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	U.S. Air Force in the Korean War
		Part of the occupation forces in Japan, the organization responsible for the aerial defense of that country was the Far East Air Forces (FEAF), commanded by Lt. Gen.
		FEAF consisted of three air forces scattered across the western Pacific, the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Twentieth.
		FEAF grew from a force of 33,625 personnel in June 1950, to nearly 112,200 officers and airmen in July 1953.
	korea50.army.mil /history/factsheets/air_f_fs.shtml (1348 words)

	Hickam Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hickam Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force base located in the city and county of Honolulu on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i.
		By December, the "Hawaiian Air Force" had been an integrated command for slightly more than one year and consisted of 754 officers and 6,706 enlisted men, with 233 aircraft assigned at its three primary bases (Hickam, Wheeler, and Bellows).
		After World War II, the Air Force in Hawai‘i was primarily comprised of the Air Transport Command and its successor, the Military Air Transport Service, until 1 July 1957 when Headquarters Far East Air Forces completed its move from Japan to Hawai‘i and was redesignated the Pacific Air Forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hickam_Air_Force_Base (1118 words)

	5th Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		One of the few numbered air forces never stationed in the United States, Fifth Air Force is also one of the oldest and continuously active.* It engaged in combat in the Pacific during World War II and remained in Japan following the war.
		The Fifth was the combat air force in Korea during the Korean conflict, then returned and remains located in Japan.
		This numbered air force was established as Fifth Air Force, Advance, and organized at Itazuki AB, Japan, assigned to Fifth Air Force, on July 14, 1950.
	www.cottonpickers.org /5th_air_force.htm (271 words)

	Pacific Air Forces
		PACAF traces its roots to the activation of Far East Air Forces, Aug. 3, 1944, at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
		FEAF was subordinate to the U.S. Army Forces Far East and served as the headquarters of Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area.
		Andersen was reassigned from Strategic Air Command in 1989, and 11th Air Force became a part of the command in late 1990.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/pacaf.htm (708 words)

	Far East Air Force (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The U.S. Far East Air Force was formed from the Philippine Army Air Corps on August 4, 1941.
		RAF Far East Air Force was the command organisation that controlled all Royal Air Force assets in the east of Asia.
		This page was last modified 06:44, 27 January 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Far_East_Air_Force (114 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)

	Air Reconnaissance in Korea
		He was on an Air Force transport plane returning to Tokyo by way of Hawaii and Okinawa after a series of conferences in Washington, D.C. Major General Earle E. Partridge, the acting commander of the FEAF while General Stratemeyer was away, was spending the weekend in Nagoya with his family.
		Air evacuation of American national took first priority, but the reconnaissance mission of the FEAF planes was of equal importance during the early hours of the conflict since the exact purpose and intentions of the North Koreans were not clear at the beginning.
		Washington made an effort to strengthen the aerial reconnaissance forces in August and September when it was discovered that the requirements of the Fifth Air force and the Eighth Army were not being met.
	www.cottonpickers.org /new_page_15.htm (1096 words)

	Air Power:The Korean War
		The U.S. Air Force had gained independence based on the idea that strategic bombing could win a war independently of ground and sea forces.
		Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenburg called FEAF "the shoestring Air Force." And it found that because Korea was an agricultural nation with few industrial or military targets (North Korea received supplies from China and the USSR), strategic bombing would not affect the war.
		Air Force commanders pushed for more massive bombing, but the joint chiefs, not wanting to rebuild another country or to gain reputations as terrorists, denied permission.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Air_Power/korea/AP38.htm (1758 words)

	Pacific Air Command cheers 60 years in the skies - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Pacific Air Forces, the Hickam-based command that coordinates Air Force operations throughout the Pacific region, is celebrating its 60th anniversary tomorrow.
		But Far East Air Forces, the major command developed during World War II to coordinate Army Air Force operations in the Pacific — and therefore PACAF's forerunner — was established Aug. 3, 1944.
		The Air Force was created Sept. 18, 1947, and its inventory of high-tech jet aircraft expanded in the years that followed.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Aug/02/mn/mn01a.html (830 words)

	Today in Korea
		President Truman directed U.S. air and sea forces to assist the Republic of Korea, and General MacArthur ordered Far East Air Forces to attack North Korean units south of the 38th parallel.
		Far East Air Forces used Kimpo Airfield near Seoul and Suwon Airfield some twenty miles south of the capital for emergency air evacuation of 748 persons to Japan on C-54s, C-47s,and C-46s.
		North Korean forces captured Kapyong and massed on the north shore of the Han River.
	www.xmission.com /~tmathews/b29/korea/korea-5006.html (668 words)

