The 159th Fighter Wing is a unit of the Louisiana Air National Guard, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana. If activated to federal service, it is gained by the Uni
159th Fighter Wing F-15C Eagles fly over southern Louisiana wetlands
122d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron – Convair F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1314
122d Tactical Fighter Squadron – North American F-100F-5-NA Super Sabre 56-3761
122d Tactical Fighter Squadron – McDonnell F-4C-18-MC Phantom 63-7506 still in Vietnam War camouflage livery
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
159th Fighter Wing
…activated to federal service, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command. The 159th Fighter Wing, nicknamed "The Bayou Militia," is an Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter unit located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana. The 159th Fighter Wing is tasked with providing air…
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