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	20th Fighter Wing [20th FW]
		The 20th Fighter Group traced its lineage to the 18 October 1917 authorization of the 20th Balloon Group as an inactive element of the Department of the Army Air Arm.
		The Department of the Air Force temporarily bestowed the lineage and honors of the 20th Group on the 20th Wing in November 1954.
		The 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, along with the associated 55th, 77th, and 79th Tactical Fighter Squadrons were officially redesignated the 20th Fighter Wing and 55th, 77th, and 79th Fighter Squadrons on 1 October 1991.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/20fw.htm (5019 words)

	HyperWar: The Army Air Forces in WWII: Vol. I--Plans & Early Operations [Chapter 5]
		The existing air districts were redesignated as the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Air Forces, and to them, respectively, was delegated responsibility for air defense planning and organization along the eastern seaboard, in the northwestern and western mountain areas, in the southeastern area, and along the west coast and in the southwest.
		The emergence of the air weapon as the predominant element of Caribbean defense was not unnatural in the light of the European war and the geography of the area.
		The ability of the Hawaiian Air Force to perform its mission was affected in the fall of 1941 by a decision of the War Department to send reinforcements to the Philippines and by calls from the Navy Department for assistance in the defense of outlying islands in the Hawaiian area.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/I/AAF-I-5.html (17141 words)

	U.S. 20th Air Base Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 20th Air Base Group (20th ABG) was part of the Far East Air Force, during World War II.
		The 20th ABG was based at Nichols Field, in the Philippines.
		This page was last modified 08:09, 27 January 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/20th_Air_Base_Group (66 words)

	Philippine Army Air Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Philippine Army Air Corps was created by the Philippine National Assembly's National Defense Act of 1935.
		In 1941, this was reformed, as part of the Far East Air Force.
		Courses in flying and technical training were given, in the United States, to selected students.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippine_Army_Air_Corps (231 words)

	Hill Aerospace Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 88th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 20th Bombardment Wing was soon reassigned from Hamilton Field, California, to Fort Douglas.
		As construction continued at the airfield, negotiations between the Army Air Corps and the Department of the Interior were undertaken for the acquisition of a large tract of government land near Wendover, Utah, along the Utah-Nevada border.
		Construction at the base continued for most of the war, and by May 1945 the base consisted of 668 buildings, including a 300-bed hospital, gymnasium, swimming pool, library, chapel, cafeteria, bowling alley, two movie theatres, and 361 housing units for married officers and civilians.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/wendover.htm (1352 words)

	20th Wing History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meanwhile, on 26 January 1956, the wing underwent a major internal reorganization with the inactivation of the 20th Maintenance and Supply Group and the realignment of the 20th Field Maintenance and 20th Supply Squadrons under the air base group which was then redesignated the 20th Support Group.
		On 15 June 1962, the 20th Support Group was redesignated as the 20th Combat Support Group and the 20th Supply Squadron was realigned under the wing and its newly appointed office of Deputy Commander for Materiel (DCM).
		Finally, the 2130th Communications Group, RAF Croughton, and the 2118th Communications Squadron, RAF Uxbridge, were realigned from direct reporting units of HQ 3rd Air Force to become units assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing on 1 November 1991.
	www.shaw.af.mil /history/wing.asp (4049 words)

	Barksdale Air Force Base, La (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From July 13-21, 1921, elements of the group (49th and 96th Squadrons) were detached to General Mitchell’s 1st Provisional Air Brigade at Langley Field, Va., to conduct controversial tests to determine the efficiency of aircraft against naval warships.
		Early in World War II the group was assigned anti-submarine patrol duty along the Atlantic seaboard and in October 1942 was earmarked for combat.
		From August to November 1948, the 2d Bombardment Group, commanded by Col. William E. Eubank, Jr., was deployed on temporary duty to Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England in response to the Berlin crisis.
	www.barksdale.af.mil /2bw/barkinfo/2bwhist.shtml (3239 words)

	Historic Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields: Hamilton Air Force Base (Including Hamilton Army Air Field)
		On March 31, 1941, the base was reassigned to the Fourth Air Force, and it was later that year that a flight of twelve B-17s left Hamilton Field for Hickam Field in Hawaii, which lay next to the naval base known as Pearl Harbor.
		The base went through a series of command redesignations during this period--to the Continental Air Forces on April 16, 1945, to the Air Defense Command on January 1, 1951, to the Aerospace Defense Command on January 15, 1968, 'and as its usefulness waned, to the Air Force Reserve on October 1, 1973.
		The base had been declared excess to Air Force needs as early as December 10, 1944, but it was not closed at that time, and in 1952 it had been declared a "permanent" U.S. Air Force installation.
	www.militarymuseum.org /HamiltonAFB.html (1091 words)

	Ramey AFB Historical Association - History
		He suggested that a suitable air base and auxiliary landing fields be constructed on the island, but that the Air Corps be limited to minimum strength required for maintenance, with a provision to send combat units to Puerto Rico, if and when, the situation demanded.
		Air Base Group, were not manned except by one officer and one airman, for record purposes.
		On March 20th, a ground breaking ceremony was held for the new Wherry Housing project and in May, the base contracted for construction of airman dormitories, a new mess hall, and administrative buildings at a cost of $1,943,226.
	www.rameyafb.org /history.html (9801 words)

