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Today in History – September 29, 1954 – The F-100 enters service with the 479th Fighter Wing.

29 September 1954 – The North American F-100 Super Sabre entered service with the United States Air Force‘s 479th Fighter Wing. Initially, the new wing maintained tactical proficiency with the World War II-era F-51Ds inherited from the Air National Guard, then in February 1953 upgrading to the North American F-86H Sabre jet aircraft. The wing

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Robinson, Ralph C., Jr.

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Ralph C. Robinson, Jr.

Preferred Name: Ralph
Nickname/Call Sign: Robbie
Date of Birth: August 27, 1935
Highest Military Grade: Select
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After serving in the USAF, Ralph “Robbie” Robinson attended law school at the University of South Carolina School of Law. After graduation, he began a clerkship with United States District Judge Robert W. Hemphill, and following that, entered private practice in Columbia. In 1983 Ralph merged his law practice with Callison Tighe and the firm was named Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC. He stayed with the firm until his retirement.

Ralph “Robbie” Robinson is credited with having structured and authored one of the first expandable, air space, right-to-build condominiums under the current Horizontal Property Act.
(source: https://callisontighe.com/attorneys/ralph-c-robinson-jr/)

Units Assigned

  • 1959-1961 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron/18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB, Japan (F-100, RF-101)
  • 1961-1963 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron/31st Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA/Homestead AFB, FL (F-100)

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F-100
RF-101

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • ROTC

Civilian Education:

  • BS/Business Economics, University of South Carolina
  • JD, University of South Carolina School of Law

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