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1959: 3042: 4416: 482:, supports U.S. Strategic Command, and is designated as U.S. Strategic Command's Task Force 204, providing on-alert, combat-ready forces to the president. The mission of "The Mighty Eighth" is to safeguard America's interests through strategic deterrence and global combat power. Eighth Air Force controls long-range nuclear-capable bomber assets throughout the United States and overseas locations. Its flexible, conventional and nuclear deterrence mission provides the capability to deploy forces and engage enemy threats from home station or forward positioned, anywhere, any time. The 8th Air Force motto is "Peace Through Strength." 1932: 229: 265: 183: 773: 105: 10121: 4552: 4382: 7027: 6340: 93: 4758: 75: 114: 4688: 275: 6964: 4654: 2745: 4620: 4484: 174: 8352: 7650: 4722: 4586: 1845: 45: 2999: 816: 2535: 239: 1522:, were frequently bombed, and Allied fighters patrolled over the fields to attack jets trying to land. The Luftwaffe countered by installing flak alleys along the approach lines in order to protect the Me 262s from the ground and providing top cover with conventional fighters during takeoff and landing. Nevertheless, in March and April 1945, Allied fighter patrol patterns over Me 262 airfields resulted in numerous losses of jets and serious attrition of the force. 4518: 6916: 2520: 617: 2658: 1045: 4450: 1185: 255: 1864: 3034: 1856: 780: 10065: 3022: 1406: 1510:

P-51s, possessing a distinct speed advantage. Allied bomber escort fighters would fly high above the bombers – diving from this height gave them extra speed, thus reducing the speed difference. The Me 262 was also less maneuverable than the P-51 and so trained Allied pilots could turn tighter than an Me 262A. However, the only reliable way of dealing with the jets, as with the even faster

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forces and numerous key strategic targets, while other units provided air refueling and tactical reconnaissance throughout the conflict. As a headquarters, the Eighth had another important role in victory over Iraqi forces – operating the logistics supply and air refueling bridge between the U.S. and gulf region.

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the Eighth. The reorganization transformed the Eighth into the only information operations and bomber NAF in the Air Force. For the Mighty Eighth, that change heralded an interesting future, one that bring further restructuring, different aircraft system purchases, and a new challenging mission to the NAF.

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Personnel and equipment from the inactivated 449th Bomb Group were reassigned to the 7th Bomb Group (later 7th Bomb Wing). The command staff and all personnel of the 58th Bomb wing were eliminated on 1 November 1946 and the organization was reduced to a paper unit. For two years, the wing remained in

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However, the Luftwaffe jets were simply too few and too late to have any serious effect on the Allied air armadas now sweeping over the Reich with near-impunity. A lack of fuel and available pilots for the new jets greatly reduced their effectiveness. The Me 262A was a difficult foe for the P-47s and

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By mid-1944, Eighth Air Force had reached a total strength of more than 200,000 people (it is estimated that more than 350,000 Americans served in Eighth Air Force during the war in Europe). At peak strength, Eighth Air Force had forty heavy bomber groups, fifteen fighter groups, and four specialized

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since 1 Feb 2010, Eighth Air Force controls strategic bomber (e.g., B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress, and B-1 Lancer) forces throughout the United States and overseas locations. Eighth Air Force carries out its warfighting missions under U.S. Strategic Command and the air component commands of the

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Since 1994, the Eighth has participated in a string of contingency operations, such as the 1996 Operation "Desert Strike" against Iraq] the 1998 Operation "Desert Fox" (similarly named but in no way associated with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel) against Iraq, which featured the B-1 Lancer in its combat

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of the war were thoroughly obsolete as combat aircraft and were mostly sent to the smelters. A handful remained in service performing non-combat duties through the mid-1950s as air-sea rescue aircraft (SB-17, SB-24); photo-reconnaissance aircraft (RB-17, RB-24), and as unmanned target drones (QB-17)

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units in the central U.S. and two overseas locations. Then in January 1994, ACC reorganized Eighth Air Force as a general purpose Numbered Air Force (NAF) with a warfighting mission to support the U.S. Joint Forces and U.S. Strategic Commands. Support to the latter command included the operation of

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Under ACC, Eighth Air Force provides command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C2ISR); long-range attack; and information operations forces to Air Force components and warfighting commands. Eighth Air Force trains, tests, exercises and demonstrates combat-ready forces for

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At the same time, aerial refueling techniques were improved to the extent that Eighth Air Force bombers could still reach targets in Europe and Asia even if overseas bases were destroyed by an enemy attack. To reduce the risk to its bomber fleet in the United States, Eighth Air Force aircraft stood

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proved what the proponents of air power had been championing for the previous two decades – the great value of strategic forces in bombing an enemy's industrial complex and of tactical forces in controlling the skies above a battlefield. As a result, Eighth Air Force was incorporated

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in their turn from Germany's skies throughout most of 1944. As part of this game-changing strategy, especially after the bombers had hit their targets, the USAAF's fighters were then free to strafe German airfields and transport while returning to base, contributing significantly to the achievement

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In 2000, the Air Force decided to integrate information operations into Eighth Air Force. The integration process started on 1 February 2001, when the Air Force realigned the Air Intelligence Agency (AIA) under ACC and assigned the 67th Information Operations Wing and the 70th Intelligence Wing to

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in 1991. An Eighth Air Force unit, the 2d Bomb Wing, spearheaded the air campaign by dispatching B-52s from Barksdale to launch conventional air-launched cruise missiles against Iraqi targets. Eighth Air Force bomb wings, stationed in the Persian Gulf region, also attacked Iraq's Republican Guard

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and the Allies were starting to achieve air superiority over the continent. Although the Luftwaffe could, and did, mount effective attacks on the ever-larger formations of Allied heavy bombers, the sheer numbers of B-17s and B-24s attacking enemy targets was overwhelming the German fighter force,

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and 50 rounds of ammunition, into American bombers in order to get the Allies to suspend bombing raids long enough for the Germans to make a significant amount of Me 262A jet fighters. The 8th Air Force was targeted in this operation. Fifteen Allied bombers were attacked, eight were successfully

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On 22 March, over 800 bombers, led by H2X radar equipped bombers hit Berlin yet again, bombing targets through a thick rainy overcast causing more destruction to various industries. Because of the thick clouds and rain over the area the Luftwaffe did not attack the American bomber fleet, as the

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professionals operating and maintaining a variety of aircraft capable of deploying air power to any area of the world. This air power includes the heart of America's heavy bomber force, deploying the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The Mighty

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During World War II, the offensive air forces of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) came to be classified as strategic or tactical. A strategic air force was that with a mission to attack an enemy's war effort beyond his front-line forces, predominantly production and supply facilities,

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On 7 April, Eighth Air Force dispatched thirty-two B-17 and B-24 groups and fourteen Mustang groups (the sheer numbers of attacking Allied aircraft were so large in 1945 that they were now counted by the group) to targets in the small area of Germany still controlled by the Nazis, hitting the

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coastline began in February 1944. Fighters from both Eighth and Ninth Air Forces made wide sweeps over the area, mounting strafing missions at airfields and rail networks. By 6 June, Allied fighter pilots had succeeded in damaging or destroying hundreds of locomotives, thousands of motorized

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Eighth Air Force also provides conventional forces to U.S. Joint Forces Command and provides nuclear capable bombers, specified Global Strike assets, and C2ISR capabilities to U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). Eighth Air Force also supports STRATCOM's Joint Force Headquarters – Information

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of June 1943 redirected the Allied strategic bombing effort against the German air force in order to reduce it to the point where it could not oppose the planned invasion of France in mid-1944. Also in June 1943, two groups of the Eight Air Force from England began training for the upcoming

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On 1 May, over 1,300 Eighth Air Force heavy bombers made an all-out attack on the enemy's rail network, striking at targets in France and Belgium. On 7 May, another 1,000 bombers hit additional targets along the English Channel coast, hitting fortifications, bridges and marshaling areas.

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raids in daylight, but this was the first major daylight bombing raid on the German capital. On 6 March 1944, over 700 heavy bombers along with 800 escort fighters of the Eighth Air Force hit numerous targets within Berlin, dropping the first American bombs on the capital of the

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of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment.

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Operated B-24D/H/J/L/M Liberator with "Circle" tail codes until early February, 1944. Later designation was by various color vertical tail fins with contrasting horizontal, vertical, or diagonal stripes designating a specific bomb group between 22 February 1944 and 25 June

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they were war-weary from the many long combat missions flown during the war. However, it was believed that a strong strategic air arm equipped with B-29s would deter a possible aggressor from attacking the United States for fear of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons.

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assumed command of 8th Air Force on 20 August 2018, after having served as the Deputy Director for Nuclear, Homeland Defense, and Current Operations on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. On 12 June 2020, he was succeeded by Major General

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jet bombers carrying nuclear bombs. As the nuclear weapons carried by the bombers were so powerful that only one plane was assigned to a target that might have previously needed a whole bomb group of aircraft. Although SAC fighter squadrons upgraded to

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by the USAAF. It could fly as far on its internal fuel tanks as the P-47 could with drop tanks. However, the P-51B was introduced as a tactical fighter, so the first deliveries of the P-51B in November 1943 were assigned to three groups in the tactical

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training bomb groups were inactivated. The assets of the former training units were simply assigned to Eighth Air Force. This was largely so that the Air Force could perpetuate the names of groups that had distinguished themselves in World War II.

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remaining airfields where the Luftwaffe jets were stationed. In addition, almost 300 German aircraft of all types were destroyed in strafing attacks. On 16 April, this record was broken when over 700 German aircraft were destroyed on the ground.

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as the losses suffered by the German air arm were irreplaceable and over 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were shot down, mostly by Allied anti-aircraft guns. The losses of the Allied Air Forces were replaced within weeks. The operation failed to achieve

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were reassigned to 15th AF. Those east of the Mississippi were assigned to SAC's other strategic air force, Eighth Air Force, which moved to Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it commanded all SAC bases in the eastern United States.

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and B-17s based in England flew their last mission as a subordinate part of VIII Bomber Command. On 22 February 1944, a massive reorganization of American airpower took place in Europe. The original Eighth Air Force was redesignated as the

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nuclear alert, providing a deterrent against an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union. It dispersed its planes to a large number of bases across the United States so as not to have too many concentrated at a single location.

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jet fighters in the early 1950s, the new jet bombers flew so high and so fast there was little danger of them being intercepted by enemy fighters. By 1955, SAC no longer needed its fighters and these fighter units were transferred to

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The effect of the Mustangs, fully operating as an air supremacy fighter force, on the Luftwaffe defenders was arguably swift and decisive. The result was that the Luftwaffe was notable by its absence over the skies of Europe after

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was established early in 1942. The first combat units arrived in the United Kingdom in June and combat operations began in July with first heavy bomber operations in August. Its bomber units were deployed in the UK, chiefly around

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VIII Bomber Command, after redesignation as Eighth Air Force, was assigned VIII Fighter and VIII Air Support Commands under its command. This is from where the present-day Eighth Air Force's history, lineage and honors derive.

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the XP-51B achieved a level speed of 441 mph at 29,800 ft (9,100 m), over 100 mph (160 km/h) faster than the Allison-engined P-51A at that altitude. At all heights, the rate of climb was approximately

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These bomb wings were drastically undermanned and under equipped. At the close of 1946, they shared only a handful of operational bombers, all B-29 Superfortresses. Although there were many available which were returned from

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Also after the deployment of forces to Far East Air Force to engage in combat over Korea, the history of Eighth Air Force becomes indistinguishable from that of SAC. The Eighth's weapons inventory also changed to include

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engine with its two speed, two stage supercharger would substantially improve performance. Also, by using a four-bladed propeller, rather than the three-bladed one used on the P-51A, the performance was greatly improved.

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for the defense of North American airspace. Throughout the first six months of Enduring Freedom, the Mighty Eighth's bombers were instrumental in the eradication of many targets and opposing combatants in Afghanistan.

