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159th Fighter Interceptor Squadron

125 FIG 'Fang'

159 FIS

Wing / Group(s) Assigned:
125th Fighter Interceptor Group

Air Division(s) Assigned:
Florida Air National Guard

Location(s):
Jacksonville, FL

Dates Unit Was Active:

29 May 1974 - 23 Mar 1987

Alert Detachment’s:
Det 1, Homestead AFB, FL

Number of Aircraft:
25

Number of Aircraft Loses:

3 Lost

Assigned Aircraft

In 1974, the 125th Fighter Interceptor Group converted from the F-102 Delta Dagger to the F-106 Delta Dart and formally integrated into the 125 FIG weapons inventory, alert status at Jacksonville International Airport.

The 159th Fighter Interceptor Squadron flew the F-106 Delta Dart for 12 years, but by the end of 1986, the US Air Force began to phase out the F-106, converting Regular Air Force units flying the Delta Dart to the F-15 Eagle and most Air National Guard F-106 units to the F-4 Phantom II.

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