United States Forces Azores (USAFORAZ) is based at Lajes Field, Portugal near Lajes on Terceira Island in the Azores. In 1953, the U.S. Forces Azores...

the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The largest city of the Azores is Ponta...

Heroísmo on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal. It is home to the Portuguese Air Force Base Aérea N º4 and Azores Air Zone Command (Portuguese: Comando...

The United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component...

defense down to the newest recruits. The United States Armed Forces are organized through the United States Department of Defense, which oversees a complex...

Aviation in the Azores is part of the greater history of aviation in Portugal, and involves the historical use of the archipelago of the Azores by North American...

yachters and sailors. The Legislative Assembly of the Azores is located in Horta, making it Azores' legislative capital. In 1467 the Flemish nobleman Josse...

also serves as Commander, United States Forces Azores. The unit also "provided base support to elements of the United States Army and U.S. Navy in the...

screening children who needed to be treated, and trained at United States Forces Azores. João Santos, a trainer of Stone, said that he is "a really nice...

During the 1920s and 1930s, the United States Armed Forces developed a number of color-coded war plans that outlined potential US strategies for a variety...

cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Bishop of the Azores, government entities...

who was born in the Azores. In 1791, Portugal became the first neutral nation to establish diplomatic ties with the United States, leading to the arrival...

(Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Vila do Porto SRHOPTC, ed. (1994), Santa Maria International Airport (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores),...

livestock. They also discovered non-native ryegrass in the Azores. Additionally, mice on the Azores were discovered to have mitochondrial DNA suggesting they...

callsign of a television station operated by the American Forces Network in the Lajes Field in the Azores. The station was the first regular television station...

Ireland and southwest England; or via the Azores to the UK or airfields in French Morocco to support Allied air forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations...

Field, Azores (inactivated on 1 December 1972) Joint Personnel Recovery Agency List of United States Air Force rescue squadrons List of United States Air...

United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States...

Baltic States. Military units and other bodies are stationed all throughout Portuguese territory, including Continental Portugal, Madeira and the Azores. The...

designated European Theater of Operations United States Army (ETOUSA) from 8 June 1942 – 1 July 1945; United States Forces European Theater (USFET) from 1 July...

sea frontier of the United States in the Atlantic and included Greenland and the Azores. Although not a belligerent, United States warships would patrol...

War Plan Gray was a plan for the United States to invade the Azores Islands in 1940–41 given the possibility of Germany seizing the islands. Gray is one...

Portugal, where she also served as the Sub-Unified Commander of United States Forces Azores; and the 76th Maintenance Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma...

requirements of Air Combat Command. That year, he assumed command of U.S. Forces Azores and the 65th Air Base Wing. Arnold was then in command of Squadron Officer...

caught fire in February 2022 south of the Azores, whilst transporting vehicles from Germany to the United States. The ship then capsized and sank in early...

agreement was signed to give the United States permission to establish a military base in Terceira Island in the Azores and thus its status changed to non-belligerent...

(ISCOMBERMUDA), in Hamilton, Bermuda Island Command Azores (ISCOMAZORES), in Ponta Delgada, Azores Island Command Greenland (ISCOMGREENLAND), in Grønnedal...

operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II. United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a major command of the US...

War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the Middle East...

These United States submarines were lost either to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea." Additionally: G-2, decommissioned as a target, flooded...