2d Fighter Squadron

2d Fighter Squadron

Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster

     

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Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011
ISBN: 978-6-1337-9744-4
Объём: 132 страниц
Масса: 221 г
Размеры(В x Ш x Т), см: 23 x 16 x 1

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 2d Fighter Squadron (2 FS) was part of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It operated the F-15C/D Eagle aircraft conducting advanced fighter training. Training U.S. Air Force active and reserve component F-15 pilots in air dominance missions for worldwide application including training with night vision goggles and the Fighter Data Link. Originally constituted the 2d Pursuit Squadron on 20 November 1940, the squadron was activated on 15 January 1941. It served in World War II with the 52d Pursuit Group, and during that period flew the Curtis P-40 Warhawk and Bell P-39 Airacobra. The 2d also flew combat missions in the Supermarine Spitfire and P-51 Mustang in the European and Mediterranean Theaters, serving specifically in air campaigns in Europe, Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Normandy, Northern France, Southern France, north Appennines, Rhineland, Central Europe, Po Valley, and performed air combat in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater. The unit received two Distinguished Unit Citations for operations in Germany and Romania in 1944.

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