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11th FIS
"Red Bulls"
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33 F-106s were assigned the 11th FIS, 30th AD, Duluth Municipal Airport MN 23 June 1960 - 30 September 1968. The 11th FIS was activated at Duluth IAP with F-51D's in December 1952, replacing the Minnesota ANG's 179th FIS In the fall of 1953 the unit transitioned into F-89D's and later the F-102 1. In June 1960 the 11th FIS transitioned into F-106A's which it flew until September 1968 when it was deactivated and re-designated the 87th FIS while still at Duluth AP. While the 11th FIS deactivation resulted in retirement of the 11th FIS insignia, the new 87th FIS insignia was very similar. The 87th FIS moved from Duluth AP to K.I. Sawer AFB in May 1971.
1 Reference by Andrew Elliot, assigned 1FIS from June 1956 until March 1965 "When I arrived at Duluth in 1956, there was F-89D,s there. We started getting the F-102 aircraft shortly. I had attended the Hughes factory school on the MG-10 FCS. I cross trained to the MA-1 FCS for the F-106 at Duluth". Andy Elliott feb101896@yahoo.com |
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