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Note: Only 420th Bombardment Squadron of group arrived with B-29 Aircraft, 464th and 872d Bomb Squadrons only ground echelons arrived. Air Echelon of squadrons with assigned aircraft remained in United States until

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Further ground fire caused damage to his right wing, and the engine caught fire. Kegelman's aircraft lost altitude and even bounced off the ground, but he was able to bring the damaged bomber home and received the

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area. Over 60 Luftwaffe fighters were shot down, with a loss of 19 US bombers and 5 US fighters. On 24 February, with the weather clearing over central Germany, the Eighth Air Force sent over 800 bombers, hitting

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These missions, however, carried a high price. Half of the U.S. Army Air Forces' casualties in World War II were suffered by Eighth Air Force (more than 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead). Seventeen

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hit refineries in Germany and Czechoslovakia in late 1944 and early 1945. Having almost total air superiority throughout the collapsing German Reich, Eighth Air Force hit targets as far east as Hungary, while

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and Fort Worth Army Airfields were B-29 training bases during World War II, and the Eighth Air Force Bomb Groups were simply activated at the same field and on the same day as the original Army Air Force

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The raids on the German aircraft industry comprising much of "Big Week" caused so much damage that the Germans were forced to disperse aircraft manufacturing eastward, to safer parts of the Reich.

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SAC was founded by the men who fought in World War II, who knew the importance of fighter escorts. In its early days, SAC had fighter wings for the escorting its aircraft equipped with the new

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at RAF Daws Hill. Doolittle was well known to American airmen as the famous "Tokyo Raider" and former air racer. His directive was simple: "Win the air war and isolate the battlefield."

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In 1965, Eighth Air Force entered combat again, this time in Southeast Asia. At first, the Eighth deployed its B-52 bomber and KC-135 tanker units from the U.S. to operating bases in

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which simply could not sustain the losses the Eighth Air Force bombers and fighters were inflicting on it. In order to quickly assemble these formations, specially outfitted

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and the later models of the Messerschmitt Bf 109. The USAAF was finally fully sold on the Mustang, and a letter contract for 2,200 P-51Bs was issued. The engine was to be the

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voted to assist the South Koreans in resisting the invasion. Although Eighth Air Force's strategic bomber force was not committed to combat in Korea, the Eighth deployed the

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Fifteen months after Operation Desert Storm, the Air Force reorganized. Eighth Air Force was relieved from assignment to Strategic Air Command and assigned to the new

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and shot down four more MiG-15s. By the time the group rotated back to the United States, they had flown more than 23,000 combat hours in more than 12,000 sorties.

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may have been the commander of the 97th, but at the time of the raid, not yet left seat qualified. On this mission, he sat in the co-pilot's seat of the lead B-17,

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The North American P-51 Mustang first entered squadron service in Europe with the British in early 1942; having much success with the RAF, although it found the

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The Eighth Air Force's now commonly-accepted nickname, "The Mighty Eighth", derives from the title of British farmer and life-long Eighth Air Force historian

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support groups. It could, and often did, dispatch more than 2,000 four-engine bombers and more than 1,000 fighters on a single mission to multiple targets.

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started to attack Allied bomber formations in earnest. On 2 March, when Eighth Air Force bombers were dispatched to attack the synthetic oil refineries at

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Spaatz and Doolittle's plan was to use the US Strategic Air Forces in a series of co-ordinated raids, code-named Operation 'Argument' (popularly known as '

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Germans believed that because of the weather the American bombers would be incapable of attacking their targets. Even so, the "pathfinder" bombers of the

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had B-29s that had the capability to drop nuclear weapons – the 7th Bomb Group at Fort Worth AAF was modifying their aircraft to carry the atomic bomb.

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Eighth Air Force did not strike at oil industry targets until 13 May 1944 when 749 bombers, escorted by almost 740 fighters, pounded oil targets in the

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Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945 plans were made to transfer some of the B-17/B-24 heavy bomber groups of Eighth Air Force to the

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for the wing and became the first F-84 pilot with a confirmed MiG kill. Two days later, on 23 January, the 27th FEW participated in the raid on

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Eighth Air Force is one of two active duty numbered air forces in the Air Force Global Strike Command. Eighth Air Force, with headquarters at

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with 823 aircraft. The Eighth Air Force's effort was over 1,000 B-17s and B-24s and over 800 fighters. The RAF provided sixteen squadrons of

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in Florida, becoming SAC's second numbered air force. At MacDill, Eighth Air Force headquarters were manned chiefly by personnel from the

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In Europe, Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force, with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the

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The 27th was relieved of its duties supporting U.N. forces in Korea and returned to Bergstrom AFB on 31 July 1951, but was redeployed to

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Eighth Air Force's mission in the Pacific was initially to organize and train new bomber groups for combat against Japan. In the planned

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Eighth Air Force flew its last full-scale mission of the European War on 25 April 1945 when its B-17s hit the Skoda armaments factory at

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a bomber of the 323rd BS, 91st BG, that completed 140 missions without crew loss). with 1st Combat Bomb Wing "Triangle-A" tail code

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and attacks on the Baltic coast, with a total of 11 B-17s being lost. Some 230 B-24s hit the Messerschmitt Bf 110 assembly plant at

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Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force September 1942 – May 1945. Volume 1 Day-to-Day Operations – Fighter Group Histories

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caused the United States to deploy SAC's B-29 bomber force back to the United Kingdom and West Germany. Communist victories in the

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608th Air Operations Center (formerly 608th Air Operations Group and 608th Air and Space Operations Center), 1 Jan 1994 – present

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in 1950 meant that the United States would have to expand SAC to address these potential threats both in Europe as well as Asia.

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whereas a tactical air force supported ground campaigns, usually with objectives selected through co-operation with the armies.

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went to Eighth Air Force personnel during the war. By war's end, they had been awarded a number of other medals to include 220

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would be entering the inventory in substantial numbers, as prop B-36s were phased out of heavy bombardment units rapidly.

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shifted into high gear. The Air Force retired nearly all of its piston-engined B-29/B-50s and they were replaced by new

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VIII Bomber Command was redesignated as Eighth Air Force on 22 February 1944. the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a

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day fighter wings, took off and attacked 27 Allied airfields in northern France, Belgium and the southern part of the

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Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories: Eye-Witness Accounts from American Airmen and British Civilians of the Perils of War

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On 7 April 1945, the Luftwaffe flew its most desperate and deadliest mission, with the dedicated aerial ramming unit

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of Europe. It was a last-ditch effort to keep up the momentum of the German forces during the stagnant stage of the

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attempted one last major air offensive against the Allied Air Forces. Over 950 fighters had been sent west from the

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On 21 January 1951, Lt. Col. William Bertram, commander of the 523rd Fighter-Escort Squadron, shot down the first

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The Eighth Air Force was specifically charged with the atomic mission; however, only the 509th Composite Group at

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Cold and clear weather was predicted for the last week of February 1944. On the night of 19–20 February, the RAF

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for combat action in Korea and earned numerous honors and awards for their combat record during the Korean War.

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Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force September 1942 – May 1945. Volume 2 Aerial Victories – Ace Data

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By the time of the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, Eighth Air Force consisted of the following units:

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relocated to March Air Force Base, California. As part of this realignment, most SAC bomber forces west of the

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Personnel and equipment from the inactivated 40th and 444th Bomb Groups were reassigned to the 43d Bomb Group

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assumed command, being reassigned from England on 19 July. The command controlled three airfields on Okinawa,

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Eighth Air Force Bibliography : An Extended Essay & Listing of Published & Unpublished Materials

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On 7 June 1946, Headquarters Eighth Air Force was reassigned without personnel or equipment from Okinawa to

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the following night (20/21 February), with only some 165 German aircraft sortieing against British targets.

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on the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bomber mission of the war from RAF Grafton Underwood, attacking the

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In the 1980s, the Eighth participated in several key operations such as running the tanker task force for

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Operated the B-17F/G Flying Fortress with "Triangle" tail codes between 22 February 1944 and 16 July 1945

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at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The B-2 force consists of 20 bombers assigned to the active duty

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The next day, over 900 bombers and 700 fighters of Eighth Air Force hit more aircraft factories in the

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Several events in the late 1940s reversed the drawdown of United States strategic forces. The 1948

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Very Heavy (VH) bomb groups. As part of this plan, Eighth Air Force headquarters was reassigned to

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First seen by Allied airmen during the late summer of 1944, it wasn't until March 1945 that German

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Less than a week after "Big Week", Eighth Air Force made its first attack on the Reich's capital,

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Lineage & Honors, 389th Strategic Missile Wing, through 1965, USAF Historical Research Center

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Operated B-17F/G Flying Fortress with Square tail codes between 22 February 1944 and 16 July 1945

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43d Bombardment Wing established on 3 November 1947. 43d Bomb Group assigned as subordinate unit.

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VIII Bomber Command launched its first raid in North-western Europe on 4 July 1942, when six RAF

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fighter opposition heading towards the target. This strategy fatally disabled the twin-engined

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vehicles, and many bridges. In addition, German airfields in France and Belgium were attacked.

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Stories of the 448th – Stories of those whose paths crossed the threshold of Seething Airfield

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Radar-equipped pathfinder group. Attached to: VIII Composite Command, 14 Feb 1944 – 1 Jan 1945

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The Eighth Air Force team consists of more than 16,000 Regular Air Force (e.g., active duty),

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Operations and serves as the command element for Air Force wide computer network operations.

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Eighth Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (left), being refueled by Boeing KC-135A tanker

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Eighth Air Force was established as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 and activated at

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By 1945, all but one of the Eighth Air Force fighter groups were equipped with the P-51D.

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Moved to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 August 1949. Smoky Hill AFB Inactivated.

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invasion areas, all aimed at neutralizing enemy coastal defenses and front-line troops.

542:, South Dakota. The 131st Bomb Wing is operationally-gained by AFGSC and 8 AF from the 442:(1945–1991), 8 AF was one of three Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force's 11339: 11145: 11110: 10819: 10814: 10784: 10721: 10565: 10520: 10510: 10325: 10245: 10230: 9159: 8954: 8748: 8738: 8673: 8523: 8518: 8508: 8503: 8367: 8283: 7606: 7524: 7318: 7313: 7308: 7303: 7298: 7293: 7288: 7283: 7278: 7273: 7268: 7142: 7042: 6931: 6525: 6472: 6457: 6422: 6368: 5145: 4934: 4630: 4060: 4054: 4048: 4042: 4030: 3902: 3884: 3875: 3822: 3739: 3616: 3594: 3576: 3315: 3279: 3270: 2948: 2939: 2765: 2684: 2665: 2504:, covering the period of 26 January through 21 April 1951, for their actions in Korea. 2263:

Attached to 509th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, Walker AFB, New Mexico 17 November 1947

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From 1946 through 1949, what little money became available was used to buy new planes (

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Regular combat operations by the VIII Bomber Command began on 17 August 1942, when the

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on 10 February 1942. An advanced detachment of VIII Bomber Command was established at

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Major General Mark E. Weatherington assumed command of 8th Air Force on 12 June 2020.

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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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established on 3 November 1947. 509th Bombardment Group assigned as subordinate unit.

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On Okinawa, Eighth Air Force derived its headquarters personnel from the inactivated

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B-24H Liberator "Do Bunny" of 713 BS, 448 BG; it was shot down by a Me 262 jet over

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in July, where together with the Ninth Air Force attacked targets in support of the

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The Mighty Eighth: a History of the Units, Men and Machines of the Us 8th Air Force

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The Men of the Mighty Eighth: The U.S. 8th Air Force, 1942–1945 (G.I. Series N°24)

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Eighth's B-52 force consists of 76 bombers assigned to two active duty wings, the

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The USAAF now finally had an aircraft that could compete on equal terms with the

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On D-Day, over 2,300 sorties were flown by Eighth Air Force heavy bombers in the

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on 11 July. This was the first DSC earned by a member of the Eighth Air Force in

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The 8th Air Force Yearbook: The current Status of 8th AF Unit Associations, 1980

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As the new commander of the Eighth Air Force since January 1944, Major General

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The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines – A History of the US 8th Air Force

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In 1949, a realignment of responsibilities for SAC's two air forces occurred.

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established on 17 November 1947. 7th Bomb Group assigned as subordinate unit.

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General Carl Spaatz returned to England to command the USSTAF. Major General

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4th Fighter Group Association, 65 Fighter Wing, 8th Air Force World War II

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The 8th Air Force Album: The Story of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in WW II

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While posturing itself for that mission change, the Eighth also supported

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Stories of the Eighth: An Anthology of the 8th Air Force in World War Two

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The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as told by the Men who Fought it

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debut, and 1999 Operation "Allied Force" against the Federal Republic of

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this status until the 58th Bomb Wing was inactivated on 16 October 1948.

