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</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="C-17_Globemaster_III" class="mw-redirect" title="C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster III</a> from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings loading cargo at <a href="McMurdo_Station" title="McMurdo Station">McMurdo Station</a>, Antarctica during <a href="Operation_Deep_Freeze" title="Operation Deep Freeze">Operation Deep Freeze</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945; 1948–1951; 1955–1959; 1992–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="McChord_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="McChord AFB">McChord AFB</a>, Washington</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Bungay Buckaroos (World War II)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Voler Venger Vaincre</i></span> (<a href="French_language" title="French language">French</a> for 'Fly, Avenge, Conquer') (World War II)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="European_theater_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="European theater of World War II">European theater of World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Air_Force_Meritorious_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Meritorious Unit Award">Air Force Meritorious Unit Award</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Ceremonial chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">446th Operations Group<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">446th Bombardment Group emblem<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">World War II <a href="Tail_code" title="Tail code">tail code</a><sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><big><b>Circle H</b></big></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>446th Operations Group</b> is a <a href="United_States_Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Force Reserve">United States Air Force Reserve</a> unit assigned to the <a href="446th_Airlift_Wing" title="446th Airlift Wing">446th Airlift Wing</a>. It is stationed at <a href="McChord_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="McChord Air Force Base">McChord Air Force Base</a>, <a href="Washington_(U.S._state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington (U.S. state)">Washington</a>.

</p><p>The <a href="Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was first activated as the <b>446th Bombardment Group</b> and served in combat as an <a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> <a href="B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a> unit in England. In 1944 the group led <a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> and the <a href="2d_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bombardment Division">2d Bombardment Division</a> on the first heavy bomber mission of D-Day. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's 706th Bombardment Squadron flew 62 consecutive missions and 707th Bombardment Squadron had 68 missions without loss. After <a href="V-E_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="V-E Day">V-E Day</a> the group returned to the United States, where it was inactivated in August 1945.

</p><p>The group was activated again in the <a href="Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> in 1948 at <a href="Carswell_Air_Force_Base" title="Carswell Air Force Base">Carswell Air Force Base</a>, Texas. It trained alongside the active duty <a href="7th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Bombardment Group">7th Bombardment Group</a> until 1951 when it was called to active duty so that its personnel could be used as fillers for other units, then it was inactivated.

</p><p>In 1955 the group was again activated in the reserve as the <b>446th Troop Carrier Group</b> at <a href="Ellington_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellington Air Force Base">Ellington Air Force Base</a>, Texas. It was inactivated in 1959 when <a href="Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> reorganized its <a href="Wing_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (military aviation unit)">wings</a> under the dual deputy model, which eliminated operational and maintenance group headquarters.

</p><p>The group was activated a fourth time in 1992 as the command element for the flying units of the <a href="446th_Airlift_Wing" title="446th Airlift Wing">446th Airlift Wing</a> as reserve units reorganized under the Objective Wing organizational model.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div>

<p>The 446th Operations Group was activated at <a href="McChord_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="McChord Air Force Base">McChord Air Force Base</a> on 1 August 1992 under the <a href="United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> Objective Wing organizational model. The operational squadrons of the <a href="446th_Airlift_Wing" title="446th Airlift Wing">446th Airlift Wing</a> were reassigned to the newly established group and an operational support squadron was activated along with the group. Since 1992, the group has flown channel, special assignment, and humanitarian <a href="Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> missions worldwide and taken part in joint and combined <a href="Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercises</a>, both within the United States and abroad. The group is an associate of the regular <a href="62d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="62d Operations Group">62d Operations Group</a> and the units fly the same aircraft, which carry the emblems of their parent wings. The group flew the <a href="Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">Lockheed C-141 Starlifter</a> until it was phased out in 2002, but began transitioning into the <a href="McDonnell_Douglas_C-17_Globemaster_III" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III">McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The 446th Operations Group manages the aircrew and flight operations of the 446th Airlift Wing. The group is made up of five squadrons:

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<ul><li><a href="97th_Airlift_Squadron" title="97th Airlift Squadron">97th Airlift Squadron</a> (C-17 Globemaster III)</li>

<li><a href="313th_Airlift_Squadron" title="313th Airlift Squadron">313th Airlift Squadron</a> (C-17 Globemaster III)</li>

<li><a href="728th_Airlift_Squadron" title="728th Airlift Squadron">728th Airlift Squadron</a> (C-17 Globemaster III)</li>

<li>446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron</li>

<li>446th Operations Support Squadron</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Training_for_combat">Training for combat</h4></div>

