Fighters at Geiger

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This file appears in: The Evolution of Sunset Field

This image of the aircraft and crew was taken in 1963, right before the 84th Fighter group was inactivated. The aircraft are F-106’s, a fighter designed for interception missions in any weather conditions.

This file appears in: The Evolution of Sunset Field

By Dylan Steele
In 1938 a growing Spokane County decided to develop a local commercial airfield and acquired land on the West Plains where “Sunset Field” was born. Sunset Field ran commercially until 1941 when it was purchased by the War Department. By 1942 it…