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Presque Isle To Base Sabre Jet Fighters23rd Wing To Be Activated Friday; Plane, Personnel Strength UndisclosedPresque Isle, Jan. 10. (AP)—The commanding officer of Presque l#le Air Force bane /mid tonight the base Will become the home of the 23rd Fighter-Jntejreeptor Wing, new-Mt combat element of the Eastern Air Defense Force,wild I beCol James C Avni III Mini will 1mvs #in hi disclosed number of f'DO Habra J*t pianos Mo flffuj os loBiiMilna betsonne]strength sip brine agnouneadColonel Avcilll onidTIM sir (met read lv« led theIsle base Jan j The Mid Wine, which will he uHlvftiort Fiifwy, wits hi might fnloMing I Mis week under general or*1«r« Issued by WAIW Colons! Av* •rill saidA# I hr 33id Fiehtot etoup, Min mil fought In chum during WmldNm n pmt of iho uni Aitm teI5APP, with hradquiuimfc fitItewmt Ah Foret! Base Nnw-luiffh, N, Y , Is In chnige of fight-iMntcrceptoif opetfttions and ia-Inr protection fiorn the eastern ilope of the Rocky Mountains to ■ho Atlantic Seaboard Colonel Averlll aald that Col iallock P K Walmalcy foimer :ommanding office!* of Stewart Ur Force Bane has arrived hereto assume His duties as cofnmand* er of the newly activated 33rd fighter-Inteieeptor Oioiin, A wing commander will arrive fate, Col* nc! AveriJI said,The Habra Jet, Colonel Averlll said, is the air force's latest type let intei ueptor and Holder of tilsworld's official speed record, ft was ifloenfcJy sent Into action in KoreaThe Habra, Colonel AvefJll said, has flown flmaoi miles per hour over a tliiee*kiloRieter straightway routes, althought It Is listed by the an force as in the 060 miles per hour class,The nh plane fires six ,50 call* bie machine guns and is equipped to carry 18 five-Inch rockets, Colonel A vet Mi said It has a service celling of more than 43,000 feet and a combat range of more than 500 statute miles,Piesque Isle is 30 miles southeast of Limestone, Canadian border village where a huge base for intercontinental B-36 bombers has sprung up since 1048
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Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine, US
Thu, Jan 11, 1951
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