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In the News (Wed 11 Nov 09)

  
  Seventh Air Force
Air Force personnel fly and maintain the F-16 Falcon and the A/OA-10 Thunderbolt combat aircraft, and perform a myriad of intelligence, logistics, planning, communications, and liaison duties.
On September 1986, the Air Force activated 7 AF again to assume the duties of maintaining the fragile armistice on the Korean peninsula that the 314 Air Division was responsible for.
On September 1986, the Air Force activated 7 AF to assume the duties of maintaining the fragile armistice on the Korean peninsula that the 314 Air Division was responsible for.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/7af.htm   (1201 words)

  
 Numbered Air Forces Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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.
Seventh Air Force evolved from the Hawaiian Air Force that was originally established to control a growing number of air units arriving in the Territory of Hawaii in 1940.
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/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html   (4679 words)

  
 Seventh Air Force History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Army Air Corps first activated 7 AF on 1 November 1940, as the Hawaiian Air Force, to control the growing number of air units arriving in the Territory of Hawaii that year.
However, the movement of Far East Air Forces (renamed Pacific Air Forces) from Japan to Hawaii led to the inactivation of 7 AF on 1 July 1957.
On 8 September 1986, Seventh Air Force activated at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, and assumed the mission of maintaining the fragile armistice on the Korean peninsula previously performed by the 314th Air Division.
www.osan.af.mil /history/7thH.htm   (597 words)

  
 Air Force Magazine
Seventh Air Force in Saigon was under operational control of MACV for operations in South Vietnam and Route Pack 1 (the southern part of North Vietnam), but 7th Air Force was controlled by PACAF for operations in North Vietnam (Route Packs 5 and 6A).
The ADVON became the 2nd Air Division, with a dual role: It was the air component of MACV and the forward command element of 13th Air Force for operations outside of Vietnam.
Air strikes in the north were carried out by USAF aircraft from bases in Thailand, carrier-based aircraft in the Tonkin Gulf, and B-52 bombers controlled by 8th Air Force on Guam.
www.afa.org /magazine/jan2005/0105disunity.asp   (4270 words)

  
 DECEMBER, 1944
A heavy force of Liberators of the Seventh Army Air Force and Fleet Air Wing One, escorted by Lightning‑fighters of the Seventh Air Force, struck at Iwo Jima in the Volcanos on December 7 (West Longitude Date).
Bombers of the strategic air force, Pacific Ocean Areas, attacked airstrip facilities on Iwo Jima in the Volcanos on December 10 and 11.
Liberators of the Strategic Air Force bombed the airstrip and plane disĀ­persal areas on Iwo Jima in the Volcanos on December 24.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1944-12.html   (5554 words)

  
 John Daniel Lavelle, General, United States Air Force
As Seventh Air Force commander, he is responsible for all Air Force combat air strike, air support and air defense operations in mainland Southeast Asia.
When the U.S. Air Force was established as a separate Service in 1947, he was one of the two Air Force officers who negotiated with all seven Army Technical Services and wrote the agreements for the division of assets and the operating procedures to be effected during the buildup of the Air Force.
Seventeenth Air Force is a NATO-committed major subcommand of USAFE, one of America's strongest overseas air arms and a primary instrument of Western defense.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jlavelle.htm   (4232 words)

  
 APRIL, 1944
Ponape Island was raided by Mitchell bombers of the Seventh Army Air Force escorted by Marine Corsair fighters.
Four objectives in the Marshalls were bombed and strafed by Mitchell bombers of the Seventh Army Air Force, Dauntless dive bombers and Corsair fighters of the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing, and Navy Hellcat fighters.
Mitchell bombers of the Seventh Army Air Force with a Corsair fighter escort from the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing bombed Ponape.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1944-04.html   (6254 words)

  
 Seventh Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seventh Air Force (7 AF) is a Numbered Air Force (NAF) under the Pacific Air Forces major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force.
The commander, Seventh Air Force, is dual-hatted as commander of the combined Air Component Command (ACC), part of the US-Republic of Korea (ROK) Combined Forces Command (CFC).
HQ USAF revived the Seventh Air Force to serve Pacific Air Forces during the Vietnam conflict when the growth of forces required a replacement for the 2d Air Division.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seventh_Air_Force   (292 words)

  
 Air Force Records Search
Air Force units under the operational control of the Seventh Air Force flew 76 sorties for TAILWIND and provided Forward Air Control (FAC) and Airborne Command and Control Center (ABCCC) aircraft and crews.
The employment of tear gas "riot control" weapons in Southeast Asia by the Air Force and Army generated controversy, and appropriate officials in the chain of command authorized each use of the CS air weapon.
After the TAILWIND operation, General Clay, as commander of the Seventh Air Force, attended a briefing on the mission 11-14 September, given by one of the members of the ground element.
www.rjsmith.com /air-force-report.html   (6581 words)

  
 The Role of Judge Advocates in a Joint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
However, since the structure of the JAOC evolved from tactical air control centers used by Seventh Air Force during the war in Vietnam, this article also examines the evolution of the JAOC as well as the role of Air Force judge advocates in operations during and since the Vietnam era.
Air missions are set out in a matrix, but a narrative portion gives special instructions about a number of topics, including the rules of engagement.
Today, in an effort to further refine the concept of the air and space expeditionary task force, the Air Force is experimenting with “distributed” or “split” operations in which technology, such as video teleconferencing, may make the collocation of all the divisions or teams of a JAOC unnecessary.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj99/spr99/gent.html   (7719 words)

  
 Biographies : GENERAL ROBERT JAMES DIXON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Tactical Air Command is responsible for organizing, equipping and training assigned and attached tactical forces within the continental United States and is responsible for the combat readiness of 45 percent of Reserve/Air National Guard flying units.
TAC trains the air and ground crews for the overseas commands of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and the Pacific; and is the lead command for the development and testing of doctrine, concepts, requirements, tactics and procedures for tactical air forces worldwide.
In September 1965 General Dixon was assigned to the 45th Air Division, Strategic Air Command, at Loring Air Force Base, Maine, as division commander with B-52/KC-135 units at Loring and Dow Air Force bases, Harmon and Goose air bases.
www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=5237   (744 words)

  
 U.S. Forces, Korea / Combined Forces Command
US Air Forces Korea possesses approximately 100 aircraft: advanced fighters, e.g., 70 F-16s, 20 A-10 anti-tank attack planes, various types of intelligence-collecting and reconnaissance aircraft including U-2s, and the newest transport aircraft.
In the event the Seventh Fleet and the Seventh Air Force Command augment them, the capability of USFK will substantially increase both quantitatively and qualitatively.
However, it was not until 1978, as a bilateral agreement related to the planned U.S. ground combat force withdrawal of that time (subsequently canceled in 1981), that the senior headquarters in Korea was organized, as a combined staff.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/dod/usfk.htm   (1441 words)

  
 The Bitter End
Seventh Air Force SS Mayaguez SitRep Oil msg to CinCPac, drd 13May75 (MMF); PacAF History (74-75).
Maj A.J. Lavelle, ed., The Vietnamese Air Force, 1951-1975, An Analysis of its Role m Combat and Fourteen Hours at Koh Tang (Office of Air force Hisrory, Washington, D.C., 1985), hereafter Four-teen Hours.
Seventh Air Force SitRep 049 msg to CinCPac, dtd 15May75 (MMF).
ehistory.osu.edu /vietnam/books/end/0279.cfm   (431 words)

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