<p>The <a href="Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was first activated on 1 April 1943 at <a href="Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis–Monthan Field">Davis–Monthan Field</a>, Arizona as the <b>446th Bombardment Group</b> with an initial cadre drawn from the <a href="39th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Bombardment Group">39th Bombardment Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Castens20_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castens20-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its original squadrons were the <a href="704th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="704th Bombardment Squadron">704th</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-704BS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-704BS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="705th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="705th Bombardment Squadron">705th</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-705BS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-705BS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="706th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Bombardment Squadron">706th</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="707th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="707th Bombardment Squadron">707th Bombardment Squadrons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer320_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-707BS_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-707BS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cadre departed for <a href="Orlando_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Army Air Base">Orlando Army Air Base</a>, Florida for training with the <a href="Army_Air_Forces_School_of_Applied_Tactics" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics">Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics</a>, where they flew simulated combat missions from <a href="Montbrook_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Montbrook Army Air Field">Montbrook Army Air Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Castens20_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castens20-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The unit headed for <a href="Alamogordo_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamogordo Army Air Field">Alamogordo Army Air Field</a>, New Mexico in June 1943, but was diverted to <a href="Lowry_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowry Field">Lowry Field</a>, Colorado, where the group was filled out and advanced training was completed. The group lost two aircraft to crashes during this training.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ground echelon left Lowry on 18 October 1943 for <a href="Camp_Shanks" title="Camp Shanks">Camp Shanks</a>, New York and embarked on the <a href="RMS_Queen_Mary" title="RMS Queen Mary">RMS <i>Queen Mary</i></a>, sailing on 27 October 1943 and arrived in <a href="Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a> on the <a href="Firth_of_Clyde" title="Firth of Clyde">Firth of Clyde</a> on 2 November 1943. The aircraft left Lowry on 20 October 1943 for staging at <a href="Lincoln_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Army Air Field">Lincoln Army Air Field</a>, Nebraska. The <a href="Aircrew" title="Aircrew">aircrews</a> ferried their planes under the control of <a href="Air_Transport_Command" title="Air Transport Command">Air Transport Command</a> via the southern route from Florida through Puerto Rico, Brazil, Senegal, and Morocco to England. The 446th was the first <a href="Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> group to complete the Transatlantic hop from Brazil to Africa without the installation of additional <a href="Bomb_bay" title="Bomb bay">bomb bay</a> fuel tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Combat_in_the_European_theater">Combat in the European theater</h4></div>

<p>The 446th suffered its first combat loss even before arriving in England when the aircraft commanded by 2nd Lt. Samuel E. Fowlkes strayed from the planned route and flew too close to the <a href="Brest%2C_France" title="Brest, France">Brest Peninsula</a>, where it was attacked by <a href="Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Focke-Wulf Fw 190</a> and <a href="Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88</a> fighters and <a href="Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft fire</a> from the <a href="Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> and was shot down.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder of the group safely arrived at its new base at <a href="RAF_Flixton" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Flixton">RAF Flixton</a> in the east of England.<sup id="cite_ref-bungay_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bungay-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The group arrived at its combat station, <a href="RAF_Flixton" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Flixton">RAF Flixton</a> in early November 1943 and flew its first mission on 16 December 1943 against shipping facilities in <a href="Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>, Germany, losing one airplane that crashed just short of the field due to fuel exhaustion.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group operated chiefly against <a href="Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">strategic objectives</a>. Its targets included Its targets included <a href="Ball_bearing" title="Ball bearing">ball bearing</a> factories at <a href="Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="Marshalling_yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalling yard">marshalling yards</a> at <a href="Koblenz" title="Koblenz">Koblenz</a>, <a href="Submarine_pen" title="Submarine pen">submarine pens</a> at <a href="Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a>, aircraft plants at <a href="Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, port facilities at <a href="Ludwigshafen" title="Ludwigshafen">Ludwigshafen</a> and aircraft engine manufacturing plants at <a href="Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer320_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's 706th Bombardment Squadron flew 62 consecutive missions and 707th Bombardment Squadron had 68 missions without loss.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The group was occasionally diverted from strategic missions to carry out <a href="Air_support" class="mw-redirect" title="Air support">air support</a> and <a href="Interdiction" title="Interdiction">interdiction</a> missions. It supported <a href="Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, the invasion of <a href="Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> by attacking transportation targets, including bridges, along with airfields and strong points in France.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer320_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="D_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D Day">D Day</a>, the squadron and the rest of the 446th Group led the first <a href="Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a> mission of the day. The 446th aided ground forces at <a href="Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a> and <a href="Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a> during July by hitting bridges, gun batteries, and enemy troops. During <a href="Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>, the attempt to seize a bridgehead across the <a href="Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> in the Netherlands, the 704th dropped supplies to <a href="Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">allied</a> troops near <a href="Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a>. It struck <a href="Lines_of_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Lines of communications">lines of communications</a> during the <a href="Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. During <a href="Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a> in March 1945, it supplied ground and airborne troops near <a href="Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a>. The squadron flew its last combat mission on 25 April 1945 against <a href="Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a>, Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer320_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group had flown 273 missions and had lost 58 aircraft during the war,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>After <a href="V-E_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="V-E Day">V-E Day</a>, the 446th flew transport missions to France, sometimes landing at fields that had been targets the previous year. It also flew "Trolley" missions, transporting support personnel for "sightseeing" trips over Germany to view the results of their efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group began to redeploy to the US in June 1945. The first aircraft of the air echelon departed the United Kingdom in mid-June 1945 flying the northern route via Iceland. One aircraft was lost over the Azores on the return flight. The ground echelon sailed from Greenock on the <i>Queen Mary</i> on 6 July 1945 and arrived in New York on 11 July 1945. Personnel were given 30 days leave. The ground and air echelons reassembled at <a href="Sioux_Falls_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux Falls Army Air Field">Sioux Falls Army Air Field</a>, South Dakota in late July. Its personnel were transferred to other <a href="Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a> units or demobilized and the Group was inactivated on 28 August 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reserve_operations">Reserve operations</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Corollary_unit">Corollary unit</h4></div>

