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	Fact Sheets : Fairchild Air Force Base History : Fairchild Air Force Base History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		In the summer of 1946, the base was transferred to the Strategic Air Command and assigned to the 15th Air Force.
		The 92d BMW was reassigned from the 47th Air Division to the 57th Air Division at Minot AFB, North Dakota.
		The 92d BMW transferred from ACC to Air Mobility Command (AMC) and the wing was re-designated as the 92d Air Refueling Wing (ARW).
	public.fairchild.amc.af.mil /library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4303 (2565 words)

	Eighteenth Air Force - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The USAF created the Eighteenth Air Force to serve as an intermediate echelon of command for extensive troop carrier operations within Tactical Air Command in March 1951.
		While the Twelfth Air Force absorbed all of the resources of the Eighteenth on January 1, 1958; the Eighteenth Air Force (headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
		) was reactivated October 1, 2003, as the warfighting component of the Air Mobility Command.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Eighteenth_Air_Force (140 words)

	United States Air Force - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The Secretary of the Air Force is Dr. James G. Roche.
		The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is General (Gen) John P. Jumper.
		In 1941, the Army Air Corps became the U.S. Army Air Force and the GHQ Air Force was redesignated the Air Force Combat Command.
	open-encyclopedia.com /US_Air_Force (1467 words)

	Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, National Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas.
		The official residence of the Air Force Chief of Staff is known as Air House.
		The current Air Force Chief of Staff is General T.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force (261 words)

	United States Air Force - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force is the senior enlisted man in the Air Force.
		Major General Patrick Mason commanded the AEF air forces; his deputy was Brigadier-General Billy Mitchell.
		In 1941, the Army Air Corps became the U.S. Army Air Force.
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	Articles - United States Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The forces were later critised for attacking civilian targets in Belgrade, including a strike on the civilian television station, and a later attack which destroyed the Chinese Embassy.
		The Department of the Air Force consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), the Air Staff, and field units.
		Air Force personnel assigned to honor guard duties wear, for dress occasions, a modified version of the standard service dress uniform, but with silver trim on the sleeves and trousers, with the addition of medals, sword belt, and a silver shoulder cord.
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	Numbered Air Forces Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Following World War II this air force was involved in air defense and reserve training and concentrated entirely upon air defense in the latter 1960s and again after 1985.
		Neither the Air Field Forces nor the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, were legitimate War Department establishments and must be classified in the same category as provisional units, although the term "provisional" was never used in connection with them.
		The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
	www.maxwell.af.mil /au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4679 words)

	Planning Air Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Brig Gen Edward J. Timberlake, Fifth Air Force vice commander and later acting commander, suggested a road/truck interdiction effort, which was supported by FEAF headquarters with a goal of paralyzing the Communist transportation system between the 39th parallel and the front lines.
		Air Force leaders were looking for a strong name for the operation and wanted to avoid using the term interdiction in favor of terms that clearly indicated that this was an air campaign.
		Air planners and air commanders had simply assumed through their beliefs in air power that they could interdict the enemy supply levels to the point where the enemy would be forced to negotiate a settlement rapidly and in good faith.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/kirtland.html (4047 words)

	Fact Sheets : 18th Air Force : 18th Air Force
		Eighteenth Air Force's mission is to command assigned forces, present air mobility forces (airlift and air refueling) and support forces to combatant commanders through U.S. Transportation Command, and act as the Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR), and Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), when so designated.
		Eighteenth Air Force, commanded by a three-star general, is charged with tasking and executing all air mobility missions.
		On Jan. 1, 1958, 18th Air Force was inactivated and all personnel and equipment were transferred in place to the newly reactivated 12th Air Force.
	www.amc.af.mil /library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?Id=231 (454 words)

	United States Air Force Article, UnitedStatesAirForce Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aviation branch of the United Statesarmed forces.
		The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is General (Gen) John P.Jumper.
		USAF air power was also used in the 1996 NATO air operations over Bosnia, and thesubsequent 1999 war with Yugoslavia over Kosovo.
	www.anoca.org /base/wing/united_states_air_force.html (951 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Eighteenth Air Force, headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., was reactivated Oct. 1, 2003, as the war fighting component of Air Mobility Command.
		Eighteenth Air Force’s mission is to command assigned forces, present air mobility forces (airlift and air refueling) and support forces to combatant commanders through U.S. Transportation Command, and act as the Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR), and Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), when so designated.
		Eighteenth Air Force, commanded by a three-star general, is charged with tasking and executing all air mobility missions.
	public.amc.af.mil /Library/Factsheets/18af.htm (425 words)

