VT-26 - Flying Tigers
VT-26 Flying Tigers Drawn by Bud Southworth |
VT-26 Flying Tigers - 1966 Provided by Dave Dollarhide |
Patch
Air to Air Patch
Handle
Flying Tigers
Heritage
No info to date
Home Ports
Date: Location:
1970 - 1974 NAS Chase Field Beevile TX. (these dates are only years verified so far)
Air Wings
Date - - - - - - - - - - - - Tail code - - - - - - - Air Wing
No info to date
Deployments
None
Aircraft
Date Type First Received - - - - - - Type of Aircraft:
VT-26 never flew the A-4 Skyhawk, but many Skyhawk pilots trained with this unit.
19?? (1966) - - - - - - - - - - -F-11
I was an ADJ2 in VT26. I was there from April 1 1970 through September 4 1973. During that time we flew the F9 Panthers and later the T2C Buckeyes. The A4 Skyhawks were flown by VT24 and VT25. If I can help with any information from that time period I will be happy to do so.
Thomas Woodruff
Commanding Officers
Date Assumed Command - - - - - - - Commanding Officer
No info yet
Events
No Info to date
Awards
No info to date
Photographs
1966: VT-26, 1966. (F-11 days)
The students in this 1966 PR photo are LTJG Dollarhide, MARCAD Birdwell, 1stLt. Jones. Photo from Dave Dollarhide.
VT-26 BuNo.141824 F-11 Photo from Dave Dollarhide.
Sources:
Dave Dollarhide