	Far East Air Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Far East Air Forces (FEAF) was activated in Brisbane, Australia on the 3rd of August, 1944.
		The Commander of the FEAF was General MacArthur's chief air officer, Major General George Kenney whom orginized the remnants of Air Force units in the command into the Fifth Air Force in 1942.
		The FEAF was redesignated the Pacific Air Command on December 6th, 1945, and eventually became the Pacific Air Forces in July of 1947.
	www.nmia.com /~valorc/embpatches/aaf/feaf.html (442 words)

	East Asian / Pacific Area Minor Air Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In August 1937, when Japanese forces in China attacked, this Air Force rapidly fell apart; only 200 aircraft were in a flyable condition and most of those were rapidly destroyed in air combat.
		The Far East Air Force was charged with the air defense of British possessions beyond India (Australia was a separate entity): Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, Borneo.
		The goal of British defense policy in the Far East was the defense of the naval base in Singapore, where the British would send a battle fleet in time of war.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/minorafp.htm (2359 words)

	19 Air Refueling Wing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Formed in 1948 from resources of the former North Guam Air Force Base Command (Provisional), the 19th operated Andersen AFB and maintained proficiency in B-29s.
		In 1983, the 19th Air Refueling Wing undertook worldwide aerial refueling missions for various operations and exercises and supported the European Tanker Task Force.
		Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jul 1964-30 Jun 1965; 1 Jul 1967- 30 Jun 1968; 1 Jul 1982-30 Jun 1984; 1 Jul 1984-30 Jun 1986; 1 Jul 1993-30 Jun 1994; 1 Jul 1994-30 Jun 1996.
	afhra.maxwell.af.mil /wwwroot/rso/wings_groups_pages/0019arw.php (814 words)

	Colloquium on Contemporary History, Seminar 3
		The same day, Stratemeyer wired Air Force Chief of Staff, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, that intelligence reports evaluated as B-3 (or a reasonably reliable source but deemed to be only a possibility and not necessarily accurate) indicated that the Chinese 54th, 55th, 56th, and 74th Armies were now in North Korea.
		Thus, despite the valiant efforts of the Air Force and Navy fliers, the battle against the bridges must be considered a failure.
		Air Force units were also caught up in the retreat, the North Korean fields being abandoned and the aircraft sent to the south.
	www.history.navy.mil /colloquia/cch3d.htm (4478 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: R :: Russian Far East
		The Russian Far East is bounded on the North-West by the Taymyr and Evenki Autonomous areas, on the North by the East Siberian Sea, on the North-East by the Bering Sea, on the South-East by the Sea of Japan, and on the South by China.
		In 1922, the Japanese forces withdrew, the republic was dissolved, and the area was incorporated into the USSR as a region.
		Glasnost and perestroika brought an opening of the Soviet Far East: Vladivostok was allowed to accept foreign ships, and air flights began between Alaska and various cities.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/r/russian_far_east.shtml (768 words)

	CHAPTER V, South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Far East Air Forces, with an authorized personnel strength of 39,975 officers and men, had 33,625 assigned to it.
		Concurrently with the initiation of air action, the naval forces in the Far East began to assume their part in the conflict.
		While United States air and naval forces were delivering their first blows of the war, the South Koreans were trying to reassemble their scattered forces and reorganize them along the south bank of the Han River.
	www.korteng.com /Appleman/Chapter5.htm (4120 words)

	Raymond Taylor Jenkins, Major General, United States Air Force
		By request of the Surgeon, FEAF, he was assigned as the deputy surgeon, 5th Air Force Headquarters.
		In early 1950, he was assigned again to the Far East Air Forces as staff surgeon, Far East Air Materiel Command, hospital commander, and commander of the 13th Medical Group, Tachikawa, Japan.
		This particular Air Force was composed of fighter aircraft, all of the century series.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /rtjenkins.htm (1480 words)

	data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Infantry Division, engaged the Chinese Communist Forces in the Battle of the Twin Tunnels, killing an estimated 1,300 Chinese.
		His platoon forced from its position by a numerically superior enemy, Master Sergeant Lee assumed command when his leader was wounded, rallied the remnants of his unit, and led them in repeated assaults to regain the position.
		Wings (a total of 511 Marine and Air Force aircraft) on one of the largest all-jet fighter-bomber strikes of the war against the North Korean tank and infantry school at Kangso.
	www.korea.army.mil /org/history/tdkw/data.htm (12706 words)

	CHAPTER IV
		In the evening of 26 June President Truman received General MacArthur's report that ROK forces could not hold Seoul, that the ROK forces were in danger of collapse, that evacuation of American nationals was under way, and that the first North Korean plane had been shot down.
		NAVFE was to provide the ships and naval escort protection for the water lift; the Far East Air Forces was to provide the planes for the airlift and give fighter cover to both the water and air evacuation upon orders from the Commander in Chief, Far East.
		Church told him that MacArthur was in operational control of the American air and naval support of the ROK forces, and that the group at Suwon was his, MacArthur's, advance headquarters in Korea.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/BOOKS/KOREA/20-2-1/Sn04.htm (5344 words)

