Warplanes of the USA: North Dakota, Historic Photos

North Dakota Warplanes

(USAF Photo)North American F-51D-30-NA Mustang fighter (Serial No. 44-74938) from the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, ca. 1954.

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North American F-51D-30-NA Mustangs, 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing "The Happy Hooligans", North Dakota Air National Guard, at Hector Field, North Dakota, June 1950.

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Northrop F-89J Scorpion fighter (Serial No. 53-2619) from the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard.

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McDonnell F-101B Voodoo fighters from the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, ca 1957.

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McDonnell F-4D Phantom II (Serial No. 64-0937) from the 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard.

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McDonnell F-4D-28-MC Phantom II (Serial No. 65-0696) assigned to the 119th Fighter Group Happy Hooligans, North Dakota Air National Guard, intercepting a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 Bear bomber aircraft over the Arctic Ocean, during a flight to Keflavik, Iceland in 1983.  Eight Russian Tu-95s were intercepted by 119th FG pilots during the deployment to Iceland.

(Larry Harrington, USAF Photo)

McDonnell F-4D Phantom II aircraft assigned to the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, "The Happy Hooligans", North Dakota Air National Guard, conduct mid-air refueling from a Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker (Serial No. 58-0024) from the 150th Air Refueling Squadron, 108th Air Refueling Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, in 1985.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (Serial No. 61-4835), 5th Bomb Wing stationed at Minot AFB, North Dakota, 23 Dec 1985.

(Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, USAF Photo)

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (Serial No. 59-1501), 319th Air Refueling Wing refuels one of two General Dynamics F-16A (Serial Nos. 81-0795 and 82-0951) and one F-16B Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 81-0820) from the 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard over North Dakota on 16 January 2007.

(MSgt Michael Ammons, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 81-0789), 119th Fighter Wing, firing an AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile.

(Staff Sgt. Greg L. Davis, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcons of the 178th Fighter Squadron, North Dakota Air National Guard, banking during an early morning Combat Air Patrol mission over Washington D.C., 11 Nov 2001.

(Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, USAF Photo)

Eight U.S. Air Force General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft and a single F-16B from the 119th Fighter Wing are lined up on the flight line at a North Dakota Air National Guard base in Fargo, North Dakota, 27 October 2006.

(Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, USAF Photo)

Gates C-21A Learjet, 119th Fighter Wing (Happy Hooligans), North Dakota Air National Guard, Hector International Airport, Fargo, North Dakota, 19 March 2007.

(Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Block 15L Fighting Falcon, North Dakota Air National Guard alongside the first Gates Learjet C-21A (Serial No. 84-0090) to join the 119th Fighter Wing as it flies into Fargo, North Dakota (USA), on 10 January 2007.

(Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp, USAF Photos)

Alenia C-27J Spartan on a  familiarization tour for the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo, North Dakota, 14 Oct 2010.

(SmSgt. David H. Lipp, USAF Photo)

General Dynamics F-16A Block 15N Fighting Falcon (Serial No. 82-0992) aircraft assigned to the 178th Fighter Squadron, 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, takes off for a record setting mission from Fargo, North Dakota, on 14 May 2003.  "The Happy Hooligans" unit had surpassed the 60,000 accident-free flying hours mark in the aircraft overall, and had amassed over 132,400 hours without a major accident ("Class A mishap"), covering more than 30 years.

(Staff Sgt. Joe Laws, USAF Photo)

Bell UH-1N Iroquois helicopter (Serial No. 69-6619) from the 54th Helicopter Squadron, 91st Missile Wing Rough Riders, takes off at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on 2 September 2005.

(Capt. Kevin Sandell, US Army Photo)

A team of five Soldiers assigned to C Company, 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, hoist a fast rope on their shoulders before being “extracted” using the Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction System (SPIES) and Fast-Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) method. The fast-rope insertion and extraction system (FRIES) is employed by small units to make rapid infiltration and exfiltration using rotary-wing aircraft in confined areas. The Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is flown by a crew with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s C Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment, 18 July 2014.

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