The Second Bombardment Wing, abbreviated as 2nd Bombardment Wing of the United States Army Air Forces is a disbanded unit whose last assignment was with...
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Squadron 2nd Mission Support Squadron 2nd Security Forces Squadron 2nd Services Squadron The 2d Bombardment Wing was activated by the United States Air...
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The 95th Combat Bombardment Wing is a former United States Army Air Forces unit. It was activated in England in 1943 and engaged in strategic bombing...
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Barksdale Air Force Base (section 2nd Bombardment Wing)
from the Middle East, the 2nd Bombardment Wing, Heavy was redesignated the 2nd Wing with its implementation of the objective wing organization on 1 September...
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B-26 Marauders. It was redesignated as the 98th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) in November 1943. The wing was reassigned to Ninth Air Force when 9th was...
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commanded the 100th Bombardment Group, 13th Combat Bombardment Wing, 4th Combat Bombardment Wing and 92nd Bombardment Wing, and flew nine combat missions, earning...
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c. 4 June 1943 4th Bombardment Wing, 6 June 1943 Attached to: 402d Provisional Combat Bombardment Wing, 6 June 1943 3d Bombardment Division, 13 September...
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Bombardment Wing Constituted as 92d Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 25 October 1943 Activated on 1 November 1943 Redesignated 92d Combat Bombardment Wing...
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703d Helicopter Squadron (redirect from 703rd Bombardment Squadron)
squadron was stationed at RAF Tibenham as part of the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing. The 703d entered combat on 13 December 1943 by attacking U-boat installations...
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Redesignated 94th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in August 1943 Disbanded on 18 June 1945. VIII Bomber Command, 12 December 1943 1st Bombardment (later, 1 Air)...
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Redesignated 93d Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) in August 1943 Disbanded on 28 August 1945. VIII Bomber Command, 1 November 1943 2d Bombardment (later, 3d...
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The 1st Bombardment Wing is a disbanded United States Army Air Force unit. It was initially formed in France in 1918 during World War I as a command and...
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RAF Hethel (section 320th Bombardment Group (Medium))
June 1945, RAF Hethel served as headquarters for the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the 2nd Bombardment Division. USAAF Station Units assigned to RAF Hethel...
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Bombardment Group was assigned to the wing, which received the group's emblem and honors. The wing trained as a bombardment and reconnaissance wing as...
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engaged in combat and continued to support ground forces through the end of the war. The group's heritage was continued by the 416th Bombardment Wing (BW),...
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(Composite), one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II. On 7 December 1941, the 5th Bombardment Group suffered the loss of...
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reorganization, in which combat groups and all supporting units on a base were assigned to a single wing. The 43rd Bombardment Group, flying Boeing B-29...
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Arabia. The wing was originally activated in 1943 as the 484th Bombardment Group as a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat unit. The group...
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Air refueling wing of KC-135s. Had 7 B-52Gs from 69th Bombardment Squadron (October 1990 – March 1991) 1708th Provisional Bombardment Wing, Prince Abdulla...
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for the last time on strategic bombardment missions. The Korean War also saw the first large-scale use of rotary-wing helicopters. The US suffered 4,055...
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22nd Bombardment Wing stationed at March Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 1 October 1982. The unit was redesignated as the 2nd Strategic...
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94th Combat Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy Bomber (Provisional) and other organizations in August 1947. From then until 15 December 1948 the 307th Wing controlled...
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The combat box was a tactical formation used by heavy (strategic) bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The combat box was also referred...
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providing devastating combat capability. The group is a successor organization to 2d Bombardment Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by...
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assigned to Eighth Air Force. The 389th was assigned to the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, and the group tail code until high visibility markings were...
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inside. From 1963 to 1965, the 39th Bombardment Wing flew nuclear-armed bombers as part of Strategic Air Command. The wing has no permanently assigned aircraft...
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The group was withdrawn from combat with its personnel and equipment being reassigned to other units. The 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) was replaced...
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to 12 June 1945, Hethel served as headquarters for the 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing of the 2nd Bomb Division. After the departure of the Americans, it...
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The 305th Bombardment Wing was established on 20 December 1950 and activated on 2 January 1951 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The wing took charge...
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2nd Bombardment Division 20th Combat Bombardment Wing 93d Bombardment Group 446th Bombardment Group 448th Bombardment Group 14th Combat Bombardment Wing...
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