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The group was redesignated as the 14th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and reactivated on 18 August 1955 at Ethan Allen Air Force Base, Vermont [2] to replace the 517th Air Defense Group, whose mission, equipment, and personnel were transferred to the 14th [18] as part of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the ...
The 70th Fighter Wing (70th FW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe , based at Neubiberg Air Base , Germany. It was inactivated on 25 September 1947.
35th Pursuit Group, 1 January 1941 – 15 January 1942; US Army Forces in Fiji, 28 January 1942; 347th Fighter Group, 3 October 1942; 18th Fighter Group, 30 March 1943; 347th Fighter Group, 1 November – 26 December 1945; 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 September 1975 (attached to 86th Tactical Fighter Wing 29 August – 28 September 1989)
In many cases, the numerical designation of the wing came from the combat group that preceded it and became an integral part of the post-World War II wing. In other words, when the 14th Fighter Wing (later, 14th Flying Training Wing) came into existence, it received the 14th numerical designation from the 14th Fighter Group, which had already ...
The Foggia Airfield Complex was a series of World War II military airfields located within a 40 km (25 mi) radius of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia, Italy.The airfields were used by the United States Army Air Forces' Fifteenth Air Force as part of the strategic bombardment campaign against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945, as well as the Twelfth Air Force, the British Royal Air Force and the ...
The 14th Fighter Squadron is part of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan. It operates the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft conducting Wild Weasel missions. The squadron has been stationed at Misawa since 1987.
Major General Chesley G. Peterson (August 10, 1920 – January 28, 1990) was a career officer in the United States Air Force, and a flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in World War II. As a fighter pilot in the European theater, he is best known for his time as the commander of the famous 4th Fighter Group during 1942–1943 ...
At that time the 78th Fighter Wing was established under Hobson Plan, and the 78th Fighter Group became the operational component of the wing, controlling its flying resources. On 1 March 1949, the 78th Fighter Group received the first of the new production F-84 Thunderjets , [ 6 ] with these aircraft going to the 82d, 83d and 84th Fighter ...