• The VIII Air Force Composite Command was a subordinate command of Eighth Air Force. It was originally responsible for combat training of aircrews arriving...
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    the VIII Air Force Service and VIII Air Force Composite Commands also part of Eighth Air Force during its history. The Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces did...
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    The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It...
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    RAF Atcham (category Airfields of the VIII Fighter Command in the United Kingdom)
    Service Group (VIII Air Force Composite Command) 332d Service Squadron; HHS, 333d Service Group 42d Service Group (VIII Air Force Composite Command) 356th, 361st...
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    RAF Cheddington (category Airfields of the VIII Bomber Command in the United Kingdom)
    Bombardment Squadron (VIII Air Force Composite Command) 11–27 May 1944 (B-24 Liberator) 858th Bombardment Squadron (VIII Air Force Composite Command) 19 June – 10...
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    495th Fighter Group (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    2013 VIII Air Force Composite Command, 26 October 1943 VIII Fighter Command, December 1943 VIII Air Force Composite Command, February 1944 VIII Fighter...
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    John A. Samford (category United States Air Force generals)
    G-1, Headquarters Third Air Force, in Tampa, Florida, when appointed chief of staff of the VIII Air Force Composite Command located in Northern Ireland...
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    Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible...
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    Paul Tibbets (category United States Air Force generals)
    1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress...
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    The Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF) (Spanish: Ejército del Aire y del Espacio, lit. 'Army of the Air and Space') is the aerial and space warfare branch...
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    States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) major command (MAJCOM) and a component command of both...
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    nearby Ent Air Force Base, Chidlaw Building, and Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The base was the location of the Air Force Space Command headquarters from...
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    is the 28th Bomb Wing (28 BW). Assigned to the Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force, the 28 BW is one of the USAF's two B-1B Lancer wings, along with...
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    554th Electronic Systems Wing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    The wing was first activated in Northern Ireland under VII Air Force Composite Command as the 3d Combat Crew Replacement Center Group. It used Martin...
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    Force Station is a United States Space Force radar station for detecting incoming ICBMs and submarine-launched ballistic missiles to NORAD's command center...
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    Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場, Kadena Hikōjō) (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa...
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  • Eglin was the home of the Air Armament Center (AAC) and is one of three product centers in the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). Valparaiso Airport...
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    various air forces both as group and squadron identifiers. The patterns or themes varied; some were designated at the Air Force level, some at the Command level...
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    The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF; Sinhala: ශ්‍රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை விமானப்படை, romanized: Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai)...
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    (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Larson Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central...
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    Air Force, 1 October 1943 Eighth Air Force, April 1944 VIII Bomber Command, April 1944 2nd Bombardment Division, April 1944 VIII Air Force Composite Command...
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    Air Refueling Wing (100th ARW), nicknamed the Bloody Hundredth, is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Third Air Force, United States Air Forces...
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    482nd Operations Group (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    February, the group was transferred to VIII Air Force Composite Command, which was responsible for Eighth Air Force training and special operations missions...
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    36th Electronic Warfare Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    (attached to 482d Bombardment Group after 4 December 1943) VIII Air Force Composite Command, 27 February 1944 (attached to 328th Service Group until c...
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    theaters of operation. The 906th Air Refueling Squadron was activated as part of Strategic Air Command's nuclear deterrent force. It maintained aircraft on...
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    RAF Andrews Field (category Airfields of the VIII Bomber Command in Essex)
    Units assigned to RAF Andrews Field were: 42d Service Group (VIII Air Force Composite Command) 356th, 361st Service Squadron, HHS, 42d Service Group 18th...
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    The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia...
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    The Bulgarian Air Force (Bulgarian: Военновъздушни сили, romanized: Voennovazdushni sili) is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the...
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    provide Command & Control within a sector of the Japanese Air Defense System. The 623d conducts operations out of Japanese Air Self Defense Force facilities...
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    Armaments Command (TACOM) supporting tank construction in the Detroit area. The airport is home to the 176th Selfridge Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol...
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