{"id":6096,"date":"2016-09-03T20:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/?page_id=6096"},"modified":"2025-01-23T20:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:00:40","slug":"flying-tiger-heritage-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/flying-tiger-heritage-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Tiger Heritage Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Flying Tiger Heritage Park<\/strong> in <strong>Alexandria<\/strong>, <strong>Louisiana<\/strong>, is a tribute to the legacy of the Flying Tigers and the history of England Air Force Base (AFB). This park features a static display of aircraft that were once stationed at England AFB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flying Tiger Heritage Park<\/strong> or <strong>England Air Force Base Memorial Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7000 <span class=\"txt\">England Drive<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"txt\">Alexandria<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"txt\">Louisiana 71311<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/north-america-2\/\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On permanent view<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located on the western outskirts of Alexandria, Louisiana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d436247.39351066307!2d-92.85772988342053!3d31.3263254!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x863ab406ade00061%3A0xed4b4600029af4c2!2sEngland%20Air%20Force%20Base%20Memorial%20Park!5e0!3m2!1snl!2sus!4v1737655212491!5m2!1snl!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aircraft collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/flying-tiger-heritage-park\/flying-tiger-heritage-park-england-afb-louisiana\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Flying-Tiger-Heritage-Park-England-AFB-Louisiana.jpg\" alt=\"Flying Tiger Heritage Park England AFB, Louisiana\" class=\"wp-image-6097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Flying-Tiger-Heritage-Park-England-AFB-Louisiana.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Flying-Tiger-Heritage-Park-England-AFB-Louisiana-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>73-0667<p><\/p>\n<p>66-3234<\/p>\n<p>52-4931<\/p>\n<p>52-7080<\/p>\n<p>56-3296<\/p><\/td><td>Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II<p><\/p>\n<p>LTV A-7D Corsair II<\/p>\n<p>North American F-86 Sabre<\/p>\n<p>Republic F-84E Thunderstreak<\/p>\n<p>Republic F-105G Thunderchief<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flying Tiger Heritage Park<\/strong> or <strong>England Air Force Base Memorial Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England AFB was operational from 1942 until its closure in 1992. During its tenure, it hosted various aircraft, including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, P-51 Mustang, F-86 Sabre, North American F-100 Super Sabre, Boeing KB-29 Superfortress, KB-50, A-7 Corsair II, A-10 Warthog, A-37 Dragonfly, and A-26A. The base played a significant role in training and operations throughout its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July of 1972, the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing moved to England AFB, flying the Vought A-7D Corsair II aircraft.&nbsp; In December of 1980, the 23rd TFW traded out its Corsairs for Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II ground support &#8220;tank-buster&#8221; aircraft.&nbsp; The squadron used part of the old artillery range of nearby Camp Claiborne (closed in 1945) as a bombing and gunnery range.&nbsp; Immediately following Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. Air Force closed England AFB in December of 1992 and control of the facility reverted to the City of Alexandria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flying Tiger Heritage Park in Alexandria, Louisiana, is a tribute to the legacy of the Flying Tigers and the history of England Air Force&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6096"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32313,"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions\/32313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationmuseum.eu\/Blogvorm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}