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316th Operations Group

Index 316th Operations Group

The 316th Operations Group (316 OG) was the flying component of the Air Force District of Washington 316th Wing, stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. [1]

65 relations: Air Force District of Washington, Allies of World War II, Andrews Air Force Base, Ashiya, Fukuoka, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Borizzo Airfield, Bowman Field (airport), Deversoir Air Base, Donaldson Air Force Base, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Eighteenth Air Force, Enfidaville Airfield, European theatre of World War II, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Fairchild C-82 Packet, French protectorate in Morocco, Gamal Abdul El Nasser Airbase, Georgia (U.S. state), Guercif Airfield, I Troop Carrier Command, Italy, IX Troop Carrier Command, Kentucky, Lawson Army Airfield, Maryland, Mazzara Airfield, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Military Airlift Command, Ninth Air Force, North Carolina, Northwest African Troop Carrier Command, Nouvion Airfield, Ohio, Operation Avalanche, Operation Market Garden, Operation Overlord, Pope Field, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), RAF Cottesmore, RAF Fayid, Smyrna Airport (Tennessee), South Carolina, Tactical Air Command, Tennessee, Third Air Force, Twelfth Air Force, United States Air Force, World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, ..., Yokota Air Base, 16th Airlift Squadron, 1st Helicopter Squadron, 315th Air Division, 316th Wing, 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing, 37th Airlift Squadron, 38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, 44th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 45th Airlift Squadron, 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 53d Fighter Wing, 75th Troop Carrier Squadron, 77th Air Refueling Squadron. Expand index (15 more) »

Air Force District of Washington

The Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) is a Direct Reporting Unit of the United States Air Force.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

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Andrews Air Force Base

Andrews Air Force Base is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force.

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Ashiya, Fukuoka

is a town located in Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Bell UH-1 Iroquois

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine, with two-blade main and tail rotors.

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Borizzo Airfield

Borizzo Airfield (Trapani–Chinisia airport) is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located in the vicinity of Trapani on Sicily.

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Bowman Field (airport)

Bowman Field is a public airport five miles (8 km) southeast of downtown Louisville, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.

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Deversoir Air Base

Deversoir Air Base (LG-209) is an active airbase of the Egyptian Air Force, known as 'Abu Sultan', located approximately 19 km south-southeast of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.

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Donaldson Air Force Base

Donaldson Air Force Base is a former facility of the United States Air Force located south of Greenville, South Carolina.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Eighteenth Air Force

Eighteenth Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) (18 AF) is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. 18 AF was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 January 1958, and re-activated on 1 October 2003. 18 AF is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

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Enfidaville Airfield

Enfidaville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 13 km north-northwest of Harqalah; approximately 90 km southwest of Tunis.

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European theatre of World War II

The European theatre of World War II, also known as the Second European War, was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe, from Germany's and the Soviet Union's joint invasion of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the war with the Soviet Union conquering most of Eastern Europe along with the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 (Victory in Europe Day).

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Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute.

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Fairchild C-82 Packet

The C-82 Packet is a twin-engined, twin-boom cargo aircraft designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft.

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French protectorate in Morocco

The French protectorate in Morocco (Protectorat français au Maroc; حماية فرنسا في المغرب Ḥimāyat Faransā fi-l-Maḡrib) was established by the Treaty of Fez.

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Gamal Abdul El Nasser Airbase

Gamal Abdul El Nasser Airbase is a Libyan Air Force (القوات الجوية الليبية, Berber: Adwas Alibyan Ujnna) base, located about 16 km south of Tobruk.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Guercif Airfield

Guercif Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco, located about 4 km northeast of Guercif (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate); 400 km east-northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.

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I Troop Carrier Command

The I Troop Carrier Command is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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IX Troop Carrier Command

The IX Troop Carrier Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Lawson Army Airfield

Lawson Army Airfield is a military airport located at Fort Benning in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, south of the city of Columbus, Georgia.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Mazzara Airfield

Mazara Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located about 3 km north-northeast of Mazara del Vallo on Sicily.

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Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War.

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Mediterranean Theater of Operations

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army (MTOUSA), originally called the North African Theater of Operations (NATOUSA), was the American term for the theater of operations covering North Africa and Italy during World War II.

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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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Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force (9 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC).

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Northwest African Troop Carrier Command

The Northwest African Troop Carrier Command (NATCC) was a sub-command of the Northwest African Air Forces which itself was a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command (MAC).

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Nouvion Airfield

Nouvion Airfield was a pre-war airport and World War II military airfield in Algeria, located about 5 km west of Camp Militaire d' El Ghomri in Mascara province; about 76 km east of Oran.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Operation Avalanche

Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy.

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Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden (17–25 September 1944) was an unsuccessful Allied military operation planned, and predominantly led, by the British.

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Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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Pope Field

Pope Field is a U.S. military facility located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

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Presidential Unit Citation (United States)

The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).

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RAF Cottesmore

Royal Air Force Station Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton.

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RAF Fayid

RAF Fayid (LG-211) is a former military airfield in Egypt, approximately south of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah) and northeast of Cairo.

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Smyrna Airport (Tennessee)

Smyrna Airport is a public general aviation and military use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Smyrna, a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Third Air Force

The Third Air Force (Air Forces Europe) (3 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA).

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Twelfth Air Force

The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC).

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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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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties.

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Yokota Air Base

, is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.

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16th Airlift Squadron

The 16th Airlift Squadron is one unit of three active duty Boeing C-17 Globemaster III squadrons at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.

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1st Helicopter Squadron

The 1st Helicopter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland assigned to the 811th Operations Group of the 11th Wing.

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315th Air Division

The 315th Air Division (315th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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316th Wing

The 316th Wing (316 WG) is an inactive wing of the United States Air Force.

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36th Airlift Squadron

The 36th Airlift Squadron is an airlift squadron of the United States Air Force.

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374th Airlift Wing

The 374th Airlift Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Fifth Air Force.

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37th Airlift Squadron

The 37th Airlift Squadron is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

The 38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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44th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

The 44th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit attached to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.

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45th Airlift Squadron

The 45th Airlift Squadron is part of the 314th Airlift Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.

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52d Troop Carrier Wing

The 52d Troop Carrier Wing (52 TCW) is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force.

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53d Fighter Wing

The 53d Fighter Wing (53 FW) is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania.

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75th Troop Carrier Squadron

The 75th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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77th Air Refueling Squadron

The 77th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 916th Operations Group, stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

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Redirects here:

316th Airlift Support Group, 316th Tactical Airlift Group, 316th Transport Group, 316th Troop Carrier Group.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/316th_Operations_Group

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