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44th Fighter Squadron

Index 44th Fighter Squadron

The 44th Fighter Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. [1]

75 relations: "V" device, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Rescue Wing Naha Detachment (JASDF), Bauerfield International Airport, Bellows Air Force Station, Camp Humphreys, Cape Opmarai Airfield, Carrol Chandler, Cesar Basa Air Base, Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Clark Air Base, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Espiritu Santo, Fighter aircraft, Gallantry Cross (Vietnam), Geography of Taiwan, Guadalcanal, Henderson Field (Guadalcanal), Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Kadena Air Base, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Kunsan Air Base, Leo Wattimena Airport, Lingayen Airport, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, Luganville Airfield, Luzon, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Mindanao, Mindoro, Mono Airport, Morotai, New Hebrides, North American F-100 Super Sabre, North American F-86 Sabre, North American P-51 Mustang, Okinawa Prefecture, Operation Southern Watch, Pacific Air Forces, Pacific Ocean, Palawan, Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Puerto Princesa International Airport, Republic F-105 Thunderchief, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, ..., San Jose Airport (Mindoro), San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk, Solomon Islands, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Southeast Asia, Stirling Island, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Taoyuan Air Base, Thirteenth Air Force, United States Congress, Vietnam War, War on Terror, Wheeler Army Airfield, Yontan Airfield, 18th Operations Group, 18th Wing, 2d Air Division, 314th Air Division, 318th Fighter Group, 327th Air Division, 33d Rescue Squadron, 355th Fighter Wing, 388th Fighter Wing, 3d Wing. Expand index (25 more) »

"V" device

A "V" device is a metal capital letter "V" with serifs which, when worn on certain decorations awarded by the United States Armed Forces, distinguishes an award for heroism or valor in combat instead of for meritorious service or achievement.

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force.

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Air Rescue Wing Naha Detachment (JASDF)

The Air Rescue Wing Naha Detachment is a unit of the Air Rescue Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

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Bauerfield International Airport

Bauerfield International Airport is an airport located in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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Bellows Air Force Station

Bellows Air Force Station (Bellows Field) is a United States military reservation located in Waimanalo, Hawaii.

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Camp Humphreys

Camp Humphreys (캠프 험프리스), also known as United States Army Garrison-Humphreys (USAG-H), is a United States Army garrison located near Anjeong-ri and Pyeongtaek metropolitan areas in South Korea.

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Cape Opmarai Airfield

Cape Opmarai Airfield is a disused airfield located near Sansapor, in Irian Jaya province, Indonesia.

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Carrol Chandler

Carrol Howard "Howie" Chandler (born March 16, 1952), is a retired United States Air Force four-star general.

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Cesar Basa Air Base

Cesar Basa Air Base, or simply Basa Air Base (formerly known as Floridablanca Airfield), is an airbase currently operated by the Philippine Air Force.

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Ching Chuan Kang Air Base

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan.

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Clark Air Base

Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located west of Angeles, about northwest of Metro Manila.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.

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Elmendorf Air Force Base

Elmendorf Air Force Base is a United States military facility in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska.

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Espiritu Santo

Espiritu Santo is the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu, with an area of and a population of around 40,000 according to the 2009 census.

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Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat against other aircraft, as opposed to bombers and attack aircraft, whose main mission is to attack ground targets.

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Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)

The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross also known as the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross or Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (Anh Dũng Bội Tinh) is a military decoration of the former Government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam).

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Geography of Taiwan

Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, is an island in East Asia; located some off the southeastern coast of mainland China across the Taiwan Strait.

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Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal (indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia.

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Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)

Henderson Field is a former military airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.

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Japan Air Self-Defense Force

The (JASDF), sometimes referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and for other aerospace operations.

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Kadena Air Base

, (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force in northeast Thailand, approximately 250 km (157 mi) northeast of Bangkok and about 8 km (5 mi) south of the centre of Nakhon Ratchasima Province (also known as "Khorat" or "Korat"), the largest province in Thailand.

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Kunsan Air Base

Kunsan K-8 Air Base is a United States Air Force base located at Gunsan Airport, which is on the west coast of the South Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea.