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led to the Japanese surrender before Eighth Air Force saw action in the

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The Ruhr – one of the main target of the 8th USAAF in Europe, 1943–1945

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Redesignated from: 4th Bombardment Wing (Provisional), 16 February 1945

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and on January 6, 1944, took over command of the Eighth Air Force from

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The 8th Air Force: Victory and Sacrifice: A World War II Photo History

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For its Korean War service, the 27th Fighter-Escort Wing received the

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Radar/Electronic-countermeasure operations: August 1944 – April 1945

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The Eighth Air Force under SAC initially consisted of the following:

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THURSDAY, 6 JANUARY 1944 - STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):

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The P-51A variant known in RAF service as Mustang I (Mustang Mark I)

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in which the Air Force operates against targets in Afghanistan, and

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was successful in shooting down 46 bombers in a very unequal fight.

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Military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War

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A 1956 LIFE photo of every plane in the Eighth Air Force's arsenal

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Castles in the Air: The Story of the Men from the US 8th Air Force

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two American-crewed and one RAF-crewed Bostons against each target

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3 June 2008 – present (as Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic))

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Fighter escorts were no longer needed once SAC was equipped with

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relinquished command of the Fifteenth Air Force to Major General

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Redesignated from: 92d Combat Bombardment Wing, 22 November 1944

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Fort Worth Army Air Field (Later Carswell Air Force Base), Texas

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Lion in the Sky: US 8th Air Force Fighter Operations, 1942–1945

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8th Air Force at War: Memories and Missions, England, 1942–1945

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Start of offensive operations against German-occupied territory

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67th Information Operations (later, 67th Network Warfare) Wing

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Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977

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The pilot in command and leader of this historic mission was

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Eight Air Force tactical mission report of Operation Shuttle

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One notable Eighth Air Force casualty was Brigadier General

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Establishment of the Eighth Air Force in the United Kingdom

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Office of Air Force History (1983) . Maurer, Maurer (ed.).

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air refuelers and intercontinental ballistic missiles, the

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19 January 1942 – 22 February 1944 (as VIII Bomber Command)

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VIII Air Force Composite Command: 22 Feb 1944 – 1 Feb 1945

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Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 Jan 1975 – present

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VIII Air Force Service Command: 22 Feb 1944 – 16 Jul 1945

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Under ACC, the Eighth received control over active duty,

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A Biographical Directory of the 8th Air Force, 1942–1945

5103:"Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces – May 1944" 2768:), and one detachment in the continental United States. 1642:

Units assigned to Eighth Air Force in the Pacific were:

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Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley

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Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic – Global Strike)

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in 1983 and directing all air refueling operations for

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device

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Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

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Air Force Information Operations: 1 May 2007 – present

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in Czechoslovakia, and B-24s bombed rail complexes in

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In late 1943, the P-51B Mustang was introduced to the

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World War II – European-African-Middle Eastern Theater

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House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

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of air superiority by Allied air forces over Europe.

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Lieutenant General James H Doolittle assumes command

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Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 13 Jun 1955

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A Boeing B-17G Fortress of the 339th BS, 96th BG at

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22 February 1944 – 3 June 2008 (as Eighth Air Force)

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United States military aircraft designation systems

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Map of 8th Air Force airfields in England 1942–1945

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820th Air (later, 820 Strategic Aerospace) Division

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

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A 1947 organizational chart of the Eighth Air Force

