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	March 1942 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		SWPA, 5th Air Force): Air echelons of 16th and 17th Bombardment Squadrons (Light), 27th Bombardment Group (Light), cease operating from Batchelor Field, Northern Territory and begin a movement to Brisbane, Australia with A-24's; ground echelon is on Bataan, Luzon, Philippines.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): 30th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy), transfers from Melbourne to Cloncurry, Australia with B-17's; ground echelon is on Bataan and Mindanao, Philippines.
		SWPA, 5th Air Force: 19th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 22d Bombardment Group (Medium), transfers from Ipswich to Townsville, Australia with B-26's; first mission is 6 Apr. 93d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy), transfers from Melbourne to Cloncurry, Australia with B-17's; ground echelon is on Bataan and Mindanao, Philippines; first mission is 23 Jul.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1942/3-42.html (2153 words)

	Far East Air Force
		Major General Lewis H. Brereton[?] became the commander of this unit, in the fall of 1941.
		As of November 31, the force contained 4,940 enlisted troops, under the command of 669 officers.
		The August strength was at 2,049 enlisted troops, under the command of 254 officers.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fa/Far_East_Air_Force.html (634 words)

	USAFPatches.com ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons
		Air Defense Command was redesignated Aerospace Defense Command on 15 January 1968, and on 31 July 1975 it became a specified command under NORAD and JCS control.
		In this issue of the magazine we have included an historic, and possibly nostalgic, sketch of the command by including brief histories of all (93 to be exact) the fighter interceptor squadrons assigned to the command as its alert force.
		In June 1947 the 5th FIS was transferred (along with the 2d FIS) from USAFE to ADC at Mitchell Field flying P-61s.
	www.usafpatches.com /adcom.shtml (6778 words)

	Chapter XIX: Establishing the Iceland Base Command
		Clarence L. Tinker made an inspection of air facilities in Iceland, before assuming his duties as Commanding General, III Interceptor Command, and upon his return to the United States he recommended to GHQ that additional bomber and reconnaissance strength be allotted to General Bonesteel.
		On the subject of his command relationship, General Bonesteel's instructions were vague: as long as the United States remained out of war he was to "coordinate" operations by "mutual cooperation" with the British.
		Command had been caught in the eddy of "Reverse Lend-Lease." The idea of reciprocal aid, which had been germinating since early summer, was intended to cover just such a situation as Iceland offered.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/Guard-US/ch19.htm (11936 words)

	5th AAF, December 1941
		The ground echelon is attached to the 5th Interceptor Command (Provisional) and will fight as infantry on Luzon and Mindanao Islands in the Philippines.
		The ground echelon is reassigned to the 5th Interceptor Command (Provisional) and will fight as infantry in the Philippines.
		Colonel Harold H. George remains at Manila in command of the air elements left in the Philippines, the chief center of Army Air Force activity in the South Philippines being Del Monte on Mindanao Island where air personnel are under the command of Major Ray T. Ellsmore.
	www.kensmen.com /dec41.html (1726 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		The ground echelon is on Luzon and Mindanao Islands, Philippine Islands attached to the 5th Interceptor Command (Provisional).
		(5th Air Force): Air echelons of 16th and 17th Bombardment Squadrons (Light), 27th Bombardment Group (Light), cease operating from Batchelor Field, Northern Territory and begin a movement to Brisbane, Australia with A-24's; ground echelon is on Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
		The Air Corps and the US Army Air Force Combat Command, which previously had made up the Army Air Forces (AAF) under Lieutenant General Henry H "Hap" Arnold as Chief, are discontinued, and the AAF is reorganized with Arnold as Commanding General.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/42/mar42.htm (2490 words)

	BRIGADIER GENERAL VIRGIL L. ZOLLER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Today the general is rated a command pilot and has been checked out in numerous types of aircraft, from the small L-20 to jets.
		His next assignment was as a student attending the command class of the Command and General Staff College until July 1946.
		It was as commander of the 3rd Bomb Wing that Colonel Zoller received an oak leaf cluster to the Distinguished Flying Cross he had won during World War II and three oak leaf clusters for his Air Medal.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio_print.asp?bioID=7701&page=1 (655 words)

	Galactopedia M Section 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In his early life he commanded the USS Maine, and was previously commander of Starbase 11.
		The Mercury was assigned to ferry Commander Deanna Troi to contact several alien governments as an emissary of the Federation for negotiations regarding the Iconian gateway incursions of 2376.
		M'Ress had been serving on the starship Einstein in 2296 when she was trapped in a time-portal while exploring the ruins of Ceti Alpha VI and was deposited in the 24th century, about 80 years later.
	www.captainmike.org /Galactopedia/m2.html (1816 words)

	May 1942 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		Australia (5th Air Force): 8th Photographic Squadron, 5th Air Force transfers from Brisbane to Townsville, Australia with F-4's; first mission was 16 Apr.
		(5th Air Force): 28th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy), transfers from Cloncurry to Longreach, Australia with B-17's; a detachment is operating from Perth, Australia.
		VII Bomber Command receives an influx of B-17's during this period, and the 72d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), is converted from B-18's to B-17's.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1942/5-42.html (2547 words)