	Kadena Air Base
		This group includes the Air Refueling Squadron, which comprises of the E-3B Sentry aircraft, the Airborne Warning and Control Squadron, which comprises of the KC-135R aircraft, and the 12th, 44th, and 67th Fighter Squadrons each of which comprise of eighteen F-15 Eagle jet fighters.
		This base consists of an airport in the northwest and a residential area in the southeast.
		In the SACO Final Report of December 2, 1996, it was agreed upon that the MC-130 aircraft in Kadena Air Base would be moved from the Navy ramp to the northwestern corner of the main runways by the end of December 1996.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/kadena.htm (1256 words)

	Manila - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The headquarters for the USAFFE Air Force was on the outskirts of town, at Nielson Field.
		Nearby, at Nichols Field was the 20th Air Base Group.
		There were 6 airfields, for the Far East Air Force, within 130 km of Manila, notably Clark, Nichols, and Nielson Fields.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Manila (690 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Platinum Nighthawk celebrates stealth fighter's 20th (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Members of every unit currently associated with the aircraft were on hand, as well as a number of the men and women - military and civilian, government and contractor - who since the program's inception have worked to make it a reality.
		David Deptula, director of the Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review at the Pentagon, further highlighted the celebration's commemoration efforts as he addressed the formal dinner crowd June 22 touching upon the revolutionary role of the F-117 during Desert Storm.
		For those less knowledgeable when it comes to the aircraft's specific capabilities, the celebration's 12-ship fly-by and aerial review, consisting of eight F-117s and four T-38s, was nonetheless awe-inspiring, said Capt. Skip Stolz, 410th FLTS director of engineering.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2001/2001-archive-platinum_nighthawk.html (363 words)

	Base History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Initial plans called for the base to serve as the center for the British Overseas Training program; the British hoped to be able to train their aircrews over the open New Mexico skies.
		Typically, these groups served at the airfield for about six months, training their personnel before heading to combat in either the Pacific or European Theater.
		Today, Holloman Air Force Base continues to serve at the forefront of military operations, with its F-117 "stealth" aircraft and serving as the training center for the German Air Force’s Tactical Training Center.
	www.holloman.af.mil /hafb/basehistory.html (896 words)

	Purple Heart Austin War Stories - Arthur (Art) Rice
		Most of the ground troops of the Far East Air Force moved from their bases to the port of Manila, were ferried over to Mariveles in Bataan, and reorganized into Provisional Infantry Regiments where they would fight as Infantry during the Defense of the Bataan Peninsula.
		Art had reenlisted in the Army Air Force and as an ex-POW he was entitled to a two-week vacation anywhere in the United States at government expense.
		I spent the next eleven years as an Air Force wife and we had four children that spent their early growing-up years as Air Force kids, first was Jennyne, then our son, Thomas, and finally the twins, Marlien and Maureen.
	www.purpleheartaustin.org /rice.htm (1639 words)

	20th - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 4 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word 20th:
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	Manila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The headquarters for the Far East Air Force was on the outskirts of town, at Nielson Field.
		Nearby, at Nichols Field was the U.S. 20th Air Base Group.
		A battalion of the U.S. 12th Quartermaster Regiment was located in the port area and training was conducted there for quartermasters of the Philippine Army.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Manila.htm (2139 words)

	Wheelus AB 1945-1970
		Located about seven miles due east of Tripoli, the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, Wheelus Air Base (AB) was originally built by the Italian Air Force as Mellaha AB in 1923.
		The 431st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (the "Red Devils") was reassigned from CONUS for base air defense duties in July 1953 with F-86s (the 431st later moved to Zaragoza AB, Spain, in September 1958).
		Wheelus AB served as the headquarters for USAFE's Seventeenth Air Force from 01 August 1956 to 15 November 1959, and became a USAFE Weapons Center on 07 January 1957.
	members.aol.com /thudeur2/wheelus.htm (1939 words)

	20th Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 90th Medical Group offers a clinic that centers around the principles of Patient Centered Care-ensuring excellent health and welfare of all beneficiaries.
		Medical and dental care is provided within the clinic and in partnership with an expanded referral network of health care providers throughout Cheyenne and along the Front Range.
		By offering individual Preventive Health Assessments and the expert resources in our base Health and Wellness Center, prevention activities are integrated into personal and family lifestyles.
	www.warren.af.mil /organizations/90mdg.shtml (224 words)

	Bataan POW Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Base Group, Date of Death 9 Dec 1942, Plot L, Row 14., Grave 92 in the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
		Claude is now 84 and at the sunset of his life and would very much like to know more about his brother, Roy.
		with the 21st Pursuity Squadron in the Army Air Corp. He was captured in the Philippines and survived the Bataan
	members.aol.com /bataandescendant/BataanPOWsearch.html (1042 words)

	Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		FOR AN AIR WAR, IS EVIDENCED BY THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF AIRPLANES AND LACK OF AN AIR WARNING SYSTEM WHICH WERE AVAILABLE TO V Bomber Command---19th Bomb Group--14th, 93rd, 30th, Hqs., and 28th Bomb Squadrons
		Support Group---5th Air Base Sqdn--- 698th, 440th & 701st Ordnance, 7th Materiel Sqdn.
		Pursuit Squadrons----3rd, 17th, 20th, 21st, and 34th----Observation Sqadron 2nd
	pages.prodigy.net /edjackfert/webadbc[2]_002.htm (119 words)

	Air Force Link - Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Niagara Falls International Airport, N.Y. 107th Air Refueling Wing
		Rome, N.Y. Air Force Research Laboratory - Information Directorate
		• Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center
	www.af.mil /sites (224 words)

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