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	KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - 8TH FIGHTER WING HISTORY (1932-1945) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The 8th Pursuit Group in World War II Acknowledgement: Special thanks to Dino Cerutti of New York City for his narratives and photos of the 36th Fighter Squadron (Interceptor), 8th Fighter Group during World War II and during the Occupation at Ashiya AFB, Japan.
		According to the Web-birds.com: "On April 26 while the U.S. Navy was preparing to engage the Japanese invasion fleet headed for Port Moresby, men from the 35th and 36th arrived at the 7 mile strip where the 75th and 76th Australian Squadrons were sacrificing their last P-40s to the Japanese Zero's.
		Roberts was assigned to the 80th Squadron, 8th Fighter Group of the Fifth Air Force, and was sent to Australia during the spring of 1942.
	kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb1a1.html (16325 words)

	35th Fighter (Pursuit) Group, USAAF
		The 35th Fighter Group departed San Francisco, California on 31 January 1942 aboard the US Army Transport Ancon as a skeleton organization and arrived in Brisbane, Queensland on 25 February 1942.
		The 8th Fighter Group were the next to be equipped with P-400's assembled at Eagle Farm airport.
		The 31st Fighter Group was recalled to Selfridge and with half of the 40th Fighter Squadron it became the 308th Squadron.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/35pursuit.htm (2022 words)

	49th Fighter Group, formerly known as 49th Pursuit Group
		The 49th Pursuit Group was the first American unit to arrive in Australia as a complete unit, with all flying and support echelons fully manned and equipped.
		Fighter aircraft and light bombers, originally destined for the Philippines were diverted to Brisbane and Townsville.
		Thirty three P-40s of the 49th Fighter Group were flown to Perth from Brisbane in mid February 1942.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/49fg.htm (3956 words)

	49th Fighter Wing [49th FW]
		The 49th Fighter Wing was originally organized as the 49th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) in 1940.
		Redesignated the 49th Fighter- Bomber Wing on February 1, 1950, the 49th began operations in Korea in June 1950.
		The 49th transitioned to the F-105D in 1961 and F-4D in 1967.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/49fw.htm (1104 words)

	Air Force Combat Units of World War II - Part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Transferred, without personnel and equipment, to the US in Feb 1946, the group's squadrons being inactivated in Mar. Headquarters was transferred, without personnel and equipment, to the Panama Canal Zone in Sep, and the squadrons were activated in Oct. Equipped with P-47's; converted to F-80's in Dec 1947.
		The group was awarded a DUC for bombing and strafing Japanese troops and fortifications on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Dec 1943, preparatory to the Allied invasion.
		The group was awarded a DUC for its part in this raid and its commander, Col Leon Johnson, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring and initiative in leading his men into smoke, flame, and alerted fighter and antiaircraft opposition over the target, which already had been bombed in error by another group.
	libraryautomation.com /nymas/usaaf3.html (12936 words)

	80th Fighter Squadron [80th FS]
		The 80th Fighter Squadron was originally constituted as the 80th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 6 January 1942.
		It was redesignated as the 80th Fighter Squadron, Jet, on 1 January 1950 and as the 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 20 January 1950.
		The squadron was reassigned to the 8th Fighter Wing's Operations Group on 3 February 1992, and was redesignated as the 80th Fighter Squadron.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usaf/80fs.htm (538 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
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		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 (87 words)

	History for 7th Fighter Squadron Reunion Organization
		7TH FIGHTER SQUADRON HISTORY The 7th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Wing (then designated the 49th Pursuit Group), was activated 16 January 1941, at Selfridge Field, Michigan, as the 7th Fighter Pursuit Squadron.
		When hostilities broke out in Korea, the 7th was again readied for combat, and deployed to Taegu, Korea, where as part of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group, was the first combat fighter outfit to operate actively from bases in South Korea.
		This mission and many of the people were part of the 417th Fighter Squadron which was part of the Top Secret Stealth Community at Tonapah, NV.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,727675\|780469,00.html (788 words)

	Charles Lindbergh and the 475th Fighter Group
		Later the group's Official History recorded all bombs were delivered with "fair accuracy." Lindbergh saw part of the subsequent attacks and noted "three bombs in the target area, two in the jungle, and three in the ocean." Experience, however, would make the 475th as proficient with bombs as they were with bullets.
		It was then that the P-38s of "Captive" Squadron, the 9th Squadron of the 49th Group, dropped down on the Japanese duo.
		It seems that the bombers have been requesting fighter cover for their Palau raid; for some time past and they have been turned down by Fighter Command on the grounds that the distance was too great and the weather too bad.
	www.charleslindbergh.com /wwii (7422 words)

