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The 912th Air Refueling Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron assigned to the 92d Operations Group and stationed at March Air Reserve Base, California.The squadron is an active duty associate unit of the reserve 336th Air Refueling Squadron of the 452d Operations Group.
Heavy weapons and mounted weapons M61 Vulcan: Gatling gun - six-barrels: General Dynamics: 20×102mm: Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard M134: Gatling gun - six-barrels: General Electric; Dillon Aero; Garwood Industries; Profense; 7.62×51mm NATO: Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy M2 HMG: Heavy machine gun: General Dynamics ...
MP5 submachine gun: Submachine gun: Multiple (9×19mm Parabellum, 10mm Auto MP5/10, or .40 S&W M5/40) M249 machine gun: Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon: 5.56×45mm NATO: M240 machine gun: General purpose medium machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: M2 machine gun: Heavy machine gun.50 BMG: M82: Anti materiel sniper rifle.50 BMG
March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces . While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case for both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles .
On 10 May, the 22d Bombardment Wing (22 BW) was reassigned to March from Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas. The 22d was equipped with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress . The 1st Fighter Wing was subsequently attached to the 22 BW on 1 July as the 22d Wing's headquarters was initially non-operational and its operational components were detached so ...
When the 22nd returned to March Air Force Base in late October or early November 1950, 335 sorties had been flown. One plane, 44-62279, [ 5 ] was reported lost during operations from Okinawa. Combat components of the group were the 2nd, 19th and 33rd Bombardment Squadrons.
The group was activated on 1 January 1953 at Alexandria Air Force Base, Louisiana. It replaced the Federalized Iowa Air National Guard 132d Fighter Bomber Group which was being returned to state control after a twenty-one-month period of activation as a result of the Korean War. The group was composed of the 389th, 390th, and 391st Fighter ...
On 5 February, the Battalion's equipment was embarked aboard the USNS Soderman. Four days later, the remainder of the battalion departed March Air Force Base for Kuwait. By 13 February, the battalion consolidated at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait and dedicated its time to training and preparing for crossing the border into Iraq.