- 33rd FG and the
pilots were re****igned. The 325th FG (known as the "
Checkertail Clan") flew P-40s in the MTO and was
credited with at
least 133 air-to-air...
-
North American F-86
Sabre fighters from the 51st
Fighter Interceptor Wing
Checkertails are
readied for
combat during the
Korean War at
Suwon Air Base...
- Crosses. He
published his
memoir Herky!: the
Memoirs of a
Checkertail Ace in 1996. The "
Checkertail"
refers to the group's
recognition markings. The tail...
-
exercises in
January and
February 1963. On 4
January 1963,
Operation Checkertail saw
Kitty Hawk and
three other attack aircraft carriers launch practice...
- F-4B, 1966) VF-13
Night Cappers (disestablished 1
October 1969) VF-24
Checkertails/Fighting
Renegades (transitioned to F-14A, 9
December 1975) VF-32 Swordsmen...
-
Pacific House (Pac House)
Restaurants and
other establishments Chili's
Checkertails/Bada Bing
Pizza (Formerly
called OHOP)
Burger King (Relocated to behind...
-
Politika (in Serbian) McDowell,
Earnest R. and
William N. Hess (1969).
Checkertail Clan: The 325th
Fighter Group in
North Africa and Italy.
Fallbrook (CA):...
-
carried no tail codes,
although they did
carry the
Nellis black/yellow
checkertail stripe and a
Tactical Air
Command emblem on the tail. The
aircraft were...
- History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Green,
Herschel H. Herky! The
Memoirs of a
Checkertail Ace. Atglen, Pennsylvania:
Schiffer Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7643-0073-3...
- The
Memoirs of a
Checkertail Ace. Atglen, PA:
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-0073-3. McDowell,
Ernest R. (1994).
Checkertails: The 325th Fighter...
