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	The Royal Air Force - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Supported by twenty-three squadrons of transport aircraft and with air superiority established by RAF Spitfires and American Mustangs, the Japanese army is finally defeated near Rangoon.
		Allied air forces flew a total of 14,674 sorties during the first 24 hours of Operation Overlord for the loss of 113 aircraft, many by friendly fire.
		22 Aug 1944 - The Balkan Air Force organises the evacuation of 1,059 wounded Yugoslav partisans from Polje, in the Serbian region of Yugoslavia to Italy by RAF, USAAF and Russian aircraft.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/line1944.html (1622 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		HQ AAF (Second Air Force): The 2d Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Photographic Wing (attached to FEAF), moves from Morotai Island, Moluccas Islands, to Palawan Island, Philippine Islands with F-7s (the squadron is performing mapping and photographic reconnaissance in the SW Pacific).
		Ninth Air Force: The IX and XIX Tactical Air Commands patrol the Leipzig, Chemnitz, and Adorf, Germany and Linz, Austria areas, and fly sweeps and demonstration missions.
		The advance air echelon of the 509th Composite Group arrives at North Field on Tinian Island; the 509th is scheduled to deliver atomic bomb attacks on Japan; its Commanding Officer is Colonel Paul W Tibbets Jr, a pilot with a distinguished record in the 97th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in Europe and N Africa.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/45/may45.htm (9259 words)

	MILNET: Air Force Special Operations Command
		Forces consisted of 11 helocopters and a contingent of Marines.
		Air Force Special Operations Command is the Air Force contingent to USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command), however is on the rolls of the U.S. Air Force and formally reports through the chain of command to the Secretary of the Air Force.
		Provide Air Force special operations forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified commands to conduct unconventional warfare, direct action, special reconaissance, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, counter-proliferation, civil affairs, humanitarian assistance, psychological operations, personnel recovery, and counter-narcotics operations.
	www.milnet.com /afsoc.htm (1623 words)

	FW: World War II Eastern European Minor Power Air Forces
		In 1939, the Polish Air Force was organized as two organizations - a national air defense and bomber force, and as air defense, close air support, and recon units serving with the field armies.
		The Rumanian Air Force (Fortelor Regal ale Aeriene Romana or FRAR) was armed largely with Polish-built aircraft in the beginning of the war, both aircraft they bought or built under license and aircraft interned during the Polish Campaign of 1939.
		Germany rushed an air group to Ploesti, and also began to supply the FRAR with 150 Bf109Gs; some of these were G-6s sent to the 4 fighter sqdns on the Russian Front, as well as 115 Ju-87Ds and 3 squadrons of Ju-88 bombers.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/minorafe.htm (1472 words)

	Socialist Yugoslavia: Aircraft markings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		During the Socialist era the Yugoslav Air Force used a fin flash which was a full fin width stretched national flag (but without vertical deformation of the star, of course).
		However as part of the RAF's Balkan Air Force (June 1944 - July 1945) the Yugoslav Air Force while using the same roundel as in the later Socialist era used a square fin flash combined of vertical blue-white-red stripes with a red star in the center of the white stripe.
		In an earlier Robertson's book [rob56] there is a fl and white photograph of a Balkan Air Force Spitfire in which the front stripe of the fin flash appears to be red.
	www.fotw.net /flags/yu_fy^af.html (330 words)

	Guardian \| Air Vice-Marshal Sir Laurence Sinclair, GC
		On one raid alone, on Cologne in August 1941, nearly a quarter of the attacking force was lost.
		In 1944, he went to Bari to form the Balkan air force, which mainly engaged in attacking Romanian oilfields, and giving air support to the Yugoslav partisans.
		Offered the post of controller of the national air traffic service, Sinclair retired from the RAF in 1960, after which he moved to Shipton-under-Wychwood, where, until forced to give up, he enjoyed driving fast cars, and fishing; he landed his last salmon at the age of 90 on a memorable visit to South Uist.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4433287-110595,00.html (788 words)

	Yugoslav Partisan Air Force
		The Yugoslav Partisan Air Force was never a single united organisation, but instead was made of three separate elements, equipped and trained in three different ways.
		Yugoslavia was invaded by Axis forces on 6 April 1941 and was forced to surrender on 17 April.
		In January 1945 the Air Force of the NOVJ was renamed the Air Force of the Yugoslav Army (Vazduhoplovstvo Jugoslovenske Armije), and later the RV i PVO - Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdusna Odbrana (Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence).
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/yugo/yugo-part-home.htm (1148 words)

	RAF Boscombe Down's Black Day
		RAF Boscombe Down is situated in the county of Wiltshire, not far from Stonehenge, and the huge Salisbury Plain Training Area.
		RAF Chicksands was renowned for being a large Cold War Intelligence facility with the famous 'elephant cage' antenna array system.
		RAF Macrihanish is very remote, and has been recently closed as an RAF Base, but still operates as a civil airport close to the town of Campbeltown.
	www.dreamlandresort.com /black_projects/boscombe.htm (5615 words)