<p>The group was reactivated in March 1948 at <a href="Carswell_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Carswell AFB">Carswell AFB</a> near Fort Worth, Texas, along with the 704th 705th and 706th squadrons, although the 706th was located across the state at <a href="Biggs_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Biggs Air Force Base">Biggs Air Force Base</a> near El Paso.<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month the 707th squadron was activated at <a href="Lubbock_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lubbock Air Force Base">Lubbock Air Force Base</a>, in the Texas panhandle.<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group conducted bombardment training with as part of the Air Force Reserve, but does not appear to have been assigned any aircraft of its own during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1949 the group lost its two remote squadrons when the 706th was inactivated and the 707th was transferred.<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-707BS_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-707BS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simultaneously, the group was reassigned from <a href="Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> to <a href="Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> and became a corollary of the active duty <a href="7th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Bombardment Group">7th Bombardment Group</a>, which had just converted from the <a href="Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a> to the <a href="Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a>. As a result of the <a href="Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the group was called to active duty on 1 May 1951. Its personnel were reassigned to other units and the group was inactivated on 25 June 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer320_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Airlift_operations">Airlift operations</h4></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="446th_Airlift_Wing" title="446th Airlift Wing">446th Airlift Wing</a></div>

<p>Reserve flying organizations began to be reformed in July 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Air Force desired that all reserve units be designed to augment the regular forces in the event of a national emergency. The six reserve pilot training wings, including the 8706th Pilot Training Wing at <a href="Ellington_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellington Air Force Base">Ellington Air Force Base</a>, Texas, however, had no mobilization mission. On 18 May 1955, the 8706th Wing was replaced by the <a href="446th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="446th Troop Carrier Wing">446th Troop Carrier Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein446MAW_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein446MAW-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was reactivated as the <b>446th Troop Carrier Group</b>, along with the 704th and 705th Troop Carrier Squadrons and initially equipped with <a href="Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46 Commandos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer320_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-704BS_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-704BS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-705BS_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-705BS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Ellington it absorbed the personnel of the <b>8706th Pilot Training Group</b>, which was simultaneously discontinued. In October the 706th TCS at <a href="Donaldson_Air_Force_Base" title="Donaldson Air Force Base">Donaldson Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina activated and joined the group, but it inactivated in November 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958 the group upgraded to <a href="Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a> aircraft and gained the <a href="357th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="357th Troop Carrier Squadron">357th Troop Carrier Squadron</a> at <a href="New_Orleans_Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Naval Air Station">New Orleans Naval Air Station</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-357TCS_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357TCS-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1959 the 706th was activated again, this time at <a href="Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit trained for and flew <a href="Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> missions until being inactivated in 1959 when its parent unit, the <a href="446th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="446th Troop Carrier Wing">446th Troop Carrier Wing</a> converted to the dual deputy organization, which eliminated operational and maintenance group headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's squadrons were reassigned directly to the Wing.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1992, <a href="Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> reorganized its flying wings under the Objective Wing system, and in August, the group was reactivated at McChord Air Force Base, Washington as the <b>446th Operations Group</b>, a <a href="Air_Force_Reserve_Command#Associate_Program" title="Air Force Reserve Command">reserve associate</a> of the <a href="62d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="62d Operations Group">62d Operations Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2></div>

<ul><li>Established as the <b>446th Bombardment Group</b> (Heavy) on 20 March 1943</li></ul>

<dl><dd>Activated on 1 April 1943</dd>

<dd>Redesignated <b>446th Bombardment Group</b>, Heavy on 20 August 1943</dd>

<dd>Inactivated on 28 August 1945</dd></dl>

<ul><li>Redesignated <b>446th Bombardment Group</b>, Very Heavy on 26 September 1947</li></ul>

<dl><dd>Activated in the reserve on 26 March 1948</dd>

<dd>Redesignated <b>446th Bombardment Group</b>, Heavy on 27 June 1949</dd>

<dd>Ordered to Active Duty on 1 May 1951</dd>

<dd>Inactivated on 25 June 1951</dd></dl>

<ul><li>Redesignated <b>446th Troop Carrier Group</b>, Medium on 11 April 1955</li></ul>

<dl><dd>Activated in the reserve on 25 May 1955</dd>

<dd>Inactivated on 14 April 1959</dd></dl>

<ul><li>Redesignated <b>446th Military Airlift Group</b> on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive)</li>

<li>Redesignated <b>446th Operations Group</b> on 1 August 1992</li></ul>

<dl><dd>Activated in the reserve on 1 August 1992<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 1 April 1943</li>

<li><a href="II_Bomber_Command" title="II Bomber Command">II Bomber Command</a>, April 1943</li>

<li><a href="Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 6 October 1943</li>

<li><a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, c. 2 November 1943</li>

