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Alabama Air National Guard
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force/Air National Guard
Garrison/HQBirmingham International Airport, Alabama
Aircraft flown
FighterF-16
TransportKC-135 Stratotanker
TankerKC-135 Stratotanker

The Alabama Air National Guard is the component of the United States Air National Guard operating within the state of Alabama.

Units

Role in the Bay of Pigs Invasion

According to information from Seymour M. Hersh, author of The Dark Side of Camelot during early preparations to the Bay of Pigs Invasion, President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally asked then-Governor of Alabama John Malcolm Patterson (who served as a lieutenant in Eisenhower's staff during the World War II) to use the aircraft of Air National Guard of Alabama (Patterson, as Governor, was commander-in-chief of the guard) by Cuban émigrés to attack and pilots to train them in deep secret in Nicaragua. Patterson agreed and then-commander, Major General George R. Doster was ordered to oversee all operation.

Active Aircraft

F-16 taxiing at JeffCo airport
Aircraft Origin Type
KC-135 Stratotanker  United States Aerial Refuelling and Transport
F-16C  United States Air Superiority Fighter

Notable personnel

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