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It was reassigned to 11391:Air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces 5675:"Factsheet 492 Special Operations Wing (AFSOC)" 5468:"Factsheet 322 Air Expeditionary Group (USAFE)" 4897:"Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (ACC)" 2436:2d Bombardment Wing (B-29, KB-50 Superfortress) 2386:43d Bombardment Wing (B-29, B-50 Superfortress) 1210:equipping the Mustang with a Rolls-Royce Merlin 498:at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana and the 6171:National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force 5652:"Factsheet 479th Flying Training Group (AETC)" 2889:Lineage, assignments, components, and stations 2087:Moved from March Field, California, 8 May 1946 10104: 7633: 6947: 6197: 5942:. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1987. 5718:. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1994. 2542:With the end of fighting in Korea, President 2449:27th Fighter-Escort Wing (F-84 Thunderstreak) 2077:(Later Davis-Monthan Air Force Base), Arizona 280:Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm 5524:"Factsheet 386 Air Expeditionary Wing (ACC)" 3850:(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944) 3836:(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944) 3813:(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944) 3709:(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944) 3695:(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944) 2046:, Nebraska December 1945 (McCook AAF Closed) 1270:wings and their replacement, single-engined 1259:mode, literally "clearing the skies" of any 11386:1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 8204:Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom 6211: 6035:"8th Air Force to become new cyber command" 6012:. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off. 5865:The Mighty Eighth in World War II: A Memoir 5161:"Command of Eighth Air Force changes hands" 5140: 5138: 5136: 5052:"Operation Tidal Wave Takes Aim at Ploesti" 5049: 4994: 4992: 2771:Bomber wings of the 8th Air Force include: 2652: 2326:blockade of West Berlin by the Eastern bloc 1329:. At the same time, a smaller force hit an 1001:On 22 February 1944, due to many mistakes, 11396:Military units and formations in Louisiana 10111: 10097: 7640: 7626: 6954: 6940: 6204: 6190: 6097:USAF Fact Sheets: Eighth Air Force History 5860:. Yeovil, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1991. 5831:. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1984. 5786:. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1981. 5399:"Factsheet 100 Air Refueling Wing (USAFE)" 4130:509th Bombardment (later, 509th Bomb) Wing 2617:during 11 days in December 1972, known as 2373:97th Bombardment Wing (B-29 Superfortress) 2017:58th Bombardment Wing (later Air Division) 1506:, shooting down a total of three bombers. 1447:in an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple 1150: 752:refineries in Romania. A third group, the 506:, North Dakota, and one reserve wing, the 43: 5947:The Mighty Eighth in the Second World War 5863:McLaughlin, (Brigadier General) J. Kemp. 5743:Freeman, Roger A. and Winston G. Ramsey. 5649: 5626: 5548: 5373: 5350: 5327: 5184: 3057:1st Bombardment (later, 1st Air) Division 2466:On 25 June 1950, the armed forces of the 2208:along with long range F-51H Mustangs and 2133:(Later Walker Air Force Base), New Mexico 1597:, on 16 July 1945, being assigned to the 9051:544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical 6150:Army Air Forces Special Film Project 157 5992:. Hollywood, Florida: 8th AF News, 1981. 5985:. Hollywood, Florida: 8th AF News, 1978. 5974:Werrell, Kenneth P. & Robin Higham. 5836:The Mighty Eighth: Warpaint and Heraldry 5396: 5158: 5133: 4989: 4891: 4889: 3040: 3032: 3020: 3012: 2997: 2989: 2656: 2533: 2518: 2399:28th Bombardment Wing (B-36 Peacekeeper) 1957: 1930: 1862: 1854: 1843: 1839: 1404: 1372: 1183: 1160: 1043: 778: 615: 565:For additional history and lineage, see 8892:71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter) 5725:. Walton-on-Thames, UK: Red Kite, 2000. 5672: 5629:"Factsheet 452 Operations Group (AFRC)" 5606:"Factsheet 446 Operations Group (AFRC)" 5583:"Factsheet 445 Operations Group (AFRC)" 5422:"Factsheet 301 Operations Group (AFRC)" 5001:"First Raid For the Mighty Eighth]" 4998: 3626:3d Bombardment (later, 3d Air) Division 3329:2d Bombardment (later, 2d Air) Division 2940:Pacific Air Command, United States Army 2639: 2417:6th Bombardment Wing (B-36 Peacekeeper) 2357:7th Bombardment Wing (B-36 Peacekeeper) 1774:, Okinawa, 7 August 1945 – 30 June 1946 1734:Okinawa, 5 September 1945 – 7 June 1946 1465:). The operation was a failure for the 358:Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) 306:Mobilization Assistant to the Commander 38:Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) 11378: 6400:Operational Test and Evaluation Center 6264:Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force 6107:Eighth Air Force Archive at Penn State 6006:Air Force Combat Units of World War II 5870: 5730:Air Force Combat Units of World War II 5677:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5654:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5631:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5608:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5585:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5553:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5551:"Factsheet 388 Operations Group (ACC)" 5521: 5470:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5447:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5445:"Factsheet 305 Operations Group (AMC)" 5424:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5401:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5397:Stephens, Maj Tonia (9 January 2019). 5378:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5376:"Factsheet 97 Operations Group (AETC)" 5355:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5332:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5330:"Factsheet 94 Operations Group (AFRC)" 5309:. Air Force Historical Research Agency 5304: 5277: 5232:from the original on 18 September 2016 5127: 4842:History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force 4181:: c. 9 August 1942 – 14 September 1942 2232:, Texas on 16 March 1949 (Base Closed) 2216:27th Fighter Wing (F-82E Twin Mustang) 1760:, Okinawa, 5 August 1945 – 28 May 1946 1076:had been making night raids on Berlin 244:World War II – Asiatic-Pacific Theater 120:, 19 January 1942 – 18 September 1947) 10614: 10142: 10092: 7621: 6935: 6185: 5999:. Hollywood, Fla.: 8th AF News, 1983. 5745:Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now 5627:Robertson, Patsy (20 November 2012). 5549:Robertson, Patsy (28 December 2011). 5420:Kane, Robert B. (23 September 2010). 5307:"Factsheet 92 Operations Group (AMC)" 5228:. 2nd Air Division Memorial Library. 4886: 4799:– ninety-four-minute depiction of an 4337: 4193:: c. 15 November – c. 1 December 1942 3487:(May–Aug 1944) (Call sign: Shamrock) 2237:31st Fighter Wing (F-47N Thunderbolt) 1746:Okinawa, 15 August – 23 November 1945 1696:, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 November 1945 1678:, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 November 1945 1662:, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 November 1945 1610:Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle 11411:World War II strategic bombing units 10069:Strategic Air Command Emblem Gallery 10064: 5856:McLachlan, Ian and Russell J. Zorn. 5805:The Mighty Eighth: The Colour Record 5603: 5580: 5465: 5442: 5419: 5185:Everstine, Brian W. (15 June 2020). 4999:D. Hull, Michael (10 January 2019), 4957:"Factsheets : Eighth Air Force" 4269: 3960: 3374:(Circle-F, Black/White Horizontal), 2346: 1714:, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 January 1946 1645: 1400: 1020:On 25 February, both the Eighth and 977:sixth major raid of the "Baby Blitz" 378:Air Forces Strategic – Global Strike 6139:Eighth Air Force Historical Society 5949:. Newbury: Countryside Books, 2001. 5800:. London: Arms & Armour, 1991. 5604:Ream, Margaret (12 February 2021). 5581:Kane, Robert B. (30 October 2012). 5488: 5443:Kane, Robert B. (28 October 2010). 5353:"Factsheet 95 Air Base Wing (AFMC)" 5250: 5187:"WAssumes Command of 8th Air Force" 4930:Video: Allies Pierce Siegfried Line 4241:: 15–16 May 1944; c. 4−16 July 1945 4187:: 10 September–c. 12 September 1942 3365:(Circle-C, Black/White Vertical ), 3002:A restored B-17G in the livery of 2961: 2775:Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana 376:, Louisiana. The command serves as 13: 6901:Air & Space Forces Association 6318:Senate Committee on Armed Services 5916:Miller, Kent D. and Nancy Thomas. 5867:. Kentucky University Press, 2000. 5838:. London: Arms & Armour, 1997. 5807:. London: Cassell & Co., 2001. 5793:. London: Arms & Armour, 1995. 5711:. New York: D.I. Fine Books, 1997. 5673:Haulman, Daniel L. (16 May 2017). 5650:Robertson, Patsy (9 August 2017). 5159:Crawford, Sarah (20 August 2018). 4291:MacDill Field, Florida, 7 Jun 1946 3383:(Circle-J, Black/White Diagonal), 3037:The emblem of the 3rd Air Division 2945:Strategic Air Command, 7 June 1946 2865:AFGSC Direct Reporting Units (DRU) 2743: 2730:Air Education and Training Command 1535:, each barely armed with only one 1307:Destroying the German oil industry 975:, conversely, was undertaking the 840:United States Strategic Air Forces 771: 732:in eastern England as part of the 567:United States Air Forces in Europe 49:The Shield of the Eighth Air Force 14: 11422: 6165:Replica WWII 8th AF Briefing Room 6102:Eighth Air Force official website 6090: 5374:Robertson, Patsy (19 July 2010). 5351:Robertson, Patsy (30 June 2010). 5328:Robertson, Patsy (11 July 2017). 5278:Blacke, Kinder (1 October 2009). 5024:from the original on 14 May 2017. 3979:17th Strategic Aerospace Division 3956:Divisions (Strategic Air Command) 3801:, (Call sign: Zootsuit/Fireball) 3089:(Call sign: Goonchild/Swordfish) 2884:– Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska 2474:. On 27 June, the United Nations 2309:and utilized in a tactical role. 2270:, Massachusetts, 15 November 1948 2254:33d Fighter Wing (F-51H Mustang, 1905:58th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy 1814:, 12 September – 19 December 1945 1296:were created from older bombers. 1097:. The following day, on 9 March, 767: 640:15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) 10119: 10063: 9883:McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender 9711:North American F-82 Twin Mustang 8350: 7648: 7025: 6962: 6915: 6914: 6813:Division of Military Aeronautics 6338: 6237:Under Secretary of the Air Force 6167:at U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum 6067: This article incorporates 6062: 5704:. London : Greenhill, 2001. 5305:Bailey, Carl E. (14 July 2010). 4756: 4720: 4686: 4652: 4618: 4584: 4550: 4516: 4482: 4448: 4414: 4380: 3933:Special Groups: as of 1 Jan 1945 3438:(Call sign: Pinestreet/Bigbear) 2360:11th Bombardment Wing (inactive) 2336:in 1949 and the outbreak of the 2284:, New Hampshire on 12 April 1947 2275:82d Fighter Wing (F-51D Mustang) 2199: 1940:North American F-82 Twin Mustang 1792:, 8 September – 16 December 1945 1635:operating from airfields in the 1601:without personnel or equipment. 