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500th Air Expeditionary Group

Index 500th Air Expeditionary Group

The 500th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit. [1]

53 relations: Aerial refueling, Air Mobility Command, Aircraft maintenance, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Battle of Okinawa, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, Boise Airport, Cannon Air Force Base, Christchurch, Chuuk Lagoon, Fourth Air Force, Group (military aviation unit), Hamamatsu, Kyushu, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, March Air Reserve Base, Mitsubishi, Nagoya, Operation Deep Freeze, Osaka, Pacific Air Forces, Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Saipan International Airport, Second Air Force, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Semper paratus, Squadron (aviation), Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command, Twentieth Air Force, United States Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, Victory over Japan Day, Walker Army Airfield (Kansas), World War II, XXI Bomber Command, 139th Airlift Squadron, 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force, 17th Air Division, 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, 307th Air Refueling Squadron, 383d Bombardment Group, 40th Air Division, 44th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 73d Air Division, 881st Bombardment Squadron, ..., 882d Bombardment Squadron, 883d Bombardment Squadron, 884th Bombardment Squadron. Expand index (3 more) »

Aerial refueling

Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one military aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) during flight.

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Air Mobility Command

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

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Aircraft maintenance

Aircraft maintenance is the overhaul, repair, inspection or modification of an aircraft or aircraft component.

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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 1941–45.

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Battle of Okinawa

The (Uchinaa ikusa), codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber 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 a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing, which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

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

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Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter

The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter.

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Boise Airport

Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal or Gowen Field) is a joint civil-military airport three miles south of Boise in Ada County, Idaho, United States.

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Cannon Air Force Base

Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately southwest of Clovis, New Mexico.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Chuuk Lagoon

Chuuk Lagoon, also previously known as Truk Lagoon, is a sheltered body of water in the central Pacific.

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Fourth Air Force

The Fourth Air Force (4 AF) is a numbered air force of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).

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Group (military aviation unit)

A group is a military aviation unit, a component of military organization and a military formation.

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Hamamatsu

is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

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

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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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Mitsubishi

The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.

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Nagoya

is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Pacific Air Forces

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

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Pacific Ocean theater of World War II

The Pacific Ocean theater, during World War II, was a major theater of the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.

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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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Saipan International Airport

Saipan International Airport, also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Second Air Force

The Second Air Force (2 AF; 2d Air Force in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers.

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Selfridge Air National Guard Base

Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens.

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Semper paratus

Semper Paratus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Always ready".

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Squadron (aviation)

A squadron in air force, army aviation, or naval aviation is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.

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Strategic Air Command

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command (MAJCOM), responsible for Cold War command and control of two of the three components of the U.S. military's strategic nuclear strike forces, the so-called "nuclear triad," with SAC having control of land-based strategic bomber aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs (the third leg of the triad being submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) of the U.S. Navy).

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Tactical Air Command

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

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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

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

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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Victory over Japan Day

Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.

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Walker Army Airfield (Kansas)

Walker Army Airfield (also known as Victoria-Pratt Airfield or) is an abandoned airfield located north of Interstate 70 in Ellis County, 1 mile northwest of Walker, Kansas or 3 miles northeast of Victoria, Kansas.

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World War II

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

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XXI Bomber Command

The XXI Bomber Command (XXI BC) was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II.

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139th Airlift Squadron

The 139th Airlift Squadron (139 AS) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing Stationed at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, New York.

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15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force

The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (15 ETF) was one of two ETFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) and was headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California.

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17th Air Division

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

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304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

The 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit.

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307th Air Refueling Squadron

The 307th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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383d Bombardment Group

The 383d Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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40th Air Division

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

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44th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

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

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73d Air Division

The 73d Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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881st Bombardment Squadron

The 881st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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882d Bombardment Squadron

The 882d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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883d Bombardment Squadron

The 883d Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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884th Bombardment Squadron

The 884th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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4045th Air Refueling Wing, 500th Air Refueling Wing, 500th Bombardment Group.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500th_Air_Expeditionary_Group

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