<li><a href="VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a>, 5 November 1943</li>

<li><a href="2d_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bombardment Division">2d Bombardment Division</a>, 9 November 1943</li>

<li><a href="20th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Combat Bombardment Wing">20th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, November 1943</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="96th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Combat Bombardment Wing">96th Combat Bombardment Wing</a> (later 96th Bombardment Wing), 1 June 1945</li>

<li>Second Air Force, 15 July 1945 – 28 August 1945</li>

<li><a href="309th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="309th Bombardment Wing">309th Bombardment Wing</a> (later 309th Air Division), 26 March 1948</li>

<li><a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, 27 June 1949 – 25 June 1951</li>

<li>446th Troop Carrier Wing, 25 May 1955 – 14 April 1959</li>

<li>446th Airlift Wing, 1 August 1992 – present<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3></div>

<ul><li>36th Aerial Port Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 1 October 2002</li>

<li>40th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 1 October 1994</li>

<li>97th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – present<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>313th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – present<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>357th Troop Carrier Squadron: 25 March 1958 – 14 April 1959<sup id="cite_ref-357TCS_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357TCS-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<dl><dd>Located at New Orleans Naval Air Station, Louisiana</dd></dl>

<ul><li>446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: 1 October 1994 – present</li>

<li>446th Operations Squadron (later 446th Operations Flight): 1 August 1992 – present</li>

<li>704th Bombardment Squadron (later 704th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 April 1943 – 28 August 1945; 26 March 1948 – 25 June 1951; 25 May 1955 – 14 April 1959<sup id="cite_ref-704BS_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-704BS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>705th Bombardment Squadron (later 705th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 April 1943 – 28 August 1945; 26 March 1948 – 25 June 1951; 25 May 1955 – 14 April 1959<sup id="cite_ref-705BS_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-705BS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>706th Bombardment Squadron (later 706th Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 April 1943 – 28 August 1945; 26 March 1948 – 27 June 1949; 8 October 1955 – 16 November 1957; 7 February 1959– 14 April 1959<sup id="cite_ref-706BS_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<dl><dd>Located at Biggs AFB, Texas, 26 March 1948 – 27 June 1949</dd>

<dd>Located at Donaldson AFB, South Carolina, 8 October 1955 – 16 November 1957</dd>

<dd>Located at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 7 February 1959 – 14 April 1959</dd></dl>

<ul><li>707th Bombardment Squadron: 1 April 1943 – 28 August 1945; 22 April 1948 – 27 June 1949<sup id="cite_ref-707BS_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-707BS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<dl><dd>Located at Lubbock AFB, Texas, 22 April 1948 – 27 June 1949</dd></dl>

<ul><li>728th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – present<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>446th Airlift Control Flight: 1 August 1992 – present</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3></div>

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<ul><li>Davis–Monthan Field, Arizona, 1 April 1943</li>

<li>Lowry Field, Colorado, 8 June 1943 – 19 October 1943</li>

<li>RAF Flixton (USAAF Station 125),<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, 2 November 1943 – 6 July 1945</li>

<li>Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, 15 July 1945 – 28 August 1945</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, 26 March 1948 – 25 June 1951</li>

<li>Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, 25 May 1955 – 14 April 1959</li>

<li>McChord Air Force Base, Washington, 1 August 1992 – present<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft_assigned">Aircraft assigned</h3></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a>, 1943–1945</li>

<li><a href="Beechcraft_C-45_Expeditor" class="mw-redirect" title="Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor">Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor</a>, 1955–1958</li>

<li><a href="Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46 Commando</a>, 1955–1958</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1958–1959</li>

<li>Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, 1992–2002</li>

<li>McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III, 1999–present<sup id="cite_ref-446OGfacts_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446OGfacts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_campaigns">Awards and campaigns</h3></div>

<th>Award streamer</th>

<th>Award</th>

<th>Dates</th>

<th>Notes

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<td><a href="Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Air Force Meritorious Unit Award</a></td>

<td>1 October 2005–30 September 2006</td>

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<td>Air Force Meritorious Unit Award</td>

<td>1 October 2006–30 September 2007</td>

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<p><br>

</p>

<th>Campaign Streamer

</th>

<th>Campaign

</th>

<th>Dates

</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

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<td>Air Offensive, Europe</td>

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<td>Normandy</td>

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<td>Northern France</td>

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<td>Rhineland</td>

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<td>Central Europe</td>

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<td>Ardennes-Alsace</td>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Army Air Forces referred to the group station as Fixton, but it was also called RAF Bungay, after a nearby village.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Approved 3 August 1960 for the 446th Troop Carrier Wing.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group uses the wing emblem with the group designation on the scroll while assigned to the wing. Robertson, AFHRA Factsheet</span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Consolidated B-24H, serial 42-95203, FL-D <i>Red Ass</i> of the group's 704th Bombardment Squadron was the lead plane.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Identifiable is Consolidated B-24H Liberator, serial 42-7607.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Identifiable is Consolidated B-24J Liberator, serial 42-100360. This aircraft was shot down 29 April 1944 on a mission to Berlin.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Under this plan flying squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Operations and maintenance squadrons reported to the wing Deputy Commander for Maintenance.</span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, p. 11</span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, front cover</span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ravenstein, p. 243.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-Watkins-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Watkins, pp. 90–91</span>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFRobertson2012" class="citation web cs1">Robertson, Patsy (19 November 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/431991/446-operations-group-afrc/">"Factsheet 446th Operations Group (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Castens20-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Castens20_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Castens20_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, p. 20</span>

