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THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

Posted Sep 23, 2008 @ 11:36 PM

SEPT. 30, 1948 — Unit is founded as the 170th Fighter Squadron. The first

plane flown by the unit is the World War II-era P-51 Mustang. (By 1948, this

plane had been re-designated the F-51.)

NOVEMBER 1953 — 183rd gets its first jet, the F-86 Sabre.

FEBRUARY 1955 — F-86 Sabres are replaced with F-84 Thunderstreaks.

OCTOBER 1962 — 170th Fighter Squadron becomes part of the 183rd Tactical

Fighter Group. The 170th is not dissolved, but the overall Air National

Guard installation at Capital Airport usually is referred to as the 183rd

from this point forward.

JANUARY 1972 — 183rd is the first Air National Guard squadron to receive the

F-4 Phantom II.

JUNE 1989 — The first two F-16s arrive in Springfield. By May 1990, the unit

had accepted all of its F-16s.

OCTOBER 2005 — Congress refuses to block recommendations of the Base

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission, which called for reassigning the

183rd’s fighters.

JUNE 2008 — The first of the 183rd’s F-16 Falcons begin to leave

Springfield.

SEPT. 23, 2008 — The last F-16 assigned to the 183rd, tail number 292,

leaves Springfield for Montgomery, Ala. Lt. Col. John Patterson is at the

controls.

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