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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.
Squadron Name Insignia Nickname Command Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 6th Attack Squadron: Air Education and Training Command: Nineteenth Air Force: 49 WG: 1 August 1943 [263] Holloman AFB, New Mexico: MQ-9 [264] 9th Attack Squadron: Air Education and Training Command: Nineteenth Air Force: 49 WG: 15 January 1941 [265]
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.
He also was a president and board chairman of the Air Force Association and as a Director of the United States Air Force Academy. [33] In 2000, he served as a consultant on the popular computer game Combat Flight Simulator 2 by Microsoft. [42] A complete listing of Foss's affiliations and honors is given at The Joe Foss Institute. [43]
The 2nd Aviation Group was formed at Naval Air Station San Diego in August 1922. They were redesignated Aircraft Squadrons, West Coast Expeditionary Force in July 1926. 8 January 1934 saw another name change, this time to Aircraft Two, Fleet Marine Force. On 1 May 1939, they were redesignated again to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Group.
English: Cactus Air Force aircraft crowd Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, circa in 1942. Visible are (circa) 21 Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, eight Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo bombers, three Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina patrol planes and four Boeing B-17E/F Flying Fortress bombers.