On one very special day 43 years ago, John D’Errico put on his father’s flight helmet and lugged his parachute to the flight line at the Air National Guard base. The scrawny 7-year-old struggled under the weight of the 60 pounds of folded nylon, but delivered it to… Read More
At 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve 2006, Maj. Chris Cole pulled into his driveway in York after a 72-hour shift at the Maine Air National Guard Wing in Bangor. As he greeted his children, his on-call cell phone rang. Instead of scooping up the children and beginning his… Read More
The Maine Air National Guard is more than seven months older than the United States Air Force. The Guard was established as part of the Army Air Corps and then the Air Force after it became a separate branch of the military on Sept. 18, 1947. Read More
BANGOR – Early in 1947, 21/2-ton Army trucks rattled down state roads collecting hundreds of young men from Bucksport to Bangor. Undeterred by winter’s chill or summer’s sultry heat, members of the Guard stationed at Dow Air Force Base climbed into the back of the canvas-enclosed truck eager… Read More
1947 Feb. 4 – The 101st Fighter Group is federally recognized and stationed at Camp Keyes in Augusta under the command of Col. Philip E. Tukey Jr. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More