SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB F-101'S ON COMBAT AIR PATROL OVER NYC (1960'S USAF PHOTO-OP)

NUCLEAR ARMED USAF JET INTERCEPTORS GIVE NYC A PEEK AT THE MEN AND MACHINES THAT PATROL AND DEFEND THE AIRSPACE OVER AND AROUND NYC FROM SOVIET INTERCONTINENTAL BOMBERS. THESE JETS FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY AIR FORCE BASE LOCATED ON LONG ISLAND HAVE INTERCEPTED MANY SOVIET BOMBERS THAT HAVE STRAYED INTO U.S. AIRSPACE .AND ALSO THE BASES EMERGENCY HELICOPTER SQUADRON EVACUATED A SEAMEN OFF A SOVIET SUBMARINE OFF THE LONG ISLAND COAST IN NEED OF EMERGENCY SURGERY THAT SAVED HIS LIFE.

SECOND FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON F-101 'VOODOO' ON THE ALERT APRON PREPARE FOR ROUTINE COLD WAR AIR PATROL ARMED AND READY OVER NEW YORK CITY

2ND 'FIS' & '52ND FIS' OVER MANHATTAN UNIT SQUADRON INSIGNIA IS VISIBILE ON FRONT AND REAR OF JETS

SCAFB USAF INTERCEPTOR WINGS WERE PRIMARILY  RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENSE OF NYC DURING THE COLD WAR AND WAS PATROLLED AS SHOWN DURING THE 1960'S THIS IS DUE TO
THE CLOSURE OF FLOYD BENNETT FIELD AND OTHER NAVY,AIR FORCE & ARMY BASES AROUND NY
C AND THE TRI-STATE THAT WERE SHUTDOWN LEAVING
SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB AS THE AIRPOWER RESPONSIBL FOR LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY

A NICE SHOT OF SUFFOLK COUNTY AFB BIRDS OVER  THE STATUE OF LIBERTY