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	Fifth Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fifth Air Force (5AF), which is based in Japan, is one of the few numbered air forces of the United States Air Force never to have been based in the United States itself.
		In August 1942, under the command of Major General George Kenney, the Fifth Air Force was formed, with its headquarters in Brisbane.
		The Fifth Air Force was the main United Nations air formation during the Korean War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifth_Air_Force (289 words)

	Fifth Air Force
		While Fifth Air Force traces its roots to the Philippines in the 1940’s, U.S. military aviation made its first presence in the region there in March of 1912.
		Fifth air force furnished aircraft, Aircrews, Support personnel, and supplies throughout the eight years of combat operations in South Vietnam and Laos.
		With the activation of Seventh Air Force in 1986, fifth left the Korean Peninsula and focused its energy on continuing the growing bilateral relationship with Japan.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/5af.htm (850 words)

	Planning Air Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

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		CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force) In China, the Fourteenth Air Force is activated at Kunming assigned to U.S. Army Forces, China-Burma-India Theater.
		CHINA (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.
		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.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/Mar.43 (10915 words)

	U.S. Air Force in the Korean War
		Prior to September 1947, the USAF was the U.S. Army Air Forces.
		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 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)

	September 1943 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 9 B-24's fly from Adak to Attu in the Aleutian in preparation for a mission to Paramushiru in the Kurile tomorrow.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (Fifth Air Force): After a preparatory naval bombardment, elements of the Australian 9 Division land at the mouth of the Song River N of Finschhafen and push to the S; B-25's pound defenses in the Finschhafen area; almost 90 fighters battle Japanese aircraft attacking the convoy; 38 enemy aircraft are claimed shot down.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, the Wewak area is again hit, the 40 attacking B-24's being escorted by 29 P-38's which claim 8 fighters shot down; A-20's and RAAF Vengeances attack the Finschhafen and Lae area; B-24's and P-39's hit a road near Bogadjim.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1943/9-43.html (4031 words)

	Korean War Children's Memorial
		Underwear, children's winter-weight, isn't a normal item of Air Force supply, but the Fifth was able to deliver a stock of urgently needed junior-size "longies" with the speed that typifies the AF's airlift operations.
		Involved in the project were airmen in Korea, Air Force wives at "home front" bases in Japan, and waifs from the rubble strewn streets of Korea's capital.
		Fifth Air Force's first share in the project was an order for children's underwear--$1000 worth.
	www.nas.com /creche/docs/PSS-062-Q.htm (1152 words)

	USAF Historical Study No. 71 - USAF Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Stratemeyer's definition of close support procedures on 18 July was by no means the beginning of close support in Korea, because the Fifth Air Force had been rendering assistance to the 24th Division from the time of its commitment.
		The former section is composed of Army officers and represents the Army commander; the latter is composed of Air Force personnel and represents the tactical air force commander.
		The Fifth Air Force formed its operations section for the JOC at Itazuke on 3 July, drawing officers from Fifth Air Force headquarters and airmen from the 8th Communications Squadron, in all, 10 officers and 35 airmen.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/korea/no71-30.htm (423 words)

	5th Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Assigned to Fifth Air Force are our three wings: the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, and the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base.
		Today, the 35th Fighter Wing is one of only four wings in the Air Force with squadrons assigned to carry out this mission, and the only one authorized to sport the 'WW' tail insignia that is the wild weasel trademark.
		Today, it is the Airlift Hub for Fifth Air Force, Operating one squadron of C-130 Hercules, capable of operating out of unimproved airfields throughout the theater.
	www2.hickam.af.mil /pacaf/facts/5af.htm (2852 words)

	Jet War--June 1990
		The Fifth was largest of the Far East Air Forces (FEAF), recognized as the major air element of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area Theater.
		Rounding out Fifth Air Force's lineup of units was the 374th Troop Carrier Wing, which operated out of Tachikawa AB with two squadrons of Douglas C-54 transport aircraft.
		Unfortunately, the Air Force in 1950 was what General Vandenberg would later describe as "a shoestring Air Force." Deep reductions in personnel in 1949 and early 1950 brought its strength down to 411,277--less than one fifth the size of the 2,000,000-strong World War II flying force.
	www.afa.org /magazine/1990/0690jetwar.html (2651 words)

