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Biography
Pilot Information
Biography
James Gates flew the F-100C in November of 1956 with the 450th Fighter Day Wing/322nd Fighter Day Group/451st Fighter Day Squadron out of Foster AFB, Victoria, TX, and in 1957 with the 721st Fighter Day Group.
Pilot Information
Units Assigned
- 5/1955 Pre-Flight Lackland AFB, TX
- 6/1955 Primary Flight Training – Class 56-Q Moore AB, Mission, TX (T-34, T-28)
- 12/1955 Basic Flight Training Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX (T-33)
- 6/1956 Gunnery School 3446th PLTRARON, Williams AFB, AZ (F-86F)
- 11/1956 450th Fighter Day Wing/322nd Fighter Day Group, 451st Fighter Day Squadron, Foster AFB, Victoria, TX (F-100C)
- 1957 721st Fighter Day Squadron/450th Fighter Day Wing/450th Fighter Day Group (F-100C)
- 5/1958 Air Ground Operation School – Indoctrination Keesler AFB, MS
- 8/1958 Detachment 1 (SAGE) 32nd Air Division (ADC), Syracuse, NY (T-33)
- 1/19/1959 Released from Activity Duty
Awards & Decorations
Flight Info
T-34
T-28
T-33
F-86 F
F-100 C
Military & Civilian Education
Military Education:
- ROTC
Civilian Education:
- BS, MA University of Maryland