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Leo Wattimena Airport

Leo Wattimena Airport, formerly known as Pitu Airport is a private airport located on the southern coast of Morotai Island, North Maluku, Indonesia.

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Lingayen Airport

Lingayen Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng Lingayen, Ilocano: Pagtayaban ti Lingayen) is the airport serving the general area of Lingayen, the capital of the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II-era American piston-engined fighter aircraft.

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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

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Luganville Airfield

Luganville Airfield or Bomber Field #3 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay

Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay or MCAS Kaneohe Bay is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within the Marine Corps Base Hawaii complex, formerly known as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Kaneohe Bay or Naval Air Station (NAS) Kaneohe Bay.

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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) to gain and maintain air supremacy in all aspects of aerial combat.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft.

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Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines.

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Mindoro

Mindoro is the seventh largest island in the Philippines by land area with a total of 10,571 km2 (4,082 sq.mi) and with a total population of 1,331,473 as of 2015.

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Mono Airport

Mono Airport is an airport on Mono Island in the Solomon Islands.

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Morotai

Morotai Island (Pulau Morotai) is an island in the Halmahera group of eastern Indonesia's Maluku Islands (Moluccas).

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New Hebrides

New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides, "Condominium of the New Hebrides") and named for the Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu.

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North American F-100 Super Sabre

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979.

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North American F-86 Sabre

The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.

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North American P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Operation Southern Watch

Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from Summer 1992 to Spring 2003.

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Pacific Air Forces

Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Palawan

Palawan (pron.), officially the Province of Palawan (Cuyonon: Probinsya i'ang Palawan / Paragua; Kapuoran sang Palawan; Lalawigan ng Palawan) is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of MIMAROPA.

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Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation

The Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge is a unit decoration of the Republic of the Philippines.

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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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Puerto Princesa International Airport

Puerto Princesa International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Puerto Princesa; Pangkalibutan nga Hulugpaan sang Puerto Princesa) is an airport serving the general area of Puerto Princesa, located in the province of Palawan in the Philippines.

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Republic F-105 Thunderchief

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945.

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San Jose Airport (Mindoro)

For the airport in the United States, see San José International Airport San Jose Airport (Filipino: Paliparan ng San Jose), formerly known as McGuire Field, is an airport serving the general area of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro in the Philippines.

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San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

, officially the, is a settlement_text in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people,, which represents a third of the provincial population, and the largest among cities (excluding Puerto Princesa City) and municipalities in the MIMAROPA region.

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Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk

The Sikorsky MH-60G/HH-60G Pave Hawk is a twin-turboshaft engine helicopter in service with the United States Air Force.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of.

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South West Pacific theatre of World War II

The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Stirling Island

Stirling Island is the smaller island of the Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands.

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Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base

Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base (TRTAFB) is a Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) facility in central Thailand, approximately 144 miles (240 km) northwest of Bangkok in Takhli District, Nakhon Sawan Province.

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Taoyuan Air Base

Taoyuan Air Base is a former Republic of China Air Force base located in Taoyuan, Taiwan, southeast of Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport.

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Thirteenth Air Force

The Thirteenth Air Force (Air Forces Pacific) (13 AF) was a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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War on Terror

The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001.

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Wheeler Army Airfield

Wheeler Army Airfield, also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii.

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Yontan Airfield

Yontan Airfield (also known as Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield) is a former military airfield on Okinawa, located Yomitan, Okinawa Village on the Okinawa western coast.

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18th Operations Group

The 18th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 18th Wing, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.

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18th Wing

The United States Air Force's 18th Wing is the host wing for Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan and is the Air Force's largest combat wing.

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2d Air Division

The 2d Air Division (2d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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314th Air Division

The 314th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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318th Fighter Group

The 318th Fighter Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization.

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327th Air Division

The 327th Air Division is an inactive air division of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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33d Rescue Squadron

The 33d Rescue Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

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355th Fighter Wing

The 355th Fighter Wing (355 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force.

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388th Fighter Wing

The 388th Fighter Wing (388FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force.

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3d Wing

The 3d Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Eleventh Air Force.

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Redirects here:

44th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 44th TFS, 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Fighter_Squadron

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