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Husband of Colleyville Native takes command of Fighter Wing

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Dateline June 29, 2001

United States Air Force Names Colonel C.G.C. Treadway to Command Post

 

Colonel C.G.C. Treadway will be assuming command of the 49th Operations Group, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, New Mexico.  In addition to supporting national security objectives with mission ready F-117A stealth fighters, the unit mobilizes and deploys worldwide to meet peacetime and wartime contingencies, trains USAF and allied aircrews in F-117A, T-38A and F-4F qualification, instructor, and weapons school courses, manages airfield operations and gunnery ranges and facilitates operations of the German Air Force Flying Training Center and 46th Test Group.
Colonel Treadway

 

Colonel Treadway, who flew 21 combat missions in Desert Storm, is married to the former Rebecca Baker of Colleyville, Texas.  Rebecca is the daughter of former Mayor Ed Baker and wife Doris.

Colonel Treadway was one of the original lieutenants in the F-16.

 


F-16 Fighting Falcon

 


F-16 Fighting Falcon
General Characteristics

Primary Function: Multirole fighter
Builder: Lockheed Martin Corp.
Power Plant: F-16C/D: one Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or General Electric F110-GE-100/129
Thrust: F-16C/D, 27,000 pounds
Length: 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Wingspan: 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
Speed: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)
Range: More than 2,000 miles ferry range (1,740 nautical miles)
Armament: One M-61A1 20mm multibarrel cannon with 500 rounds; external stations can carry up to six air-to-air missiles, conventional air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions and electronic countermeasure pods
Unit cost: F-16A/B , $30.1 million; F-16C/D, $34.3 million (2000 dollars)
Crew: F-16C, one; F-16D, one or two
Date Deployed: January 1979

 

Colonel Treadway's new command includes a squadron of America's most potent flying war birds in history, the Stealth F-117 Fighter Jets.


F F-117 Nighthawk

One of the most remarkable things about the F-117A was that in an open society such as that of the United States, an advanced combat aircraft could have been designed, built and entered service in fair numbers, and operated for several years, all in conditions of almost complete secrecy. There were of course some rumors about a so-called F-19; and many artists impressions, all of which were highly inaccurate, found their way into print, which aided security by muddying the waters further. The NightHawk, as it is unofficially known, started life in 1973 as a design study codenamed Have Blue, the object of which was to determine to what degree an aircraft could be made invisible to radar and IR detection systems. The result was two Experimental Stealth Tactical (XST) prototypes which first flew in mid-1977. Results being satisfactory, the decision to develop a production aircraft was taken about one year later, and this first flew from Groom Lake (Area 51) in June of 1981.



F-117 Stealth Fighter

Colonel Treadway and Rebecca have one son, Chase, 16 and a daughter, Lee, 11.  Mayor Baker and his wife Doris will be flying out to Holloman AFB, New Mexico to attend the ceremonies of Colonel Treadway's assumption of command, during the July 4th holidays.

 

 


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