1208:engineers rapidly realized that 1048:Aircraft and ground crew of the 814: 424:European theater of World War II 372:(AFGSC). It is headquartered at 273: 270:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 263: 253: 237: 227: 181: 172: 112: 103: 91: 73: 9731:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark 9655:General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark 9019:4320th Strategic Wing (Missile) 6968:Air Force Global Strike Command 6045:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). 5693: 5666: 5643: 5620: 5597: 5574: 5565: 5542: 5522:Bailey, Carl E. (3 June 2018). 5515: 5482: 5466:Kane, Robert B. (10 May 2011). 5459: 5436: 5413: 5390: 5367: 5344: 5321: 5298: 5271: 5244: 5218: 5204: 5178: 5152: 5095: 5062: 5043: 5028: 4865: 4856: 3973:13th Strategic Missile Division 3762:(Call sign: Zootsuit/Fireball) 3723:(Call sign: Zootsuit/Fireball) 3220:(Call sign: Ragweed/Woodcraft) 2955:Air Force Global Strike Command 2882:595th Command and Control Group 2753:Air Force Global Strike Command 2740:Air Force Global Strike Command 2004:and their controllers (DB-17). 1571:Redeployment to Pacific Theater 1489:As attacked the formation near 1361:hit oil industry facilities in 382:United States Strategic Command 380:, one of the air components of 370:Air Force Global Strike Command 178:Air Force Global Strike Command 6724:Reserve Officer Training Corps 6681:Judge Advocate General's Corps 6323:Senate Subcommittee on Airland 6301:House Armed Services Committee 5072:. 28 July 2012. Archived from 5010: 4975: 4949: 4921: 4903: 4847: 4844:(Doubleday and Company, 1970). 4830: 4807:Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum 4345: 4175:: c. 4 June 1943 – 4 June 1943 3655:(Call sign: Franklin/Hotshot) 3398:(Call sign: Hambone/Hardtack) 3017:Emblem of the 2nd Air Division 2994:Emblem of the 1st Air Division 2921: 2593: 2352:Carswell Air Force Base, Texas 1417:bombing of it near the end of 676:Boeing B-17E Flying Fortresses 638:bombers flown by crews of the 561:History: World War II to today 64:(82 years, 8 months) 1: 11283:United States Army Air Forces 9951:Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 9570:91st Strategic Reconnaissance 9046:55th Strategic Reconnaissance 9041:26th Strategic Reconnaissance 6872:Women Airforce Service Pilots 5280:"12 AF welcomes back 552 ACW" 5050:Sam McGowan (7 August 2015). 4879: 4114:, 1 Oct 2002 – 1 October 2009 3517:(Call sign: Redstar/Lincoln) 3359:(Call sign: Winston/Bourbon) 3257:Walcot Hall, Northamptonshire 3142:(Call sign: Bullpen/Foxhole) 3122:(No Tail Code), (B-17, B-24) 2986:Divisions during World War II 2461: 2196:units for training missions. 2143:Reassigned from North Field, 2107:Inactivated on 1 October 1946 2090:Inactivated on 1 October 1946 1926: 1583:Pacific Theater of Operations 1512:Me 163B Komet rocket fighters 1384:Distinguished Service Crosses 1113:Prelude to Operation Overlord 788:398th Air Expeditionary Group 420:United States Army Air Forces 404:United States Army Air Forces 101:(18 September 1947 – present) 10143: 9956:Douglas C-124 Globemaster II 9888:Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter 9716:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 9036:6th Strategic Reconnaissance 4959:. 8af.af.mil. Archived from 4169:: 20 May – 14 September 1942 3756:45th Combat Bombardment Wing 3717:13th Combat Bombardment Wing 3511:96th Combat Bombardment Wing 3481:95th Combat Bombardment Wing 3432:20th Combat Bombardment Wing 3392:14th Combat Bombardment Wing 3214:94th Combat Bombardment Wing 3175:41st Combat Bombardment Wing 3136:40th Combat Bombardment Wing 2672:rapid employment worldwide. 2302:Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 2049:Inactivated on 4 August 1946 1997:Consolidated B-24 Liberators 1944:27th Special Operations Wing 1313:Oil campaign of World War II 1166:North American P-51 Mustangs 998:with a loss of 24 aircraft. 947:heavy fighters), the Fw 190 895:North American P-51 Mustangs 835:Consolidated B-24 Liberators 458:(1961–1975), as well as the 7: 9941:Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter 9630:North American B-45 Tornado 9615:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit 6227:Department of the Air Force 5814:The Mighty Eighth War Diary 5798:The Mighty Eighth in Colour 5784:The Mighty Eighth War Diary 5769:. Cassell & Co., 2000. 5105:. usaaf.net. Archived from 4788: 4540:2 years, 142 days 4472:2 years, 353 days 4264: 4151:: August 1942 – Spring 1943 4063:: 1 Feb 1956 – 25 Jun 1965. 3795:93d Combat Bombardment Wing 3649:4th Combat Bombardment Wing 3615:, (Attached to: 355th FG), 3318:, (Attached to: 364th FG), 3181:(Call sign: Fatgal/Cowboy) 3083:1st Combat Bombardment Wing 2981:: 22 Feb 1944 – 16 Jul 1945 2514: 2502:Distinguished Unit Citation 2249:Inactivated on 16 June 1952 2117:Activated on 4 October 1946 2057:Activated on 1 October 1946 878: 846:were assigned to (USSTAF). 657:Distinguished Service Cross 636:Douglas Boston (A-20 Havoc) 516:Missouri Air National Guard 469: 392:supersonic bomber, and the 386:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit 10: 11427: 9903:Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker 9873:Boeing KB-29 Superfortress 9726:Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 9706:North American F-2 Mustang 9645:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 6232:Secretary of the Air Force 5871:Miller, Donald L. (2007). 4676:1 year, 297 days 4642:1 year, 320 days 4608:1 year, 170 days 4574:1 year, 176 days 4282:Sakugawa (Kadena Airfield) 4251: 4075:: 1 Jan 1959 – 31 Mar 1970 4051:: 1 Feb 1956 – 31 Mar 1970 4045:: 16 Jun 1952 – 1 Apr 1955 4033:: 1 Jul 1955 – 15 Mar 1965 4017:: 10 Feb 1951 – 1 Apr 1955 3981:: 1 Jul 1963 – 31 Mar 1970 3923:, (Attached to: 55th FG), 3353:2d Combat Bombardment Wing 3029:, Germany on 25 March 1945 2893: 2872:576th Flight Test Squadron 2758:Unified combatant commands 2709:Operation Enduring Freedom 2688:Task Force 204 (bombers). 2630:Operation El Dorado Canyon 2560:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 2297:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 2287:Inactivated 2 October 1949 2225:, Nebraska on 27 July 1947 1964:Republic P-47 Thunderbolts 1962:A three ship formation of 1921:Colorado Springs, Colorado 1591:Sakugawa (Kadena Airfield) 1574: 1462:Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein 1310: 1154: 1116: 1054:358th Bombardment Squadron 1009:by twelve aircraft of the 882: 748:, a low-level raid on the 564: 394:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 22: 15: 11278: 11235: 11209: 11063: 10777: 10770: 10730: 10684: 10677: 10651: 10625: 10621: 10615: 10610: 10564: 10153: 10149: 10138: 10077: 10056: 9978: 9966:Boeing C-135 Stratolifter 9911: 9863: 9820: 9739: 9721:North American F-86 Sabre 9698: 9663: 9640:Boeing B-50 Superfortress 9620:Boeing B-29 Superfortress 9600: 9587: 9562: 9539: 9414: 9394: 9188: 9152: 9126: 9117: 9059: 9026: 8920: 8847: 8644: 8635: 8615: 8547: 8411: 8404: 8366: 8359: 8348: 8196: 8051:Calumet Air Force Station 8026: 8017: 7960: 7683: 7670: 7661: 7569: 7549: 7533: 7517: 7491: 7482: 7458: 7442: 7416: 7360: 7344: 7332: 7256: 7249: 7194: 7178: 7171: 7151: 7125: 7087: 7071: 7064: 7041: 7034: 7023: 6974: 6909: 6790: 6752: 6636: 6574: 6471: 6413: 6387: 6356: 6347: 6336: 6219: 6132:17 September 2012 at the 5995:Woolnough, John H. (Ed.) 5988:Woolnough, John H. (Ed.) 5981:Woolnough, John H. (Ed.) 5782:Freeman, Roger A. et al. 5700:Anderson, Christopher J. 5056:warfarehistorynetwork.com 5005:warfarehistorynetwork.com 4911:"8th Air Force > Home" 4782:1 year, 32 days 4746:2 years, 9 days 4710:1 year, 65 days 4506:2 years, 2 days 4352: 4349: 4344: 4295:Fort Worth Army Air Field 4142: 4138:, 1 Oct 2002 – 1 Oct 2009 4069:: 1 Jan 1959 – 2 Sep 1966 4057:: 1 Jul 1955 – 1 Jan 1959 4039:: 1 Jul 1955 – 1 Jan 1959 4027:: 4 Sep 1956 – 2 Jul 1969 3999:: 1 Jan 1959 – 1 Nov 1959 3993:: 1 Jul 1955 – 1 Jan 1959 3975:: 1 Jul 1963 – 1 Jul 1965 3969:: 1 Jan 1959 – 2 Jul 1966 3939:36th Bombardment Squadron 2876:Vandenberg Air Force Base 2762:Air Force Reserve Command 2246:, Georgia on 25 June 1947 2186:Boeing B-50 Superfortress 1909:Fort Worth Army Air Field 1587:Boeing B-29 Superfortress 1278:, clearing each force of 1039: 813: 808: 762:Allied invasion of Sicily 734:Combined Bomber Offensive 709:Boeing B-29 Superfortress 548:Air Force Reserve Command 480:Bossier Parish, Louisiana 413:Combined Bomber Offensive 327: 316: 305: 290: 285: 249: 223: 215: 207: 201:Bossier Parish, Louisiana 192: 168: 134: 124: 86: 68: 54: 42: 37: 9830:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird 6734:Airman Leadership School 6536:Thirteenth Expeditionary 6374:Field Operating Agencies 5829:Mighty Eighth War Manual 5791:The Mighty Eighth in Art 5789:Freeman, Roger A. (Ed.) 5018:"Charles Clark Kegelman" 4823: 4087: 3475:(Aug 1944 – 16 Jul 1945) 3426:(Aug 1944 – 16 Jul 1945) 2811:Ellsworth Air Force Base 2653:Reorganisation June 1992 2480:27th Fighter Escort Wing 2328:and the outbreak of the 1830:atomic bombings of Japan 1024:hit numerous targets at 1013:and two aircraft of the 476:Barksdale Air Force Base 422:combat air force in the 374:Barksdale Air Force Base 219:"Peace Through Strength" 197:Barksdale Air Force Base 9961:Convair C-131 Samaritan 9625:Convair B-36 Peacemaker 6719:Officer Training School 6213:United States Air Force 6080:United States Air Force 5933:Airfields of the Eighth 4812:Eighth Air Force Museum 4316:Andersen Air Force Base 4245:492nd Bombardment Group 4227:446th Bombardment Group 4221:445th Bombardment Group 4215:389th Bombardment Group 4209:388th Bombardment Group 4203:386th Bombardment Group 4197:385th Bombardment Group 4185:305th Bombardment Group 4179:301st Bombardment Group 4173:100th Bombardment Group 4132:, 29 Mar 1989 – present 4112:9th Reconnaissance Wing 4096:, 16 Jun 1988 – present 3872:) (Call sign: Oilskin) 3828:490th Bombardment Group 3819:385th Bombardment Group 3775:388th Bombardment Group 3745:390th Bombardment Group 3736:100th Bombardment Group 3701:487th Bombardment Group 3687:486th Bombardment Group 3678:447th Bombardment Group 3564:) (Call sign: Colgate) 3539:467th Bombardment Group 3530:466th Bombardment Group 3521:458th Bombardment Group 3500:491st Bombardment Group 3491:489th Bombardment Group 3469:489th Bombardment Group 3460:448th Bombardment Group 3451:446th Bombardment Group 3420:491st Bombardment Group 3372:445th Bombardment Group 3363:389th Bombardment Group 3242:457th Bombardment Group 3233:401st Bombardment Group 3224:351st Bombardment Group 3203:384th Bombardment Group 3194:379th Bombardment Group 3164:306th Bombardment Group 3155:305th Bombardment Group 3111:398th Bombardment Group 3102:381st Bombardment Group 2859:(Associate), B-2A (ANG) 2843:Whiteman Air Force Base 2619:Operation Linebacker II 2190:Convair B-36 Peacemaker 2139:509th Bombardment Group 2104:, California 6 May 1945 2096:444th Bombardment Group 2038:449th Bombardment Group 2025:, California 8 May 1946 1804:, (B-29 Superfortress) 1768:, (B-29 Superfortress) 1766:346th Bombardment Group 1754:, (B-29 Superfortress) 1740:, (B-29 Superfortress) 1563:'s mountain retreat at 1435:"Operation Bodenplatte" 1226:Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk68 1151:Defeat of the Luftwaffe 1058:303rd Bombardment Group 1011:446th Bombardment Group 833:On 4 January 1944, the 448:Westover Air Force Base 396:heavy bomber aircraft. 