Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
Quonset Point Air National Guard Station is the home base of the Rhode Island Air National Guard 143rd Airlift Wing. Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point was a United States Naval Base in Quonset Point, Rhode Island that was deactivated in 1974. Next to NAS Quonset Point was Camp Endicott at Davisville, home of the Naval Construction Battalions known as the Seabees. Quonset Point also gave its name to the Quonset hut, a standardized temporary structure used by the U.S. military starting in World War II. Former US President Richard M. Nixon went through basic naval officer training at Quonset Point in 1942.
An aerial view of Quonset Point ANGS during 2016
NAS Quonset Point in the 1960s
Rhode Island Air National Guard
The Rhode Island Air National Guard (RI ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Rhode Island, United States of America. It is, along with the Rhode Island Army National Guard, an element of the Rhode Island National Guard.
A C-130J of the 143d Airlift Wing taking off from Quonset Point AGS. The 143d is the oldest unit in the Rhode Island Air National Guard, having over 70 years of service to the state and nation.
An F-51D Mustang of the 152d Fighter Squadron, 1954
A C-130J-30 of the 143rd Airlift Group at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow