116th Fighter Bomber Wing

Air Force BBS

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John W. Wilson wrote on August 25, 2014

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City and State: JACKSONVILLE AR

Unit: 196 FS/ 246TH SVS UNIT

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran

Comments: articles concerning the break up of the 116th told that most all the guardsmen were sent back to the US- this was WRONG, We all had a 21 month commitment - most all the flight crews and aircraft maintenance personnel did end up in KOREA. BUT all the rest of the service personnel medic /AP/ cooks etc. were put on a train at Misawa and then were dropped off at all the different AF bases throughout japan . I know because I was one of the last five that ended up at Itazuke AB on the southern island of Kyushu- 2 medic/2 APs/1 cook. This didn't work out for us five for their were no positions open at Itazuke and the very next day were put on another train and sent back up to MIHO AB on the main island of Honshu- I was the cook- I stayed their till Oct1955 then returned to the US- their was some info in these articles that we were flying F80s over there- WRONG we went to japan with F84s strapped to decks on the two carriers - I ended up with 28 plus years as a E8 in the aircraft material control field

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Daniel M. (Dan) Quinn wrote on December 14, 2011

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Unit:

Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Can anyone confirm if Captain Jack Quinn served in
the 116th on June 27, 1952 in Korea as an F-84E
pilot? Would like to here any info. Thank you

Keywords: F-84E Jack Quinn

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Sam Sipsma wrote on December 24, 2007

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Unit:

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran

Comments:

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Leonard Myhaver wrote on July 24, 2003

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Unit: 116 FTR BOMB WING

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: the 116 ftr bomb wing at misawa japan flew f84 aircraft not f80s

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Larry Ladd wrote on February 1, 2003

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City and State: RANCHO CORDOVA CA

Unit: USS JULIUS A. FURER, FFG-6, 1976-1979

Service or Relationship: Interested Person

Comments: Were JATO takeoffs part of the training at George Air Force Base before units deployed to the Korean theater?

Keywords: George Victorville F-80 F-84 F-86 JATO

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Bill McGlynn wrote on September 5, 2002

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City and State: LOMITA CA

Unit: 158TH FT.SQ.MISAWA,AFB,JAPAN

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: Would like to hear from anyone

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Randy Ziegenhagen wrote on December 31, 2001

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City and State: ELMIRA NY

Unit:

Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Seeking information regarding Father in laws records which were destroyed at the national records center in St Louis.

Do you have any information how to find an APO number for Misawa AFB, Japan in the early 1950's. This information is required to prove that he was there.

49th/116th/474th Fighter Bomber Wing
Thank You

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Don McKay wrote on December 16, 2001

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City and State: OGDENSBURG NY

Unit: 474TH FBW

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

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Jerry Martin wrote on November 11, 1999

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City and State: VACAVILLE CA

Unit: LL6TH FIGHTER BOMBER WING

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Comments: The ll6th Fighter Bomber Wing consited of three
squadrons of Air National Guard units from Atlanta
Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida and San Bernandino,
Callifornia. The wing trained at George AFB, CA., and sailed to Japan July 9-10, l951 aboard
pocket carriers,"Sidcom Bay" and "Wyndam Bay".
Starting in December l951, the ll6th became the
first Air Force Unit in history to utilize air-to-air refueling in combat operations, flying from
Misawa, Japan to North Korea in "Operation High
Tide."
I served with the ll6th from November l951
until July l952 when the unit designation was
returned to Air National Guard Status. Most of
its original personnel had rotated back to the U.S.by then. The men and aircraft remaining were
redesignated the 474th Fighter Bomber Wing and
transferred to Korea in the largest Combat Cargo
airlift of the war. The 474th was stationed out of Kunsan (K-8), South Korea until the spring of l953. At that time, the 474th exchanged aircraft
and personnel with the 49th Fighter Bomber Wing.
In early summer l953, these two wings were combined into the 58th Fighter bomber Wing (Reinforced) and the 474th and 49th Wings were
placed on inactive status. The 58th FB Wing then
relocated to K-2 (Taegu, South Korea).

The ll6th's primary duty was the aerial defense
of Japan (Northern Honshu and Hokkaido),but its
units flew combat missions from Misawa AB, Japan
throughout the war. Early in the war, when the
49th Fighter Bomber Wing was operating out of
Misawa with F-80 Shooting Stars, maintenance
people at Misawa invented the "Misawa Tank", an
extra 360 gallon wing tip tank arrangement that
allowed the F-80's to fly from Japan, hover over
a target for 30 minutes to l hour and then return
to Japan, "recovering" at bases in southern Japan
and sometimes in Korea.

I would like to hear from any veterans of the
ll6th, 474th, 49th Fighter Bomber Wings or these
other units: 753rd Battalion, 40th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Regiment (Army); Flight C, 3rd Air Res-
cue Squadron; 56th Strategic Recon. Squadron;
lst Radio Squadron; 21st Air Weather Wing and
60l6th Air Base Group.

Please reply either to e-mail or address listed
above. Thanks.
when

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