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<li id="cite_note-704BS-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-704BS_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-704BS_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-704BS_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 709</span>

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<li id="cite_note-705BS-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-705BS_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-705BS_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-705BS_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>. pp. 709–710</span>

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<li id="cite_note-706BS-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-706BS_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>. p. 710</span>

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<li id="cite_note-Maurer320-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer320_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer320_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer320_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer320_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer320_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer320_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 320–321</span>

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<li id="cite_note-707BS-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-707BS_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-707BS_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-707BS_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>. pp. 710–711</span>

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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, pp. 22–23</span>

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<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, pp. 26–30</span>

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<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, p. 30</span>

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<li id="cite_note-bungay-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bungay_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFHistoric_England1389350" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1389350&resourceID=19191">"Bungay airfield (1389350)"</a>. <i>Research records (formerly PastScape)</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2013</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, p. 38</span>

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<li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Freeman, p. 357</span>

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<li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, pp. 32, 108</span>

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<li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, p. 105</span>

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<li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Castens, pp. 154, 157</span>

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<li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cantwell, p. 139</span>

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<li id="cite_note-Ravenstein446MAW-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein446MAW_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ravenstein, pp. 242–24</span>

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<li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cantwell, p. 146</span>

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<li id="cite_note-357TCS-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-357TCS_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-357TCS_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 444</span>

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<li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See</i> Ravenstein, p. 243</span>

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<li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRobertson2012" class="citation web cs1">Robertson, Patsy (7 December 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/431966/97-airlift-squadron-afrc/">"Factsheet 97th Airlift Squadron (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRobertson2012" class="citation web cs1">Robertson, Patsy (7 December 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/431965/313-airlift-squadron-afrc/">"Factsheet 313th Airlift Squadron (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFRobertson2012" class="citation web cs1">Robertson, Patsy (7 December 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dafhistory.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/431964/728-airlift-squadron-afrc/">"Factsheet 728th Airlift Squadron (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2012</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Station number in Anderson.</span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3></div>

<p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a>

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<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFAnderson1985" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062523/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf"><i>Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil./shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFCastens,_Edward_H.1946" class="citation book cs1">Castens, Edward H., ed. (1946). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/110/#b.mon.tag"><i>The Story of the 446th Bomb Group</i></a>. Bangor Public Library World War Regimental Histories No. 110. San Angelo, TX: Newsfoto Publishing Co<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2013</span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFFreeman1970" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Roger_A._Freeman" title="Roger A. Freeman">Freeman, Roger A.</a> (1970). <i>The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force)</i>. London, England, UK: Macdonald and Company. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-87938-638-2</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1983" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi>. <a href="LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 20 December 2016.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20230820144531/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf"><i>Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi>. <a href="LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 20 August 2023.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFRavenstein1984" class="citation book cs1">Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave"><i>Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977</i></a></span>. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-912799-12-9</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFWatkins2008" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Watkins, Robert (2008). <i>Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II</i>. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7643-1987-7</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFFreeman1978" class="citation book cs1"><a href="Roger_A._Freeman" title="Roger A. Freeman">Freeman, Roger A.</a> (1978). <i>Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now</i>. Harlow, England: After the Battle. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-900913-09-6</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li>Freeman, Roger A. (1991) <i>The Mighty Eighth The Colour Record</i>. Cassell & Co. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-304-35708-1</bdi></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFJansen1989" class="citation book cs1">Jansen, Harold E. (1989). <i>The History of the 446th Bomb Group (H): 1943-1945</i>. Elmar Uitgeverij, Rijswijk, The Netherlands- 1989. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-9-061206-6-13</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

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<li><a href="List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li>

<li><a href="Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li>

<li><a href="Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li>

<li><a href="Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li>

<li><a href="Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li>

<li><a href="Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li>

<li><a href="Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li>

<li><a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li>

<li><a href="Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li>

<li><a href="Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li>

<li><a href="Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li>

<li><a href="Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li>

<li><a href="Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li>

<li><a href="Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a>

<li><a href="List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a>

<li><a href="List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a>

<li><a href="List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security Forces</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Civilian_auxiliaries_distinguished" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Civilian auxiliary</a>: <a href="Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel and<br> training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_United_States_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of United States Air Force personnel">Personnel</a></li>

<li>Rank

<ul><li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">officers</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Insignia" title="United States Air Force Academy Cadet Insignia">cadets</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li>

<li><a href="U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General's_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li>

<li><a href="Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical Service</a></li>

<li><a href="Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li>

<li><a href="Chief_Scientist_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li></ul>

<ul><li>Training: <a href="United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Force Academy</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">Officer Training School</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Reserve Officer Training Corps</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">Basic Training</a></li>

