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51st Fighter Wing

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The 51st Fighter Wing (51 FW) is a wing of the United States Air Force and the host unit at Osan Air Base, South Korea. [1]

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Air Force Armament Museum

The Air Force Armament Museum, adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the only facility in the U.S. dedicated to the display of Air Force armament.

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Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002) was an American United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.

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Bud Mahurin

Colonel Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin (December 5, 1918 – May 11, 2010) was a United States Air Force officer and aviator.

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China Burma India Theater

China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India-Burma (IBT) theaters.

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Clark Air Base

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

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Davis C. Rohr

Davis Charles Rohr (born October 29, 1929) was a major general in the United States Air Force.

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Dolphin D. Overton

Dolphin Dunnaha Overton III (2 April 1926 – 25 March 2013) was a United States Air Force aviator who became a flying ace during the Korean War.

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Foal Eagle

Foal Eagle (독수리 연습) is a combined field training exercise (FTX) conducted annually by the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and the United States Armed Forces under the auspices of the Combined Forces Command.

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Fourteenth Air Force

The Fourteenth Air Force (14 AF; Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).

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Fukuoka Airport

, formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located east of Hakata Station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.

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Gabby Gabreski

Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 26 years of military service.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon operators

The United States Air Force (USAF), four of its NATO partners, and Pakistan, a major non-NATO ally, are the primary operators of General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

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Gimpo International Airport

Gimpo International Airport (김포국제공항), commonly known as Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport), is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Central District of Seoul.

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Hamilton Army Airfield

Hamilton Field (Hamilton AFB) was a United States Air Force base, which was deactivated in 1973, decommissioned in 1974, and put into a caretaker status with the Air Force Reserves until 1976.

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Hobson Plan

The Hobson Plan was an organizational structure established by the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1948.

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Hugo P. Rush

Hugo Peoples Rush (September 13, 1900 – February 1, 1979) was a Major General in the United States Air Force.

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James P. Hagerstrom

Colonel James Philo Hagerstrom (January 14, 1921June 25, 1994) was a fighter ace of both the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War.

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John F. Bolt

John Franklin Bolt (19 May 1921 – 8 September 2004) was a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps and a decorated flying ace who served during World War II and the Korean War.

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John Robert Baldwin

Wing Commander John Robert Baldwin, (16 July 1918 – 15 March 1952) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and the top scoring fighter ace flying the Hawker Typhoon exclusively during the Second World War.

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John W. Mitchell (United States Air Force)

John William Mitchell (14 July 1915 – 15 November 1995) was an officer of the United States Air Force, a flying ace and the leader of Operation Vengeance, the mission to shoot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

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Joseph C. McConnell

Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr. (30 January 1922 – 25 August 1954) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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List of active United States Air Force aircraft squadrons

This is an organized incomplete list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the United States Air Force, sorted by type.

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List of Korean War flying aces

Dozens of aviators were credited as flying aces in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.

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List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force

This is a list of Major Air Command (MAJCOM) Wings of the United States Air Force (USAF), a designation system in use from the summer of 1948 to the mid-1990s.

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List of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II U.S. operators

American units that operated the F-4 Phantom II are listed below.

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List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military

List of Sabre and Fury units in the US military identifies the aircraft models, military branches, military units, and service years.

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List of surviving North American F-86 Sabres

The North American F-86 Sabre was a post-war jet fighter that entered service with the United States Air Force in 1949 and was retired from active duty by Bolivia in 1994.

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List of United States Air Force communications squadrons

The United States Air Force has several variants of squadrons focused on communications.

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List of United States Air Force installations

This is a list of United States Air Force installations.

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List of United States Air Force support squadrons

List of United States Air Force support squadrons identifies the United States Air Force squadron, shield, location and support unit.

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List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes

Many units of the United States Armed Forces have distinctive mottoes.

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List of wings of the United States Air Force

This is a list of Wings in the United States Air Force, focusing on AFCON wings.

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List of World War II military personnel educated at the United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army.

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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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MiG Alley

"MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations (UN) pilots to the northwestern portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea during the Korean War.

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Naha Air Base

, formally known as the, is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force formerly under control of the United States Air Force.

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North American F-82 Twin Mustang

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

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North American F-86 Sabre

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

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Osan Air Base

Osan Air Base (K-55; 오산공군기지; Hanja: 烏山空軍基地), is a United States Air Force base located near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek, South Korea, south of Seoul.

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Pacific Air Forces

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

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Robert Cardenas

Robert L. "Bob" Cardenas (born March 10, 1920) is a retired brigadier general of the United States Air Force.

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Robert H. Moore

Robert Harold Moore (13 May 1924 – January 1978) was a United States Air Force flying ace of the Korean War, credited with shooting down five enemy aircraft in the war, all as a member of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing.

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Robert P. Baldwin

Robert P. Baldwin (October 19, 1917 – April 7, 1994) was an Army Air Corps and United States Air Force pilot during World War II and Korea.