366:United States Air Force 99:United States Air Force 9931:Douglas C-54 Skymaster 9898:Lockheed Martin KC-130 9845:Martin RB-57D Canberra 6762:Awards and decorations 6395:District of Washington 6388:Direct Reporting Units 6069:public domain material 4278:, England, 22 Feb 1944 4233:452d Bombardment Group 4191:322d Bombardment Group 4167:97th Bombardment Group 4161:95th Bombardment Group 4155:94th Bombardment Group 4120:, 1 Oct 2015 – present 4108:, 1 Oct 2015 – present 4102:, 1 Jun 1991 – present 3842:493d Bombardment Group 3805:34th Bombardment Group 3784:452d Bombardment Group 3766:96th Bombardment Group 3727:95th Bombardment Group 3669:94th Bombardment Group 3411:392d Bombardment Group 3402:44th Bombardment Group 3381:453d Bombardment Group 3267:) (Call sign: Mohair) 3185:303d Bombardment Group 3120:482d Bombardment Group 3093:91st Bombardment Group 3049: 3038: 3030: 3018: 3010: 2995: 2748: 2734:Joint Base San Antonio 2668:(ACC) on 1 June 1992. 2661: 2558:aircraft. By 1955 the 2539: 2531: 2176:301st Bombardment Wing 2151:509th Bombardment Wing 2113:43rd Bombardment Group 2083:40th Bombardment Group 2054:7th Bombardment Group 1976:Continental Air Forces 1966: 1955: 1948:Kearney Air Force Base 1889: 1860: 1852: 1802:383d Bombardment Group 1782:, (B-29 Superfortress 1780:382d Bombardment Group 1752:333d Bombardment Group 1725:316th Bombardment Wing 1422: 1276:heavily armed Fw 190As 1197: 1181: 1174:361st Fighter Squadron 1170:375th Fighter Squadron 1065: 803: 784:B-17 Flying Fortresses 776: 672:97th Bombardment Group 631: 621:B-17 Flying Fortresses 598:97th Bombardment Group 578:Savannah Army Air Base 464:First Persian Gulf War 428:area of responsibility 187:U.S. Strategic Command 163:U.S. Strategic Command 151:U.S. Strategic Command 9936:Fairchild C-82 Packet 9926:Douglas C-47 Skytrain 9635:Boeing B-47 Stratojet 7654:Strategic Air Command 7557:LGM-30G Minuteman III 7056:Twentieth (Strategic) 6805:Aeronautical Division 5931:Ramsey, Winston G. . 5037:Paul Warfield Tibbets 4699:Mark E. Weatherington 4149:92d Bombardment Group 4136:552d Air Control Wing 3525:RAF Horsham St. Faith 3442:93d Bombardment Group 3207:RAF Grafton Underwood 3146:92d Bombardment Group 3044: 3036: 3024: 3016: 3001: 2993: 2747: 2726:Mark E. Weatherington 2713:Operation Noble Eagle 2660: 2626:Operation Urgent Fury 2556:Boeing B-47 Stratojet 2537: 2527:in flight during the 2525:Boeing B-47 Stratojet 2522: 2293:Boeing B-47 Stratojet 2044:McCook Army Air Field 1961: 1936:Strategic Air Command 1934: 1883:Walker Air Force Base 1866: 1858: 1850:Strategic Air Command 1847: 1840:Strategic Air Command 1738:22d Bombardment Group 1575:Further information: 1425:In January 1945, the 1408: 1373:Casualties and awards 1187: 1164: 1155:Further information: 1117:Further information: 1086:de Havilland Mosquito 1047: 899:Supermarine Spitfires 883:Further information: 800:Victory in Europe Day 790:fly a bombing run to 782: 775: 619: 606:RAF Grafton Underwood 444:Strategic Air Command 25:20th Bombardment Wing 10023:Russell E. Dougherty 9650:Convair B-58 Hustler 7509:B-52H Stratofortress 7443:Strategic Operations 6676:Aeronautical ratings 6275:Three-star generals 5877:Simon & Schuster 4801:Operation Pointblank 4665:James C. Dawkins Jr. 4563:Scott A. Vander Hamm 3866:VIII Fighter Command 3770:RAF Snetterton Heath 3760:RAF Snetterton Heath 3673:RAF Bury St. Edmunds 3554:VIII Fighter Command 3515:RAF Horsham St Faith 3293:RAF Martlesham Heath 3261:VIII Fighter Command 3047:RAF Snetterton Heath 2979:VIII Fighter Command 2910:on 22 February 1944. 2827:Minot Air Force Base 2795:Dyess Air Force Base 2736:in Randolph, Texas. 2721:James C. Dawkins Jr. 2640:Operations over Iraq 2634:Operation Just Cause 2544:Dwight D. Eisenhower 2307:Tactical Air Command 2061:7th Bombardment Wing 1585:and upgrade them to 1487:Messerschmitt Me 262 1157:Pointblank directive 1123:In a prelude to the 1050:B-17 Flying Fortress 1022:Fifteenth Air Forces 945:Messerschmitt Bf 110 941:Gothaer Waggonfabrik 911:Messerschmitt Bf 109 746:Operation Tidal Wave 741:Pointblank directive 644:No. 226 Squadron RAF 504:Minot Air Force Base 388:stealth bomber, the 16:For other uses, see 11055:801st (Provisional) 9610:Rockwell B-1 Lancer 8396:Twentieth Air Force 8391:Sixteenth Air Force 8386:Fifteenth Air Force 8244:RAF Greenham Common 6473:Numbered Air Forces 6254:Vice Chief of Staff 6086:on 4 December 2003. 5967:Strong, Russell A. 5489:Haulman, Daniel L. 4461:Robert J. Elder Jr. 4239:479th Fighter Group 4229:, 5–9 November 1943 4223:: 5–9 November 1943 4211:, 10–13 6 July 1943 4199:: c. 8−13 July 1943 3912:357th Fighter Group 3894:339th Fighter Group 3653:RAF Bury St Edmunds 3600:361st Fighter Group 3591:355th Fighter Group 3504:RAF North Pickenham 3424:RAF North Pickenham 3307:364th Fighter Group 3298:359th Fighter Group 3289:356th Fighter Group 2901:VIII Bomber Command 2523:Eighth Air Force's 2314:Fifteenth Air Force 2256:F-80C Shooting Star 1985:Twentieth Air Force 1917:Fifteenth Air Force 1887:Roswell, New Mexico 1702:507th Fighter Group 1684:413th Fighter Group 1666:318th Fighter Group 1633:Twentieth Air Force 1528:Sonderkommando Elbe 1457:Battle of the Bulge 1359:Fifteenth Air Force 1265:Zerstörergeschwader 1242:VIII Bomber Command 1082:heavy raids in 1943 949:Arado Flugzeugwerke 934:Focke Wulf Fw 190A 685:in France. Colonel 659:(DSC) from General 600:, which arrived at 400:VIII Bomber Command 390:Rockwell B-1 Lancer 342:Carl "Tooey" Spaatz 211:"The Mighty Eighth" 10043:John T. Chain, Jr, 9403:= initial assigned 8229:RAF Bruntingthorpe 7051:Eighth (Strategic) 6831:The U.S. Air Force 6744:Fitness Assessment 6701:Chief of Chaplains 6620:Civilian auxiliary 6369:Air National Guard 6271:Four-star generals 5956:. Voyageur, 1991. 5954:A History of USAFE 5834:Freeman, Roger A. 5827:Freeman, Roger A. 5812:Freeman, Roger A. 5796:Freeman, Roger A. 5750:Freeman, Roger A. 5530:on 18 October 2020 5503:on 4 November 2013 5251:Simpson, Michael. 5191:Air Force Magazine 4935:Universal Newsreel 4803:mission from 1944. 4631:Thomas A. Bussiere 4495:Floyd L. Carpenter 4457:Lieutenant General 4423:Lieutenant general 4389:Lieutenant general 4338:List of commanders 4055:818th Air Division 4049:817th Air Division 4043:810th Air Division 4031:801st Air Division 3903:353d Fighter Group 3885:78th Fighter Group 3876:55th Fighter Group 3823:RAF Great Ashfield 3740:RAF Thorpe Abbotts 3617:RAF Steeple Morden 3595:RAF Steeple Morden 3577:56th Fighter Group 3316:1st Scouting Force 3280:352d Fighter Group 3271:20th Fighter Group 3050: 3039: 3031: 3019: 3011: 2996: 2949:Air Combat Command 2766:Air National Guard 2749: 2685:Air National Guard 2666:Air Combat Command 2662: 2540: 2532: 2210:F-47N Thunderbolts 2206:F-82E Twin Mustang 2147:on 8 November 1946 1967: 1956: 1896:into the new SAC. 1890: 1869:B-29 Superfortress 1861: 1853: 1848:The shield of the 1653:301st Fighter Wing 1577:Operation Downfall 1537:MG 131 machine gun 1451:air forces in the 1423: 1240:at the expense of 1198: 1182: 1125:invasion of France 1066: 939:The B-24s hit the 863:Lieutenant General 804: 777: 687:Frank A. Armstrong 632: 590:RAF Bomber Command 544:Air National Guard 487:Air National Guard 362:numbered air force 346:Samuel E. Anderson 153:and serves as the 129:Numbered Air Force 109:United States Army 11373: 11372: 11274: 11273: 11270: 11269: 11266: 11265: 10766: 10765: 10606: 10605: 10602: 10601: 10391:Kirton In Lindsey 10366:Horsham St. Faith 10321:Grafton Underwood 10086: 10085: 10048:George Lee Butler 10013:Bruce K. Holloway 10008:Joseph J. Nazzaro 9974: 9973: 9583: 9582: 9579: 9578: 9390: 9389: 9386: 9385: 8631: 8630: 8616:Strategic missile 8346: 8345: 8342: 8341: 8309:RAF South Ruislip 8264:RAF Upper Heyford 8013: 8012: 7615: 7614: 7565: 7564: 7478: 7477: 7474: 7473: 7245: 7244: 7167: 7166: 6929: 6928: 6714:Air Force Academy 6632: 6631: 6259:Director of Staff 6173:Savannah, Georgia 6041:on 15 March 2007. 5886:978-0-7432-3545-7 5841:Lambert, John W. 5214:. 7 October 2016. 4786: 4785: 4529:Stephen W. Wilson 4334: 4333: 4084: 4083: 4073:823d Air Division 4067:822d Air Division 4037:802d Air Division 4025:57th Air Division 4015:47th Air Division 4009:45th Air Division 3997:38th Air Division 3991:21st Air Division 3985:19th Air Division 3921:3d Scouting Force 3864:, (Attached from 3858:66th Fighter Wing 3788:RAF Deopham Green 3635:Headquartered at 3613:2d Scouting Force 3608:RAF Little Walden 3585:P-47D Thunderbolt 3568:4th Fighter Group 3550:65th Fighter Wing 3385:RAF Old Buckenham 3339:Headquartered at 3253:67th Fighter Wing 3066:Headquartered at 2906:Redesignated the 2681:Air Force Reserve 2552:nuclear arms race 2458: 2457: 2379:Davis-Monthan AFB 2334:Chinese Civil War 2318:Mississippi River 2194:Air Force Reserve 2075:Davis-Monthan AAF 1952:Kearney, Nebraska 1913:Fort Worth, Texas 1874:The Great Artiste 1825: 1824: 1712:Ie Shima Airfield 1706:P-47N Thunderbolt 1694:Ie Shima Airfield 1688:P-47N Thunderbolt 1676:Ie Shima Airfield 1670:P-47N Thunderbolt 1660:Ie Shima Airfield 1629:invasion of Japan 1606:XX Bomber Command 1401:Victory in Europe 1395:Arthur W. Vanaman 1280:bomber destroyers 1218:Focke-Wulf Fw 190 1190:Focke-Wulf Fw 190 967:, which produced 909:production and – 859:Nathan F. Twining 831: 830: 798:surrendered, and 683:marshalling yards 491:Air Force Reserve 432:strategic bombing 415:against Germany. 351: 350: 18:The Mighty Eighth 11418: 10775: 10774: 10682: 10681: 10633:VIII Air Support 10623: 10622: 10612: 10611: 10506:Snetterton Heath 10416:Martlesham Heath 10221:Bury St. Edmunds 10216:Burtonwood Depot 10151: 10150: 10140: 10139: 10128:Eighth Air Force 10123: 10113: 10106: 10099: 10090: 10089: 10067: 10066: 10028:Richard H. Ellis 9598: 9597: 9412: 9411: 9408: 9124: 9123: 8642: 8641: 8409: 8408: 8381:Eighth Air Force 8376:Second Air Force 8364: 8363: 8354: 8259:RAF High Wycombe 8224:RAF Brize Norton 8209:RAF Bassingbourn 8024: 8023: 7951:Wright-Patterson 7681: 7680: 7668: 7667: 7652: 7642: 7635: 7628: 7619: 7618: 7489: 7488: 7254: 7253: 7176: 7175: 7069: 7068: 7039: 7038: 7029: 6966: 6956: 6949: 6942: 6933: 6932: 6918: 6917: 6817:Army Air Service 6809:Aviation Section 6624:Civil Air Patrol 6354: 6353: 6342: 6341: 6206: 6199: 6192: 6183: 6182: 6155:Internet Archive 6087: 6082:. Archived from 6075:Eighth Air Force 6066: 6065: 6042: 6037:. Archived from 6030: 6028: 6026: 6011: 5952:Steijger, Cees. 5901:Miller, Kent D. 5898: 5728:Maurer, Maurer. 5721:Bowman, Martin. 5714:Bowman, Martin. 