	United States Air Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The United States Air Force (USAF) is the (The aggregation of a country's military aircraft) aviation branch of the (additional info and facts about United States armed forces) United States armed forces.
		The Air Staff primarily consists of military advisors to the CSAF and the SECAF.
		Air Forces were at one time composed of two or more air divisions, but this organization has become obsolete and unused.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/Un/United_States_Air_Force.htm (5374 words)

	834 Air Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		As an intermediate echelon between the wings and Tactical Air Command's numbered air forces, the division supervised operations and training, tactical exercises firepower demonstrations, and conducted periodic evaluations and inspections to ensure combat readiness of aircrews and equipment.
		In addition, the 834th supervised transport operations (primarily C-47's) of the Vietnamese Air Force and six A-4 Wallaby transports operated by the Royal Australian Air Force.
		From Mar 1972 to Dec 1974 the division supervised Twelfth Air Force tactical airlift operations and participated in a series of tactical airlift exercises and joint training missions with U.S. Army units.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/airdivision_pages/0834ad.php (768 words)

	Dover Air Force Base - Units
		Dover Air Force Base is located in the "First State," and the center of the Delmarva -- Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia -- peninsula.
		The "Eagle Wing" is a subordinate of Eighteenth Air Force headquartered with the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The Eagle Wing consists of operations, maintenance, mission support and medical groups and 14 staff divisions.
		Dover AFB operates the largest and busiest air freight terminal in the Department of Defense and is also home to the Air Mobility Command Museum, which welcomes thousands of visitors each year.
	public.dover.amc.af.mil /units (252 words)

	Air Force Association's Eighteenth Annual Air Warfare Symposium
		Air and space power is at the leading edge of U.S. military capabilities in the new century.
		The 18th Annual Air Warfare Symposium will examine air and space warfare at the start of the new century and what the future may hold for the Air Force.
		The Air Force Association is an independent, non-profit, civilian aerospace organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation.
	www.afa.org /media/press/aws2k2-3.asp (363 words)

	Eighteenth Air Force
		The 18th Air Force was reactivate 1 Oct. 2003 as part of an overall Air Mobility Command reorganization to improve mobility support to the war fighters.
		Extensive troop carrier operations within Tactical Air Command during the early 1950s called for some intermediate echelon of command, and HQ USAF created a new numbered air force for this purpose in March 1951.
		THe unit was redesignated Eighteenth Air Force on June 26, 1951.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/18af.htm (225 words)

	832 Air Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Established as 832 Air Division on 26 Sep 1957.
		Eighteenth Air Force, 8 Oct 1957; Twelfth Air Force, 1 Jan 1958-1 Jul 1975.
		Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Aug 1982-31 May 1984; 1 Jun 1986-31 May 1988; 1 Jun 1988-31 May 1990; 1 Jun 1990-30 Sep 1991.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/wwwroot/rso/airdivision_pages/0832ad.php (509 words)

	Twelfth Air Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Established in the United States, the Twelfth Air Force moved to England for training, then participated in the invasion of North Africa.
		It engaged in tactical operations for the remainder of the war in the Mediterranean.
		The Twelfth Air Force serves as the Air Force component to the (additional info and facts about United States Southern Command) United States Southern Command.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Tw/Twelfth_Air_Force.htm (92 words)

	United States Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is Gen. John P. Jumper.
		The Department of the Air Force was created when President Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947.
		It became effective September 18, 1947, when Chief Justice Fred Vinson administered the oath of office to the first secretary of the Air Force, Stuart Symington.
	www.portaljuice.com /united_states_air_force.html (864 words)

	air club force travel . air club force travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the monarch has become a constitutional monarch, which means that he or she is bound by rules and conventions and remains politically impartial.
		ROYAL AIR TRAVEL The history of Royal flying dates back more than 80 years to 1917, when The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) became the first member of the Royal family to fly, in France during the First World War.
		All positions are also advertised internally to encourage career development and to offer opportunities fo air club force travel d owns the rolling stock.
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	Poland in Exile - Polish Air Force
		As a fledgling state, Poland was fortunate in that large amounts of war material and ordnance which had been abandoned by the various retreating forces, particularly the Germans who left disassembled aircraft in hangars at Poznan (Koniarek, 1994).
		Each army was allotted its own air units, usually made up of two squadrons of P.7 fighters or P.12 air defence/ ground attack aircraft.
		Air defences concentrated on air cover over Warsaw as the prime objective that enabled the Luftwaffe air superiority to disrupt mobilization of the army.
	www.polandinexile.com /airforce01.htm (1827 words)