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Sam Johnson

Samuel Robert Johnson (born October 11, 1930) is the U.S. Representative for serving in Congress since 1991.

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Seventh Air Force

United States Air Forces Korea and USAFK redirect here. The Seventh Air Force (Air Forces Korea) (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

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Suwon Air Base

Suwon Air Base is a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) base near Suwon city.

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The Hunters (1958 film)

The Hunters is a 1958 American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope war film adapted from the novel, The Hunters by James Salter.

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The Hunters (novel)

The Hunters is James Salter's debut novel and a tale of USAF fighter pilots during the Korean War, first published in 1956.

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Twentieth Air Force

The Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (20 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. 20 AF's primary mission is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) operations. The Twentieth Air Force commander is also the Commander, Task Force 214 (TF 214), which provides alert ICBMs to the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). Established on 4 April 1944 at Washington D.C, 20 AF was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the Pacific Theater of World War II. Operating initially from bases in India and staging though bases in China, 20 AF conducted strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands. It relocated to the Mariana Islands in late 1944, and continued the strategic bombardment campaign against Japan until the Japanese capitulation in August 1945. The 20 AF 509th Composite Group conducted the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. Deactivated on 1 March 1955, the command was reactivated 1 September 1991, as a component of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and became operationally responsible for all land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.

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United States Air Force In South Korea

The United States Air Force in South Korea is composed of units assigned to Pacific Air Forces Seventh Air Force.

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USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War

The Korean War (June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953) was significant in the fact that it was the first war in which the newly independent United States Air Force was involved.

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William T. Whisner Jr.

William Thomas Whisner Jr. (October 17, 1923 – July 21, 1989) was a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, retiring as a colonel with 30 years of military service.

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Yevgeny Pepelyaev

Colonel Yevgeny Georgievich Pepelyaev (18 March 1918 – 4 January 2013) was a Soviet fighter pilot of the Korean War, tallying 20 kills, second only to his compatriot Nikolay Sutyagin's 21.

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Yontan Airfield

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

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125th Fighter Squadron

The 125th Fighter Squadron (125 FS) is a unit of the Oklahoma Air National Guard 138th Fighter Wing located at Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma.

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138th Fighter Wing

The 138th Fighter Wing (138 FW) is a unit of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, stationed at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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16th Weapons Squadron

The 16th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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19th Weapons Squadron

The 19th Weapons Squadron is a non-flying United States Air Force unit, assigned to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

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1st Strategic Aerospace Division

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

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2016 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 2016.

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23d Wing

The 23d Wing is a front-line United States Air Force Air Combat Command wing currently assigned to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

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25th Fighter Squadron

The 25th Fighter Squadron is part of the US Air Force's 51st Operations Group, 51st Fighter Wing, at Osan Air Base, South Korea. It operates the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducting close air support missions.

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313th Air Division

The 313th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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314th Air Division

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

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347th Rescue Group

The United States Air Force's 347th Rescue Group is an active combat search and rescue unit assigned to the 23d Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.

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36th Fighter Squadron

The 36th Fighter Squadron is part of the US Air Force's 51st Operations Group at Osan Air Base, South Korea.

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39th Flying Training Squadron

The 39th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 340th Flying Training Group and is the reserve associate to the 12th Flying Training Wing based at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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497th Combat Training Flight

The 497th Combat Training Flight is a United States Air Force unit.

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51st Operations Group

The 51st Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 51st Fighter Wing, stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea.

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555th Fighter Squadron

The 555th Fighter Squadron is part of the 31st Operations Group at Aviano Air Base, Italy.

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557th Flying Training Squadron

The 557th Flying Training Squadron (557 FTS) is part of the 306th Flying Training Group based at United States Air Force Academy, Colorado.

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558th Flying Training Squadron

The 558th Flying Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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559th Flying Training Squadron

The 559th Flying Training Squadron is part of the 12th Flying Training Wing based at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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604th Air Support Operations Squadron

The United States Air Force's 604th Air Support Operations Squadron (604 ASOS) is a combat support unit located at Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea.

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607th Air Intelligence Squadron

The 607th Air Intelligence Squadron is located at Osan Air Base, home of the 51st Fighter Wing, roughly south of Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea.

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623d Air Control Squadron

The 623d Air Control Squadron (623 ACS) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the 18th Wing.

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6th Air Intelligence Squadron

The 6th Air Intelligence Squadron is an inactive unit of the United States Air Force.

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82d Aerial Targets Squadron

The 82d Aerial Targets Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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8th Fighter Wing

The United States Air Force 8th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea and is assigned to Seventh Air Force.

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Redirects here:

51 Composite Wing (Tactical), 51 FW, 51st Air Base Wing, 51st Composite Wing, 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 51st Tactical Fighter Wing.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_Fighter_Wing

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