5687: 5686: 5684: 5682: 5670: 5664: 5663: 5661: 5659: 5647: 5641: 5640: 5638: 5636: 5624: 5618: 5617: 5615: 5613: 5601: 5595: 5594: 5592: 5590: 5578: 5572: 5569: 5563: 5562: 5560: 5558: 5546: 5540: 5539: 5537: 5535: 5519: 5513: 5512: 5510: 5508: 5502: 5495: 5486: 5480: 5479: 5477: 5475: 5463: 5457: 5456: 5454: 5452: 5440: 5434: 5433: 5431: 5429: 5417: 5411: 5410: 5408: 5406: 5394: 5388: 5387: 5385: 5383: 5371: 5365: 5364: 5362: 5360: 5348: 5342: 5341: 5339: 5337: 5325: 5319: 5318: 5316: 5314: 5302: 5296: 5295: 5293: 5291: 5275: 5269: 5268: 5266: 5264: 5248: 5242: 5241: 5239: 5237: 5222: 5216: 5215: 5208: 5202: 5201: 5199: 5197: 5182: 5176: 5175: 5173: 5171: 5165:Shreveport Times 5156: 5150: 5149: 5142: 5131: 5125: 5119: 5118: 5116: 5114: 5099: 5093: 5092: 5083: 5081: 5066: 5060: 5059: 5047: 5041: 5040: 5032: 5026: 5025: 5014: 5008: 5007: 4996: 4987: 4986: 4979: 4973: 4972: 4970: 4968: 4953: 4947: 4946: 4944: 4942: 4925: 4919: 4918: 4907: 4901: 4900: 4893: 4873: 4869: 4863: 4860: 4854: 4851: 4845: 4838:Roger A. Freeman 4834: 4819:, past commander 4796:Target for Today 4760: 4733:Andrew J. Gebara 4724: 4690: 4656: 4622: 4597:Richard M. Clark 4588: 4554: 4520: 4486: 4452: 4418: 4384: 4347: 4342: 4341: 4270: 4205:: 4–15 June 1943 4163:: 19–25 May 1943 4157:: 19–25 May 1943 4003:42d Air Division 3967:6th Air Division 3961: 3302:RAF East Wretham 3275:RAF Kings Cliffe 3115:RAF Nuthampstead 3097:RAF Bassingbourn 3087:RAF Bassingbourn 2962:Major components 2928:Eighth Air Force 2908:Eighth Air Force 2476:Security Council 2347: 2001:European Theater 1646: 1496:Jagdgeschwader 7 1333:repair depot at 1233:European Theater 1222:Packard V-1650-3 963:headquarters at 822: 818: 817: 806: 805: 680:Rouen-Sotteville 652:De Kooy Airfield 608:on 9 June 1942. 594:RAF High Wycombe 592:Headquarters at 534:, Texas and the 312:Scheid P. Hodges 277: 267: 257: 241: 231: 185: 176: 116: 107: 97: 95: 94: 79: 77: 76: 47: 35: 34: 11426: 11425: 11421: 11420: 11419: 11417: 11416: 11415: 11376: 11375: 11374: 11369: 11262: 11231: 11205: 11059: 10762: 10726: 10673: 10647: 10617: 10598: 10560: 10446:North Pickenham 10145: 10134: 10117: 10087: 10082: 10073: 10052: 10033:Bennie L. Davis 9970: 9921:Beechcraft C-45 9907: 9893:Lockheed HC-130 9859: 9816: 9735: 9694: 9675:Lockheed DC-130 9666: 9659: 9592: 9590: 9575: 9558: 9535: 9530:509th Composite 9406: 9405:unit upon SAC's 9404: 9402: 9399: 9398: 9396: 9382: 9184: 9148: 9113: 9055: 9022: 8916: 8843: 8627: 8611: 8549: 8543: 8400: 8355: 8338: 8192: 8071:Clinton-Sherman 8019: 8009: 7956: 7909:Seymour Johnson 7672: 7657: 7646: 7616: 7611: 7561: 7545: 7529: 7513: 7484: 7470: 7454: 7438: 7412: 7356: 7340: 7333:Combat Training 7328: 7241: 7190: 7163: 7152:Nuclear Systems 7147: 7121: 7083: 7060: 7030: 7021: 6970: 6960: 6930: 6925: 6905: 6896:Service numbers 6867:National Museum 6825:Army Air Forces 6792: 6786: 6754: 6748: 6706:Chief Scientist 6696:Medical Service 6691:Security Forces 6638: 6628: 6613:Security Forces 6570: 6467: 6409: 6383: 6343: 6339: 6334: 6215: 6210: 6134:Wayback Machine 6093: 6072: 6063: 6060: 6033: 6024: 6022: 6020: 6009: 5945:Smith, Graham. 5938:Scutts, Jerry. 5935:. London: 1978. 5887: 5803:New Edition as 5707:Astor, Gerald. 5696: 5691: 5690: 5680: 5678: 5671: 5667: 5657: 5655: 5648: 5644: 5634: 5632: 5625: 5621: 5611: 5609: 5602: 5598: 5588: 5586: 5579: 5575: 5570: 5566: 5556: 5554: 5547: 5543: 5533: 5531: 5520: 5516: 5506: 5504: 5500: 5493: 5487: 5483: 5473: 5471: 5464: 5460: 5450: 5448: 5441: 5437: 5427: 5425: 5418: 5414: 5404: 5402: 5395: 5391: 5381: 5379: 5372: 5368: 5358: 5356: 5349: 5345: 5335: 5333: 5326: 5322: 5312: 5310: 5303: 5299: 5289: 5287: 5286:on 22 July 2011 5276: 5272: 5262: 5260: 5249: 5245: 5235: 5233: 5224: 5223: 5219: 5210: 5209: 5205: 5195: 5193: 5183: 5179: 5169: 5167: 5157: 5153: 5144: 5143: 5134: 5126: 5122: 5112: 5110: 5101: 5100: 5096: 5079: 5077: 5076:on 28 July 2012 5068: 5067: 5063: 5048: 5044: 5034: 5033: 5029: 5016: 5015: 5011: 4997: 4990: 4981: 4980: 4976: 4966: 4964: 4963:on 3 March 2016 4955: 4954: 4950: 4940: 4938: 4927: 4926: 4922: 4909: 4908: 4904: 4895: 4894: 4887: 4882: 4877: 4876: 4870: 4866: 4861: 4857: 4852: 4848: 4835: 4831: 4826: 4791: 4766: 4762: 4761: 4730: 4726: 4725: 4696: 4692: 4691: 4662: 4658: 4657: 4628: 4624: 4623: 4594: 4590: 4589: 4568:23 October 2013 4560: 4556: 4555: 4537:23 October 2013 4526: 4522: 4521: 4492: 4488: 4487: 4458: 4454: 4453: 4438:1 year 9 months 4427:Jimmy Doolittle 4424: 4420: 4419: 4398:1 December 1942 4390: 4386: 4385: 4340: 4335: 4267: 4254: 4145: 4090: 4085: 3958: 3948:RAF Cheddington 3925:RAF Wormingford 3880:RAF Wormingford 3870:P-51D/K Mustang 3779:RAF Knettishall 3749:RAF Framlingham 3562:P-51D/K Mustang 3552:(Attached from 3534:RAF Attlebridge 3265:P-51D/K Mustang 3259:(Attached from 3237:RAF Deenethorpe 3068:Brampton Grange 2988: 2964: 2957:, 1 August 2010 2924: 2917:on 3 June 2008. 2899:Established as 2896: 2891: 2857:131st Bomb Wing 2851:509th Bomb Wing 2787:307th Bomb Wing 2764:and one in the 2756:other regional 2742: 2655: 2642: 2596: 2548:nuclear weapons 2517: 2491:Sinuju Airfield 2464: 2459: 2403: 2202: 1989:Pacific Theater 1929: 1907:, stationed at 1879:509th Bomb Wing 1842: 1834:Pacific theater 1826: 1786:Northwest Field 1772:Kadena Airfield 1758:Kadena Airfield 1744:Kadena Airfield 1732:Kadena Airfield 1637:Mariana Islands 1622:Kadena Airfield 1579: 1573: 1553:Bad Reichenhall 1520:Bad Zwischenahn 1472:air superiority 1415:Royal Air Force 1403: 1380:Medals of Honor 1375: 1315: 1309: 1249:Jimmy Doolittle 1238:Ninth Air Force 1224:, based on the 1159: 1153: 1129:English Channel 1121: 1115: 1042: 943:(production of 887: 881: 855:Jimmy Doolittle 844:Ninth Air Force 820: 815: 809:External videos 770: 614: 570: 563: 520:131st Bomb Wing 514:along with the 512:509th Bomb Wing 508:307th Bomb Wing 472: 430:; carrying out 354: 344: 340: 336: 334:James Doolittle 329: 323:Ronnie J. Woods 292: 278: 272: 268: 262: 258: 242: 236: 232: 180: 118:Army Air Forces 102: 92: 90: 74: 72: 63: 61: 59: 50: 31: 28: 21: 12: 11: 5: 11424: 11414: 11413: 11408: 11403: 11398: 11393: 11388: 11371: 11370: 11368: 11367: 11362: 11357: 11352: 11347: 11342: 11337: 11332: 11327: 11322: 11317: 11312: 11307: 11302: 11297: 11292: 11286: 11285: 11279: 11276: 11275: 11272: 11271: 11268: 11267: 11264: 11263: 11261: 11260: 11255: 11250: 11245: 11239: 11237: 11236:Reconnaissance 11233: 11232: 11230: 11229: 11224: 11219: 11213: 11211: 11207: 11206: 11204: 11203: 11198: 11193: 11188: 11183: 11178: 11173: 11168: 11163: 11158: 11153: 11148: 11143: 11138: 11133: 11128: 11123: 11118: 11113: 11108: 11103: 11098: 11093: 11088: 11083: 11078: 11073: 11067: 11065: 11061: 11060: 11058: 11057: 11052: 11047: 11042: 11037: 11032: 11027: 11022: 11017: 11012: 11007: 11002: 10997: 10992: 10987: 10982: 10977: 10972: 10967: 10962: 10957: 10952: 10947: 10942: 10937: 10932: 10927: 10922: 10917: 10912: 10907: 10902: 10897: 10892: 10887: 10882: 10877: 10872: 10867: 10862: 10857: 10852: 10847: 10842: 10837: 10832: 10827: 10822: 10817: 10812: 10807: 10802: 10797: 10792: 10787: 10781: 10779: 10772: 10768: 10767: 10764: 10763: 10761: 10760: 10755: 10750: 10745: 10740: 10734: 10732: 10728: 10727: 10725: 10724: 10719: 10714: 10709: 10704: 10699: 10694: 10688: 10686: 10679: 10675: 10674: 10672: 10671: 10666: 10661: 10655: 10653: 10649: 10648: 10646: 10645: 10640: 10635: 10629: 10627: 10619: 10618: 10608: 10607: 10604: 10603: 10600: 10599: 10597: 10596: 10591: 10586: 10581: 10576: 10570: 10568: 10562: 10561: 10559: 10558: 10553: 10548: 10543: 10538: 10533: 10528: 10523: 10518: 10513: 10511:Steeple Morden 10508: 10503: 10498: 10493: 10488: 10483: 10478: 10473: 10468: 10463: 10458: 10453: 10448: 10443: 10438: 10433: 10428: 10423: 10418: 10413: 10408: 10403: 10398: 10393: 10388: 10383: 10378: 10373: 10368: 10363: 10358: 10353: 10348: 10343: 10338: 10333: 10328: 10326:Great Ashfield 10323: 10318: 10313: 10308: 10303: 10298: 10293: 10288: 10283: 10278: 10273: 10268: 10263: 10258: 10253: 10248: 10246:Chipping Ongar 10243: 10238: 10233: 10228: 10223: 10218: 10213: 10208: 10203: 10198: 10193: 10188: 10183: 10178: 10173: 10168: 10163: 10157: 10155: 10154:United Kingdom 10147: 10146: 10136: 10135: 10116: 10115: 10108: 10101: 10093: 10084: 10083: 10078: 10075: 10074: 10072: 10071: 10060: 10058: 10054: 10053: 10051: 10050: 10045: 10040: 10038:Larry D. Welch 10035: 10030: 10025: 10020: 10015: 10010: 10005: 10000: 9995: 9990: 9984: 9982: 9976: 9975: 9972: 9971: 9969: 9968: 9963: 9958: 9953: 9948: 9943: 9938: 9933: 9928: 9923: 9917: 9915: 9909: 9908: 9906: 9905: 9900: 9895: 9890: 9885: 9880: 9875: 9869: 9867: 9861: 9860: 9858: 9857: 9852: 9847: 9842: 9837: 9832: 9826: 9824: 9822:Reconnaissance 9818: 9817: 9815: 9814: 9809: 9804: 9799: 9794: 9789: 9784: 9779: 9774: 9769: 9764: 9759: 9754: 9749: 9743: 9741: 9737: 9736: 9734: 9733: 9728: 9723: 9718: 9713: 9708: 9702: 9700: 9696: 9695: 9693: 9692: 9687: 9682: 9677: 9671: 9669: 9661: 9660: 9658: 9657: 9652: 9647: 9642: 9637: 9632: 9627: 9622: 9617: 9612: 9606: 9604: 9595: 9585: 9584: 9581: 9580: 9577: 9576: 9574: 9573: 9566: 9564: 9563:Reconnaissance 9560: 9559: 9557: 9556: 9550: 9543: 9541: 9537: 9536: 9534: 9533: 9527: 9521: 9515: 9509: 9503: 9497: 9491: 9485: 9479: 9473: 9467: 9461: 9455: 9449: 9443: 9437: 9431: 9425: 9418: 9416: 9409: 9400: 9392: 9391: 9388: 9387: 9384: 9383: 9381: 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8001: 7998:RAF Mildenhall 7995: 7992:RAF Lakenheath 7989: 7983: 7977: 7971: 7964: 7962: 7958: 7957: 7955: 7954: 7948: 7942: 7936: 7930: 7924: 7918: 7912: 7906: 7900: 7894: 7888: 7882: 7876: 7870: 7864: 7858: 7852: 7846: 7840: 7834: 7828: 7822: 7816: 7810: 7804: 7798: 7792: 7786: 7780: 7774: 7768: 7762: 7756: 7750: 7744: 7738: 7732: 7726: 7720: 7714: 7708: 7702: 7696: 7689: 7687: 7678: 7665: 7659: 7658: 7645: 7644: 7637: 7630: 7622: 7613: 7612: 7610: 7609: 7604: 7599: 7594: 7589: 7584: 7579: 7573: 7571: 7567: 7566: 7563: 7562: 7560: 7559: 7553: 7551: 7547: 7546: 7544: 7543: 7541:UH-1N Iroquois 7537: 7535: 7531: 7530: 7528: 7527: 7521: 7519: 7515: 7514: 7512: 7511: 7506: 7501: 7495: 7493: 7486: 7480: 7479: 7476: 7475: 7472: 7471: 7469: 7468: 7462: 7460: 7456: 7455: 7453: 7452: 7446: 7444: 7440: 7439: 7437: 7436: 7431: 7426: 7420: 7418: 7414: 7413: 7411: 7410: 7405: 7400: 7395: 7390: 7385: 7380: 7375: 7370: 7364: 7362: 7358: 7357: 7355: 7354: 7348: 7346: 7342: 7341: 7336: 7334: 7330: 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6693: 6688: 6683: 6678: 6673: 6671:Specialty Code 6668: 6667: 6666: 6661: 6656: 6648: 6642: 6640: 6634: 6633: 6630: 6629: 6627: 6626: 6617: 6616: 6615: 6610: 6600: 6599: 6598: 6588: 6587: 6586: 6575: 6572: 6571: 6569: 6568: 6563: 6558: 6553: 6548: 6543: 6538: 6533: 6528: 6523: 6518: 6513: 6508: 6503: 6498: 6493: 6488: 6483: 6477: 6475: 6469: 6468: 6466: 6465: 6463:USAFE–AFAFRICA 6460: 6455: 6450: 6445: 6440: 6435: 6430: 6425: 6419: 6417: 6415:Major commands 6411: 6410: 6408: 6407: 6402: 6397: 6391: 6389: 6385: 6384: 6382: 6381: 6376: 6371: 6366: 6360: 6358: 6351: 6345: 6344: 6337: 6335: 6333: 6332: 6331: 6330: 6325: 6315: 6314: 6313: 6308: 6298: 6297: 6296: 6291: 6286: 6281: 6273: 6268: 6267: 6266: 6261: 6256: 6251: 6249:Chief of Staff 6241: 6240: 6239: 6234: 6223: 6221: 6217: 6216: 6209: 6208: 6201: 6194: 6186: 6180: 6179: 6174: 6168: 6162: 6157: 6146: 6141: 6136: 6124: 6119: 6114: 6109: 6104: 6099: 6092: 6091:External links 6089: 6059: 6058: 6043: 6031: 6018: 6000: 5993: 5986: 5979: 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October 2016 4634: 4625: 4617: 4616: 4614: 4610: 4609: 4606: 4605:4 October 2016 4603: 4600: 4591: 4583: 4582: 4580: 4576: 4575: 4572: 4569: 4566: 4557: 