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  2. Operation Chrome Dome - Wikipedia

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    1964 Operation Chrome Dome Map from Sheppard Air Force Base, TX 1966 overview of US airborne alert routes, based on a document used by White House staff.. Operation Chrome Dome was a United States Air Force Cold War-era mission from 1961 to 1968 in which B-52 strategic bomber aircraft armed with thermonuclear weapons remained on continuous airborne alert, flying routes that put them in ...

  3. List of United States Air Force bomb squadrons - Wikipedia

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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...

  4. List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air ...

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    Assigned to: Second Air Force, 825th Air Division, (Attached to the 7th Air Division 3 January to 5 April 1957). Equipment: B-47s. Changed equipment in: 1961 to B-47s, KC-97s. Reassigned to: Second Air Force, 825th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 June 1962. Inactivated on: 1 September 1964. Reactivated on: 1 July 1987. At: McConnell AFB, KS.

  5. Eighth Air Force - Wikipedia

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    the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European theater of World War II (1939/41–1945), engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe area of responsibility; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; [3] and engaging in air-to-air ...

  6. List of bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    The bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War were the longest and heaviest aerial bombardment in history. The United States Air Force, the U. S. Navy, and U. S. Marine Corps aviation dropped 7,662,000 tons of explosives. By comparison, U. S. forces dropped a total of 2,150,000 tons of bombs in all theaters of World War II.

  7. List of United States Air Force installations - Wikipedia

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    Air Force Base, Air Reserve Base or Air Guard Base are used to describe an installation from which aircraft operations can be conducted or from which major activities of importance to Air Force combat, combat support, or training missions can be supported. Air Force Station (sometimes Air Station), Air Reserve Station or Air National Guard ...

  8. List of United States Air Force missile squadrons - Wikipedia

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    This article lists the missile squadrons of the United States Air Force. ... Was a B-57 Canberra Night Bombardment Squadron at Laon AB, France 1955–1958, converted ...

  9. 23rd Bomb Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 23rd Bomb Squadron is a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing. It is stationed at Minot Air Force Base , North Dakota. The mission of the squadron is to fly the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber.