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	Fifteenth Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fifteenth Air Force was established on November 1, 1943 as part of the United States Army Air Forces in the World War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations as a strategic air force and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
		Mainly operating out of bases in southern Italy, the Fifteenth Air Force, along with the Eighth Air Force and RAF Bomber Command, became the instruments used by the Allies to carry the strategic air offensive to Axis occupied Europe and Germany.
		The Fifteenth was de-activated in Italy September 15, 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force (580 words)

	Ninth Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ninth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force in Air Combat Command (ACC).
		Most of the Ninth Air Force was created from USAAF units which had been part of the U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East (USAFIME) fighting in the Egypt-Libya Campaign in late 1942.
		As the Ninth Air Force they were initially under the overall command of AFHQ in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninth_Air_Force (241 words)

	Fifteenth Air Force
		Fifteenth Air Force is one of the two numbered air forces assigned to the Air Mobility Command.
		Headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., its main area of operations is the region stretching west of the Mississippi River to the east coast of Africa, pole to pole, but is often tasked to support Air Mobility Command's global reach mission.
		The Fifteenth Air Force is responsible for approximately 50 percent of the Air Force's air mobility assets and mission with an area of operations spanning west from the Mississippi River to the east coast of Africa.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/15af.htm (758 words)

	Numbered Air Forces Index
		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.
		Assigned to Army Air Forces on September 16, 1943, to Continental Air Forces on April 16, 1945, and to Air Defense Command on March 21, 1946.
		Assigned to Pacific Air Forces on August 20, 1986, and activated at Osan AB, South Korea, on September 8, 1986.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4679 words)

	15th Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		World War II was well underway when the Fifteenth Air Force was established in the Mediterranean theater as a strategic air force.
		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.
		Relieved from assignment to Strategic Air Command and assigned to Air Mobility Command on 1 January 1992.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /Command/Air_Forces/15th_Air_Force.htm (146 words)

	Bari
		One of the main reasons his new Fifteenth Air Force had been organized was to split the enemy's defenses, especially the German fighter force, and help reduce the alarming casualty rate being suffered by the Eighth Air Force flying out of England and attempting to strike deep into the Reich.
		Any advantages that the Fifteenth Air Force might have because of longer hours of daylight during the winter months in Italy would be more than counterbalanced by the necessity of crossing the Alps where clouds and bad icing conditions were common at the great heights.
		Cheedle V. Caviness of the Fifteenth Air Force Service Command was already stretched out on his bed in the school building on the night of December 2 when he noticed some peculiar light patterns on the ceiling of the room.
	www.armed-guard.com /ag89c.html (5166 words)

	USAAF Chronology, Mediterranean : 1945
		The air echelon of the 417th Night Fighter Squadron, Twelfth AF (attached to Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force and air echelon attached to the 422d Night Fighter Squadron), based at La Vallon, France, begins operating from Florennes, Belgium with Beaufighters.
		TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy during the night of 25/26 Jan, A-20s fly armed reconnaissance of the Po Valley, bombing Po River crossings, Ghedi Airfield, and general movement throughout the area; both the 57th Bombardment Wing and the XXII Tactical Air Command cancel all operations for the day because of bad weather.
		TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): To assure that the enemy implements the surrender terms in Italy and to observe road activity, fighters fly reconnaissance missions over N Italy and SW Austria; medium bombers drop leaflets in several areas where enemy troops might be unaware of the surrender.
	www.milhist.net /usaaf/mto45.html (8399 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		(Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, the NATBF bombs Formia and Itri as a diversion to the naval bombardment of Formia and Gaeta.
		(Seventh Air Force): 20+ B-24's from Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands and Nanumea Island in the Ellice Islands bomb Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Mille Atoll in the Caroline Islands, and Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands.
		(Seventh Air Force): 20+ B-24's from Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands and Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands bomb Mille Atoll in the Caroline Islands, Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/43/nov43.htm (10957 words)

