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  • F-16 pilots assigned to the 457th Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, performed a memorial flyover at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery to honor POW and F-16 program founder, Brigadier General Lyle Cameron on August 7. They flew a "missing man” formation flyover for his remaining family members, friends and those in attendance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Gross)

    Spads Honor Fallen POW, F-16 Program Founder

    F-16 pilots assigned to the 457th Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, performed a "missing man" formation memorial flyover at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery to honor POW and F-16 program founder, Brigadier General Lyle Cameron on August 7. One of the six prototypes Cameron initiated was the lightweight General Dynamics fighter YF-16, which progressed into development as the F-16 Air Combat Fighter/Fighting Falcon Weapon System. Cameron efforts would result in him being named as a program founder of the F-16. **See link at bottom of article for direction on how to check eligibility/start process of memorial flyover request.**
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    301st Fighter Wing Financial Management excellence

    The 2019 Air Force Reserve Command Outstanding Financial Management and Comptroller Awards are announced and the 301st Fighter Wing takes top honors.
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    The 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron continues TSP in Romania

    The 457th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, continues to operate as a rotational presence out of the 71st Air Base, Campia Turzii, Romania, for a Theater Security Package after changing over their operations section last month.
  • The 301st Fighter Wing education office held a base-wide Education Fair event to help sailors, soldiers, Airmen and marines further their academic pursuits at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas on June 8, 2019. Nearly 20 schools and organizations from the North Texas area were in attendance as well as a veteran commission to explain military educational benefits such as the Hazelwood Act.

    Education is power

    The 301st Fighter Wing education office invites higher learning to NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas in order to educate and connect service members from multiple branches, as well as their dependents, with the resources needed to develop their professional military education.
  • Retired Tech. Sgt. Lenard Ellison poses with his weapon in Saigon, Vietnam circa 1968. Ellison, the patriarch of his family, began a family tradition of serving in the Air Force that continues today. Since 1947, there has been an Ellison in the Air Force. (Courtesy photo)

    A family legacy 70 years in the making

    Seventy years ago, Lenard Ellison made the decision to join the military. “I was 17 and my mother helped me join the Army in August 1947 to get out of the south due to racial tension,” the retired technical sergeant said.
  • 301st Fighter Wing members, families and friends welcome more than 100 Airmen home from Afghanistan Nov. 9, 2016, at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. Airmen deployed in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, which focused on maintaining security and stability in the deployed region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Melissa Harvey)

    301st Fighter Wing Airmen return home

    Airman from the 301st Fighter Wing returned to Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.
  • Maj. Gen. Richard Scobee, Tenth Air Force commander, prepares to fly in a T-38 Talon to experience the adversary air mission of the 301st Fighter Squadron Oct. 1, 2016 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The 301st FS is part of the 44th Fighter Group, which is a geographically separated unit of the 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook)

    Tenth Air Force commander flies in T-38

    Maj. Gen. Richard Scobee, Tenth Air Force commander, prepares to fly in a T-38 Talon to experience the adversary air mission of the 301st Fighter Squadron Oct. 1, 2016 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. The 301st FS is part of the 44th Fighter Group, which is a geographically separated unit of the 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook)
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