144th Fighter Wing Places Clovis City Seal on F-15C Aircraft 147

At Fresno Air National Guard Base, the 144th Fighter Wing ceremonially placed the City of Clovis seal on F-15C Aircraft 147 as part of a Cities of Honor ceremony for Clovis on Feb. 25, 2026. The jet received nose art of the city crest in a re-dedication that linked the aircraft and its crew to the community it serves.

The City of Clovis issued a news release listing Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua and members of the City Council among attendees, and local public-safety personnel, leaders from the Clovis Veterans Memorial District and elected offices were also present. Local coverage identified the same official as “Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Vong Mouanoutoua,” a difference in title noted in public materials. Social posts from city accounts and a YouTube post confirmed city office staff attended and that the seal was unveiled at the base.

Program details placed the ceremony inside the 144th Fighter Wing’s ongoing Cities of Honor initiative, a jet-dedication program that ties F-15s to Central Valley municipalities. “With each dedication, an F-15 Eagle receives nose art featuring the honored city’s crest, which is unveiled during the ceremony,” the local coverage stated. The event was described as a re-dedication for Clovis; the last dedication to the city took place in 2021.

Pre- and post-event multimedia accompanied the ceremony. Online images associated with the coverage carried filenames IMG_4206.png, IMG_4207.png, IMG_4208.png and IMG_4209.png, and a YouTube post summarized the action: “The California Air National Guard honored the City of Clovis by dedicating an F-15 fighter jet in its name.” City social media snippets noted that “The City of Clovis seal will” appear on the aircraft and that officials were “honored to attend” the Cities of Honor ceremony, though the social captions captured in the public feed were truncated.

Organizers signaled the program will continue in the Central Valley. “The 144th Fighter Wing plans to continue the Cities of Honor jet-dedication program by dedicating F-15s to local cities across the Central Valley,” local reporting said, placing the Clovis dedication in a multi-year pattern of civic recognition. For Clovis, the Feb. 25 re-dedication follows the 2021 honor and cements a visible symbol of the partnership between the city, its veterans groups and the California Air National Guard.