	The Evolution of AF Targeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Air planners used the target selection done by the COA as the basis for the Combined Bomber Offensive against Germany and for the strategic campaign against Japan.
		Air Force targeting officers were also available to support planners in the area of weapon recommendations and critical element analysis.
		Although the Air Force has the greatest experience in joint air targeting and the preponderance of air assets, it has taken a backseat in the future of joint targeting.
	www.airpower.au.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj94/glock.html (6760 words)

	Armistice
		Using the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division as the main attack force, the U.N.C. won a foothold in the area in July and then, in August, broadened the attack to include Bloody and Heartbreak Ridges, located about four miles west of the Punchbowl.
		Since the U.N.C. controlled the sea and the air over Korea, he had contended that the enemy should compensate the U.N.C. for giving up its sea and air superiority by surrendering additional land territory at the front.
		On June 18, South Korean forces guarding the prisoners of war permitted about 27,000 Korean nonrepatriates to escape from their compounds; the majority of the escapees were quickly absorbed into the civilian population and were impossible to recover without South Korean cooperation.
	korea50.army.mil /history/factsheets/armistice.shtml (5777 words)

	Thunderchiefs at Yokota AB Japan 1963-1967
		On 01 Jul 1957, with its move from Itami to Yokota the wing became the sole USAF reconnaissance wing in the Far East, and in September 1957 the 67th TRW added air refueling and military airlift to its mission.
		The 421st Air refueling Squadron (ARS) was stationed at Yokota from 1953 until 1965 (attached to the 67th TRW 1957-1960) to provide air refueling with Boeing KB-29s and later KB-50Js.
		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)

	Korea: United Nations Force Contributions [Australian War Memorial]
		Thailand: One infantry battalion; naval forces; air and naval transports
		Commonwealth Division; British Far East Fleet; and Sunderland aircraft of the RAF.
		United States of America: The Eighth Army, of six army divisions and one Marine division; Naval Forces Far East (three task forces); and Far East Air Forces (three air forces).
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/korea_unlist.htm (161 words)

	Korean War 1953 - General Orders No. 48 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Major Vanderhoek distingusihed himself by gallantry in action against an armed enemy of the United Nations as a Pilot, 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Fifth Air Force, on 15 July 1952.
		Major Vanderhoek then rejoined his escort, and despite numerous enemy jets in the area, led the flight into the protective cover of the overcast, navigated through the adverse weather back to the base, and accomplished a safe instrument let-down.
		Although the heat scorched the paint and set the tires afire on the turnadozer, he effectively scattered and covered the burning munitions, saving great quantitied of unexploded ammunition and preventing a possible catastrophe.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/korea/go53-48.htm (682 words)

	US Far East Air Forces Bomber Command order o... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	61st Troop Carrier Group Returns to Cheju Do.
		Dean Hess, Air Force advisor to the ROK Government, requested that Far East Air Forces provide airlift to get the children out of Seoul.
		This was one of our first missions in the Far East.
		We loaded from 70 to 122 children in each C-54, depending on their size, sitting them down on straw mats.
	www.nas.com /creche/docs/NAD-009-Q.htm (1205 words)

	22nd Bombardment Group, Martin B-26 Marauder.
		From Dec 1944 to Aug 1945, struck airfields and installations on Luzon, supported Australian ground forces on Borneo, and bombed railways and industries in Formosa and China.
		Remained in the theater after the war as part of Far East Air Forces.
		Moved temporarily to Okinawa in Jul 1950 and attached to Far East Air Forces for duty in the Korean War.
	www.b26.com /page/22nd_bombardment_group.htm (377 words)

	Air Force Link - ERROR: 404 - Page Not Found (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=164 (175 words)

	United States Army Air Forces in World War II
		Non-Effective Combat Sorties Flown by Far East Air Forces, By Type of Airplane and By Cause: 1st Quarter 1943 to 3rd Quarter 1945
		Gasoline Consumption of Airplanes with Units of Far East Air Forces, By Type of Airplane: Dec 1942 to Aug 1945
		Gasoline Consumption of Airplanes with Units of Twentieth Air Force, By Type of Airplane: Jun 1944 to Aug 1945
	www.usaaf.net /digest/operations.htm (1649 words)

	U.S. Far East Air Forces Bomber Command order of battle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U.S. Far East Air Forces Bomber Command order of battle
		(Redirected from US Far East Air Forces Bomber Command order of battle)
		This is the order of battle of the Bomber Command of the United States Far East Air Forces during the Korean War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_Far_East_Air_Forces_Bomber_Command_order_of_battle (165 words)

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