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The Oregon Air National Guard’s First Outstanding Unit Award

The 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron operated the Northrop F-89J Scorpion fighter-interceptor during the June 8, 1960 to April 30, 1962 award period for the squadron’s first Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Here, Brad Newell, 123rd FIS pilot, dons his helmet in the front seat of an F-89J and George Smith is on the ladder, possibly serial number 53-2534, for a sortie. In the early years of the 123rd’s air defense alert operations, the squadron had no dedicated alert facility nor covered shelter for its aircraft sitting alert although this began to change in the later years of the F-89J era, 1960 to 1966. (142nd Wing History Archive)

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