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The Cactus Air Force was the ensemble of Allied air power assigned to the island of Guadalcanal from August 1942 until December 1942 during the most heavily contested phases of the Guadalcanal Campaign, particularly those operating from Henderson Field. The name is based on "Cactus", the Allied code name for the island.
Cactus re-emerged in June 2006, in New York City: a radio broadcast on The Radiochick Show and their first show since 1972 at B.B. King's Blues Club in Times Square on June 3. This show was a warm up for the gig which sparked the reunion, an appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Norje , Sweden on June 9.
The organization acquired four O-2s from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in 1996. [1]The organization received approval to build a 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m 2) facility from the airport authority in May 2013.
John Nance Garner (1868–1967), 32nd US vice president, nicknamed "Cactus Jack" Cactus Air Force, nickname for the USAAF, USMC, and USN air units on Guadalcanal in World War II "Les Cactus", a 1967 single by French singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc; The Cactus Album, the 1989 debut album of hip hop trio 3rd Bass
Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (VMF-132) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps.The squadron, also known as "The Crying Red Asses", fought in World War II as a dive bomber unit during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands.
Cactus is the debut studio album by American rock band Cactus, [2] released on July 1, 1970, by Atco Records. The eight tracks consist of six original songs written by the band, plus covers of Mose Allison 's version of blues standard " Parchman Farm ", and Willie Dixon 's " You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover ". [ 3 ]
He would become commander of the Cactus Air Force on November 7, 1942 [2] and lead the men through the lowest point in the campaign until he turned the command over to Brigadier General Francis P. Mulcahy on December 26, 1942.
In the closing months of the Guadalcanal campaign, Mulcahy served in command of Allied Air Forces in the Solomon Islands, also known as the Cactus Air Force. In August 1943, Mulcahy moved from Guadalcanal to New Georgia to command air units operating out of the newly captured airfield at Munda Point. [2]