Posted on Dec 8, 2016
Air Guard base at Sky Harbor to be renamed after Goldwater
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PHOENIX — The Arizona Air National Guard base on the south side of Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix is being renamed to honor Barry Goldwater, the late Arizona senator and former Air National Guard member.
A ceremony will be held Friday to rename the Phoenix Sky Harbor Air National Guard Base to Goldwater Air National Guard.
Goldwater was a five-term U.S. senator whose landslide loss in the 1964 presidential election galvanized conservative Republicans. He died May 29, 1998, in suburban Paradise Valley.
Goldwater and other World War II veterans activated a fighter squadron at Luke Field in 1946, and the unit moved to Sky Harbor in 1952.
The Sky Harbor base is now home to the 161st Air Refueling Wing. The unit's tankers refuel other aircraft in midair.
A ceremony will be held Friday to rename the Phoenix Sky Harbor Air National Guard Base to Goldwater Air National Guard.
Goldwater was a five-term U.S. senator whose landslide loss in the 1964 presidential election galvanized conservative Republicans. He died May 29, 1998, in suburban Paradise Valley.
Goldwater and other World War II veterans activated a fighter squadron at Luke Field in 1946, and the unit moved to Sky Harbor in 1952.
The Sky Harbor base is now home to the 161st Air Refueling Wing. The unit's tankers refuel other aircraft in midair.
Air Guard base at Sky Harbor to be renamed after Goldwater
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That seems reasonable SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL that an Arizona Air National Guard base would be renamed after their most famous modern Senator who was a staunch advocate for national defense issues and the military services.
Kudos to WWII veteran, Arizona Senator and failed Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT Robert George PO2 Ed C.
Kudos to WWII veteran, Arizona Senator and failed Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT Robert George PO2 Ed C.
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LTC Stephen F., Barry Goldwater didn't fail as a candidate so much as the voters failed as voters.
I was told that if I voted for Goldwater we would have 50,000 troops in Viet Nam.
I did, and they were right.
I was told that if I voted for Goldwater we would have 50,000 troops in Viet Nam.
I did, and they were right.
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