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	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)

	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 grew from a force of 33,625 personnel in June 1950, to nearly 112,200 officers and airmen in July 1953.
		FEAF consisted of three air forces scattered across the western Pacific, the Fifth, Thirteenth, and Twentieth.
	korea50.army.mil /history/factsheets/air_f_fs.shtml (1348 words)

	5th Air Force
		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.
		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.
		The Fifth was the combat air force in Korea during the Korean conflict, then returned and remains located in Japan.
	www.cottonpickers.org /5th_air_force.htm (271 words)

	Air Reconnaissance in Korea
		Sunday June 25, 1950, was a hot, humid day both in the United States and in Korea but the weather was no problem to Lieutenant General George E. Stratemeyer, commanding officer of the Far East Air Forces.
		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.
		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)

	Pacific Air Forces
		FEAF was subordinate to the U.S. Army Forces Far East and served as the headquarters of Allied Air Forces Southwest Pacific Area.
		PACAF traces its roots to the activation of Far East Air Forces, Aug. 3, 1944, at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
		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)

	Hickam Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hickam_Air_Force_Base (1118 words)

	Royal Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF squadrons are somewhat analogous to the regiments of the British army, in that they have histories and traditions going back to their formation, regardless of where they are currently based, which aircraft they are operating, etc. They can be awarded standards and battle honours for meritorious service.
		Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the occupation of southern Iraq by British Forces, the RAF is deployed at Basra.
		The RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, formed on April 1, 1918.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Air_Force (3992 words)

	Today in Korea
		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.
		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.
		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)

	19 Air Refueling Wing
		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.
		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.
		In 1983, the 19th Air Refueling Wing undertook worldwide aerial refueling missions for various operations and exercises and supported the European Tanker Task Force.
	afhra.maxwell.af.mil /wwwroot/rso/wings_groups_pages/0019arw.php (814 words)

	Air Power:The Korean War
		B-29 Superfortress of the Far East Air Forces 19th Bomber Group on its 150th combat mission since the start of the Korean war.
		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)

	CHAPTER V, South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu
		Concurrently with the initiation of air action, the naval forces in the Far East began to assume their part in the conflict.
		The Far East Air Forces, with an authorized personnel strength of 39,975 officers and men, had 33,625 assigned to it.
		Commanding the United States armed forces in the Far East on 25 June 1950 was General MacArthur.
	www.korteng.com /Appleman/Chapter5.htm (4120 words)

	Far East Air Forces
		The Far East Air Forces (FEAF) was activated in Brisbane, Australia on the 3rd of August, 1944.
		The FEAF was redesignated the Pacific Air Command on December 6th, 1945, and eventually became the Pacific Air Forces in July of 1947.
		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.
	www.nmia.com /~valorc/embpatches/aaf/feaf.html (442 words)

	Raymond Taylor Jenkins, Major General, United States Air Force
		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.
		By request of the Surgeon, FEAF, he was assigned as the deputy surgeon, 5th Air Force Headquarters.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /rtjenkins.htm (1480 words)

	Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Army Air Forces
		Air Force based in Alaska proudly displays the shoulder sleeve insignia of his command.
		Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Multiple Army Air Forces Combat Commands
		The Desert Air Force was a British organization.
	www.angelfire.com /md2/patches/airforce1a.html (114 words)

	East Asian / Pacific Area Minor Air Forces
		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.
		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.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/minorafp.htm (2359 words)

	RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: R :: Russian Far East
		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.
		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.
	www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/r/russian_far_east.shtml (768 words)

	Pacific Air Command cheers 60 years in the skies - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		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.
		Pacific Air Forces, the Hickam-based command that coordinates Air Force operations throughout the Pacific region, is celebrating its 60th anniversary tomorrow.
		Its headquarters was established at Hickam Air Force Base in a former Army barracks that still bears scars from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Aug/02/mn/mn01a.html (830 words)

	Colloquium on Contemporary History, Seminar 3
		Air Force units were also caught up in the retreat, the North Korean fields being abandoned and the aircraft sent to the south.
		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.
	www.history.navy.mil /colloquia/cch3d.htm (4478 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.
		If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Far_East_Air_Force (4478 words)

	Force
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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/force.html (4478 words)

	Far East Air Force - 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.
		If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Far_East_Air_Force (119 words)

	Royal Air Force
		The RAF were close to defeat but Adolf Hitler then changed his tactics and ordered the Luftwaffe to switch its attack from British airfields, factories and docks to civilian targets.
		Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal and the new head of Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, developed the policy of area bombing (known in Germany as terror bombing) where entire cities and towns were targeted.
		Defence against air attacks required the production of thousands of anti-aircraft guns, the stockpiling of tremendous quantities of ammunition over the country, and holding in readiness hundreds of thousands of soldiers, who in addition had to stay in position by their guns, often totally inactive, for months at a time.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWraf.htm (7422 words)

	Armistice
		Far East Command, United Nations Command, Headquarters, Military History Section.
		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.
		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.
	korea50.army.mil /history/factsheets/armistice.shtml (5777 words)

	The Evolution of AF Targeting
		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.
		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.
	www.airpower.au.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj94/glock.html (6760 words)

	Korea: United Nations Force Contributions [Australian War Memorial]
		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).
		Commonwealth Division; British Far East Fleet; and Sunderland aircraft of the RAF.
		Thailand: One infantry battalion; naval forces; air and naval transports
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/korea_unlist.htm (161 words)

	data
		Far East Air Forces medium bombers completed their 12,000 combat sortie of the war.
		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
		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.
		For a detailed discussion of the Department of the Army and Far East Command interchange of views and instructions concerning the Korean crisis and later conduct of the war following intervention see Maj James F. Schnabel, Theater Command.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/BOOKS/KOREA/20-2-1/Sn04.htm (5344 words)

	Thunderchiefs at Yokota AB Japan 1963-1967
		During the Korean War, Yokota AB was the home of Far East Air Force (FEAF) Bomber Command, including FEAF Headquarters and B-29 heavy bombers.
		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.
		Today, the 374th AW is USAF's only airlift wing in the Far East, providing airlift support to all Department of Defense agencies in the Pacific theater of operation.
	members.aol.com /afskiers/yokota.htm (2274 words)

	Far East Air Force Results
		All air forces in the Far East and Southwest...
		Royal Air Force Gan was a staging post for RAF aircraft flying to and from the Far East in the 60s/70s, which closed in 1976.
		The RAF Far East Air Force was the command...
	far.jmc-info-finder.co.uk /far+east+air+force.htm (2274 words)

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