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		Ground echelon remains in Luzon and Mindanano Islands, Philippine Islands attached to the 5th Interceptor Command (Provisional).
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): Air echelons of 16th and 17th Bombardment Squadrons (Light), 27th Bombardment Group (Light), cease operating from Batchelor Field, Northern Territory and begin a movement to Brisbane, Australia with A-24's; ground echelon is on Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): 30th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy), transfers from Melbourne to Cloncurry, Australia with B-17's; ground echelon is on Bataan and Mindanao, Philippine Islands.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/Mar.42 (2305 words)

	USCG Auxiliary - International Affairs
		The New York Yacht Club's famous racing schooner, Henrietta, was loaned and commanded by its owner, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., son of the owner of the New York Herald.
		In consequence of the excellent seamanship displayed by the commanding officer of this boat, and of the assisting boat, fuel was transferred at sea under the existing difficult conditions.
		Commands known as Volunteer Port Security Force Units were organized in twenty-two port cities as temporary Reserve units.
	www.cgauxinternational.org /AuxHx.html (10121 words)

	Interceptor Shield » 2005 » May
		The new SBIRS High “Space-Based Infrared System High” has successfully completed a crucial “jitter” test and is a key step in the performance requirement of the new next generation missile system.
		Current reports indicate that the missile was a possible medium range missile, with a range of 100 km (60 miles) and was a possible land to ship missile.
		Interceptor Shield Interview with Lt Gen Henry "Trey" Obering III MDA/Director
	www.interceptorshield.com /2005/05 (904 words)

	Air Force Combat Units of World War II - Part 8
		Constituted as VI Interceptor Command on 17 Oct 1941 and activated in Puerto Rico on 25 Oct. Redesignated VI Fighter Command in May 1942, and Trinidad Wing, Antilles Air Command in Oct 1943.
		The command ceased to function in Mar 1942 (the AAF bombardment organizations in the Southwest Pacific being under the control of American-British-Dutch-Australian Command and later Allied Air Forces).
		Constituted as XI Interceptor Command on 8 Mar 1942 and activated in Alaska on 15 Mar. Assigned to Eleventh AF.
	libraryautomation.com /nymas/usaaf8.html (12608 words)

	Lt Gen John K. Cannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As a brigadier general in February 1942, he went overseas as Commanding General of the XII Air Support Command for the Western Task Force during the invasion of French Morocco.
		While there, he organized an air training command for the Mediterranean Theater and then became Deputy Commanding General of the Allied Tactical Air Force for the Sicilian campaign and the invasion of Italy.
		He became Commanding General, Twelfth Air Force and the Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Command, responsible for all air operations for the invasion of southern Europe in August 1944.
	www.aetc.randolph.af.mil /ho/cc_bios/cannon.htm (598 words)

	Squadron Service of F-102A
		5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Suffolk AFB, New York, 1956 to 1960.
		In 1968, detachments were sent to Da Nang AB and Tan Son Nhut AB in Vietnam and to Don Muang in Thailand.
		This is the squadron that future President George W. Bush served with in the years 1968 to 1972.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/f102_2.html (1178 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Hawaiian Air Force): VII Interceptor Command is activated at Ft Shafter, Territory of Hawaii with Brigadier General Howard C Davidson in command.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): Air echelon of the 88th Reconnaisssance Squadron (Heavy), 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy), begins a movement from Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii to the Fiji Islands with B-17's.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): HQ 49th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) and 7th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) transfer from Melbourne to Bankstown, Australia with P-40's; the 8th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) transfers from Melbourne to Canberra with P-40's.
	www.447bg.com /library/docs/chronology/Feb.42.html (2373 words)

	USAAF units
		The air support command was intended to be a tactical unit consisting of bombardment groups/squadrons (light) with attack aircraft like the Douglas A-20.
		Attached to the bomber command was a reconnaissance squadron per bombardment group; the reconnaissance squadrons were reassigned to the group in February 1942.
		This latter command and all subordinate units were redesignated fighter command/wings/groups/squadrons on 15 May 1942 although they still flew pursuit aircraft, e.g., P-51, until 1947 when the aircraft also became fighters (F-51).
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/articles/level1/usaaf_units.htm (1916 words)

	19 December 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Commanded by Captain Rory O'Conor, she was leading Force K, a cruiser raiding squadron sent to intercept and destroy an important Italian convoy carrying Panzer tanks, troops and supplies to Tripoli.
		Having become trapped in a minefield 12 miles offshore, Neptune struck four mines in three hours and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
		The USAAF’s 1st Air Force is reassigned from the Air Force Combat Command to the Eastern Theater of Operations, US Army which is subsequently redesignated the Eastern Defense Command.
	www.angelfire.com /my/rememberww2/1941/12/19.htm (2118 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		(5th Air Force): Air echelon of the 88th Reconnaisssance Squadron (Heavy), 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy), begins a movement from Hickam Field, Territory of Hawaii to the Fiji Islands with B-17's.
		Brigadier General Asa N Duncan, Commanding General 8th Air Force, requests that his force, inadequate for its intended mission under Operation GYMNAST (early Allied plan for the seizure of Casablanca and the invasion of NW Africa), be strengthened by several bombardment and pursuit groups.
		(5th Air Force): HQ 49th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) and 7th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) transfer from Melbourne to Bankstown, Australia with P-40's; the 8th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) transfers from Melbourne to Canberra with P-40's.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/42/feb42.htm (2358 words)

