01111883 UNCLASSIFIED 2447162 01-01-1988 2447343 06-30-1988

GROUP/0158/FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR

HISTORY K169.012-158 (FIG) 45556 913 1119 43 2450583 05-14-1997 MISSION WAS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE, PERSONNEL, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO EQUIP, ADMINISTER AND TRAIN PERSONNEL TO DETECT, INTERCEPT, IDENTIFY AND IF NECESSARY, DESTROY ENEMY AIRBORNE TARGETS; MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT ON STRATEGIC AIR DEFENSE ALERT TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY UNDER OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF NORTHEAST SECTOR, 24 AIR DIVISION (AD). PREPARED FOR OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECTION (ORI). DEPLOYED TO TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE (AFB) FL TO SUPPORT AIR COMBAT MANEUVERING INSTRUMENTATION CENTER (ACMI). GROUP AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT SOVIET TU-95 BEAR BOMBER AIRCRAFT. GROUP TRANSFERRED FROM 9 TO 1 AIR FORCE (AF). ALERT FACILITY AT BANGOR ME FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. GROUP ADOPTED FOUR DEPUTY ORGANIZATION. VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD SELECTED TO HOST CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DU SPORT MILITAIRE (CISM) COMPETITION. FOUO GIBSON, WAYNE S. ** THORNE, MARGARET E. ** GROUP/0158/TACTICAL FIGHTER CONTAINS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS 1 THROUGH 53 AND PHOTOGRAPHS.