Griffiss Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force Base located one mile east of the central business district of Rome, a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. The base opened in 19
Two Lockheed T-33A trainers of the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron being refueled at Griffiss AFB in 1984
49th FIS Convair F-106A Delta Dart, AF Ser. No. 59-0076, in Bicentennial markings, 1976
27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Lockheed F-94C Starfire, AF Ser. No. 51-13555, circa 1955
27th FIS F-102A Delta Dagger, AF Ser. No 56-1219, circa 1958
The Eastern Air Defense Sector is a United States Air Force unit of Air Combat Command, permanently assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. A joint, bi-national military organization
Griffiss Air Force Base
…ADC units were stationed there for the next 30 years, as Griffiss became a center for the Northeast air defense mission and was the headquarters of the Northeast Air Defense Sector. The 27th FIS flew Lockheed F-80 Shooting Stars, North American F-86 Sabres, Northrop F-89 Scorpion, Lockheed F-94 Starfires and Convair F-102 Delta…
Eastern Air Defense Sector emblem
539th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Convair F-106A-64-CO Delta Darts McGuire AFB, New Jersey October 1959
332d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron North American F-86D-45-NA Sabre 52–3901, 4709th Air Defense Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, 1956
Wisconsin ANG 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard over Wisconsin's capital city of Madison