<li><a href="Airman_Leadership_School" title="Airman Leadership School">Airman Leadership School</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Fitness_Assessment" title="United States Air Force Fitness Assessment">Fitness Assessment</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br> equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">Awards and decorations</a></li>

<li><a href="Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">Badges</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">Equipment</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force#Aircraft_inventory" title="United States Air Force">Aircraft</a></li>

<li><a href="Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">Uniforms</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">History</a></li>

<li><a href="Aeronautical_Division%2C_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps">Aeronautical Division</a> / <a href="Aviation_Section%2C_U.S._Signal_Corps" title="Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps">Aviation Section</a> / <a href="Division_of_Military_Aeronautics" title="Division of Military Aeronautics">Division of Military Aeronautics</a> / <a href="United_States_Army_Air_Service" title="United States Army Air Service">Army Air Service</a> / <a href="United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Army Air Corps</a> / <a href="United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a></li>

<li>"<a href="The_U.S._Air_Force_(song)" title="The U.S. Air Force (song)">The U.S. Air Force</a>"</li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Band" title="United States Air Force Band">Air Force Band</a></li>

<li><a href="Airman's_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">Airman's Creed</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force#Core_missions" title="United States Air Force">Core Values</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Symbol" title="United States Air Force Symbol">Symbol</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Memorial" title="United States Air Force Memorial">Memorial</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum</a></li>

<li><a href="Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots" title="Women Airforce Service Pilots">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a> / <a href="Air_Force_Two" title="Air Force Two">Air Force Two</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Honor_Guard" title="United States Air Force Honor Guard">Honor Guard</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds" title="United States Air Force Thunderbirds">Thunderbirds</a></li>

<li><a href="Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">Service numbers</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_%26_Space_Forces_Association" title="Air & Space Forces Association">Air & Space Forces Association</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>

<ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> Category</b></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li>

<li><a href="Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Dobbins_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Dobbins Air Reserve Base">Dobbins</a></li>

<li><a href="Duke_Field" title="Duke Field">Duke Field</a></li>

<li><a href="General_Mitchell_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="General Mitchell Air National Guard Base">General Mitchell</a></li>

<li><a href="Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Grissom</a></li>

<li><a href="Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a></li>

<li><a href="March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a></li>

<li><a href="Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_Joint_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station">Minneapolis-Saint Paul</a></li>

<li><a href="Niagara_Falls_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station">Niagara Falls</a></li>

<li><a href="Pittsburgh_IAP_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station">Pittsburgh</a></li>

<li><a href="Westover_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Westover Air Reserve Base">Westover</a></li>

<li><a href="Youngstown%E2%80%93Warren_Air_Reserve_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Youngstown–Warren Air Reserve Station">Youngstown</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Command</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Air_Reserve_Personnel_Center" title="Air Reserve Personnel Center">Air Reserve Personnel Center</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings/Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Refueling</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Airlift</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><i>other</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th Space</a></li>

<li><a href="349th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="349th Air Mobility Wing">349th Air Mobility</a></li>

<li><a href="452nd_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="452nd Air Mobility Wing">452nd Air Mobility</a></li>

<li><a href="514th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="514th Air Mobility Wing">514th Air Mobility</a></li>

<li><a href="655th_Intelligence%2C_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="919th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="919th Special Operations Wing">919th Special Operations</a></li>

<li><a href="920th_Rescue_Wing" title="920th Rescue Wing">920th Rescue</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="20px&#124;USAAF_8th_Air_Force_patch_USAAF_Eighth_Air_Force_in_World_War_II11817" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="20px&#124;USAAF_8th_Air_Force_patch_USAAF_Eighth_Air_Force_in_World_War_II11817" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <a href="United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF</a> <a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> in <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Stations3543" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Stations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">Alconbury</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Aldermaston" title="RAF Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Andrews_Field" title="RAF Andrews Field">Andrews Field</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Atcham" title="RAF Atcham">Atcham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Attlebridge" title="RAF Attlebridge">Attlebridge</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">Bassingbourn</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bodney" title="RAF Bodney">Bodney</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bottisham" title="RAF Bottisham">Bottisham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bovingdon" title="RAF Bovingdon">Bovingdon</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Boxted" title="RAF Boxted">Boxted</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bungay" title="RAF Bungay">Bungay</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">Burtonwood Depot</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bury_St_Edmunds" title="RAF Bury St Edmunds">Bury St. Edmunds</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Bushey_Hall" title="RAF Bushey Hall">Bushey Hall</a></li>

<li><a href="Chalgrove_Airfield" title="Chalgrove Airfield">Chalgrove</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Cheddington" title="RAF Cheddington">Cheddington</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">Chelveston</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Chipping_Ongar" title="RAF Chipping Ongar">Chipping Ongar</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Debach" title="RAF Debach">Debach</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Debden" title="RAF Debden">Debden</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Deenethorpe" title="RAF Deenethorpe">Deenethorpe</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Deopham_Green" title="RAF Deopham Green">Deopham Green</a></li>

