107th Tactical Fighter Wing
military unit
The 107th Tactical Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force Unit. It was activated in 1950, when the National Guard reorganized its operational groups inder the Wing Base organization. It served in an air defense role until 1958, when it became a fighter bomber unit. It diminished in size during the 1960s, and was inactivated in 1964 when its remaining operational group was reassigned.
History
In the fall of 1950, the National Guard adopted the Wing Base organization system used by the regular Air Force since 1947. This system combined operational groups and the units supporting them under a single wing. As part of this reorganization, the 107th Fighter Wing was organized at Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York as the headquarters for the 107th Fighter Group of the New York National Guard.
The wing had an air defense mission, and in October 1952 was redesignated the 107th Fighter-Interceptor Wing. It was initially equipped with World War II era Republic F-47D Thunderbolts and North American F-51H Mustangs. In 1954, it received its first radar equipped Lockheed F-94B Starfires.
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