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1. 445 relations: Adolf Hitler, Aerodrome, AGO Flugzeugwerke, Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award, Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Medal, Air National Guard, Air supremacy, Allied invasion of Sicily, Allies of World War II, Allison V-1710, Andersen Air Force Base, Andrew Gebara, Andrews Air Force Base, Arado Flugzeugwerke, Area of responsibility, Arthur W. Vanaman, Asiatic-Pacific theater, Assembly ship, Augsburg, Bad Reichenhall, Bad Zwischenahn, Barksdale Air Force Base, Barksdale Global Power Museum, Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign), Battle of the Bulge, Berchtesgaden, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Berlin, Berlin Blockade, Bernburg, Big Week, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing B-47 Stratojet, Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Bolo Airfield, Bomber, Bomber destroyer, Bombing of Berlin in World War II, Bombing of Leipzig in World War II, Bombing of Nijmegen, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Brampton Grange, Brampton, Cambridgeshire, ... Expand index (395 more) » « Shrink index

2. 1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
3. Air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces
4. Military units and formations in Louisiana
5. Numbered air forces of the United States Air Force

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Aerodrome

An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use.

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AGO Flugzeugwerke

AGO Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company from 1911 until 1945.

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Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award

The Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award (ASOUA) is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

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Air Combat Command

The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon.

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Air Education and Training Command

The Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is one of the nine Major Commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force.

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Air Force Global Strike Command

The Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

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Air Force Reserve Command

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Air Medal

The Air Medal (AM) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.

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Air National Guard

The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia 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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Air supremacy

Aerial supremacy (also known as air superiority) is the degree to which a side in a conflict holds control of air power over opposing forces.

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Allied invasion of Sicily

The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Allison V-1710

The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine designed and produced by the Allison Engine Company was the only US-developed V-12 liquid-cooled engine to see service during World War II.

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Andersen Air Force Base

Andersen Air Force Base (Andersen AFB, AAFB) is a United States Air Force base located primarily within the village of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam.

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Andrew Gebara

Andrew J. Gebara (born) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration of the United States Air Force.

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Andrews Air Force Base

Andrews Air Force Base (Andrews AFB, AAFB) is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Arado Flugzeugwerke

Arado Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer, originally established as the Warnemünde factory of the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen firm, which produced land-based military aircraft and seaplanes during the First and Second World Wars.

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Area of responsibility

Area of responsibility (AOR) is a pre-defined geographic region assigned to Combatant commanders of the Unified Command Plan (UCP), that are used to define an area with specific geographic boundaries where they have the authority to plan and conduct operations; for which a force, or component commander bears a certain responsibility.

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Arthur W. Vanaman

Arthur William Vanaman (May 9, 1892 – September 14, 1987) was an American major general who served in the United States Air Corps and Air Force from 1920 until 1954.

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Asiatic-Pacific theater

The Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945.

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Assembly ship

An assembly ship (also known as a formation ship or Judas goat) was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber (usually an older model) that was stripped down of its armaments and given extra flares, navigational equipment, and unique distinctive paint scheme in order to organize combat box formations more quickly.

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Augsburg

Augsburg (label) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich.

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Bad Reichenhall

Bad Reichenhall (Central Bavarian: Reichahoi) is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany.

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Bad Zwischenahn

Bad Zwischenahn (Twüschenahn) is a town and a municipality in the low-lying Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Barksdale Air Force Base

Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in northwest Louisiana.

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Barksdale Global Power Museum

The Barksdale Global Power Museum (formerly, the 8th Air Force Museum) is an aviation museum run by the United States Air Force on Barksdale Air Force Base near Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign)

The Battle of Berlin (November 1943 to March 1944) was a bombing campaign against Berlin by RAF Bomber Command along with raids on other German cities to keep German defences dispersed.

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Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.

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Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich.

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Bergstrom Air Force Base

Bergstrom Air Force Base (1942–1993) was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Berlin Blockade

The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.

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Bernburg

Bernburg (Saale) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the Salzlandkreis district.

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Big Week

Operation Argument, after the war dubbed Big Week, was a sequence of raids by the United States Army Air Forces and RAF Bomber Command from 20 to 25 February 1944, as part of the Combined Bomber Offensive against Nazi Germany.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Boeing B-47 Stratojet

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long-range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircraft.

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Boeing B-50 Superfortress

The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber.

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber.

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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner.

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Bolo Airfield

Bolo Airfield (also known as Bolo Point Airfield) is a former World War II airfield at Naval Base Okinawa in Okinawa, at Bolo Point on the East China Sea coast.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Bomber destroyer

Bomber destroyers were World War II interceptor aircraft intended to destroy enemy bomber aircraft.

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Bombing of Berlin in World War II

Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War.

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Bombing of Leipzig in World War II

During World War II, Leipzig was repeatedly attacked by British as well as American air raids.

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Bombing of Nijmegen

The bombing of Nijmegen on 22 February 1944 was a target-of-opportunity aerial bombing raid by the United States Army Air Forces on the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, then occupied by Nazi Germany.

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Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Bossier Parish (Paroisse de Bossier) is a parish located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Brampton Grange

Brampton Grange in Brampton, Cambridgeshire, England, is a historic building that dates to 1773.

