Talk:48th Fighter Wing

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

48th FW F-84s in the Philippines, 1953 - most unlikely.

KB-29M Superfortresses refueling 48th Fighter Wing [sic] F-84G Thunderjets over the Philippines, 1953.

Comparison image of F-84s identified as 9thfbs / 49th Fighter Wing, Korea, 1953

I am removing this image because it doesn't smell right, based purely on the fact that "The 48th Wing served ... in France, from 10 July 1952 through 15 January 1960."

Whilst units do move around, and long-range deployments do happen from time-to-time, this is a really long way to go for a unit based in the U.S (Hawaii excepted). But if you are already relocated in France, finding yourself over the Philippines at the same time is for me a ridiculous proposition. Although it is slightly worrying that hundreds of editors before me have seen nothing wrong with this idea.

I have tried to nail down the actual F-84s involved, two of which (Buzz no.s FS-316-B & FS-350) can be identified from the original photograph, but I have drawn a blank in terms of matching up these individual aircraft identities. However detailed comparison of the tail markings on both images makes it more than likely that these aircraft belong to the 49th Fighter Wing, out of Misawa AB, Japan. It's still not the Philippines, bit it sure is a lot closer. And it's not a big stretch to confuse 48th and 49th, particularly as both units flew F-84s around 1953.

FWIW I don't believe the second image is 'Korea' either - in fact I suspect these are the same group of F-84s, hooked up to the same KB-29s, photographed from a different angle. 'Korea' is just where they were based, before their move to Misawa AB.

Either way, the KB-29 / F-84 image is not a good one to use in an article about a fighter unit based exclusively in Europe throughout 1953.

Meanwhile I have also edited the image details on Wikimedia Commons to highlight the mistake. Or is that a step too far?

Footnote; it pains me to acknowledge this next fact, but the 49th FW (or FBW) made exactly the reverse journey in 1957, transitioning from Japan to France. From there they moved to Germany, to England, back to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, and then, when Vietnam kicked off, they ended up in Thailand, almost back where they started. But all this happened over the course of two decades, not in the space of a long-weekend!

WendlingCrusader (talk) 00:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)