	Historic Marauder Firsts, by Jack Havener.
		It comprised the first Air Force bombardment group to leave the USA for a combat zone in WWII.
		Eight 9th Air Force groups of B-26s led the entire Allied bomber stream and bombed shore installations at Utah and Omaha beaches just minutes ahead of the troop landings.
		The only other one left is being resorted at the Paris Air Museum and it was the other G model that the French Air Force and later Air France used for mechanical instructional purposes.
	www.b26.com /page/historical_marauder_firsts.htm (1164 words)

	What's in a name? (pt 8)
		They can be forgiven for thinking so, for their confidence in their invulnerability was shared by those who planned air warfare, and the lesson of the bomber's true vulnerability to fighters had to be constantly relearned throughout the war.
		Social relations in the SAAF were complicated by the addition of flyers from the RAF, who, though mostly enlisted men, nonetheless originated from the center of power and influence in the British Empire, in which South Africa was a colonial satellite.
		Soon after its formation in June, 1944, the Balkan Air Force assisted in the Soviet rescue of Tito from the German encirclement of Drvar and in his flight to Bari, Italy, where he decided to relocate his headquarters on Vis, an Adriatic island off the Yugoslav coast.
	www.hope.edu /academic/english/cox/essay/essay8.html (1902 words)

	History of Serbian air force 1912-2005 [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community
		Air support for this formation was assigned to the newly established "Coastal Airplane Squad", the first Serbian air combat unit, with 3 airplanes and 4 pilots under the command of major Kosta Miletic.
		S.A.F(Serbian Air Force) saw action from day one.At the beginning of the WWI Serbian pilots who were actually skilled and experienced from the Balkan wars, have succeeded to give the valuable information about the number, the movements and the position of the enemy troops.
		The first eight F-84G for the 'Yugoslav Air Force were, according to the then ruling USAF standards in natural aluminum color, while the first part of the nose in front of the pilot was in olive drab (to avoid reflection).
	www.stormfront.org /archive/t-184174History_of_Serbian_air_force_1912-2005.html (16948 words)

	SpecWarNet -USAF Special Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Fledgling units within conventional Air Forces (such as the Twelfth Air Force's 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special)) were created to aid in the supply of OSS agents and Eastern European Guerrillas in their fight to oust German occupation forces.
		HH-53 Jolly Greens that the Air Force acquired from the Navy were outfitted with refueling probes, radios and extra weapons to enable them to fly into enemy controlled country to conduct SAR Operations.
		Their first chance, an Air Force KC-135, had to cancel but the second one did not, and the MC-130 was soon headed back to the rendevous point.
	www.specwarnet.com /americas/usaf.htm (5547 words)

	San Vito dei Normanni Air Station
		San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy opened in 1960 and closed in 1993, employing 700 Air Force and fewer Navy intelligence personnel listening to the same areas as Field Station Augsberg along with additional listing in the Middle East.
		Bolstered by commandos from France's Armee de l'Air (air force) and a sprinkling of US soldiers and sailors, the 352nd Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, England, and the 16th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla., comprise most of the joint task force.
		The Air Force's new Theater Deployable Communications system made its first operational deployment during Operation Allied Force when it was used in an auxiliary role to extend communication assets in San Vito, Italy.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/san-vito.htm (880 words)

	The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Bomb Squadron (Light) flew a RAF Boston (A-20) in a British formation on a bombing mission on the railroad marshalling yards to Hazebrouck, France.
		Air Force on 1 December 1942 (General Spaatz went to North Africa to command the air forces there under General Eisenhower).
		Air Force became the greatest air armada of any country in any war, reaching a total strength of 200, 000 persons by mid-1944 (it is estimated that more than 350,000 Americans served in the 8
	home.fuse.net /ghilliard/8th.htm (967 words)

	chap1-03
		On May 21, 1942 (a date since celebrated as Air Force Day), a Breguet XIX and a Potez XXV, flown by Majors Kluz and Čajevac, deserted the Croat Air Force and made a bombing sortie against the German and Ustasha troops.
		In April 1944 an agreement was signed whereby a special Yugoslav air contingent was to be formed within the framework of the Royal AIr Force (RAF), and selected personnel were sent from the Partisan forces to the Middle East.
		The Balkan Air Force was primarily tasked with support of Partizan 4th Army in their final operations for the liberation of Dalmatia, Istria and Trieste.
	www.jrv.skynow.co.uk /history/chap1-03.html (736 words)

