Deployed from homebase Jacksonville ANGB, this F-16 participated in a live shooting camp at Tyndall. The 159th FIS flew the F-106 for 12 years and like most F-106 FIS', was planned for transition to F-4 or F-15, but the USAF decided that the F-16 was the most ideal a/c for the continental air defense mission. So the unit received the F-16 from Jan'87. On 1 Apr'87, the 159th became the first F-16 unit to sit alert in an Air Defense role as a FIS on a 24/7/365 basis. In Jun'92, the FIS became a Fighter Squadron. 0759 was former TJ, HR before 159th, then Oregon ANG, since Oct'07 pres Medford (OR)

Delivered to the USAFE 50th FW at Hahn in 1983, then moved in 1992 to the Florida Air National Guard. Last flown by the Minnesota ANG before storage at AMARC with inventory code FG035 on 20 May 1996.

Tyndall based 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron Shooting Star, resting at the flightline. The squadron was part of the Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC) which was inactivated on 12 September 1991. This T-33A went to storage at AMARC in July 1988. It's fate is not known by me. The purpose of the little antenna on top of the vertical tail is not known to me. It's deviating from other T-33s.

Tyndall based 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron Shooting Star, resting at the flightline. The squadron was part of the Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC) which was inactivated on 12 September 1991. This T-33A, in it's final months of operational service, went to storage at AMARC on 1 December 1987 and received inventory code TC1344. It was moved to HFV West, Tucson (AZ) on 15 January 2009 for scrap.

Tyndall based 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron Shooting Star, resting at the flightline. The squadron was part of the Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC) which was inactivated on 12 September 1991. This T-33A went to storage at AMARC on 11 January 1988 and received inventory code TC1352. It was moved to HFV West, Tucson (AZ) on 22 January 2009 for scrap.

A Tyndall based 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron Shooting Star, resting at the flightline. The squadron was part of the Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC) which was inactivated on 12 September 1991. This T-33A went to storage at AMARC on 1 December 1987, received inventory code TC1345 and departed the center on 15 January 2009. It was moved to HFV West at Tucson (AZ) for scrap.

Preserved at Charleston AFB (SC) since March 1992. Here the 136th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Phantom, deployed from homebase Niagara Falls ANGB (NY), can be seen at the flightline of Tyndall AFB (FL) during a live shooting camp. It's getting some maintenance on the APQ-109 radar

Photographer Peter R. Foster

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Photographer Geoffrey B. Rhodes

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From USS Nimitz