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	Desert One
		The choppers would fly the rescue force and the freed hostages to an abandoned air base at Manzariyeh, about 50 miles southwest of Tehran, which was to be seized and protected by a Ranger company flown in on C-130s.
		Air Force weather experts supporting the mission knew it was a possibility but apparently never told the mission pilots.
		Soon, the remainder of Delta Force was on the ground and the three EC-130s were positioned to refuel the helicopters, which were supposed to arrive 20 minutes later.
	www.afa.org /magazine/jan1999/0199desertone.asp (4348 words)

	Wikipedia: Royal Air Force
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the Air Force of the United Kingdom.
		Of particular note was 1928's air evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan, the first operation of its kind.
		The end of the RAF presence in the east of Asia came in 1971 when the Far East Air Force was disbanded on October 31.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/r/ro/royal_air_force.html (1108 words)

	Royal Air Force
		The two services were amalgamated on April 1, 1918 to form the Royal Air Force under the supervision of the Air Ministry, becoming the world's first independent air force.
		It was, however, used as an aerial police force to patrol the British Empire's borders.
		In 1937 the Naval Air Branch was returned to the Royal Navy, and was soon renamed the Fleet Air Arm.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_air_force.html (1293 words)

	Canada's Air Force, History, World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The expansion of the Air Force and operation of the large training establishment depended upon a steady flow of recruits.
		One force was engaged in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), another was employed in theatres of war overseas, and the third was stationed in Canada in the Home War Establishment on western hemisphere operations.
		To the Air Forces of Occupation in Germany the RCAF Air Forcescontributed a Disarmament Wing and a Fighter Wing of four squadrons.
	www.airforce.forces.ca /hist/ww_2_e.asp (7733 words)

	Military Army Air Forces Patches History 2
		The Eleventh Air Force was constituted as the Alaskan Air Force on 28 December 1941 before it was re-designated in February of 1942.
		The Thirteenth Air Force served in the South Pacific and, later, the Southwest Pacific, participating in the Allied drive north and west from the Solomons to the Philippines.
		Three air forces serving under the command are represented by the three small stars at the top of the shield.
	www.vetshome.com /military_army_air_forces_patches2.htm (1023 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		Since the bombing, US forces throughout the region have been placed on their highest state of alert, on guard for more terrorist attacks using vehicle bombs or possibly artillery or rocket attacks using chemical or biological weapons.
		General Dick considers his forces to be prepared for any type of terrorist threat, and he maintains that the central location of the air base within the Saudi complex is the key to its security.
		General Dick said he was astonished by the spirit and determination of the Air Force personnel during the desert relocation.
	www.afa.org /magazine/jan1997/0197desert.asp (2521 words)

	Royal Air Force Article, RoyalAirForce Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The RAF wasunder the supervision of the Air Ministry and was the world's secondindependent air force, after the German Luftwaffe, though because of the Luftwaffe was disbanded after the end of World War I, the RAF istechnically the current oldest.
		In 1937 the Naval Air Branch was returnedto the Royal Navy, and was soon renamed the Fleet Air Arm.
		The Air Force Board (AFB) is the management board of the RAF and consists of the Commanders-in-Chief of theCommands, together with several other Air Officers.
	www.anoca.org /raf/aircraft/royal_air_force.html (1682 words)

	Air Force Admissions
		As Briana Thomas weighed whether to enroll at the Air Force Academy in 2001, she remembers thinking the war in Afghanistan would be over by the time she graduated.
		The epitome of integrity, service and excellence, he fulfilled his commitment to the Air Force as an A-10 pilot in Desert Storm, was given the opportunity to fulfill his Academy commitment early, and only then opted to give the NFL a try.
		This academic year, the Air Force Academy is assisting NASA’s Return to Flight program by utilizing the skills of instructors and cadets, and putting a model of the space shuttle through its paces in the wind tunnels of the Department of Aeronautics.
	www.airforceadmissions.com (1090 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		(Fourteenth Air Force): HQ 308th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and it's 373d, 374th, 375th and 425th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) with B-24's arrive in China from the U.S. The 308th and 425th are based at Kunming; the 373d at Yangkai; and the 374th and 375th at Chengkung.
		Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) fighters and light and medium bombers bomb a fuel dump at Oudref, roads and a railway near Cekhira, docks at Sfax, and the airfield at Djebel Tebaga.
		The air echelons of the 414th and 415th Night Fighter Squadrons, AAF School of Applied Tactics arrive in England from the U.S.; the ground echelons are enroute to Algeria.
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps51153/airforcehistory/usaaf/chron/43/mar43.htm (10222 words)

	The 489th Bombardment Squadron in Corsica
		The largest air force ever assembled at that time, the 12th AF was initially assigned some 70,000 men and 1400 planes for the invasion of Vichy French held North Africa (Operation Torch) on November 8, 1942.
		The four B-17 groups, the two B-24 groups, and the three B-26 groups of the 12th Air Force were transferred to the 15th Air Force along with the three P-38 groups, the 325th FG which had just converted to P-47s, and the 68th Recon Group.
		In November of 1943, General Jimmie Doolittle was named Commander of the 15th Air Force which became the strategic air force in the MTO while the 12th Air Force became the tactical air force in the MTO.
	www.warwingsart.com /12thAirForce/airforcetable.html (701 words)

