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing located at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida. The 159th is currently equipped with the F-15C and F-15D Eagle and is slated to transition to the F-35A Lightning II in 2024.
159th Fighter Squadron F-15s over Jacksonville Beach, FL. Aircraft are McDonnell Douglas F-15C-21-MC Eagles, AF Ser. No. 78-0487; 78-0527 and 78-0493
North American F-51D Mustang fighters of the 159th Fighter Squadron, Imeson Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1947.
The 159th "Florida Rockets" demonstration team in 1948
U.S. Air Force pilots 1st Lt Wally Green and Capt Dick Locker of the 159th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 125th Fighter Interceptor Wing, Florida Air National Guard, race to their North American F-86D-25-NA Sabre fighters during an alert scramble at Jacksonville, Florida (USA), in the late 1950s
Florida Air National Guard
The Florida Air National Guard is the aerial militia of the State of Florida. It is, along with the Florida Army National Guard, an element of the Florida National Guard. It is also an element of the Air National Guard (ANG) at the national level, falling in with the Army National Guard (ARNG) as part of the greater United States National Guard under the National Guard Bureau (NGB).
An F-51H Mustang of the 159th Fighter Squadron. The 159th FS operated the Mustang between 1947 and 1954.
North American F-86L Sabres of the 159th Fighter Squadron at the FL ANG base at Imeson Airport, 1957
An F-106A and F-16A of the then-125th Fighter-Interceptor Group, 1987
F-15C Eagles of the 125th Fighter Wing over Jacksonville Beach, 2009
