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#84CU F-15C Eagle, 22 FS Squadron Print

F-15C Eagle, 22 FS Squadron Print
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43.8 cm x 29.2 cm
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F-15C Eagle
79-0022
22 FS
Bitburg AB, Germany
US - Air Force
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Squadron Prints Lithograph No. 84CU - 79-0022, F-15C Eagle, 22 Fighter Squadron, Bitburgh AB, Germany.

The 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron was activated on 22 December 1939 at Langley Field, Virginia as the 22nd Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor). Flying the P-36 Hawk, the unit relocated to Puerto Rico prior to World War II and, after the outbreak of war, deployed to the Pacific flying anti-submarine patrols. In 1944, the squadron moved to Liverpool in England flying the P-40 Warhawk in Europe. It supported General Patton’s Third Army flying combat missions in support of the D-Day landings and the “Battle of the Bulge” at Bastogne.  For its distinguished World War II record, the unit received numerous citations and campaign ribbons. Deactivated after the war, the 22nd was reactivated in 1946 in the Canal Zone flying the F-80 Shooting Star. It relocated to Furstenfeldbruck in Germany in 1948 flying the F-84 Thunderjet. The 22nd helped form the "Skyblazers", the first jet-propelled Air Force demonstration team, later called the "Thunderbirds". In 1952, the 22nd moved to Bitburg AB, Germany, first flying the F-86F Sabrejet, then the F-100 Super Sabre, F-105D Thunderchief and F-4D Phantom ll. Finally, in 1977, the 22nd “Adlers” converted to the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, providing air defense for NATO’s Central Region. The record-setting Eagle, capable of 2.5 Mach at altitudes above 50,000 feet, has excellent long-range radar and carries 4 AIM-7 Sparrow radar missiles, 4 AIM-9 IR Sidewinders and a 20mm cannon. The best air-superiority fighter in the world, it complements the best air defense squadron in the United States Air Force, the “Big 22”.

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