	Air Force Medicine - History
		Air transportable clinics and hospitals were the key to rapid mobility.
		The Air Force contingency hospitals, containing from 500 to 1,500 beds, were "turnkey" facilities fully equipped and calibrated, needing only professional staff deployed from CONUS to begin operations.
		One-half of the Air Force medics who went to Europe and Southwest Asia by February 1991 were members of the Air National Guard (ANG) and the Air Force Reserve.
	airforcemedicine.afms.mil /public_affairs/history/gulfwar.html (848 words)

	Desert Air Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		And when the German (The German airforce) Luftwaffe arrived in the theatre, its (Click link for more info and facts about Messerschmitt) Messerschmitt (Click link for more info and facts about Bf-109) Bf-109s inflicted severe losses on the slower and less agile P-40s.
		By that time 3 Sqn had the most substantial service record of any DAF squadron, including the greatest number of kills.
		Personnel who served with the Desert Air Force were awarded the (Click link for more info and facts about Africa Star) Africa Star campaign medal with a bronze rosette in the "bar" position on the ribbon.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/desert_air_force.htm (109 words)

	Egypt-Libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Army Air Forces (AAF) began planning for a buildup of American air power in the Middle East in January 1942 in response to a request from the British Chief of the Air Staff.
		To gain experience in handling air forces in support of a fast-moving offensive operation, USAMEAF attached an advance element to the forward headquarters of the RAF's Western Desert Air Force as it prepared to support the El Alamein offensive of the British Eighth Army.
		Although the air forces were theoretically free to move throughout the theater wherever they were needed, in reality communications limited their range.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/egypt/egypt.htm (6123 words)

	Desert War
		General Harold Alexander was placed in charge of British land forces in the Middle East and Bernard Montgomery became commander of the Eighth Army.
		The handling of an Air Force is a life-study, and therefore the air part must be kept under Air Force command.
		The Desert Air Force and the Eighth Army are one.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWdesert.htm (4985 words)

	9th Air Force
		One of its key missions was the defense of Allied ground forces during the German offensive known as the Battle of the Bulge at the end of 1944.
		Redesignated as 9th Air Force (Tactical), it moved to Pope AFB, NC, and was reassigned to Headquarters Tactical Air Command.
		Air National guard and Air Force Reserve units are inspected by the active Air Force members.
	www.zianet.com /jpage/airforce/history/naf/9af.html (932 words)

	History of the Desert Air Force and FAA squadrons WW2
		In support of the offensive were No 28 RAF squadron, 258 wing of four Hurricane and two Tomahawk squadrons, 262 wing of three Tomahawk and two hurricane Squadrons and 80 squadron which was equipped with the first hurri-bombers.
		Beneath its banner was the North West African Allied Tactical Air Force, commanded by the WDAFs Air Marshal Coningham.
		Contained within this were four subordinate formation, one of which was the Desert Air Force as the WDAF had been retitled, under the command of Vice-Marshal Harry Broadhurst.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /squadrons/RAF_DAF_FAA_squadrons.html (452 words)

	AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
		The plan was this: On the first night, six Air Force C-130s carrying 132 Delta commandos, Army Rangers, and support personnel and the helicopter fuel would fly from the island of Masirah, off the coast of Oman, more than 1,000 miles to Desert One, being refueled in flight from Air Force KC-135 tankers.
		The Air Force radio operator was one of the lucky few C-130 aircrew members to survive a ghastly collision and explosion between his aircraft and a helicopter on Iran’s Great Salt Desert.
		It was decided during the evacuation from Desert One not to destroy the remaining helicopters for fear of damaging the C-130s, the force’s ride out of Iran.
	rescueattempt.tripod.com /id8.html (8481 words)

	STOP THE NEW AIR FORCE RADAR
		In fact, Saline and the Inyos came to be known as Desert Survivors’ “ancestral home”, the place where the group’s founders got their start, the place that inspired them to protect the desert and to found a group that would do so, based on the appreciation of desert wilderness as Wilderness.
		Although the California Desert Protection Act, which created the Park, allows for the military to continue some operations over Park airspace as they have done in the past, it sounds to me like the Air Force is moving to make its presence in the Park permanent.
		The Air Force has closed the comment period on its draft environmental assessment, with which it seeks to circumvent requirements that the public assess the nature of it intrusion into a National Park.
	www.desert-survivors.org /Postings/stop__the__new__air__force__rada.htm (981 words)