	Strategic Air Command Munitions Maintenance Squadrons in the Cold War
		Its nuclear mission has fallen to a contingency command, and its crews are no longer on “alert.” However, for over 40 years, the warriors of Strategic Air Command were ever vigilant, each performing his or her assigned task with dedication and precision.
		At Griffiss, AFLC provided the MSA, one half of which was for the 56th MMS, while the other half was for the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Air Defense Command, flying F-101B “Voodoos,” and also took care of grass cutting and snow removal.
		Air Training Command did this training for the Minute Man missile RV and warhead, but did not have the capability to do it for the MK 6.
	www.zianet.com /tmorris/mms.html (11524 words)

	Pell Airfield, Norther Territory during WW2
		Pell, a member of Brigadier General Clagett's 5th Interceptor Command Headquarters, had been instrumental in selecting Darwin as a stopover airfield for US air operations in the region.
		He was the first US Army Air Corps person to come to Australia, when he surveyed the airfields at Port Moresby and Darwin for their suitability for the thirty five B-17 Flying Fortresses that were ferried to the Philippines by the 19th Bomb Group from September 1941.
		On 19 February 1942, the first Japanese air raid on Darwin was carried out by a large force of Japanese aircraft.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/pell.htm (496 words)

	THE 456th FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This was to be the XX Bomber Command, to be commanded by General Wolfe.
		The XX Bomber Command would consist of the 58th Bombardment Wing (the command of which was transferred from Wolfe to his deputy, Col. Leonard (Jake) Harmon).
		At the same time, a new wing, the 73rd, to be commanded by Colonel Thomas H. Chapman, was added to the XX Bomber Command with four more groups to absorb the second batch of 150 Superfortresses.
	www.456fis.org /B-29.htm (16638 words)

	Ramey AFB Historical Association - History
		A new commander was appointed for the 55th SRW on October 1st, and the former commander, Col. Alfred F. Kalberer,.
		The rest of the new barracks were completed in February, and on the 1st through the 5th of March, all Ramey AFB personnel were restricted to the base as a result of a shooting incident in the U.S. House of Representatives by Puerto Rican nationalists.
		The USAF Commanders' Conference was held at Ramey from January 7- 10.
	rameyafb.org /history.html (9775 words)

	COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES MAY 1942 FTP SITES 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Command is activated under command of Brigadier General Elmer E Adler.
		Spaatz assumes command of HQ 8th Air Force at Bolling Field, Washington, DC.
		Frank O'D Hunter assumes command of VIII Interceptor Command.
	www.altus.af.mil /history/combat/combatmay42.htm (3223 words)

	5th AAF, May, 1942
		8th Photographic Squadron, 5th Air Force (attached to Allied Air Forces), transfers from Brisbane to Townsville, Australia with F-4's; first mission was 16 April.
		80th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor), 8th Pursuit Group (Interceptor), transfers from Lowood to Petric, Australia with P-39's and P-400's; first mission is 22 July.
		B-17's attack Kessa in the N Solomon Islands while B-26's hit the seaplane base at Deboyne Island, New Guinea.
	www.kensmen.com /may42.html (725 words)

	Thunderchiefs at Yokota AB Japan 1963-1967
		Aerial defense was provided by F-102 Delta Daggers of the 40th Fighter Interceptor Squadron between 1957 and 1965, with a transition to F-106As in 1965.
		Although the 92nd BG B-29s and 35th FIW F-86s had left, there was still plenty of flying activity at Yokota by transient, forward-deployed forces of the US-based Strategic Air Command and the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (TRW), which had moved from Itami AB, Japan, to Yokota on 01 July 1957.
		The 374th was redesignated as an Airlift Wing (AW) on 01 April 1992, transferred from USAF's Air Mobility Command (AMC) to the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), and relocated from Clark AB to Yokota AB.
	members.aol.com /afskiers/yokota.htm (2274 words)

	THE 456th FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although originally conceived as a lightweight interceptor, the P-47 developed as a heavyweight fighter and made its first flight on May 6, 1941.
		As soon as the P-47s turned for home, the AAF bombers were attacked by Luftwaffe interceptors and 22 of the 60 B-17s were shot down.
		A new radio (SCR-274-N command set and SCR-515-A) was fitted, and the forward-slanted radio antenna mast of the P-47B was replaced by a shorter upright mast.
	www.456fis.org /P-47.htm (12555 words)

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