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Middle WestAirmen MoveOn Dow FieldANG Fighter Wing To Be Federalized]Omaha, March 24. fAF) — Without dramatics or parades a steady trickle of men will start moving toward Dow Air Fore* Base. Bangor, Me, next month as the 132nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard begins active duty.Strategic Air Command is to share Dow Base with the Air De-fense CommandThe squadinns ftom Lincoln. Neb., Des Moines and Sioux City, la., under the command of Col J, H. Holmes, will be federalized April l as a part of the Strategic Air Command.Lt. Col. John W, Norvell of the SAC Directorate of Plans Office said the fighter wing, which in SAC, will be a bomber support unit, will come under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Air Force which is headquartered at Cardwell Air Force Base, Foit Worth, TexAlready an advance air guard unit is at SAC headquarters here handling the processing of the others. After April 1. when the unit is formally federalized, the men who haven't been processed will go through the lines Their P-51 planes- will be flown to Bangor before]the men are transferred. Eventually the 132nd will give up the P-5l's for the more modern Jetf fighters.A SAC spokesman said a planning team headed by Col Fred Rhea of Carswell, director of plans for the Eighth Air Force headquarters, was at Dow today making prepai atiom for the transfer Included In the group are air installations and operations officers and some repi esentatives of the 132nd Fightei WingLt. Col. Donaid E Songcr of Des Moines, iacommande] of‘the 124th Fighter Squadron: Maj Fied H Bailey, jr, Lincoln Is commander of the 173rd Squadron: and Maj. Robert C Rub, Sioux City, ts commander of the 174th squadron Besides the three squadrons there are maintenance and clerical personnel. 'Il
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Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine, US
Sun, Mar 25, 1951
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