<li><a href="Duxford_Aerodrome" title="Duxford Aerodrome">Duxford</a></li>

<li><a href="Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_East_Wretham" title="RAF East Wretham">East Wretham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Fersfield" title="RAF Fersfield">Fersfield</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Fowlmere" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fowlmere">Fowlmere</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Framlingham" title="RAF Framlingham">Framlingham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Glatton" title="RAF Glatton">Glatton</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Goxhill" title="RAF Goxhill">Goxhill</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Grafton_Underwood" title="RAF Grafton Underwood">Grafton Underwood</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Great_Ashfield" title="RAF Great Ashfield">Great Ashfield</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">Halesworth</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">Hardwick</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">Harrington</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Hethel" title="RAF Hethel">Hethel</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">Honington</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Horham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horham">Horham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Horsham_St_Faith" title="RAF Horsham St Faith">Horsham St. Faith</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Keevil" title="RAF Keevil">Keevil</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Kimbolton" title="RAF Kimbolton">Kimbolton</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Kings_Cliffe" title="RAF Kings Cliffe">Kings Cliffe</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey" title="RAF Kirton in Lindsey">Kirton In Lindsey</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Knettishall" title="RAF Knettishall">Knettishall</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Lavenham" title="RAF Lavenham">Lavenham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Leiston" title="RAF Leiston">Leiston</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">Martlesham Heath</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Mendlesham" title="RAF Mendlesham">Mendlesham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Metfield" title="RAF Metfield">Metfield</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">Molesworth</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Mount_Farm" title="RAF Mount Farm">Mount Farm</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">North Pickenham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Nuthampstead" title="RAF Nuthampstead">Nuthampstead</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">Old Buckenham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Podington" title="RAF Podington">Podington</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">Polebrook</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Rackheath" title="RAF Rackheath">Rackheath</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Rattlesden" title="RAF Rattlesden">Rattlesden</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Ridgewell" title="RAF Ridgewell">Ridgewell</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Seething" title="RAF Seething">Seething</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">Shipdham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">Snetterton Heath</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">Steeple Morden</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Sudbury" title="RAF Sudbury">Sudbury</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">Thorpe Abbots</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">Thurleigh</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">Tibenham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Wattisham" title="RAF Wattisham">Wattisham</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Watton" title="RAF Watton">Watton</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Wendling" title="RAF Wendling">Wendling</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Westhampnett" title="RAF Westhampnett">Westhampnett</a></li>

<li><a href="RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">Wormingford</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima</a></li>

<li><a href="Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a></li>

<li><a href="Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Futenma">Futenma</a></li>

<li><a href="Yontan_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Yontan Airfield">Yontan</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Units6800" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Units</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="VIII_Air_Support_Command" title="VIII Air Support Command">VIII Air Support</a></li>

<li><a href="VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="801st_Bombardment_Group_(Provisional)" class="mw-redirect" title="801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)">801st (Provisional)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Troop Carrier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>

<ul><li><b>United States Army Air Forces</b></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li>

<li><a href="Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li>

<li><a href="Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li>

<li><a href="Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li>

<li><a href="Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li>

<li><a href="United_States_Air_Forces_Southern_Command" title="United States Air Forces Southern Command">Sixth</a></li>

<li><a href="Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li>

<li><a href="Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li>

<li><a href="Ninth_Air_Force_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ninth Air Force (World War II)">Ninth</a></li>

<li><a href="Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li>

<li><a href="Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li>

<li><a href="Thirteenth_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteenth Air Force">Thirteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth</a></li>

<li><a href="Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="20px_USAAF_Second_Air_Force_in_World_War_II9823" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="20px_USAAF_Second_Air_Force_in_World_War_II9823" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span typeof="mw:File"></span> <a href="United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF</a> <a href="Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a> in <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Airfields</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Airfields_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces_Second_Air_Force" title="Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Second Air Force">Airfields</a></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="II_Air_Support_Command" title="II Air Support Command">II Air Support Command</a></li>

<li><a href="II_Bomber_Command" title="II Bomber Command">II Bomber Command</a></li>

<li><a href="V_Fighter_Command" title="V Fighter Command">II Fighter Command</a></li>

<li><a href="IV_Air_Support_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="IV Air Support Command">IV Air Support Command</a></li>

<li><a href="XX_Bomber_Command" title="XX Bomber Command">XX Bomber Command</a></li>

<li><a href="XXI_Bomber_Command" title="XXI Bomber Command">XXI Bomber Command</a></li>

<li><a href="XXII_Bomber_Command" title="XXII Bomber Command">XXII Bomber Command</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="15th_Bombardment_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Bombardment Training Wing">15th Bombardment Training</a></li>

<li><a href="16th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">16th Bombardment Operational Training</a></li>

<li><a href="17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th Bombardment Training</a></li>

<li><a href="18th_Replacement_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Replacement Wing (World War II)">18th Replacement</a></li>

<li><a href="21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="46th_Operations_Group" title="46th Operations Group">46th Bombardment Operational Training</a></li>

