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54th Airlift Squadron

Index 54th Airlift Squadron

The 54th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. [1]

73 relations: "V" device, Aerospace Defense Command, Air Combat Command, Air Corps Tactical School, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Air Mobility Command, Air Transport Command, Airco DH.4, Airlift, American Theater (World War II), Attack on Pearl Harbor, Belfast, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing C-40 Clipper, Boeing-Stearman Model 75, Brest, France, Camp Mills, Columbus, Ohio, Consolidated P-30, Consolidated PT-3, Curtiss A-12 Shrike, Curtiss Falcon, Douglas B-18 Bolo, Douglas B-23 Dragon, Douglas O-2, Douglas O-38, Eglin Air Force Base, Gallantry Cross (Vietnam), Grumman G-21 Goose, Ho Chi Minh trail, Issoudun Aerodrome, Kelly Field Annex, Keystone B-4, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Le Havre, Liverpool, Major general, March Air Reserve Base, Martin B-10, Martin B-26 Marauder, Maxwell Air Force Base, McDonnell Douglas C-9, Medium bomber, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base, North American B-25 Mitchell, Orlando Executive Airport, Otis Air National Guard Base, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Romorantin - Pruniers Air Detachment, Roosevelt Field (airport), ..., San Antonio, Scott Air Force Base, Southampton, Squadron (aviation), United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Service, Vietnam War, World War I, World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 13th School Group, 1st Proving Ground Group, 2d Operations Group, 353d Special Operations Group, 375th Air Mobility Wing, 375th Operations Group, 457th Airlift Squadron, 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, 56th Fighter Wing, 73d Airlift Squadron, 932d Airlift Wing. Expand index (23 more) »

"V" device

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

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Aerospace Defense Command

Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Forces, responsible for continental air defence.

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Air Combat Command

Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of ten 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 Corps Tactical School

The Air Corps Tactical School, also known as ACTS and "the Tactical School", was a military professional development school for officers of the United States Army Air Service and United States Army Air Corps, the first such school in the world.

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

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

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Air Mobility Command

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

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Air Transport Command

Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.

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Airco DH.4

The Airco DH.4 was a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War.

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Airlift

An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.

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American Theater (World War II)

The American Theater describes a series of mostly minor areas of operations during World War II.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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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 C-40 Clipper

The Boeing C-40 Clipper is a military version of the Boeing 737-700C airline transport.

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Boeing-Stearman Model 75

The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane used as a military trainer aircraft, of which at least 10,626 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.

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Camp Mills

Camp Albert L. Mills (Camp Mills) was a military installation on Long Island, New York.

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Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.

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Consolidated P-30

The Consolidated P-30 (PB-2) was a 1930s United States two-seat fighter aircraft.

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Consolidated PT-3

The Consolidated Model 2 was a training airplane used by the United States Army Air Corps, under the designation PT-3 and the United States Navy under the designation NY-1.

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Curtiss A-12 Shrike

The Curtiss A-12 Shrike was the United States Army Air Corps' second monoplane ground-attack aircraft, and its main attack aircraft through most of the 1930s.

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Curtiss Falcon

The Curtiss Falcon was a family of military biplane aircraft built by the American aircraft manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company during the 1920s.

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Douglas B-18 Bolo

The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American medium bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Douglas B-23 Dragon

The Douglas B-23 Dragon is an American twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the Douglas B-18 Bolo.

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Douglas O-2

The Douglas O-2 was a 1920s American observation aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

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Douglas O-38

The Douglas O-38 was an observation airplane used by the United States Army Air Corps.

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Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately southwest of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County.

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Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)

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

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Grumman G-21 Goose

The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious aircraft designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area.

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Ho Chi Minh trail

The Hồ Chí Minh trail (also known in Vietnam as the "Trường Sơn trail") was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

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Issoudun Aerodrome

Issoudun Aerodrome was a complex of military airfields in the vicinity of Issoudun, Centre, France.

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Kelly Field Annex

Kelly Field Annex (formerly Kelly Air Force Base) is a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio, Texas.

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Keystone B-4

The Keystone B-4 was a biplane bomber, built by the Keystone Aircraft company for the United States Army Air Corps.

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Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base

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

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Le Havre

Le Havre, historically called Newhaven in English, is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Major general

Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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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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Martin B-10

The Martin B-10 was the first all-metal monoplane bomber to be regularly used by the United States Army Air Corps, entering service in June 1934.

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Martin B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was an American World War II twin-engined medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Middle River, Maryland (just east of Baltimore) from 1941 to 1945.

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Maxwell Air Force Base

Maxwell Air Force Base, officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).

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McDonnell Douglas C-9

The McDonnell Douglas C-9 is a military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliner.

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Medium bomber

A medium bomber is a military bomber aircraft designed to operate with medium-sized bombloads over medium range distances; the name serves to distinguish this type from larger heavy bombers and smaller light bombers.

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Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base

The Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Navy Base (NKP), formerly Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, is a Royal Thai Navy facility used for riverine patrols along the Mekong River.

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North American B-25 Mitchell

The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American twin-engine, medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation (NAA).

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Orlando Executive Airport

Orlando Executive Airport is a public airport three miles (6 km) east of downtown Orlando, in Orange County, Florida.

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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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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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Romorantin - Pruniers Air Detachment

Romorantin - Pruniers Air Detachment (DA 273) is a French Air Force military facility, located 6 km southwest of Romorantin-Lanthenay, in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.

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Roosevelt Field (airport)

Roosevelt Field is a former airport, located east-southeast of Mineola, Long Island, New York.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.

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Scott Air Force Base

Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville and O'Fallon, 25 miles East of downtown St. Louis.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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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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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

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

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United States Army Air Corps

The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America between 1926 and 1941.

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United States Army Air Service

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Vietnam War

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

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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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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13th School Group

The 13th School Group was a unit of the United States Army Air Corps.

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1st Proving Ground Group

The 1st Proving Ground Group is a disbanded United States Army Air Forces unit.

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2d Operations Group

The 2d Operations Group (2 OG) is the flying component of the United States Air Force 2d Bomb Wing, assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force.

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353d Special Operations Group

The 353d Special Operations Group (353 SOG) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command.

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375th Air Mobility Wing

The 375th Air Mobility Wing (375 AMW) is a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to Eighteenth Air Force.

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375th Operations Group

The 375th Operations Group (375 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 375th Air Mobility Wing.

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457th Airlift Squadron

The 457th Airlift Squadron (457 AS) is part of the 375th Air Mobility Wing and is stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

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515th Air Mobility Operations Wing

The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing is part of Air Mobility Command stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

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56th Fighter Wing

The 56th Fighter Wing is a fighter wing in the United States Air Force.

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73d Airlift Squadron

The 73d Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 932d Operations Group, stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

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932d Airlift Wing

The 932d Airlift Wing is an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force.

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Redirects here:

54th Bomb Squadron, 54th Bombardment Squadron, 54th School Squadron, 554th Reconnaissance Squadron.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Airlift_Squadron

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