Zairean zaire Zairean zaire The Zaire (French: "Zaïre"), was the unit of currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and then of the Republic of Zaire from 1967 until 1997. There were two distinct currencies. All but six of the 79 series of banknotes issued bear the image of Mobutu Sese Seko. The Zaire (French: "Zaïre"), symbol: "Z", or sometimes "Ƶ", was introduced in 1967, replacing the "Congolese franc" at an exchange rate of 1 zaire = 1000 francs. The zaire was subdivided into 100 "makuta" (singular: "likuta", symbol: "K"), each of 100 "sengi" (symbol: "s"). However, the sengi was worth
27th Fighter Squadron York, flying the F-86, F-89 and F-94C aircraft while stationed at Griffis Air Force Base in Rome N.Y. until receiving the F-102 Delta Dagger in 1957. In October 1959, the 27th was transferred to Loring Air Force Base, Maine, where it assumed an air defense role flying F-106 Delta Darts in the Bangor Air Defense Sector. On 22 October 1962, before President John F. Kennedy told Americans that missiles were in place in Cuba, the squadron dispersed one third of its force, equipped with nuclear tipped missiles to Olmsted Air Force Base at the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis.