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  • Legacy flight honors past and present

    The 457th Fighter Squadron, also known as 'the Spads', was first activated on Oct. 21, 1944. Since then, it has carried out it’s mission using numerous aircraft, at home and abroad.Their first assigned airframe, the P-51 Mustang, and their current fighter, F-16 Fighting Falcon, recently had a chance