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Brampton, Cambridgeshire

Brampton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about south-west of Huntingdon.

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Braunschweig

Braunschweig or Brunswick (from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Carl Spaatz

Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general.

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Castle Air Force Base

Castle Air Force Base (Castle AFB, 1941–1995) is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base in California, northeast of Atwater, northwest of Merced, and about south of Sacramento.

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Cherbourg

Cherbourg is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche.

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Chief master sergeant

A chief master sergeant is the military rank for a senior non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries.

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Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China.

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Classification yard

A classification yard (American English, as well as the Canadian National Railway), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, and Australian English, as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railway cars onto one of several tracks.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Combat box

The combat box was a tactical formation used by heavy (strategic) bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.

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Combined Bomber Offensive

The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) was an Allied offensive of strategic bombing during World War II in Europe.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Continental Air Forces

Continental Air Forces (CAF) was a United States Army Air Forces major command, active 1944–1946. Eighth Air Force and Continental Air Forces are military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War.

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Convair B-36 Peacemaker

The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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David Wade (Louisiana general)

David Wade (June 15, 1911 – May 11, 1990) was a decorated American lieutenant general from three wars who after military retirement on March 1, 1967, served in two appointed positions in the state government of his native Louisiana.

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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base

Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (DM AFB) is a United States Air Force base southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona.

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De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.

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De Kooy Airfield

De Kooy Airfield (Vliegveld De Kooy) is an airfield south of Den Helder, Netherlands, named after the nearby hamlet De Kooy.

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Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force.

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Douglas A-20 Havoc

The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.

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Duxford Aerodrome

Duxford Aerodrome is located south of Cambridge, within the civil parish of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England and nearly west of the village.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Dyess Air Force Base

Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located about southwest of downtown Abilene, Texas, and west of Fort Worth, Texas.

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East Anglia

East Anglia is an area in the East of England.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.

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Eighth Air Force

The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Eighth Air Force and Eighth Air Force are 1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state), air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces, military units and formations in Louisiana, military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War, numbered air forces of the United States Air Force and world War II strategic bombing units.

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Eighth Air Force Scouting Forces

The Scouting Forces were several fighter flights formed by Eighth Air Force during World War II with a mission to check for Anti-Aircraft (flak) sites; weather conditions, and for Luftwaffe interceptor airfields and units in advance of heavy bomber missions over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany.

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Ellsworth Air Force Base

Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located about northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, just north of the town of Box Elder.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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Enola Gay

The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.

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Erkner

Erkner is a town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the south-eastern edge of the German capital city Berlin.

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Essen

Essen is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany.

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European theatre of World War II

The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II.

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Fürth

Fürth (East Franconian: Färdd; Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (Regierungsbezirk) of Middle Franconia.

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Fifteenth Air Force

The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). Eighth Air Force and Fifteenth Air Force are air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces and numbered air forces of the United States Air Force.

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger (Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Fowlmere Airfield

Fowlmere Airfield is a small airfield located northeast of Royston, Hertfordshire and southwest of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Frank A. Armstrong

Frank Alton Armstrong Jr. (May 24, 1902 – August 20, 1969) was a lieutenant general of the United States Air Force.

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Freilassing

Freilassing, until 1923 Salzburghofen is a town of some 16,000 inhabitants in the southeastern corner of Bavaria, Germany.

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Gallantry Cross (South 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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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Gotha

Gotha is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000.

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Gothaer Waggonfabrik

Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha, GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha.

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Guam

Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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H2X

H2X, officially known as the AN/APS-15, was an American ground scanning radar system used for blind bombing during World War II.

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Haiphong

Haiphong (Hải Phòng) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta.

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Hanoi

Hanoi (Hà Nội) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam.

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Heavy fighter

A heavy fighter is a historic category of fighter aircraft produced in the 1930s and 1940s, designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges than light fighter aircraft.

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Heinkel

Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel.

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Heinkel He 111

The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.

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HGM-25A Titan I

The Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in use from 1959 until 1962.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

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Horham

Horham (pronounced 'Hohrum') is a village in the county of Suffolk, in the East Anglia region of eastern England, United Kingdom.

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Hunter Army Airfield

Hunter Army Airfield, located in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is a military airfield and subordinate installation to Fort Stewart located in Hinesville, Georgia.

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Ie Shima Airfield

is a training facility, managed by the United States Marine Corps and a former World War II airfield complex on Ie Shima, an island located off the northwest coast of Okinawa Island in the East China Sea.

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Ira C. Eaker

General (Honorary) Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896 – August 6, 1987) was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

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Jagdgeschwader

Jagdgeschwader were the series of fighter wings of initially, the German Empire's Luftstreitkräfte air arm of the ''Deutsches Heer'', then the successor fighter wings of the Third Reich's original Luftwaffe air arm of its combined Wehrmacht armed forces (1935-45), and after 1949, the fighter wings of the air arm of the current Federal German Republic's Bundeswehr armed forces, the Luftwaffe.

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Jagdgeschwader 7

Jagdgeschwader 7 (JG 7) Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II and the first operational jet fighter unit in the world.

