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Since its establishment as a separate

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branch of the Department of Defense .

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The Air Force and the Air National

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Guard have accumulated over 75 years of

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their own history and heritage for this

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month's command message . I want to

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take a look back at the 10 seconds

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history and our efforts to preserve and

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develop our static displays for the

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future . Members of the wing . The

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102nd fighter group was federally

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recognized in 1946 at Logan airport

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in boston and for the next 12 years

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flew several different aircraft ,

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Everything from the P 51 mustang to the

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F 94 Starfire . In 1956

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the commander of the 101st fighter

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interceptor squadron Lieutenant Colonel

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Joseph Mahoney perished in an F 94

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crash . In his memory . The 101st

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adopted the Shamrock as their symbol

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when the 102nd fighter wing converted

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to the F 86 Saber . The aircraft ,

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whatever shamrock adorned on its nose

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and tail , the wing was federally

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activated and deployed their F 86

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Sabers to Fallsburg France . In

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1961 . Their mission was to provide

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close air support to NATO ground forces

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During the Berlin Wall crisis . The

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unit would serve with distinction and

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return home in august 1962 with the

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residents of boston welcoming home

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their very own flying shamrocks from

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1964 to 1971 . The wing flew the F 84

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f thunder streak and it was during this

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time that the wing would move from

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Logan airport down to Otis Air Force

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Base . The wing commander during this

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period was Brigadier General Charles W .

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Sweeney who has the piles of the B 29

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superfortress boxcar , dropped the Fat

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man nuclear bomb on Nagasaki Japan at

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the end of World War two . The current

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plan to display this aircraft is by the

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new fitness facility in track . After

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they are completed in 1971 the wing

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would briefly fly the F 100 super Saver

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that had been used during the Vietnam

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war . This aircraft was affectionately

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known as the hon and this static is

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dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel bob foe ,

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A long time member of the wing who

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passed away this fall when he retired ,

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he had amassed a flying career of

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nearly 35 years and over 5000 flight

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hours . Along the way , he became a

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senior pilot , an expert on more than

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eight airframes and held nearly every

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position available to a pilot from

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flight instructor to commander of the

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historic 101st fighter interceptor

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squadron . Even in retirement , folk

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continued to contribute to the mission

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of an organization that meant so much

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to him . He was an active member of the

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OTIS civilian advisory council for many

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years and was also the longest standing

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board member of the Eagle's Nest all

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ranks club , dedicating his retired

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life to enhancing the morale and well

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being of veterans throughout the region

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about a year after the hon , the one oh

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second would convert to the mach two

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capable F 106 delta dart and start a 24

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hour 3 65 day a year . Air defense

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alert commitment a mission the wing

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would perform for over 36 years

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intercepts of Russian T U 95 bear

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bombers occurred on a regular basis .

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The soviet aircraft coming out of CUBA

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were typically detected along the

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eastern seaboard when they entered the

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eighties , a buffer zone around our

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national airspace , which extends

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approximately 250 miles offshore .

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When the F 106 was retired from their

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inventory , they were converted to the

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QF 106 and used as target drones . So

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only the remaining aircraft are in

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museums or private collections . The

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one oh second is actively searching for

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a delta dart that we could acquire to

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restore and display . The wing was

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originally scheduled to convert to the

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F 16 , but a last minute change brought

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the Eagle to our ramp for over 20 years .

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The wing would fly the F 15 , they

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deployed to Panama in support of

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operation cornet Nighthawk intercepting

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illegal shipments of drugs . In 1999

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the 101st fighter squadron deployed to

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Incirlik Air base in Turkey to enforce

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the no fly zone over Iraq as part of

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Operation Northern Watch And on

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September 11 , 2001 , we were the first

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unit to respond to the attack on the

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World Trade Center . This static is one

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of the aircraft that took off on that

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historic morning . The wing continued

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flying combat air patrols over the

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northeastern us as part of Operation

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Noble Eagle . Our last combat air

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patrol was flown on 24 January

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2008 . Starting with an intelligence

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surveillance and reconnaissance group

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and an air operations group . The 102nd

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Fighter Wing was officially re

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designated as the 102nd Intelligence

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Wing . On six April 2008 . The 102 I .

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S . R . Group A K A G . S massachusetts

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supported its first MQ one combat

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sortie on december 1st 2009 . The wings

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newest staff display is this aircraft

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tail number 98 30 51 . You

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can expect to see the predator on

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display this spring in between the F

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86 the wing headquarters building . A

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special thank you to the 102nd Civil

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Engineering Squadron who got this

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static in place right before the

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holidays . This T 33 shooting

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star commemorates General Daniel

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chappie James is time at Otis and his

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connection to Joint Base Cape Cod . In

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1951 chappy arrived at Otis Air Force

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Base and was signed assigned as a

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fighter pilot with the 58th fighter

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interceptor squadron . While assigned

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to OTIS . He was promoted to Major and

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then to Lieutenant Colonel and assumed

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command of the 60th fighter interceptor

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squadron During his tour of notice , he

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received the Massachusetts Junior

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Chamber of Commerce Award . Young Man

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of the Year for 1950 for for his

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outstanding community relations efforts .

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After Otis , now Colonel James would go

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on to become the vice commander of the

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eighth Tactical Fighter wing Cuban Air

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based highland serving under Colonel

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Robin Olds . During the Vietnam war ,

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he personally flew 78 combat sorties

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over North Vietnam . After the war , he

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served at Wheeler Air Force Base in

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Libya Libya . As Moammar Gaddafi was

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rising to power , He was nominated for

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a promotion to Brigadier General in

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1970 by President Richard Nixon and was

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assigned to the Office of the Secretary

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of Defense . He quickly rose to the

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General officer ranks and on september

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1st 1975 he was assigned as the

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Commander of the North American Defense

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Command , Peterson Air Force Base

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colorado and promoted to the rank of

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four star general , the first african

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american to attain that rank in US

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military history . So I hope you

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enjoyed our trip back in time and learn

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something new about the rich history

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and heritage of both the Air Force and

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the Air National Guard . Thanks for

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what you do each and every day