	Unit History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But before that offensive could be undertaken, the Fifth Air Force had to gain and maintain control of the air over New Guinea- a task which would not be accomplished easily.
		Japanese air strength in the Southwest Pacific was powerful, and they were capable of launching large scale attacks against our ground forces and installations at any time.
		Our ground forces, aided by the air support of the 475th and other forces from the Fifth Air Force, scored a series of rapid successes over the Japanese.
	www.475thfghf.org /history.htm (1464 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		CARIBBEAN (Sixth Air Force): During Oct, the 22d Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico to Waller Field, Trinidad with P-39s and P-40s (detachments are operating from Aruba, Curacao and Zandery Field, Surinam).
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, Fifth AF aircraft complete the movement of the reinforced Australian 18 Brigade to Wanigela on the peninsula between Dyke Acland and Collingwood Bays on the E coast of Papua; this is part of the move aimed at capture of the Buna-Gona area.
		PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): HQ 318th Fighter Group is activated at Hickam Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii; squadrons assigned, all equipped with P-40s, are the 44th and 72d Fighter Squadrons at Bellows Field and the 73d Fighter Squadron on Midway Island.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Oct.42.html (4969 words)

	December 1942 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Army Forces in South Pacific Area) In the Solomons, eleven B-17s escorted by eight P-38s of the 339th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group, attack ships in Faisi Harbor on Shortland; one tanker is hit; six Zekes are claimed destroyed, five by P-38s and one by a B-17.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) A Japanese convoy of five destroyers is detected off Madang, as it attempts to bring in reinforcements for the beachhead in the Buna area.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) A-20s and B-26s hit forces in the Buna area and at the mouth of the Kumusi River, and strafe barges on the lagoon shoreline south of the Kumusi's mouth.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1942/12-42.html (4667 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I was assigned to the headquarters known as JADF (Japan Air Defense Force), the U.S. air element left behind in Japan when the Fifth Air Force deployed to Korea.
		This project, along with the construction of the air base facilities in Korea, were rare instances of construction entirely under Air Force management.
		When the Fifth Air Force returned to Nagoya from Korea in September of 1954, the recombined staff became responsible for the support of those combat air units that remained in Korea.
	www.millberrygeneology.org /japan.htm (2999 words)

	Fifth Air Force participates in Yama Sakura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is sponsored by U.S. Army Japan and the Joint Staff Office and rotates among the five regional armies of Japanese Ground Self Defense Force.
		The air portion, entitled Fuji, will be played at Yokota, Jan. 21-23 with JASDF participation.
		In previous exercises, 5th AF has supported the Army with an air support operations center and a small tactical air cell deployed to the ground exercise locations.
	www2.hickam.af.mil /pacaf/newsarchive/2001/2001010.htm (185 words)

	FIFTH AIR FORCE MIAs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because this enigmatic air force flew in such a remote and unchartered theatre, it is not surprising that so many of its losses were aircraft which simply disappeared (termed Missing In Action or MIA).
		Many would have been lost in oceans, but others have yet to be discovered, their remains lying in jungles, on the sides of mountains, or buried in swamps.
		This Air Force roamed the largest WW2 theatre, and in the end covered more territory than either the 7th or 13th Air Forces which also served in the vast Pacific.
	www.aerothentic.com /history/mia_index.htm (276 words)

	US ARMY AIR FORCE RAID AGAINST CHOSHU, FORMOSA (TAIWAN),1945
		The defense of Choshu air space was the sole responsibility of Japanese Imperial Army.
		Joe O'keffe with 405 bomb squadron (38th bomb group, 5th Air Force) from 7/44 to 7/45 participated in the Choshu bombing mission for providing me with his memory and personal accounts on the mission to Choshu in 1945 when he based in Luzon island as part of US Fifth Air Force.
		Japanese Military Air Bases in the Formosa area: Koshun, Taito, Kagi, Kwarenko and Taihoku (For joint use) Takao, Toko, Tainan, Taichu, Shinchiku and Mako (For Navy) Kato, Choshu, Heito, Hozan, Tainan and Taichu (For Army) **Choshu had am active airstrip at the outskirt of the town in WWII.
	prxm94.tripod.com /choshu1945220.html (1554 words)

	U.S. Fifth Air Force Korean War order of battle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U.S. Fifth Air Force Korean War order of battle
		(Redirected from US Fifth Air Force Korean War order of battle)
		This is the order of battle of the Fifth Air Force of the United States Air Force during the Korean War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_Fifth_Air_Force_Korean_War_order_of_battle (91 words)