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James C. Dawkins

James C. "Jim" Dawkins Jr. is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration of the United States Air Force from 2020 to 2023.

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Jason Armagost

Jason R. Armagost is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the commander of the Eighth Air Force.

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Jet aircraft

A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines.

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Jimmy Doolittle

James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor.

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Joint Base San Antonio

Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is a United States military facility located in San Antonio, Texas, US.

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Joint Force Air Component Commander

Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term.

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Junkers

Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (JFM, earlier JCO or JKO in World War I, English: Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works) more commonly Junkers, was a major German aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer.

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Junkers Ju 88

The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.

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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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Kearney Regional Airport

Kearney Regional Airport (formerly Kearney Municipal Airport) is an airport five miles northeast of Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska. Denver Air Connection provides scheduled passenger service to Denver which is supported by the Essential Air Service. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 11,956 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 10,113 in 2009 and 9,530 in 2010.

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Ketteringham

Ketteringham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Langley Air Force Base

Langley Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Hampton, Virginia, adjacent to Newport News.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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Leuna

Leuna is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle, on the river Saale.

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LGM-25C Titan II

The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile.

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LGM-30 Minuteman

The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Lieutenant general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Little Boy

Little Boy was the name of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II.

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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) during World War II.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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MacDill Air Force Base

MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida.

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Major general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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March Air Reserve Base

March Air Reserve Base (March ARB), previously known as March Air Force Base (March AFB) is located in Riverside County, California between the cities of Riverside, Moreno Valley, and Perris.

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Mariana Islands

The Mariana Islands (Manislan Mariånas), also simply the Marianas, are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east.

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Marine Corps Air Station Futenma

is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, northeast of Naha, on the island of Okinawa.

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Mark E. Weatherington

Mark Ernest Weatherington (born 1967) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as the deputy commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command from August 2021 to August 2023.

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Massive retaliation

Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.

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McCook Army Air Field

McCook Army Airfield was activated on 1 April 1943.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 variants

Due to the Messerschmitt Bf 109's versatility and time in service with the German and foreign air forces, numerous variants were produced in Germany to serve for over eight years with the Luftwaffe.

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Messerschmitt Bf 110

The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110,Because it was built before Bayerische Flugzeugwerke became Messerschmitt AG in July 1938, the Bf 110 was never officially given the designation Me 110.

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Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.

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Messerschmitt Me 262

The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.

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MG 131 machine gun

The MG 131 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 131, or "machine gun 131") was a German 13 mm caliber machine gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig and produced from 1940 to 1945.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.

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Minot Air Force Base

Minot Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation in Ward County, North Dakota, north of the city of Minot via U.S. Route 83.

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Misawa Air Base

is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy located in Misawa, Aomori, in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.

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Missouri Air National Guard

The Missouri Air National Guard (MO ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Missouri, United States of America.

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Most (city)

Most (Brüx) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

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Nathan F. Twining

Nathan Farragut Twining (October 11, 1897 – March 29, 1982) was a United States Air Force general.

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National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is a non-profit organization with a museum facility located in Pooler, Georgia, in the western suburbs of Savannah.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (abbreviated NAS JRB Fort Worth) includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nijmegen

Nijmegen (Nijmeegs: italics) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole.

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Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint Department of Defense combatant command responsible for U.S. Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force are air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces.

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No. 226 Squadron RAF

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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North American F-82 Twin Mustang

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engined fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force.

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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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North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.

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Northrop B-2 Spirit

The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses.

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Northwest Field

Northwest Field (historically Northwest Guam Air Force Base) is a military airfield on the West Pacific island of Guam.

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Norwich

Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town.

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Nuclear arms race

The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

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Numbered Air Force

A Numbered Air Force (NAF) is a type of organization in the United States Air Force that is subordinate to a major command (MAJCOM) and has assigned to it operational units such as wings, squadrons, and groups. Eighth Air Force and Numbered Air Force are numbered air forces of the United States Air Force.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Operation Bodenplatte

Operation Bodenplatte ("Baseplate"), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries during the Second World War.

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Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.

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Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism.

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Operation Linebacker II

Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from December 18 to December 29, 1972, during the Vietnam War.

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Operation Noble Eagle

Operation Noble Eagle (ONE) is the United States and Canadian military operation related to homeland security and support to federal, state, and local agencies.

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Operation Overlord

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

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Operation Tidal Wave

Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania on 1 August 1943, during World War II.

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Oschersleben

Oschersleben is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Otis Air National Guard Base

Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Pacific Air Forces

The 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 War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

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Packard V-1650 Merlin

The Packard V-1650 Merlin is a version of the Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine, produced under license in the United States by the Packard Motor Car Company.

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Parchim

Parchim (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: Parchen) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Paul Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.

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Ploiești

Ploiești, formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania.

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Plzeň

Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic.

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Pointblank directive

The Pointblank directive authorised the initiation of Operation Pointblank, the code name for the part of the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive intended to cripple or destroy the German aircraft fighter strength, thus drawing it away from frontline operations and ensuring it would not be an obstacle to the invasion of Northwest Europe.

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Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley

Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley is a defunct Post-Attack Command and Control System facility that operated from June 2, 1958 until 1970.

