[5], The unit was activated again on 15 October 1940, being redesignated 107th Observation Squadron with Douglas O-38 and North American O-47 observation planes. He replaces outgoing commander Col. Scott Cain who has served in the position for the past two years. In addition, the Michigan Air National Guard forces are assigned to Air Expeditionary Forces and are subject to deployment tasking orders along with their active duty and Air Force Reserve counterparts in their assigned cycle deployment window. It is, along with the Michigan Army National Guard, an element of the Michigan National Guard. It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II. On 24 May 1946, the United States Army Air Forces, in response to dramatic postwar military budget cuts imposed by President Harry S. Truman, allocated inactive unit designations to the National Guard Bureau for the formation of an Air Force National Guard. "I know I want to be in the Air Force after I graduate," Beth from Taft Union High School said. The 171st Airlift Squadron of the 127th Wing is the last Air National Guard unit to perform missions from Howard Air Force Base in Panama and members of the 1775th and 46th Military Police Companies provided law enforcement services and security as Fort Clayton, Panama was closed down. [8][9] Its original mission was to conduct tests and engage in experimental aircraft work as part of IV Fighter Command. Erickson served with the 412th Operations Support Squadron as the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of Parachutist Program Operations. Problems with the planes' Allison J33 engines kept the group's Shooting Stars grounded through part of 1945, and the plan's accident rate was twice that of any other fighter in the Army Air Forces inventory. Jul 2020 - Jun 2022, Deputy Commander, 412th Operations Group, Edwards AFB, CA Jun 2022 - Present, Vice Commander, Air Force Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Senior pilot Flight hours: More than 2,300 Aircraft flown: C-17, KC-135, F-15, F-16, F-18, T-38, T-6, T-1 and more than 20 other types MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
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