The sight of twin jets buzzing low in northwest Louisiana skies soon will be a thing of the past as one of the most historic units in the Air Force readies to furl its flag and stand down once again, the victim of budget cuts.
The 47th Fighter Squadron, which as the 47th Pursuit Squadron was the only U.S. Army Air Forces unit to draw blood in the skies over Pearl Harbor in the Japanese attack in December 1941, will send its airplanes and most of its pilots and personnel to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Ariz., possibly as soon as late August and no later than the end of September.
Barksdale A-10s relocating to Davis-Monthon
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