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Power projection

Power projection (or force projection or strength projection) in international relations is the capacity of a state to deploy and sustain forces outside its territory.

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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 Alconbury

Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England.

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RAF Attlebridge

Royal Air Force Attlebridge, or simply RAF Attlebridge, is a former Royal Air Force station located near Attlebridge and northwest of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Bassingbourn

Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately north of Royston, Hertfordshire and south west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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RAF Bodney

Royal Air Force Bodney or more simply RAF Bodney is a former Royal Air Force Station located west of Watton, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Bomber Command

RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968.

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RAF Bottisham

Royal Air Force Bottisham or more simply RAF Bottisham is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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RAF Boxted

Royal Air Force Boxted or more simply RAF Boxted is a former Royal Air Force station located north-northeast of Colchester, Essex England.

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RAF Bungay

Royal Air Force Bungay or more simply RAF Bungay (known locally as Flixton) is a former Royal Air Force station located south-west of Bungay in the English county of Suffolk.

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RAF Bury St Edmunds

Royal Air Force Bury St Edmunds or more simply RAF Bury St Edmunds is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Cheddington

Royal Air Force Cheddington or more simply RAF Cheddington (also known as RAF Marsworth) is a former Royal Air Force station located south-west of Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England.

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RAF Chelveston

Royal Air Force Chelveston or more simply RAF Chelveston is a former Royal Air Force station located on the south side of the B645 (former A45 road), east of Wellingborough, near the village of Chelveston in Northamptonshire, England.

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RAF Daws Hill

RAF Daws Hill was a Ministry of Defence site, located near High Wycombe and Flackwell Heath, in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the M40 motorway.

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RAF Debach

Royal Air Force Debach or more simply RAF Debach is a former Royal Air Force station located at Debach, northwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Debden

Royal Air Force Debden or more simply RAF Debden is a former Royal Air Force station located southeast of Saffron Walden and approximately north of the village of Debden in north Essex, England.

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RAF Deenethorpe

Royal Air Force Deenethorpe or more simply RAF Deenethorpe is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Corby, Northamptonshire, England.

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RAF Deopham Green

Royal Air Force Deopham Green or more simply RAF Deopham Green is a former Royal Air Force station located near Deopham Green north of Attleborough, Norfolk, England.

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RAF East Wretham

Royal Air Force East Wretham or more simply RAF East Wretham is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Thetford, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Eye

Royal Air Force Eye or more simply RAF Eye is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England on the northwest edge of Eye and south of Diss.

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RAF Framlingham

Royal Air Force Framlingham or more simply RAF Framlingham is a former Royal Air Force station located southeast of Framlingham, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Glatton

Royal Air Force Glatton or more simply RAF Glatton is a former Royal Air Force station located north of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.

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RAF Grafton Underwood

Royal Air Force Grafton Underwood or more simply RAF Grafton Underwood is a former Royal Air Force station located northeast of Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.

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RAF Great Ashfield

Royal Air Force Great Ashfield or more simply RAF Great Ashfield is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Bury St. Edmunds and south of Great Ashfield, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Halesworth

Royal Air Force Halesworth or more simply RAF Halesworth is a former Royal Air Force station located north east of the town of Halesworth, Suffolk, England and west of Southwold.

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RAF Hardwick

Royal Air Force Hardwick or more simply RAF Hardwick is a former Royal Air Force station located between the Norfolk villages of Topcroft and Hardwick in England.

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RAF Hethel

Royal Air Force Hethel or more simply RAF Hethel is a former Royal Air Force station which was used by both the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.

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RAF High Wycombe

Royal Air Force High Wycombe or more simply RAF High Wycombe is a Royal Air Force station, situated in the village of Walters Ash, near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England.

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RAF Honington

Royal Air Force Honington or more simply RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station located south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England.

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RAF Horsham St Faith

Royal Air Force Horsham St Faith or more simply RAF Horsham St Faith is a former Royal Air Force station near Norwich, Norfolk, England which was operational from 1939 to 1963.

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RAF Kimbolton

Royal Air Force Kimbolton or more simply RAF Kimbolton is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.

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RAF Kings Cliffe

Royal Air Force Kings Cliffe or more simply RAF Kings Cliffe is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located near Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, west of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.

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RAF Knettishall

Royal Air Force Knettishall or more simply RAF Knettishall is a former Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, UK.

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RAF Lavenham

RAF Lavenham (also known as Cockfield) is a former World War II airfield in England.

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RAF Leiston

Royal Air Force Leiston or more simply RAF Leiston is a former Royal Air Force station located northwest of Leiston and south of Theberton, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Little Walden

Royal Air Force Little Walden or more simply RAF Little Walden is a former Royal Air Force station primarily used by the United States Army Air Forces located north of Saffron Walden, Essex, England.

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RAF Martlesham Heath

Royal Air Force Martlesham Heath or more simply RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located southwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Mendlesham

Royal Air Force Mendlesham, or more simply RAF Mendlesham, is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Molesworth

Royal Air Force Molesworth or more simply RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, England with a history dating back to 1917.