4549: 4548: 4546: 4542: 4541: 4538: 4535: 4532: 4523: 4515: 4514: 4512: 4508: 4507: 4504: 4501: 4498: 4489: 4481: 4480: 4478: 4474: 4473: 4470: 4467: 4464: 4455: 4447: 4446: 4444: 4440: 4439: 4436: 4435:September 1945 4433: 4430: 4421: 4413: 4412: 4410: 4406: 4405: 4402: 4399: 4396: 4387: 4379: 4378: 4376: 4372: 4371: 4368: 4365: 4362: 4359: 4355: 4354: 4351: 4348: 4339: 4336: 4332: 4331: 4327: 4326: 4323: 4313: 4312: 4311: 4300: 4299: 4298: 4292: 4289: 4279: 4268: 4266: 4263: 4262: 4261: 4258: 4253: 4250: 4249: 4248: 4242: 4236: 4235:: January 1944 4230: 4224: 4218: 4217:, 29 June 1943 4212: 4206: 4200: 4194: 4188: 4182: 4176: 4170: 4164: 4158: 4152: 4144: 4141: 4140: 4139: 4133: 4127: 4121: 4118:28th Bomb Wing 4115: 4109: 4103: 4097: 4089: 4086: 4082: 4081: 4077: 4076: 4070: 4064: 4058: 4052: 4046: 4040: 4034: 4028: 4020: 4019: 4018: 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3191: 3189:RAF Molesworth 3187:(Triangle-C), 3179:RAF Molesworth 3172: 3171: 3170: 3166:(Triangle-H), 3161: 3159:RAF Chelveston 3157:(Triangle-G), 3152: 3148:(Triangle-B), 3133: 3132: 3131: 3130: 3129: 3117: 3113:(Triangle-W), 3108: 3104:(Triangle-L), 3099: 3095:(Triangle-A), 3079: 3078: 3076:Cambridgeshire 3064: 3060: 3059: 2987: 2984: 2983: 2982: 2976: 2973: 2963: 2960: 2959: 2958: 2952: 2946: 2943: 2937: 2936:, 16 July 1945 2931: 2923: 2920: 2919: 2918: 2913:Redesignated: 2911: 2904: 2895: 2892: 2890: 2887: 2886: 2885: 2879: 2868: 2867: 2861: 2860: 2854: 2847: 2846: 2839: 2838: 2831: 2830: 2829:, North Dakota 2823: 2822: 2819:28th Bomb Wing 2815: 2814: 2813:, South Dakota 2807: 2806: 2799: 2798: 2791: 2790: 2789:, B-52H (AFRC) 2784: 2777: 2776: 2741: 2738: 2719:Major General 2654: 2651: 2641: 2638: 2595: 2592: 2516: 2513: 2463: 2460: 2456: 2455: 2451: 2450: 2446: 2445: 2438: 2437: 2433: 2432: 2422: 2421: 2418: 2414: 2413: 2405: 2401: 2400: 2396: 2395: 2394:, South Dakota 2388: 2387: 2383: 2382: 2375: 2374: 2370: 2369: 2362: 2361: 2358: 2354: 2353: 2345: 2289: 2288: 2285: 2277: 2276: 2272: 2271: 2266:Reassigned to 2264: 2260: 2259: 2251: 2250: 2247: 2239: 2238: 2234: 2233: 2228:Reassigned to 2226: 2218: 2217: 2201: 2198: 2182: 2181: 2178: 2172: 2171: 2168:Smoky Hill AAF 2157: 2156: 2155: 2154: 2148: 2135: 2134: 2124: 2123: 2122: 2121: 2118: 2110: 2109: 2108: 2105: 2093: 2092: 2091: 2088: 2079: 2078: 2067: 2066: 2065: 2064: 2058: 2052: 2051: 2050: 2047: 2035: 2034: 2033: 2026: 2013: 2012: 1938:8th Air Force 1928: 1925: 1841: 1838: 1823: 1822: 1818: 1817: 1816: 1815: 1799: 1798: 1797: 1793: 1777: 1776: 1775: 1763: 1762: 1761: 1749: 1748: 1747: 1735: 1728: 1727: 1723:Headquarters, 1719: 1718: 1717: 1716: 1715: 1699: 1698: 1697: 1681: 1680: 1679: 1663: 1656: 1655: 1651:Headquarters, 1644: 1572: 1569: 1559:, surrounding 1440:Jagdgeschwader 1402: 1399: 1386:, and 442,000 1374: 1371: 1327:Czechoslovakia 1311:Main article: 1308: 1305: 1294:assembly ships 1255:formations in 1202:Allison V-1710 1152: 1149: 1119:Transport Plan 1114: 1111: 1062:RAF Molesworth 1041: 1038: 961:"Heinkel-Nord" 891:bombed Leipzig 880: 877: 829: 828: 811: 810: 769: 768:Reorganization 766: 625:Eastern Europe 613: 610: 562: 559: 552:10th Air Force 536:28th Bomb Wing 471: 468: 352: 349: 348: 331: 325: 324: 318: 314: 313: 307: 303: 302: 300:Jason Armagost 294: 288: 287: 283: 282: 251: 247: 246: 225: 221: 220: 217: 213: 212: 209: 205: 204: 194: 190: 189: 170: 166: 165: 136: 132: 131: 126: 122: 121: 88: 84: 83: 70: 66: 65: 56: 52: 51: 48: 40: 39: 29: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 11423: 11412: 11409: 11407: 11404: 11402: 11399: 11397: 11394: 11392: 11389: 11387: 11384: 11383: 11381: 11366: 11363: 11361: 11358: 11356: 11353: 11351: 11348: 11346: 11343: 11341: 11338: 11336: 11333: 11331: 11328: 11326: 11323: 11321: 11318: 11316: 11313: 11311: 11308: 11306: 11303: 11301: 11298: 11296: 11293: 11291: 11288: 11287: 11284: 11281: 11280: 11277: 11259: 11256: 11254: 11251: 11249: 11246: 11244: 11241: 11240: 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10489: 10487: 10484: 10482: 10479: 10477: 10474: 10472: 10469: 10467: 10464: 10462: 10459: 10457: 10456:Old Buckenham 10454: 10452: 10449: 10447: 10444: 10442: 10439: 10437: 10434: 10432: 10429: 10427: 10424: 10422: 10419: 10417: 10414: 10412: 10411:Little Walden 10409: 10407: 10404: 10402: 10399: 10397: 10394: 10392: 10389: 10387: 10384: 10382: 10379: 10377: 10374: 10372: 10369: 10367: 10364: 10362: 10359: 10357: 10354: 10352: 10349: 10347: 10344: 10342: 10339: 10337: 10334: 10332: 10329: 10327: 10324: 10322: 10319: 10317: 10314: 10312: 10309: 10307: 10304: 10302: 10299: 10297: 10294: 10292: 10289: 10287: 10284: 10282: 10279: 10277: 10274: 10272: 10271:Deopham Green 10269: 10267: 10264: 10262: 10259: 10257: 10254: 10252: 10249: 10247: 10244: 10242: 10239: 10237: 10234: 10232: 10229: 10227: 10224: 10222: 10219: 10217: 10214: 10212: 10209: 10207: 10204: 10202: 10199: 10197: 10194: 10192: 10189: 10187: 10184: 10182: 10179: 10177: 10174: 10172: 10171:Andrews Field 10169: 10167: 10164: 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Meyer 10016: 10014: 10011: 10009: 10006: 10004: 10001: 9999: 9996: 9994: 9991: 9989: 9988:George Kenney 9986: 9985: 9983: 9981: 9977: 9967: 9964: 9962: 9959: 9957: 9954: 9952: 9949: 9947: 9946:Douglas C-118 9944: 9942: 9939: 9937: 9934: 9932: 9929: 9927: 9924: 9922: 9919: 9918: 9916: 9914: 9910: 9904: 9901: 9899: 9896: 9894: 9891: 9889: 9886: 9884: 9881: 9879: 9876: 9874: 9871: 9870: 9868: 9866: 9862: 9856: 9853: 9851: 9848: 9846: 9843: 9841: 9838: 9836: 9835:Lockheed TR-1 9833: 9831: 9828: 9827: 9825: 9823: 9819: 9813: 9810: 9808: 9805: 9803: 9800: 9798: 9795: 9793: 9790: 9788: 9785: 9783: 9780: 9778: 9775: 9773: 9770: 9768: 9765: 9763: 9760: 9758: 9755: 9753: 9750: 9748: 9745: 9744: 9742: 9738: 9732: 9729: 9727: 9724: 9722: 9719: 9717: 9714: 9712: 9709: 9707: 9704: 9703: 9701: 9697: 9691: 9690:Boeing RC-135 9688: 9686: 9685:Boeing EC-135 9683: 9681: 9678: 9676: 9673: 9672: 9670: 9668: 9667:& Control 9662: 9656: 9653: 9651: 9648: 9646: 9643: 9641: 9638: 9636: 9633: 9631: 9628: 9626: 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8247: 8245: 8242: 8240: 8237: 8235: 8232: 8230: 8227: 8225: 8222: 8220: 8217: 8215: 8212: 8210: 8207: 8205: 8202: 8201: 8199: 8195: 8189: 8186: 8184: 8181: 8179: 8176: 8174: 8171: 8169: 8166: 8163: 8160: 8158: 8155: 8153: 8150: 8148: 8145: 8143: 8140: 8138: 8135: 8133: 8130: 8128: 8125: 8123: 8120: 8118: 8115: 8113: 8110: 8108: 8105: 8103: 8100: 8098: 8095: 8092: 8089: 8087: 8084: 8082: 8079: 8077: 8074: 8072: 8069: 8067: 8064: 8062: 8059: 8057: 8054: 8052: 8049: 8047: 8044: 8042: 8039: 8037: 8034: 8033: 8031: 8029: 8025: 8022: 8016: 8005: 8002: 7999: 7996: 7993: 7990: 7987: 7984: 7981: 7978: 7975: 7972: 7969: 7968:RAF Alconbury 7966: 7965: 7963: 7959: 7952: 7949: 7946: 7943: 7940: 7937: 7934: 7931: 7928: 7925: 7922: 7919: 7916: 7913: 7910: 7907: 7904: 7901: 7898: 7895: 7892: 7889: 7886: 7883: 7880: 7877: 7874: 7871: 7868: 7867:Mountain Home 7865: 7862: 7859: 7856: 7853: 7850: 7847: 7844: 7841: 7838: 7835: 7832: 7829: 7826: 7823: 7820: 7817: 7814: 7811: 7808: 7805: 7802: 7799: 7796: 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5862: 5859: 5855: 5852: 5851:0-7643-2534-5 5848: 5844: 5840: 5837: 5833: 5830: 5826: 5823: 5822:0-87938-495-6 5819: 5815: 5811: 5806: 5802: 5801: 5799: 5795: 5792: 5788: 5785: 5781: 5776: 5775:1-85409-035-6 5772: 5768: 5764: 5763: 5761: 5760:0-87938-638-X 5757: 5753: 5749: 5746: 5742: 5739: 5738:0-89201-092-4 5735: 5731: 5727: 5724: 5720: 5717: 5713: 5710: 5706: 5703: 5699: 5698: 5676: 5669: 5653: 5646: 5630: 5623: 5607: 5600: 5584: 5577: 5568: 5552: 5545: 5529: 5525: 5518: 5499: 5492: 5485: 5469: 5462: 5446: 5439: 5423: 5416: 5400: 5393: 5377: 5370: 5354: 5347: 5331: 5324: 5308: 5301: 5285: 5281: 5274: 5258: 5254: 5247: 5231: 5227: 5221: 5213: 5207: 5192: 5188: 5181: 5166: 5162: 5155: 5147: 5141: 5139: 5137: 5129: 5124: 5108: 5104: 5098: 5091: 5089: 5075: 5071: 5065: 5057: 5053: 5046: 5039: 5038: 5031: 5023: 5019: 5013: 5006: 5002: 4995: 4993: 4984: 4983:"B-1B Lancer" 4978: 4962: 4958: 4952: 4936: 4932: 4931: 4924: 4916: 4912: 4906: 4898: 4892: 4890: 4885: 4868: 4859: 4850: 4843: 4839: 4833: 4829: 4818: 4815: 4813: 4810: 4808: 4805: 4802: 4798: 4797: 4793: 4792: 4781: 4779: 4776: 4773: 4771: 4770: 4765:Major General 4764: 4759: 4753: 4750: 4749: 4745: 4743: 4740: 4737: 4735: 4734: 4729:Major General 4728: 4723: 4717: 4714: 4713: 4709: 4706: 4703: 4701: 4700: 4695:Major General 4694: 4689: 4683: 4680: 4679: 4675: 4672: 4669: 4667: 4666: 4661:Major General 4660: 4655: 4649: 4646: 4645: 4641: 4638: 4635: 4633: 4632: 4627:Major General 4626: 4621: 4615: 4612: 4611: 4607: 4604: 4602:17 April 2015 4601: 4599: 4598: 4593:Major General 4592: 4587: 4581: 4578: 4577: 4573: 4571:17 April 2015 4570: 4567: 4565: 4564: 4559:Major General 4558: 4553: 4547: 4544: 4543: 4539: 4536: 4533: 4531: 4530: 4525:Major General 4524: 4519: 4513: 4510: 4509: 4505: 4502: 4499: 4497: 4496: 4491:Major General 4490: 4485: 4479: 4476: 4475: 4471: 4468: 4465: 4463: 4462: 4456: 4451: 4445: 4442: 4441: 4437: 4434: 4431: 4429: 4428: 4422: 4417: 4411: 4408: 4407: 4403: 4400: 4397: 4395: 4394: 4388: 4383: 4377: 4374: 4373: 4369: 4366: 4363: 4360: 4357: 4356: 4343: 4330: 4324: 4321: 4317: 4314: 4309: 4306: 4305: 4303: 4302: 4301: 4296: 4293: 4290: 4288:, 16 Jul 1945 4287: 4283: 4280: 4277: 4276:RAF Daws Hill 4274: 4273: 4272: 4271: 4259: 4256: 4255: 4246: 4243: 4240: 4237: 4234: 4231: 4228: 4225: 4222: 4219: 4216: 4213: 4210: 4207: 4204: 4201: 4198: 4195: 4192: 4189: 4186: 4183: 4180: 4177: 4174: 4171: 4168: 4165: 4162: 4159: 4156: 4153: 4150: 4147: 4146: 4137: 4134: 4131: 4128: 4125: 4122: 4119: 4116: 4113: 4110: 4107: 4106:7th Bomb Wing 4104: 4101: 4100:5th Bomb Wing 4098: 4095: 4094:2nd Bomb Wing 4092: 4091: 4080: 4074: 4071: 4068: 4065: 4062: 4059: 4056: 4053: 4050: 4047: 4044: 4041: 4038: 4035: 4032: 4029: 4026: 4023: 4022: 4021: 4016: 4013: 4010: 4007: 4004: 4001: 3998: 3995: 3992: 3989: 3986: 3983: 3980: 3977: 3974: 3971: 3968: 3965: 3964: 3963: 3962: 3949: 3946: 3945: 3943: 3940: 3937: 3936: 3932: 3931: 3926: 3922: 3919: 3917: 3913: 3910: 3908: 3904: 3901: 3899: 3895: 3892: 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2408: 2407: 2406: 2404: 2398: 2397: 2393: 2392:Ellsworth AFB 2390: 2389: 2385: 2384: 2380: 2377: 2376: 2372: 2371: 2367: 2364: 2363: 2359: 2356: 2355: 2351: 2350: 2349: 2348: 2344: 2341: 2339: 2335: 2331: 2327: 2322: 2319: 2315: 2310: 2308: 2303: 2298: 2294: 2286: 2283: 2280:Activated at 2279: 2278: 2274: 2273: 2269: 2265: 2262: 2261: 2257: 2253: 2252: 2248: 2245: 2242:Activated at 2241: 2240: 2236: 2235: 2231: 2230:Bergstrom AFB 2227: 2224: 2221:Activated at 2220: 2219: 2215: 2214: 2213: 2211: 2207: 2200:Fighter units 2197: 2195: 2191: 2187: 2179: 2177: 2174: 2173: 2169: 2166: 2165: 2164: 2162: 2152: 2149: 2146: 2142: 2141: 2140: 2137: 2136: 2132: 2129: 2128: 2127: 2119: 2116: 2115: 2114: 2111: 2106: 2103: 2099: 2098: 2097: 2094: 2089: 2086: 2085: 2084: 2081: 2080: 2076: 2073: 2072: 2071: 2062: 2059: 2056: 2055: 2053: 2048: 2045: 2041: 2040: 2039: 2036: 2031: 2027: 2024: 2020: 2019: 2018: 2015: 2014: 2010: 2009: 2008: 2005: 2002: 1998: 1993: 1990: 1986: 1980: 1977: 1972: 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