	49th Fighter Bomber Group - USAF - Korean War Project
		The citation reads os follows: The 49th Fighter-Bomber Group is cited for extraordinary heroism and fidelity during the period 27 June to 25 November 1950.
		On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 Dale996@aol.com wrote: I was assigned to the 49th fighter bomber that was latter turned into the 58th fighter bomber Wing.
		I flew with the 49th Fighter Wing at Taegu, Korea in l953.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/usaf/49fbg.htm (1791 words)

	US plans huge show of force in Pacific
		The US plan to do this after mid-July, in the Pacific Ocean near China, is a message to Beijing for its threat to use force to stop Taiwanese independence.
		From past deployment patterns, the US usually despatches one CSG to a trouble spot as a reminder of its presence.
		The squadron, from the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., arrives this week at Kunsan Air Base in central South Korea.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1163792/posts (3450 words)

	49th Fighter Bomber Wing - USAF - Korean War Project
		Comments: I was in the first group to arrive at an old Japanese air field that was later designated as "K-2" in early July 1950.
		The 49th FBW was attached to the 58th FBW, March 16-31, 1953.
		On April 1, in a designation switch, the 49th moved without personnel or equipment to Kunsan AB, where it absorbed the resources of the 474th FBW and continued combat operations to July 27.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/usaf/49fbw.htm (1395 words)

	C Bomber - The Most In-Depth Boot Resource On The Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		was visited by AOC-in-C Bomber Command, Air Marshal Sir Richard E. Peirse, and by H.R.H. a like period by each of the Polish bomber and fighter squadrons...
		It started with "bomber jackets" in WWII, when the crews of bombers would paint their plane name on...
		Bomber C maintains its position relative to bomber B on its...
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	49th Fighter Wing History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The history of the 49th is one of distinction.
		Organized as the 49th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) in 1940, the unit was among the first to deploy from the United States to the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
		People, airplanes, and equipment of the 49th Fighter Wing played a key role in the continued global war against terrorism and particularly in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
	www.holloman.af.mil /49fw/49fwhistory.html (1137 words)

	8th Fighter Squadron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		During that activation, the 7th, 8th, and 9th Pursuit Squadrons were assigned to the Group and remained a part of the 49th throughout its colorful history.
		The 49th and its squadrons compiled a history that included extensive participation in World War II and the Korean Conflict, followed by participation in Southeast Asia.
		In 1943, the 49th Fighter Group began the transition from the P-47 "Thunderbolt" to the P-38 "Lightning", an aircraft superior in terms of performance.
	www.holloman.af.mil /49og/8fs.html (638 words)

	U.S.A.A.F. Resource Group/Heroes Of The Air - Richard Ira "Dick" Bong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Later sent to Hamilton Field near San Francisco, California for Aerial Combat Training in the Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter with the 49th PS/14th PG on May 6, 1942.
		Relieved from combat after scoring 21 victories in 158 missions for a 60-day R&R. Returning to the SWPA, Bong was assigned to V FC and allowed to pick his own combat missions.
		Assigned to Flight Test, he was killed when the Lockheed P-80 "Shooting Star" he was testing, flamed-out upon takeoff on August 6, 1945, the day before the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
	www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org /URG/bong.html (584 words)

	USMC Graduate and Korean War Fighter Pilot: Charles E. Coons. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Coons graduated from the United State Military Academy at West Point and entered the fledging U.S. Air Force which was just then transitioning from the Army Air Force of earlier years.
		He was flying with the 9th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group.
		The rarity of a Korean War USAF KIA group is akin to a USS Arizona casualty or a 4 times rarer than a WWI DSC!
	www.wartimecollectables.com /coons.htm (224 words)

	Early American Jetliners: Boei..., The Airplane: A History of Its..., Tupolev Tu-144 (Red Star), Controlling Pilot ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It is a history of the technology of the airplane, written with the nontechnical reader in mind, but telling a story that the technical reader can also enjoy.
		Historian Robert Wohl takes us back to this time, recapturing the achievements of pioneering aviators and exploring flight as a source of cultural inspiration in the United States and Europe.
		Fewer than 14,000 individuals perished in U.S. airline disasters during the twentieth century.
	ntfbooks-transportation.umkabooks.com /11939_General/35.html (1869 words)

	US Airforce Books on the USAF, USAAF & US Navy Aviation - www.MotorEbooks.com
		True story of Oliver Bullard Rasmussen, a U.S. Navy aircrewman who avoided capture after his plane crashed in Japan on July 14, 1945, leaving his pilot dead and him seriously wounded.
		O'Hare won the Medal of Honor in 1942 by single-handedly breaking up a Japanese bomber attack on the carrier Lexington.
		First published in 1946, this is the story of Jack Ilfrey, his P-38 and his unit, the famed 94th Fighter Squadron.
	www.motorebooks.com /avusair.htm (921 words)

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	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/9059/usaob.html (6405 words)

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