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RAF North Pickenham

Royal Air Force North Pickenham or more simply RAF North Pickenham is a former Royal Air Force station located East of Swaffham, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Nuthampstead

Royal Air Force Nuthampstead or more simply RAF Nuthampstead is a former Royal Air Force station in England.

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RAF Old Buckenham

Royal Air Force Old Buckenham or more simply RAF Old Buckenham is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Attleborough, Norfolk, England which was used during the Second World War by the United States for the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.

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RAF Podington

Royal Air Force Podington, more commonly known as RAF Podington, is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in northern Bedfordshire, England, south-east of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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RAF Polebrook

Royal Air Force Polebrook or more simply RAF Polebrook is a former Royal Air Force station located east-south-east of Oundle, at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England.

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RAF Rackheath

Royal Air Force Rackheath, more commonly known as RAF Rackheath, is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Rackheath, approximately north-east of Norwich, in the county of Norfolk in England.

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RAF Rattlesden

Royal Air Force Rattlesden or more simply RAF Rattlesden is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Raydon

Royal Air Force Raydon or more simply RAF Raydon is a former Royal Air Force station located just to the northeast of the village of Raydon, about from Ipswich, England.

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RAF Ridgewell

Royal Air Force Ridgewell or more simply RAF Ridgewell is a former Royal Air Force station located at Ridgewell, north west of Halstead, Essex, England.

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RAF Seething

Royal Air Force Seething, or more simply RAF Seething, is a former Royal Air Force station located around south-east of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Shipdham

Royal Air Force Shipdham or more simply RAF Shipdham is a former Royal Air Force station located 3 miles south of Dereham, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Snetterton Heath

Royal Air Force Snetterton Heath or more simply RAF Snetterton Heath is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of the A11, south west of Attleborough, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Steeple Morden

Royal Air Force Steeple Morden or more simply RAF Steeple Morden is a former Royal Air Force station located west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England.

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RAF Sudbury

Royal Air Force Sudbury or more simply RAF Sudbury is a former Royal Air Force station located north-east of Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

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RAF Thorpe Abbotts

Royal Air Force Thorpe Abbotts or more simply RAF Thorpe Abbotts is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Diss, Norfolk, in eastern England.

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RAF Thurleigh

Royal Air Force Thurleigh or more simply RAF Thurleigh is a former Royal Air Force station located north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.

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RAF Tibenham

Royal Air Force Tibenham or more simply RAF Tibenham is a former Royal Air Force station located southwest of Norwich and north of Diss, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Wendling

Royal Air Force Wendling or RAF Wendling is a former Royal Air Force station located north west of East Dereham, Norfolk, England.

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RAF Wormingford

Royal Air Force Wormingford, or more simply RAF Wormingford, is a former Royal Air Force station located northwest of Colchester, Essex, England.

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Regensburg

Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers, Danube's northernmost point.

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Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American swept-wing turbojet-powered fighter-bomber.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945.

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Richard M. Clark

Richard Milo Clark (born July 29, 1964) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who served as the 21st Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy from 2020 to 2024.

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Robert J. Elder Jr.

Lieutenant General Robert J. "Bob" Elder Jr. (born October 15, 1952) is the former Commander, 8th Air Force; Commander, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska.

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Rockwell B-1 Lancer

The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force.

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Roger A. Freeman

Roger A. Freeman (11 May 1928 – 7 October 2005) was an English farmer who also became a noted military aviation historian specialising in US Eighth Air Force operations during World War II.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Rolls-Royce Merlin

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is a British liquid-cooled V-12 piston aero engine of 27-litre (1,650 cu in) capacity.

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Rolls-Royce Mustang Mk.X

The North American Mustang Mk.X, also known as the "Rolls-Royce Mustang" or Mustang X, was an experimental variant of the North American Mustang I, (factory designation Model NA-73) where the Allison engine was replaced by a Rolls Royce Merlin.

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Rostock

Rostock (Polabian: Roztoc), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London.

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Salina Regional Airport

Salina Regional Airport, formerly Salina Municipal Airport, is located in Salina, Kansas, United States.

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Samuel E. Anderson

General Samuel Egbert Anderson (January 6, 1906 – September 12, 1982) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as commander of the Air Materiel Command.

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Sawston Hall

Sawston Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Sawston, Cambridgeshire dating from the 16th century.

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Schweinfurt

Schweinfurt is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

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Sinuiju Airport

Sinuiju Airfield(신의주공항) is an airport near Sinuiju, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.

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SM-65 Atlas

The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.

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Sonderkommando Elbe

Sonderkommando "Elbe" was the name of a World War II Luftwaffe task force assigned to bring down heavy bombers by ramming them in mid-air.

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Sotteville-lès-Rouen

Sotteville-lès-Rouen (literally Sotteville near Rouen) is a commune and railway town in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Space Delta 1

Space Delta 1 (DEL 1) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for space training.

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Stephen W. Wilson

Stephen W. "Seve" Wilson (born) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general, who last served as the 39th vice chief of staff of the Air Force.

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile components of the United States military's strategic nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992. Eighth Air Force and strategic Air Command are military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War.

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Strategic bombing

Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy's war-making capability.

