The 122nd Fighter Squadron (122nd FS) is a unit of the Louisiana Air National Guard 159th Fighter Wing located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana. It operates the F-15C providing air superiority abroad to combatant commanders on request and at home in conducting the alert air sovereignty mission. The squadron is a descendant organization of the 122d Observation Squadron, established on 30 July 1940. It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II. ("Bayou Militia")

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Nav Reserve strike fighter squadron and a fleet logistics support squadron, the 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW) of the Louisiana Air National Guard, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, a detachment of a Marine Reserve light helicopter attack squadron, as well as other US Nav & US Army activities. The base has a 24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's NORAD air sovereignty/homeland defense requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue/maritime law enforcement/port security missions. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field which is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of New Orleans. 

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) to gain and maintain air supremacy in aerial combat. The F-15C is an improved single-seat all-weather air-superiority fighter version.

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Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Aviation Department—North Louisiana: During a typical patrol flight pilots scan the horizon first for known smoke types to locate fires that have been turned into the district as a controlled burn and secondly, for fires of an unknown nature.  Pilots have training and years of acquired specialized experience that play a key role once smoke is spotted.   Fire and surrounding areas are scouted and the potential threat assessed; if required ground wild land fire crews will be directed to the fires by the most direct routes and assist with the placement of men and equipment on the fire.  Pilots provide ground crews with an airborne picture of the situation and give relevant information to the crews to combat the fire, protect property, structures and aid in the safe evacuation of the citizenry.

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Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Aviation Department—North Louisiana: During a typical patrol flight pilots scan the horizon first for known smoke types to locate fires that have been turned into the district as a controlled burn and secondly, for fires of an unknown nature.  Pilots have training and years of acquired specialized experience that play a key role once smoke is spotted.   Fire and surrounding areas are scouted and the potential threat assessed; if required ground wild land fire crews will be directed to the fires by the most direct routes and assist with the placement of men and equipment on the fire.  Pilots provide ground crews with an airborne picture of the situation and give relevant information to the crews to combat the fire, protect property, structures and aid in the safe evacuation of the citizenry.

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The 96th Bomb Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 2d Operations Group located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 96th is equipped with the B-52H 'Stratofortress'.  This awesome Barksdale 96th 'Red Devils' print incorporates their heritage patch from WW2.

Formed in August 1917, the 96 BS saw combat on the World War I Western Front, in France. It took part in the St. Mihiel offensive and Meuse-Argonne offensive. Later, it served with the Army Air Service and Army Air Corps in the Inter-War period it participated in Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell's 1921 off-shore bombing tests and during World War II fought in the North African and Italian Campaigns. It was a part of Strategic Air Command during the Cold War. Since 1993, the 96th Bomb Squadron has flown the B-52H Stratofortress long-range heavy bomber, which can perform a variety of missions. Today the squadron is engaged in the Global War on Terrorism.

Also “Barksdale 96th Bomb Squadron” T-shirts available Here. (sold separately)

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B-52 overflying Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Louisiana on their way home to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s.

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