	Articles - Royal Australian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A total of 19 RAAF bomber, fighter, reconnaissance and other squadrons served initially in the Britain, and/or with the Desert Air Force, in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
		The RAAF's heavy bomber force was predominantly comprised of 287 B-24 Liberators, which could bomb Japanese targets as far away as Borneo and the Philippines from airfields in Australia and New Guinea.
		The RAAF's main operational formation, the First Tactical Air Force, comprised more than 18,000 personnel and 20 squadrons; it had taken part in the Philippines and Borneo campaigns and was scheduled to participate in the invasion of the Japanese mainland, Operation Downfall.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Royal_Australian_Air_Force (1391 words)

	Learn more about Royal Air Force in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On April 1, 1918 the RAF was formed by amalgamation of the RFC and the RNAS under the supervision of the Air Ministry.
		They operate surface-to-air missiles to defend against air attack, and have infantry and light armoured units to protect against ground attack.
		They are the ground-based elite units that protect the airstrips from ground based attacks.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /r/ro/royal_air_force.html (1204 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Allied air forces also repeatedly hit airfields and landing grounds on Sicily, putting many of them out of service before the invasion.
		On August 1, as the Sicilian campaign drew to a close, Libya-based B-24 Liberators of the Ninth Air Force struck Ploesti in the AAF's final heavy-bomber, low-level attack of the European war.
		A navigation error destroyed the daring plan's split-second timing, alerted Axis air defenses, and created confusion over the target; but despite very heavy losses, the crews grimly pressed home their attacks from altitudes as low as one hundred feet.
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps51153/airforcehistory/usaaf/ww2/africa/africapg3.htm (1210 words)

	Preservation Online: Story of the Week Archives: Protecting the Right Stuff
		While exploring the archives at Edwards Air Force Base in California last summer, she discovered a fl-and-white photograph of a wall covered with the signatures of such famous throttle jocks as Chuck Yeager and Jimmy Doolittle.
		In the 1940s and '50s, Air Force top brass and test pilots would gather in the basement, or game room, to claim bragging rights and swap flying stories in the presence of a well-stocked liquor chest.
		Evidence of this bit of history became endangered when the U.S. Air Force began to demolish all of buildings in the area 30 years ago.
	www.nationaltrust.org /magazine/archives/arch_story/070501.htm (880 words)

	Air Force Materiel Command Patches
		We currently offer 3 different Air Force Materiel Command Patches, including a full color Air Force Materiel Command Patch, a desert Air Force Materiel Command Patch and a subdued Air Force Materiel Command Patch.
		These patches are made by the same manufacturer that supplies the US Air Force and are of the highest quality.
		Air Force Materiel Command Patches are usually shipped in 1-4 business days.
	www.priorservice.com /airfomaco.html (76 words)

	Sir Harry Broadhurst
		In October 1942 he became senior air staff officer to the air commander in the Desert War.
		The youngest air vice marshal in British history, Broadhurst led 83 Group during the D-Day landings.
		Eventually, in 1943, he found himself in North Africa, as an Air Vice Marshall in operational command of the Western Desert Air Force, with headquarters at Tripoli.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWbroadhurstH.htm (531 words)

	CHairforce.com
		dedicated to those "Bluesuiters" (U.S. Air Force personnel) who support and defend the U.S. Constitution by the seat of their pants...
		Some U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog pilots go "hawg wild" in the Southwestern United States...
		COMBAT MEDALS FOR THE REST OF US Ever since the Air Force unveiled its new combat medal for Airmen who actually see combat (all three of them), the rest of us our a little jealous.
	www.chairforce.com (398 words)

	RCAF 417
		In April 1943 it became the only Canadian Squadron in the Desert Air Force and was to provide air defence and close support to the British Eighth Army through the closing stages of the Tunisian campaign, and throughout the Sicilian and Italian campaigns.
		Detached from Desert Air Force January 1944 and moved to Naples under US XIII Air Support Command to cover the bridgehead at Anzio.
		He is listed in C Shores 'Air Aces' as one of the top scoring Commonwealth pilots in the Mediterranean area, 1940-1945.
	www.budslawncare.com /417 (762 words)

	Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Army Air Forces
		Air Force based in Alaska proudly displays the shoulder sleeve insignia of his command.
		The Desert Air Force was a British organization.
		This shoulder sleeve insignia is believed to have been unofficially worn by American personnel serving with the force.
	www.angelfire.com /md2/patches/airforce1a.html (114 words)

	Army Air Corps
		1st Air Force on felt - the number 1 is darkened
		8th Air Force - embroidered on wool - some of edge is missing overall good
		Air Force - round 2 3/4" brown patch
	www.militaryartifacts.com /ArmyAirCorps.htm (343 words)

	Canada's Air Force, History, Reflections of a BCATP Harvard Instructor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To most people, The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) is something to read about in the pages of Canadian history--a long ago, albeit great, contribution to the Allied war effort made by Canada during the Second World War.
		Yarnell first joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1940 at the age of 19.He earned his wings and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in September of 1941 at the Service Flying Training School (SFTS) at Aylmer, Ontario.
		From Scotland, Yarnell was sent to the Desert Air Force with 601 (RAF) Squadron, where he remained until his tour was finished in Italy in August of 1944.
	www.airforce.forces.gc.ca /hist/histarticles4_e.asp (642 words)

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