	Joe McCusker's Air Force Base List
		Air Force Times reported that the base would protect the "vital industrial Mahoning Valley." The story added that General Benjamin Chidlaw, ADC Commander, told a banquet audience the evening before that, "the district was selected for a fighter base for economic and strategic reason, and not because it might be a target."
		Between the time the Air Force was established on September 18, 1947, and the first designation of Air Force bases on January 13, 1948, some Army air fields may have dropped the word "Army".
		Air Force installations overseas exist through a variety of means, often resulting from negotiations that conclude with a treaty between the host country and the United States.
	www.airforcebase.net /usaf/joeslist.html (5898 words)

	Real History and the Royal Air Force
		Air Marshall Linnell telephoned him, and with a clear note of triumph in his voice ordered him to stop work on the Dams Bomb.
		In the headquarters cinema, with nobody watching except the two air marshals, Wallis and his test pilot, the top secret films of the underwater antics of the rotating bomb "Upkeep" and the airborne trials of "Highball" off Chesil beach were shown again.
		At Vickers House, the air was frigid was hostility.
	www.fpp.co.uk /bookchapters/articles/dambusters/1.html (4920 words)

	Chester E. McCarty, Major General, United States Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		He was a staff officer with the North African Wing of the Air Transport Command, and later, commander of a chain of air bases in the Middle East.
		He was pilot of the first Air Force plane to fly over the South Pole on October 26, 1956, airdropping the first load of buildings, supplies and equipment for the base at the South Pole on Operation Deep Freeze.
		In 1958, be deployed a major TAC composite air strike force to the Far East during the Formosa Straits crisis, many of the force of jet fighter, bomber and reconnaissance aircraft crossing the Pacific in less than 17 hours flying time by air-to-air refueling.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.com /cemccarty.htm (686 words)

	United States Air Force and the United States Armed Forces and American Military History and the Arkansas Encyclopedia ...
		Air National Guards of the several States, territories, and the
		The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is Gen.
		Patrick Mason commanded the AEF air forces; his deputy was Brigadier-General
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	514 Air Mobility Wing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		Fourteenth Air Force, 26 Jun 1949; First Air Force, 10 Oct 1949; Tactical Air Command, 2 May 1951; Eighteenth Air Force, 1 Jun 1951-1 Feb 1953.
		First trained at Birmingham, AL, as a Reserve troop carrier organization under supervision of the 2587th Air Force Reserve Training Center but moved without personnel or equipment to Mitchel AFB, NY during its first year.
		Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1973-31 Jan 1975; 1 Aug 1977-31 Dec 1978; 1 Jul 1982-30 Jun 1984; 1 Aug 1988-31 Jul 1990; 1 Aug 1990-31 Jul 1992; 1 Oct 1995-30 Sep 1997.
	afhra.maxwell.af.mil /wwwroot/rso/wings_groups_pages/0514amw.php (778 words)

	ipedia.com: United States Air Force Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-28)
		The United States Air Force is the Aviation branch of the United States armed forces.
		The mission of the USAF is "to defend the United States and protect its interests through aerospace power." Table...
		For a detailed history, see United States Air Force--History.
	www.ipedia.com /united_states_air_force.html (914 words)

	Charity Navigator Rating - Air Force Aid Society
		The Air Force Aid Society (AFAS) is the official charity of the United States Air Force.
		Since its creation in 1942, AFAS has helped to relieve financial distress of Air Force members and their families and to assist them in financing their education.
		AFAS provided $21.6 million in direct assistance to Air Force members and families, helping over 30,000 people.
	www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/6492.htm (201 words)

	Cecil Hampton Childre, Lieutenant General, United States Air Force
		A year later, he was named director of training for the 2523rd Army Air Force Bomber Unit at Hondo and, before leaving the base in August 1944, also held positions as deputy for operations and training and also station air inspector.
		Then, in February 1953, the general was assigned to Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, and in May, the same year, he became deputy chief of staff for operations in the Eighteenth Air Force.
		In August 1954, he became commander of the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing of the Eighteenth Air Force at Ardmore Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and in August 1957, was named director of operations and training for Headquarters Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.com /cchildre.htm (1013 words)

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