Pictures of the 71st TFS during the early jet days -- P-80s

 

1st Fighter P-80s with a 71st TFS jet in lead.
Painting by Gerald Asher

71st TFS P-80 pilots, March Field, CA, June 1947.
Photo coutesy Ken Jorgenson

71 TFS P-80s deployed. to Lawson Field, Ft Benning GA, "Operation Combine," September 1947

Ken Tallman, 71TFS pilot, March Field, 1947 (later LtGen Tallman, superintendant of the USAF Academy)

71TFS P-80 pilots, March Field, 1946

George Davis, 71TFS pilot, March Field, June 1946