Helmets belonging to pilots of 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 sit on a table in the 82nd ready room at Holloman AFB, , Dec. 16, 2016. Pilots of the 82nd participated in the retirement flight and ceremony for the final variant of the Phantom II, the QF-4 unmanned aerial target flown by the 82nd at Holloman F-4 Phantom II entered the Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The F-4 flew bombing, combat air patrol, fighter escort, reconnaissance and the famous Wild Weasel anti-aircraft missile suppre
Helmets belonging to pilots of 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 sit on a table in the 82nd ready room at Holloman AFB, , Dec. 16, 2016. Pilots of the 82nd participated in the retirement flight and ceremony for the final variant of the Phantom II, the QF-4 unmanned aerial target flown by the 82nd at Holloman F-4 Phantom II entered the Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The F-4 flew bombing, combat air patrol, fighter escort, reconnaissance and the famous Wild Weasel anti-aircraft missile suppression missions.
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