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172d Airlift Wing

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The 172d Airlift Wing is a unit of the Mississippi Air National Guard, stationed at Allen C. Thompson Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi. [1]

31 relations: Aden, Adjutant general, Air Mobility Command, Air National Guard, Aircrew, Airlift, Armenia, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Camp Shelby, Charleston Air Force Base, Daniel James III, Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Gulf War, Hawkins Field (airport), Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, Lockheed C-121 Constellation, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, Manuel Noriega, Military Air Transport Service, Military Airlift Command, Military operation, Mississippi Air National Guard, Naval Station Norfolk, Ramstein Air Base, Saint Croix, Soto Cano Air Base, United States Air Force, United States invasion of Panama, USS Cole bombing, 183d Airlift Squadron.

Aden

Aden (عدن Yemeni) is a port city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of Bab-el-Mandeb.

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Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force.

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Air National Guard

The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force as well as the militia air force of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Aircrew

Aircrew, also called flight crew, are personnel who operate an aircraft while in flight.

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Airlift

An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.

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Armenia

Armenia (translit), officially the Republic of Armenia (translit), is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft.

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Camp Shelby

Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate is located at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49.

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Charleston Air Force Base

Charleston Air Force Base is a United States military facility located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina.

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Daniel James III

Daniel James III (September 7, 1945 – August 1, 2017) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force who served as the director of the Air National Guard from June 3, 2002 to May 20, 2006.

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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", was an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (2 August 199028 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 199017 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm (17 January 199128 February 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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Hawkins Field (airport)

Hawkins Field is a joint civil-military public airport located in Jackson.

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Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport

Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport is a city-owned civil-military airport in Jackson, Mississippi, six miles (9 km) east of Jackson, across the Pearl River.

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Lockheed C-121 Constellation

The Lockheed C-121 Constellation is a military transport version of the Lockheed Constellation.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).

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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter was a military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Manuel Noriega

Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian politician and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989.

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Military Air Transport Service

The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) is an inactive Department of Defense Unified Command.

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Military Airlift Command

The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is an inactive United States Air Force major command (MAJCOM) that was headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

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Military operation

A military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation.

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Mississippi Air National Guard

The Mississippi Air National Guard (MS ANG) is the air force militia of the State of Mississippi, United States of America.

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Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk, is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Ramstein Air Base

Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany.

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Saint Croix

Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Soto Cano Air Base

Soto Cano Air Base (commonly known as Palmerola Air Base) is a Honduran military base to the south of Comayagua in Honduras.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States invasion of Panama

The United States Invasion of Panama, code named Operation Just Cause occurred between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990.

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USS Cole bombing

The USS Cole bombing was an attack against the United States Navy guided-missile destroyer on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor.

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183d Airlift Squadron

The 183d Airlift Squadron is a unit of the 172d Airlift Wing of the Mississippi Air National Guard stationed at Allen C. Thompson Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi.

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Redirects here:

172 AW, 172d Air Transport Group, 172d Airlift Group, 172d Military Airlift Group, 172d Military Airlift Wing, 172d Tactical Airlift Group, 172nd Airlift Wing.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/172d_Airlift_Wing

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