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Structure of the United States Air Force

The structure of the United States Air Force refers to the unit designators and organizational hierarchy of the United States Air Force, which starts at the most senior commands.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Tactical Air Command

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

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Target for Today

Target for Today is a documentary film describing the preparation and mounting of a United States Army Air Forces raid on East Prussia.

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Tenth Air Force

The Tenth Air Force (10 AF) is a unit of the U.S. Air Force, specifically a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). Eighth Air Force and Tenth Air Force are air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces and numbered air forces of the United States Air Force.

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Thetford

Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England.

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Thomas A. Bussiere

Thomas A. Bussiere (born 1963) is a United States Air Force general who has served as commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command since December 7, 2022.

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Tinian International Airport

Tinian International Airport, also known as West Tinian Airport, is a public airport located on Tinian Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands

Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

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Tutow

Tutow is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Twentieth Air Force

The Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (20th AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). Eighth Air Force and Twentieth Air Force are air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces and numbered air forces of the United States Air Force.

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Unified combatant command

A unified combatant command, also referred to as a combatant command (CCMD), is a joint military command of the United States Department of Defense that is composed of units from two or more service branches of the United States Armed Forces, and conducts broad and continuing missions.

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United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa

The United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both United States European Command (USEUCOM) and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM).

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States invasion of Grenada

The United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada, north of Venezuela at dawn on 25 October 1983.

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United States invasion of Panama

The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush.

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United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe

The United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF) was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces.

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United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific

The United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USSTAF) was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces.

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United States Strategic Command

The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense.

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Universal Newsreel

Universal Newsreel (sometimes known as Universal-International Newsreel or just U-I Newsreel) was a series of 7- to 10-minute newsreels that were released twice a week between 1929 and 1967 by Universal Studios.

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Vandenberg Space Force Base

Vandenberg Space Force Base, previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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VIII Fighter Command

The VIII Fighter Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit of command above the wings and below the numbered air force.

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Walcot Hall

Walcot Hall is a Grade I listed Carolean country house in the hamlet of Southorpe.

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Walker Air Force Base

Walker Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Roswell, New Mexico.

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Westover Air Reserve Base

Westover Air Reserve Base is an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Whiteman Air Force Base

Whiteman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located just south of Knob Noster, Missouri, United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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XX Bomber Command

The XX Bomber Command was a United States Army Air Forces bomber formation.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.

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Zwickau

Zwickau (Polish: Ćwików; Czech: Cvikov) is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony, Germany, after Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz and it is the seat of the Zwickau District.

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100th Air Refueling Wing

The 100th Air Refueling Wing (100th ARW), nicknamed the Bloody Hundredth, is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa.

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116th Operations Group

The 116th Operations Group is a Georgia Air National Guard unit assigned to the 116th Air Control Wing. Eighth Air Force and 116th Operations Group are military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War.

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123rd Operations Group

The 359th Fighter Group was a United States Army Air Force fighter unit that was active during World War II.

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127th Operations Group

The 127th Operations Group is a unit of the Michigan Air National Guard.

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131st Bomb Wing

The 131st Bomb Wing is a unit of the Missouri Air National Guard, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri.

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131st Operations Group

The mission of the 131st Operations Group, 131st Bomb Wing, is to provide expeditionary, B-2 global strike combat support capabilities to geographic commanders and Commander, United States Strategic Command.

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13th Strategic Missile Division

The 13th Strategic Missile Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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14th Air Division

The 14th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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17th Air Division

The 17th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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1986 United States bombing of Libya

The United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps carried out air strikes, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, against Libya on 15 April 1986 in retaliation for the West Berlin discotheque bombing ten days earlier, which U.S. President Ronald Reagan blamed on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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19th Air Division

The 19th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force formation.

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1st Bombardment Wing

The 1st Bombardment Wing is a disbanded United States Army Air Force unit.

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1st Strategic Aerospace Division

The 1st Strategic Aerospace Division (1st STRAD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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20th Bombardment Wing

The 20th Bombardment Wing is a disbanded United States Air Force unit.

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20th Operations Group

The 20th Operations Group (20 OG) is the flying component of the 20th Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

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21st Air Division

The 21st Air Division (21st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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22nd Air Refueling Wing

The 22d Air Refueling Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.

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27th Special Operations Wing

The 27th Special Operations Wing, also known as "The Steadfast Line", is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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28th Bomb Wing

The 28th Bomb Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Eighth Air Force (8 AF) of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and is stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.

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2nd Air Division

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

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2nd Bomb Wing

The 2nd Bomb Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command and the Eighth Air Force. Eighth Air Force and 2nd Bomb Wing are military units and formations in Louisiana.

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2nd Combat Bombardment Wing

The Second Bombardment Wing, abbreviated as 2nd Bombardment Wing of the United States Army Air Forces is a disbanded unit whose last assignment was with the Continental Air Forces, based at McChord Field, Washington.

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301st Air Refueling Wing

The 301st Air Refueling Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force being last assigned to the Strategic Air Command at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, where it was inactivated on 1 June 1992.

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301st Fighter Wing

The 301st Fighter Wing (301 FW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force.

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301st Operations Group

The 301st Operations Group (301 OG) is a flying component of the 301st Fighter Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve Tenth Air Force.

