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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.
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]
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.
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 ]
Members of the rock band Cactus, or its later incarnation New Cactus. Pages in category "Cactus (American band) members" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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