This Week in Air Force Life Cycle Management Center History and Spotlight on Eglin AFB
November 09, 2021
November 09, 2021
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news on Nov. 8, 2021:
8 Nov 1968 (ISR & SOF Dir.)
Tactical Air Command received its first Fairchild AC-119K "Stinger" gun-ship. It was the product of Project Gunship III, the third iteration propeller-driven cargo aircraft equipped with cannons and machine guns as a ground support/attack platform. The program started under AFLCMC's predecessor th . . .
8 Nov 1968 (ISR & SOF Dir.)
Tactical Air Command received its first Fairchild AC-119K "Stinger" gun-ship. It was the product of Project Gunship III, the third iteration propeller-driven cargo aircraft equipped with cannons and machine guns as a ground support/attack platform. The program started under AFLCMC's predecessor th . . .