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303rd Air Expeditionary Group

The 303rd Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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305th Operations Group

The 305th Operations Group is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing.

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306th Flying Training Group

The 306th Flying Training Group (306 FTG) is a unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to Air Education and Training Command (AETC).

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307th Bomb Wing

The 307th Bomb Wing (307 BW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force.

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316th Air Division

The 316th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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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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322d Air Expeditionary Group

The 322d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe.

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339th Fighter Group

The 339th Fighter Group was a unit of the United States Air Forces during World War II. Eighth Air Force and 339th Fighter Group are 1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state).

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346th Bombardment Group

The 346th Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit.

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34th Training Wing

The Commandant of Cadets is a named organization of the United States Air Force based at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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351st Missile Wing

The 351st Missile Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit, which was last based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

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352nd Fighter Group

The 352nd Fighter Group was a unit of the Eighth Air Force that was located in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

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355th Wing

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

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356th Fighter Group

The 356th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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357th Fighter Group

The 357th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.

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36th Electronic Warfare Squadron

The 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit.

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379th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command.

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382d Bombardment Group

The 382d Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit.

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383d Bombardment Group

The 383d Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit.

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384th Air Expeditionary Group

The 384th Air Expeditionary Group (384 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command.

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385th Air Expeditionary Group

The 385th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed.

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386th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing (386 AEW) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central.

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388th Operations Group

The 388th Operations Group (388 OG) is the flying component of the 388th Fighter Wing, assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force.

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389th Strategic Missile Wing

The 389th Strategic Missile Wing is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.

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38th Air Division

The 38th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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390th Strategic Missile Wing

The 390th Strategic Missile Wing was an intercontinental ballistic missile organization of the United States Air Force.

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392d Air Expeditionary Group

The 392d Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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398th Air Expeditionary Group

The 398th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe.

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3rd Air Division

The 3rd Air Division (3d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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401st Air Expeditionary Group

The 401st Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe to be activated or inactivated at any time as needed.

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40th Air Division

The 40th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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40th Air Expeditionary Wing

The United States Air Force's 40th Air Expeditionary Wing (40 AEW) was an Air expeditionary unit located at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, from 2002 to c. 2006.

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413th Flight Test Group

The 413th Flight Test Group (413 FTG) is a United States Air Force Air Force Reserve Command unit.

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41st Bombardment Wing

The 41st Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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42nd Air Division

The 42nd Air Division was a unit of the United States Air Force.

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43rd Airlift Wing

The 43rd Airlift Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit last stationed at Pope Field, part of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where it was inactivated in March 2011.

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444th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 444th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Air Combat Command to activate or inactivate as needed.

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445th Operations Group

The 445th Operations Group (445 OG) is the flying component of the 445th Airlift Wing, assigned to Fourth Air Force of the United States Air Force Reserve.

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446th Operations Group

The 446th Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing.

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447th Air Expeditionary Group

The 447th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command (ACC) and United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE).

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448th Supply Chain Management Group

The 448th Supply Chain Management Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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449th Air Expeditionary Group

The 449th Air Expeditionary Group (449 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force supporting United States Africa Command.

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44th Fighter Group

The 44th Fighter Group (44 FG) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) unit of the United States Air Force.

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452nd Operations Group

The 452d Operations Group (452 OG) is the flying component of the 452d Air Mobility Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve.

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453rd Bombardment Group

The 453rd Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was first organized in June 1943, during World War II, as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber group.

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457th Air Expeditionary Group

The United States Air Force's 457th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate as needed.

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458th Air Expeditionary Group

The 458th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe to activate or inactivate as needed.

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45th Air Division

The 45th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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466th Air Expeditionary Group

The 466th Air Expeditionary Group of the United States Air Force provides support for airmen at stations across Afghanistan.

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467th Bombardment Group

The 467th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit.

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479th Flying Training Group

The 479th Flying Training Group is a United States Air Force unit, stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

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47th Air Division

The 47th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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482nd Operations Group

The 482d Operations Group is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 482d Fighter Wing.

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486th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 486th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command.

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487th Air Expeditionary Wing

The 487th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe.

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489th Bomb Group

The 489th Bomb Group (489 BG) is a unit of the United States Air Force within the Air Force Reserve Command.

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490th Bombardment Group

The 490th Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit.

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491st Bombardment Group

The 491st Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit.

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492nd Special Operations Wing

The 492nd Special Operations Wing is a United States Air Forces unit stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

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493rd Bombardment Group

The 493d Bombardment Group is a former United States Army Air Forces unit that was assigned to the 92d Bombardment Wing during World War II.

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4th Air Division

The 4th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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4th Fighter Group

The 4th Fighter Group was an American element of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force during World War II.

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507th Air Refueling Wing

The 507th Air Refueling Wing is a reserve component flying unit of the United States Air Force.

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509th Bomb Wing

The 509th Bomb Wing (509 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command, Eighth Air Force.

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509th Composite Group

The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons. It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. The group was activated on 17 December 1944 at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah.

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552nd Air Control Wing

The 552d Air Control Wing is an operational wing of the United States Air Force.

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55th Operations Group

The 55th Operations Group (55 OG) is a component of the 55th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

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56th Operations Group

The 56th Operations Group is a unit of the United States Air Force, and the flying component of the 56th Fighter Wing.

