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508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing

Index 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing

The 508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing was a wing of the United States Air Force based at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. [1]

66 relations: Aerial reconnaissance, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Anti-aircraft warfare, Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Bellows Air Force Station, Bergstrom Air Force Base, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Boeing KB-29 Superfortress, Bomber, Bruning Army Air Field, Cadre (military), Cessna T-37 Tweet, Dillingham Airfield, Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, Fighter aircraft, Fighter-bomber, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Gerald W. Johnson (military officer), Group (military aviation unit), Hawaiian Islands, Hill Air Force Base, Iwo Jima, Kahuku Army Air Field, Korean War, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Misawa Air Base, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop F-5, Northrop T-38 Talon, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Pacific Air Forces, Peterson Air Force Base, Pocatello Regional Airport, RAF Lakenheath, Republic F-105 Thunderchief, Republic F-84 Thunderjet, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense, VII Fighter Command, Wing (military aviation unit), World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 12th Flying Training Wing, ..., 15th Wing, 27th Special Operations Wing, 301st Fighter Wing, 31st Fighter Wing, 39th Air Division, 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, 40th Air Division, 419th Fighter Wing, 466th Fighter Squadron, 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron, 468th Strategic Fighter Squadron, 508th Air Refueling Squadron, 526th Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Group, 72d Fighter Wing, 7th Air Division, 945th Military Airlift Group. Expand index (16 more) »

Aerial reconnaissance

Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.

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Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Air Force Reserve Command

The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).

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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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Bellows Air Force Station

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

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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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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 KB-29 Superfortress

The Boeing KB-29 was a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress for air refueling needs by the USAF.

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Bomber

A bomber is a combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), firing torpedoes and bullets or deploying air-launched cruise missiles.

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Bruning Army Air Field

Bruning Army Air Field was a flight training installation of the United States Army Air Forces used during World War II and located in northeast Thayer County, Nebraska, at coordinates 40°20'25" North, 97°25'42" West, approximately six miles east of Bruning.

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Cadre (military)

A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit.

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Cessna T-37 Tweet

The Cessna T-37 Tweet (designated Model 318 by Cessna) is a small, economical twin-engined jet trainer type which flew for decades as a primary trainer for the United States Air Force (USAF) and in the air forces of several other nations.

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Dillingham Airfield

Dillingham Airfield is a public and military use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Mokulēokinaia, in Honolulu County.

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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", was an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

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

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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Fighter aircraft

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

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Fighter-bomber

A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Gerald W. Johnson (military officer)

Gerald Walter Johnson (1919–2002) was a high-ranking officer in the United States Air Force and World War II flying ace.

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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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Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.

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Hill Air Force Base

Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton.

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Iwo Jima

, known in English as Iwo Jima, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Ogasawara Islands.

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Kahuku Army Air Field

Kahuku Army Air Field is a former wartime airfield in Hawaii.

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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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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters.

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

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

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Misawa Air Base

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

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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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Northrop F-5

The Northrop F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E and F-5F Tiger II are part of a supersonic light fighter family, initially designed in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation.

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Northrop T-38 Talon

The Northrop T-38 Talon is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer.

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Ogden Air Logistics Complex

The Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OO-ALC) performs programmed depot maintenance on a number of US Air Force weapon systems.

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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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Peterson Air Force Base

Peterson Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force Base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, home to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Air Force Space Command headquarters, and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) headquarters.

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Pocatello Regional Airport

Pocatello Regional Airport is a city owned, public use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Pocatello, a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.

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RAF Lakenheath

Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the town of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, north-east of Mildenhall and west of Thetford.

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Republic F-105 Thunderchief

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

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Republic F-84 Thunderjet

The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

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

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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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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 Department of Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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VII Fighter Command

The VII Fighter Command was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Wing (military aviation unit)

In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command.

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World War II

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

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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

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12th Flying Training Wing

The 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) as part of AETC's Nineteenth Air Force.

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15th Wing

The 15th Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

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27th Special Operations Wing

The 27th Special Operations Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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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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31st Fighter Wing

The 31st Fighter Wing (31 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe major command and the Third Air Force.

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39th Air Division

The 39th Air Division (39th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

The 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force (USAF) wing last assigned to the 12th Strategic Aerospace Division of Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

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40th Air Division

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

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419th Fighter Wing

The 419th Fighter Wing (419 FW) is an Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the United States Air Force.

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466th Fighter Squadron

The 466th Fighter Squadron is the 419th Fighter Wing's operational flying squadron.

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467th Strategic Fighter Squadron

The 467th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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468th Strategic Fighter Squadron

The 468th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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508th Air Refueling Squadron

The United States Air Force's 508th Air Refueling Squadron was an air refueling unit that operated the Boeing KB-29 at Turner Air Force Base, Georgia.

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526th Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Group

The 526th Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Group (526 ICBMG) is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) unit.

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72d Fighter Wing

The 72d Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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7th Air Division

The 7th Air Division (7 AD) served the United States Air Force with distinction from early 1944 through early 1992, earning an outstanding unit decoration and a service streamer along the way.

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945th Military Airlift Group

The 945th Military Airlift Group is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve unit.

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Redirects here:

508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing, 508th Fighter Group, 508th Fighter-Escort Wing, 508th Strategic Fighter Wing, 508th Tactical Fighter Group.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing

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