Foster Air Force Base
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Foster Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force facility in Texas, located in Victoria County, approximately six miles (10 km) east-northeast of Victoria.
2006 USGS airphoto
Formation of 12 AT-6 trainers over the Guadalupe River near Foster Field, Summer 1942
North American F-100s of the 450th Fighter-Day Group, about 1956. North American F-100C-5-NA Super Sabre, AF Ser. No. 54-1775 identifiable. This aircraft was lost in combat during the Vietnam War when assigned to the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phu Cat Air Base on 2 August 1968, its pilot was recovered
KB-50D Superfortress, AF Ser. No. 48-0123, of the 622d Air Refueling Squadron (4505th ARW) carrying out first triple-point refueling operation with three North American F-100C Super Sabres (AF Ser. No. 54-1825, 53-1774, and 54-1848) of the 451st Fighter-Day Squadron (322d FDG), 1956
The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. The first of the Century Series of American jet fighters, it was the first United States Air Force (USAF) fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight.
The cockpit of an F-100D
An F-100C Super Sabre over Rogers Dry Lake
An F-100D showing its elliptical air intake