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Kirtland Air Force Base in Bernalillo County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Taco Park

 
 
Taco Park Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joe Page, May 3, 2015
1. Taco Park Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the
Memory of
Lt Col "CATO" Williams
"Sierra Hotel" Fighter Pilot
1967-1992

188th Fighter Squadron
"The Tacos"
New Mexico
Air National Guard

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, Cold.
 
Location. 35° 3.01′ N, 106° 34.614′ W. Memorial is in Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County. It is on Air Guard Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Albuquerque NM 87116, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Albuquerque. It is also in the American Southwest. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Hercules Way" (approx. 1.1 miles away); Rescue Memorial Park (approx. 1.1 miles away); Microsoft Founding (approx. 1.9 miles away); Solar Building
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(approx. 2.2 miles away); Albuquerque 9/11 Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); Officer Germaine Casey (approx. 2.4 miles away); 218 Hermosa Drive SE (approx. 2.4 miles away); Flame of Hope (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kirtland Air Force Base.
 
Additional keywords. Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command, F-16, A-7
 
150th Fighter Wing Taco Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joe Page, May 3, 2015
2. 150th Fighter Wing Taco Park
A-7 Corsair II and F-100 Super Sabre on display at 150th Fighter Wing's Taco Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2015, by Joe Page of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This page has been viewed 836 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 6, 2015, by Joe Page of Albuquerque, New Mexico. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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