	George Gaffney Memorial Pages — Air chronology
		This is the official Army Air Force account of activities in that war theater during that last month of George Gaffney's life.
		Transfers in and out of New Guinea: HQ Fifth Air Force advance echelon and HQ V Bomber Command from Port Moresby to Nadzab; HQ 8th Fighter Group from Finschhafen to Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island; 498th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 345th Bombardment Group (Medium), from Dobodura to Nadzab with B-25s.
		Allied amphibious forces land on Los Negros Island, temporarily taking Momote Airfield and then falling back to the beachhead on Jamandilai Point; weather prevents full air support but 7 B-24s and 8 B-25s manage to attack enemy positions and guns; Other B-24s and A-20s hit Erima, Wewak, Tadji, Awar, and Hollandia, New Guinea.
	www.ideasmith.com /gaffney/chrono.html (1616 words)

	Amazon.com: With the Fifth Army Air Force : Photos from the Pacific Theater: Books: Eric Bergerud,James P. Gallagher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific by Eric M. Bergerud
		AIR WAR FOR BURMA : The Concluding Volume of The Bloody Shambles Series.
		In 1942, Baltimore native James P. Gallagher enlisted in the Army Air Force and a year later was on active duty in the Southwest Pacific Theater as a communications officer.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0801868491?v=glance (895 words)

	Johns Hopkins University Press \| Books \| With the Fifth Army Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fifty years later, Gallagher's photos have been collected in With the Fifth Army Air Force, an absorbing and highly personal photographic record of America's war in the Pacific.
		With the Fifth Army Air Force traces Gallagher's—and the American military's—progress from New Guinea and New Britain to Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Okinawa.
		James P. Gallagher served with the 33rd Fighter Control Squadron and 49th Fighter Group of the Fifth Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945.
	www.press.jhu.edu /books/title_pages/3049.html (596 words)

	Headquarters Fifth Air Force - Korean War Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He retired from the Air Force at the Orlando Air Force Base in 1964 or 1965.
		He served in the Fifth Air Force in Japan from 1946 to 1953.
		He was in the Fifth Air Force and was killed 7/6/1950 at Itazuke AFB.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/usaf/5afhq.htm (1371 words)

	AEROTHENTIC.COM
		USAAF Fifth Air Force, which fought its way from from Australia to Japan.
		It also has a wealth of historical data on the Fifth Air Force.
		We also assist relatives establish the history of their 5th Air Force MIA family members, done on a complimentary basis.
	www.aerothentic.com (126 words)

	U.S. Fifth Air Force in WW2: Where Were They? - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
		A friend just brought over a nice U.S. AAC officer's uniform with 5th Air Force patch, pilots wings (unfortunately rank of Captain through Lieutenant Colonel was removed, though pinned on insignia holes remain showing only these grades were possible), with double ribbon bar:
		The 5th AAF was formed out of the remnants of the Far East Air Force (FEAF) (previously the Philippine Department Air Force) when the stragglers ended up in Australia.
		The unit eventually grew to a dozen bombardment groups, 5 fighter groups (under 5th Fighter Command), 3 night fighter groups, 2 Recon and Photo groups, 5 Transport groups, and a bunch of units under the 5th Air Force Service Command.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=6041 (315 words)

	Amazon.com: Flying buccaneers: The illustrated story of Kenney's Fifth Air Force: Books: Steve Birdsall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An excellent work detailing the operations of the Fifth U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, "Flying Buccaneers" will appeal to a wide audience.
		Tapped on the shoulder by Gen "Hap" Arnold, Commander of the fledgling Army Air Force, Kenney was instructed to "hold off" the powerful Japanese until help could arrive (i.e., Hitler was beaten).
		Overall, this is an engaging representation of the tremendous effort put on by the courageous pilots and crews of Kenney's Fifth.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385032188?v=glance (771 words)

	United Armed Forces Association - Reunions and Notices
		UAFA is proud to bring you a bulletin board for Reunions and Notices.
		Seeking all former Prisoners of War (POWs) or Names of those Missing in Action (MIAs) or dependants of those POWs and MIAs who served at Sampson Air Force Base as Permanent Party or who took their Basic Training at Sampson Air Force Base, the 3650
		The Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association desires to honor and record each of these POWs or MIAs into our organization and placing their names on our Honor Roll.
	www.uafa.org /reunions.asp (143 words)

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