	G H Mills_P (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
		Sir George Mills was one of the earliest graduates of the newly founded RAF College, which he represented at Athletics and Cricket and where he was awarded the 'Abdy Gerrard Fellows' Memorial Prize on graduation.
		Following his retirement from the RAF, he took over the duties of 'Black Rod' in the Houses of Parliament, retiring from this post in 1970.
	www.rafweb.org /Biographies/Mills_G.htm (316 words)

	albmodww2a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It became the co-ordinating authority for air, land, sea, and special operations in and across the Adriatic, and for those mounted in the Aegean and Ionian Seas.
		The air component was formed from the 8 squadrons and one flight of aircraft which since may 1942 had been dropping supplies to Yugoslav partisans and which, from late 1943, had been given them direct air support.
		Though they were quickly released, all British ground forces were withdrawn, but RAF aircraft, operating from Zadar, continued to support the Partisan offensive.
	www.ucc.ie /staff/jprodr/macedonia/albmodww2a.html (418 words)

	Spitfires still fly
		After a career of air shows in the hands of Jeffrey Quill, she was presented in September 1965 to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, who operate her to this day.
		In December 1961 it was overhauled and pole mounted as a gate guardian at RAF Locking.
		Delivered to RAF Lyneham as a single seat Mk IX in December 1943, it served with 340 and 341 Squadrons, and was converted for the Irish Air Corps to Tr9 configuration in July 1950.
	www.spitfiresociety.demon.co.uk /flying.htm (5254 words)

	Naval Air Squadrons Index of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The FAA Naval Air Squadron Home Page provides a comprehensive overview of all the naval air squadrons in existence 1939-1945, including a squadron directory which has a brief history summary, list of battle honours, list of commanding officers, equipment and aircraft, air stations and ships, biobliographies, and links to other sources.
		Directory of Fleet Air Arm units operating from 1940-1945 under the command of RAF Fighter Command, including during Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Coastal Command, Desert Air Force, Balkan Air Force, Mediterranean Command, and the Tactical Air Force during D-Day.
		Although British carriers operated squadrons between 1918 and 1937 these were RAF Naval Air Branch squadrons and as such not under Navy control, they are therefore not listed here.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Squadrons/Index.html (949 words)

	OPERATION DENY FLIGHT (BOSNIA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and morale, welfare and recreation sites, the U.S. Air Force does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations.
		NATO's offensive air campaign, launched on 30 August 1995, allowed NATO air power to do what up until then had been ruled out by the UN: take out large parts of the Bosnian Serb integrated air defense system.
		The air campaign was sparked by the Serb shelling of a Sarajevo marketplace.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/deny/denyflt.htm (784 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Air Vice-Marshal Sir Laurence Sinclair, GC
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	www.guardian.co.uk /military/story/0,11816,737180,00.html (888 words)

	Women of Achievement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As General, EB commanded the worldwide forces of The Salvation Army, giving spiritual and administrative oversight and direction to the movement.
		NS was Air Commandant and second director of the Women's Royal Air Force and developed the WRAF as a permanent service and to
		Although full intergration of women into the RAF did not occur for 44 years, NS is credited for having laid a solid base of service and tradition that enabled the transition.
	www.undelete.org /woa/woa05-02.html (8101 words)

	South African Army Air Force, RAF/SAAF B-26 Martin Marauder Aircrew Association. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		South African Army Air Force, RAF/SAAF B-26 Martin Marauder Aircrew Association.
		Our members include SAAF B26 Sqdns 12/21/24/30 of Desert Air force and 25 Sqdn of Balkan Air Force who operated in Italy 1944/1945.
		We have held reunions 1999/2000/2001 and plan our 2002 reunion again in Stratford upon Avon, UK during weekend 30/31 August and 1 September when veterans of each Sqdn will be meeting with their Ladies for a nostalgic weekend.
	www.b26.com /page/raf_saaf.htm (112 words)

	United States Army Air Corps & United States Army Air Forces
		United States Army Air Corps and United States Army Air Forces
		Some pre-1948 Air Force items may be listed on other USAF pages
		Alaskan Air Command (attached to 57th Fighter Wing) 20 September 1949; 5039th Air Transport Group 1 January 1951; Eighteenth Air Force, 23 July 1956 (attached to 63d Troop Carrier Group 23 July 1956—);
	www.ljmilitaria.com /usaac___usaaf.htm (1143 words)

	World Insignia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		UK, Royal Air Force 1st pattern, on RAF blue....$5
		UK, Royal Air Force, non-airborne unit, 1st pattern on RAF blue.....$5
		UK, Royal Air Force, non-airborne unit, 2nd pattern on dark blue...$5
	www.eatel.net /~mctb52/worldinsignia.htm (126 words)

	39 Squadron B26 Marauder Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A Martin B26 Marauder Squadron of 254 Wing, Balkan Air Force, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces,WWII
		Crew Lists 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6
		14 Squadron RAF 1 : 2 : 3
	www.39thsquadronmarauders.org.uk (87 words)

	Yugoslav Partisan Air Force Order of Battle 1944
		Yugoslav Partisan Air Force Order of Battle 1944
		Air Base of the Main Headquarters for Croatia
		First Created: 7 July 2003 - Last Revised: 27 July 2003
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/yugo/yugo-part-orbat5.htm (56 words)

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