1952

Feb 19, 2024

21 March, Lt Col Daniel F. Sharp assumes command of the 136th FBG.

1 June, 136th FBW begins combat operations at K-2, Taegu No. 1 Air Base.

23 June, the 136th FBG and another unit successfully attacked the Sui-ho power plant on the Yalu River.  This last major arial assault for the 136th rendered the fourth largest power plant in the world unservicable.

10 July, the 136th FBW personnel and equipment are absorbed by the newly activated 58th FBW.  The 136th FBW, designation only, was returned to the Texas Air National Guard and re-designated as the 136th Fighter Interceptor Group.  Col Harry Crutcher Jr. assumes command. Wings accomplishments during the Korean War

  • Chinese Communist Forces Spring Offensive.
  • United nations Summer, Fall Offensive.
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Third Korean Winter

Accomplishments

  • 15,515 Combat Sorties Flown
  • Enemy Aircraft Destroyed: Confirmed, 7 Probable, 72 Damaged.
  • Bombs Dropped: 23,749 @ 7,120 Tons.
  • Rockets Fired: 4,564
  • Napalm Dropped: 715 Tanks @ 228.80 Tons
  • 50 Caliber Rounds Expended: 3,149,287

Wing Firsts

  • 1st Air National Guard (ANG) Wing reorganized under Wing base Plan.
  • 1st ANG Wing mobilized since WWII.
  • 1st ANG Wing to receive F-84F’s
  • 1st ANG Wing in history to go into combat.
  • 1st Fighter Bomber Wing in the Tactical Air Command to enter  copmbat in the Korean conflict.
  • 1st 1st Air National Guard (ANG) Wing to down a MIG-15.
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