The XXII Bomber Command was a United States Army Air Forces unit. It was assigned to Second Air Force at Peterson Field, Colorado. It was inactivated...
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XXI Bomber Command XXII Bomber Command XXII Tactical Air Command XXVI Fighter Command XXXVI Fighter Command "History – IX Engineer Command". Maurer, Maurer...
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Peterson Space Force Base (section Bomber Commands)
(11 June – 20 October), the XXI Bomber Command was assigned to Peterson; and the "HQ and HQ Sq" of XXII Bomber Command was assigned 14 October 1944 – 13...
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The XX Bomber Command was a United States Army Air Forces bomber formation. Its last assignment was with Twentieth Air Force, based on Okinawa. It was...
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Second Air Force (redirect from Second Air Force Bombers football)
Western Pacific beginning in December 1944. A third B-29 organization, XXII Bomber Command was formed by Second Air Force in August 1944, however the organization...
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The XXI Bomber Command was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II. The command was established...
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The II Bomber Command is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was established in September 1941, shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor to command...
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Ceremonial Guard), various Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Joint Service commands and other DOD and federal agencies. Bolling Air Force Base units also provide...
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17th Air Division (category Units and formations of Strategic Air Command)
Forces, 1 July 1975 – 1 January 1976 XXI Bomber Command: attached c. 15 April – 20 October 1944 XXII Bomber Command: attached 14 August 1944 – 13 February...
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house, feed, and train approximately 6,000 personnel. Many of the wartime bomber hangars are still in use as of 2023. The 91st Bomb Group was the first Army...
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Commands II Air Support Command II Bomber Command II Fighter Command IV Air Support Command XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command XXII Bomber Command Wings...
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Airfield was assigned to the USAAF's Second Air Force under the XX Bomber Command. On 12 April 1944, the Marietta Army Airfield was reassigned to the...
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was called, became a heavy-bomber training school. The first unit assigned to the base was the Army Air Forces Training Command Combat Crew School on 1 July...
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obtained from Boeing near Seattle. It was also used by Air Technical Service Command as an aircraft maintenance and supply depot; Deer Park Airport and Felts...
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July 1944 (attached to XXII Bomber Command), c. 14 August-c. 7 December 1944 Twentieth Air Force, c. 25 March 1945 XXI Bomber Command, 5 April 1945 Twentieth...
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Air Force cold weather bomber training base as an auxiliary to Sioux Falls Army Air Field, and by Air Proving Ground Command. B-17 Flying Fortress and...
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naval yards at Wilhelmshaven on 27 January 1943, when heavy bombers of VIII Bomber Command made their first combat strike in German airspace. It also attacked...
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England Air Force Base (section Air Defense Command)
4416th Base Complement Sq, 23 October 1950 – 22 December 1950 137th Fighter-Bomber Wing, 22 December 1950 – 2 May 1952 Composite Air National Guard wing activated...
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the 464th Fighter Squadron. Trained under XXII Bomber Command as a Very Long Range P-47N Thunderbolt bomber escort squadron, programmed for B-29 Superfortress...
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Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (category Installations of Strategic Air Command)
1918, and later became a pilot; he was killed in the crash of a Martin B2 bomber in Hawaii on March 27, 1924. First Lieutenant Samuel Howard Davis (November...
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39th Air Base Wing (section Strategic Air Command)
to 1965, the 39th Bombardment Wing flew nuclear-armed bombers as part of Strategic Air Command. The wing has no permanently assigned aircraft, it provides...
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96th Test Wing (section Strategic Air Command)
Oklahoma and received Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers the following year as a component of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force. In 1957 the wing moved to...
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of the original squadrons of the 494th Bombardment Group, the last heavy bomber group formed by the Army Air Forces. It trained with Consolidated B-24 Liberators...
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Dyess Air Force Base (category Installations of Strategic Air Command)
Wing assigned to the Global Strike Command Eighth Air Force. The wing is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the USAF, the other being...
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Twelfth Air Force (redirect from United States Southern Command Air Forces)
disbanded in Corsica on 10 June 1944. Known XII Bomber Command units were: XXII Tactical Air Command was constituted on 26 February 1942 and activated...
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Cannon Air Force Base (category Installations of Strategic Air Command)
the military began to use the facility as a bomber base. Clovis AAF was assigned to II Bomber Command, Second Air Force. On 8 April 1943, the base was...
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would be converted to a fighter-bomber unit flying North American A-36 Apaches. Because Army Air Forces (AAF) fighter-bomber groups were assigned only three...
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407th Air Expeditionary Group (redirect from 407th Fighter Bomber Group)
407th Fighter-Bomber Group on 15 August 1943. At that time, the 632d, 633d and 634th were redesignated the 515th, 516th and 517th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons...
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It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. Because it contained flying squadrons equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, C-47 Skytrain...
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its first military aircraft in March, and on 1 April 1941, a lone B-18 bomber, landed on the north–south runway. With the assignment of five pilots to...
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