<li><a href="58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="73rd_Air_Division" title="73rd Air Division">73rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="315th_Air_Division" title="315th Air Division">315th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="316th_Air_Division" title="316th Air Division">316th Bombardment</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="2nd_Operations_Group" title="2nd Operations Group">2nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="6th_Operations_Group" title="6th Operations Group">6th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="9th_Operations_Group" title="9th Operations Group">9th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="16th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="16th Air Expeditionary Wing">16th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="17th_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Training Group">17th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="19th_Operations_Group" title="19th Operations Group">19th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="25th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">25th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="29th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="29th Flying Training Wing">29th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="39th_Air_Base_Wing" title="39th Air Base Wing">39th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="42nd_Air_Base_Wing" title="42nd Air Base Wing">42nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="46th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Bombardment Group">46th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="47th_Operations_Group" title="47th Operations Group">47th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="85th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Fighter Group">85th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="86th_Operations_Group" title="86th Operations Group">86th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="88th_Bombardment_Group" title="88th Bombardment Group">86th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="88th_Bombardment_Group" title="88th Bombardment Group">88th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="94th_Operations_Group" title="94th Operations Group">94th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="95th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="302nd_Operations_Group" title="302nd Operations Group">302nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="303rd_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="303rd Air Expeditionary Group">303rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="304th_Bombardment_Group" title="304th Bombardment Group">304th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="305th_Operations_Group" title="305th Operations Group">305th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="306th_Flying_Training_Group" title="306th Flying Training Group">306th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="308th_Armament_Systems_Group" title="308th Armament Systems Group">308th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="312th_Aeronautical_Systems_Group" title="312th Aeronautical Systems Group">312th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="330th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="330th Bombardment Group">330th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="331st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="331st Bombardment Group">331st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="379th_Air_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="379th Air Expeditionary Operations Group">379th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="381st_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Training Group">381st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="382nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="382nd Bombardment Group">382nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="383rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="383rd Bombardment Group">383rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="384th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="384th Air Expeditionary Group">384th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="388th_Operations_Group" title="388th Operations Group">388th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="393rd_Bombardment_Group" title="393rd Bombardment Group">393rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="395th_Bombardment_Group" title="395th Bombardment Group">395th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="396th_Bombardment_Group" title="396th Bombardment Group">396th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="398th Air Expeditionary Group">398th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="399th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="399th Bombardment Group">399th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="400th_Bombardment_Group" title="400th Bombardment Group">400th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="401st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="401st Air Expeditionary Group">401st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="415th_Bombardment_Group" title="415th Bombardment Group">415th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="418th_Bombardment_Group" title="418th Bombardment Group">418th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="445th_Operations_Group" title="445th Operations Group">445th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="447th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="447th Air Expeditionary Group">447th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="450th_Electronic_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="450th Electronic Warfare Wing">450th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="451st_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Air Expeditionary Wing">451st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="452nd_Operations_Group" title="452nd Operations Group">452nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="453rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="453rd Operations Group">453rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="456th_Bombardment_Group" title="456th Bombardment Group">456th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="457th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="457th Air Expeditionary Group">457th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="458th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="458th Air Expeditionary Group">458th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="459th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="459th Air Refueling Wing">459th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="460th_Space_Wing" title="460th Space Wing">460th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="462nd_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462nd Strategic Aerospace Wing">462nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="464th_Tactical_Airlift_Wing" title="464th Tactical Airlift Wing">464th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="468th_Bombardment_Group" title="468th Bombardment Group">468th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="469th_Bombardment_Group" title="469th Bombardment Group">469th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="470th_Bombardment_Group" title="470th Bombardment Group">470th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="471st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="471st Bombardment Group">471st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="472nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="472nd Bombardment Group">472nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="486th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="488th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="488th Bombardment Group">488th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd Bombardment Group">493rd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="494th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Wing">494th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="497th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="497th Air Refueling Wing">497th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="498th_Tactical_Missile_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="498th Tactical Missile Group">498th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="499th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="499th Air Refueling Wing">499th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="500th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="500th Air Refueling Wing">500th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="501st_Combat_Support_Wing" title="501st Combat Support Wing">501st Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="502nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="502nd Bombardment Group">502nd Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="504th_Bombardment_Group" title="504th Bombardment Group">504th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="505th_Bombardment_Group" title="505th Bombardment Group">505th Bombardment</a></li>

<li><a href="509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Composite</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="20th_Operations_Group" title="20th Operations Group">20th Fighter</a></li>

<li><a href="54th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Fighter-Interceptor Group">54th Fighter</a></li>

<li><a href="84th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="84th Fighter Group">84th Fighter</a></li>

<li><a href="85th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Fighter Group">85th Fighter</a></li>

<li><a href="507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th Fighter</a></li>

<li><a href="508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing" title="508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing">508th Fighter</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>2nd Reconnaissance</li>

<li><a href="3rd_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Reconnaissance Group">3rd Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="4th_Reconnaissance_Group" title="4th Reconnaissance Group">4th Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">5th Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="6th_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Reconnaissance Group">6th Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="7th_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Reconnaissance Group">7th Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="8th_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Reconnaissance Group">8th Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="71st_Operations_Group" title="71st Operations Group">71st Reconnaissance</a></li>

<li><a href="77th_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" title="77th Aeronautical Systems Wing">77th Reconnaissance</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop Carrier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="443nd_Troop_Carrier_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="443nd Troop Carrier Group">443nd Troop Carrier</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>