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576th Flight Test Squadron

The 576th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command.

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57th Air Division

The 57th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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58th Air Division

The 58th Air Division (58th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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595th Command and Control Group

The 595th Command and Control Group is an active unit of the United States Air Force.

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5th Bomb Wing

The 5th Bomb Wing (5 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force.

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633rd Special Operations Wing

The 333d Special Operations Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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65th Air Division

The 65th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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66th Fighter Wing

The 66th Fighter Wing is a disbanded unit of the United States Air Force, last stationed at Chicago Municipal Airport, Illinois.

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67th Cyberspace Wing

The 67th Cyberspace Wing is a United States Air Force wing stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

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67th Fighter Wing

The 67th Fighter Wing was a unit of the United States Air Force for four years, between 1946 and 1950.

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6th Air Division

The 6th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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78th Fighter Group

The 78th Fighter Group (78 FG) is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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7th Bomb Wing

The 7th Bomb Wing (7 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force.

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801st Air Division

The 801st Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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802d Air Division

The 802d Air Division is a discontinued United States Air Force organization.

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810th Strategic Aerospace Division

The 810th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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817th Air Division

The 817th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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818th Strategic Aerospace Division

The 818th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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820th Strategic Aerospace Division

The 820th Strategic Aerospace Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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822d Air Division

The 822d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Eighth Air Force and 822d Air Division are military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War.

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823d Air Division

The 823d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Eighth Air Force and 823d Air Division are military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War.

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915th Air Refueling Squadron

The 915th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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91st Bombardment Group

The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.

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92nd Operations Group

The 92d Operations Group (92 OG) is the flying component of the 92d Air Refueling Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command Eighteenth Air Force.

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93rd Combat Bombardment Wing

The 93d Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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93rd Operations Group

The 93d Operations Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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94th Combat Bombardment Wing

The 94th Bombardment Wing was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces.

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94th Operations Group

The 94th Operations Group (94 OG) is the flying component of the 94th Airlift Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve.

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95th Air Base Wing

The 95th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit that was last assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 13 July 2012.

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95th Combat Bombardment Wing

The 95th Combat Bombardment Wing is a former United States Army Air Forces unit.

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96th Air Division

The 96th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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96th Test Wing

The 96th Test Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Test Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

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97th Operations Group

The 97th Operations Group (97 OG) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing of Air Education and Training Command.

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9th Reconnaissance Wing

The 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command and Sixteenth Air Force.

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See also

1942 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

• 107th Attack Wing
• 10th Armored Division (United States)
• 29th Flying Training Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)
• 339th Fighter Group
• 3rd Chemical Brigade (United States)
• 89th Operations Group
• Atrium Health Floyd
• Bainbridge Air Base
• Decatur County Industrial Air Park
• Dobbins Air Reserve Base
• Eighth Air Force
• Harris Neck Army Air Field
• Koinonia Partners
• Naval Air Station Glynco
• Nottely Dam
• Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
• Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation

Air Forces of the United States Army Air Forces

• Eighth Air Force
• Eleventh Air Force
• Far East Air Force (United States)
• Fifteenth Air Force
• Fifth Air Force
• First Air Force
• Fourteenth Air Force
• Fourth Air Force
• Ninth Air Force
• Philippine Department Air Force (United States)
• Second Air Force
• Seventh Air Force
• Tenth Air Force
• Third Air Force
• Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force
• Twelfth Air Force
• Twentieth Air Force
• Twenty-First Air Force

Military units and formations in Louisiana

• 11th Bomb Squadron
• 122nd Fighter Squadron
• 13th Coast Artillery (United States)
• 141st Field Artillery Regiment
• 156th Infantry Regiment (United States)
• 159th Fighter Wing
• 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
• 205th Engineer Battalion (United States)
• 20th Bomb Squadron
• 236th Combat Communications Squadron
• 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
• 2nd Bomb Wing
• 311th Armored Cavalry Regiment
• 340th Weapons Squadron
• 343rd Bomb Squadron
• 39th Infantry Division (United States)
• 47th Fighter Squadron
• 93rd Bomb Squadron
• 96th Bomb Squadron
• Eighth Air Force
• Force Headquarters Group
• Red River campaign order of battle: Confederate
• Troop E, 256th Cavalry
• VFC-204
• VP-94

Numbered air forces of the United States Air Force

• Eastern Air Defense Force
• Eighteenth Air Force
• Eighth Air Force
• Eleventh Air Force
• Fifteenth Air Force
• Fifth Air Force
• First Air Force
• Fourteenth Air Force
• Fourth Air Force
• Nineteenth Air Force
• Ninth Air Force (2009–2020)
• Numbered Air Force
• Second Air Force
• Seventeenth Expeditionary Air Force
• Seventh Air Force
• Sixteenth Air Force
• Tenth Air Force
• Third Air Force
• Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force
• Twelfth Air Force
• Twentieth Air Force
• Twenty-Fifth Air Force
• Twenty-First Air Force
• Twenty-Fourth Air Force
• Twenty-Second Air Force
• Twenty-Third Air Force
• Western Air Defense Force

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force

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