	The 15th Air Force
		The 15th fought four broad campaigns: against enemy oil, enemy air force, enemy communications, and enemy ground forces.
		The 15th followed up the Ploesti attacks by dropping 10,000 tons of bombs in attacks on three synthetic oil plants in Silesia and one in Poland, reducing their combined production by February of 1945 to 20% of what it was in June of 1944.
		Throught the counter-air force and oil campaigns, the 15th was also attacking enemy communications and transportation systems far behind the front lines, disrupting supply movements from industrial centers over an 8OO mile radius from the ItaIian airfields.
	www.376hbgva.com /history/15thairforce.html (539 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		Congress, when it made the Air Force a separate service in September 1947, authorized USAF to develop its own version of various medals, including the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross (which became the Air Force Cross), and Soldier’s Medal, now the Airman’s Medal.
		The Air Force is also working on “some unit awards to bridge the gap between the Presidential Unit Citation and the Air Force Outstanding Unit and Excellence awards,” said Dudley.
		The Air Force Decorations Board tries to apply the criteria that were current at the time of the event.
	www.afa.org /magazine/Dec2003/1203medals.asp (2126 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 4 B-25's on sea sweeps attack docks and warehouses at the port of Swatow and hit a convoy of 9 vessels heading S toward Amoy; the B-25's claim 1 destroyer sunk and a destroyer and freighter damaged by direct hits.
		CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 8 P-40's bomb and strafe the barracks area and village on the W bank of the Salween River near Litsaoho; 8 P-40's drop ammunition to besieged Chinese troops at Changte.
		STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): B-26's are recalled over S France due to bad weather; the medium bombers and their fighter escort claim 5 fighters destroyed in combat over the French coast; B-25's, with fighter escort, bomb the railroad viaduct at Dogna, Italy.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Nov.43.html (11640 words)

	B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force - by ROBERT F. DORR
		B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force - by ROBERT F. The B-24 was heavily utilized in the North African and Mediterranean theaters by the USAAFs Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American heavy in World War II.
		This volume is the third of five titles in the series devoted to charting the operational history of the Consolidated heavy bomber, and is the first single volume to exclusively cover the Fifteenth Air Forces B-24 units.
		Author: ROBERT F. The B-24 was heavily utilized in the North African and Mediterranean theaters by the USAAFs Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American heavy in World War II.
	www.zenithpress.com /ProductDetails_8086.ncm (183 words)

	AWON Air Force Memorabilia Page
		The 8th Air Force patch is an embroidered circular patch approximately 2 1/2 inches in diameter, featuring the featuring the WWII Air Force Star (a white star with red disc in the center) in the lower loop of a winged numeral 8 on an ultramarine blue background.
		The 15th Air Force patch consists of a blue disc and a white star charged with a red disc in the center and with golden orange stylized wings below a golden orange Arabic numeral "I5", all within a golden orange amulet.
		Constituted as the Fifteenth Air Force on 30 Oct 1943, and activated in the Mediterranean theater on 1 Nov 1943, the 15th began operations on 2 Nov 1943 and engaged primarily in strategic bombardment of targets in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans until the end of the war.
	www.awon.org /awairfor.html (955 words)

	47th Air Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		organized in New Mexico in Feb 1951 to serve as an intermediate echelon between Strategic Air Command's Eighth Air Force and operational units in the field.
		From Apr 1955 to Mar 1970 it filled the same role for the Fifteenth Air Force and from Mar 1970 to Jul 1971, for the Second Air Force.
		returned to Fifteenth Air Force control where it continued to supervise subordinate unit training and other activities.
	strategic-air-command.com /Command/Air_Divisions/0047th_Divisions.htm (101 words)

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	Alibris: AirForce
		Collected by one of the forty-nine members of class 44-W-2, Jean Hascall Cole's interviews with her former classmates document their valuable contribution to the history of women, aviation, and the military.
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	461st Bombardment Group
		The 461st Bombardment Group (H) was part of the 49th Bombardment Wing, Fifteenth Air Force during World War II.
		To see how the 461st fit into the structure of the Fifteenth Air Force, I've created an Organization Chart showing the units of the Fifteenth Air Force with links to those units that have websites.
		perpetuate the history of the 461st Bombardment Group (H), Fifteenth Air Force, and the memory of those comrades who gave their lives in the defense of our country.
	www.461st.org (473 words)

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