Otis Air National Guard Base
Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.[1] It was known as Otis Air Force Base. It was named in honor of pilot and Boston surgeon Lt. Frank "Jesse" Otis.
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SSgt Nasam Rissvi guards an F-15 at Otis ANGB during a December sunset
Photo of Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Otis, circa 1943
F-51H Mustang from the 104th Fighter-Bomber Squadron of the Maryland Air National Guard at Otis in 1954
EC-121 Warning Star support crew on the tarmac
F-106 Delta Dart taking off on a rainy day
F-15s formerly from the 102nd return to Otis on 11 July 2013. The 104th Fighter Wing will maintain its alert posture within the existing alert-infrastructure on Cape Cod while the training missions will fly out of Westover Air Reserve Base.
A crew photo of the EC-121H Warning Star (s/n 55-5262, ex-USN BuNo 141289) at Otis Air Force Base. This aircraft crashed off the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts on 11 November 1966, 40 minutes after takeoff from Otis due to engine problems, killing all 19 crewmembers aboard.
Parts of 53-0549 that were salvaged from the Atlantic after the plane ditched and exploded on April 25, 1967 at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The parts are displayed in a large maintenance hangar at Otis.
View of an inspection at Otis Field in August, 1944
References
- ↑ "Airport Diagram – Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station (FMH)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.[dead link]
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