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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.
Band of the United States Air Force Reserve (581st Air Force Band), disbanded in 2012 [3] 502nd Air Force Band (Keesler AFB, MS) 505th Air Force Band (Chanute AFB, IL) 509th Air Force Band (Webb AFB, TX; 515th Air Force Band (Bryan AFB, TX) 521st Air Force Band (F.E. Warren AFB, WY) 522nd Air Force Band (Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico)
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
AirSols superseded and absorbed the Cactus Air Force, which controlled Allied air units in the Solomons during 1942–43. AirSols was made up of United States Navy (USN), United States Marine Corps (USMC), the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and the Thirteenth Air Force , United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) forces.
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.
ATCO Records is an American record label founded in 1955. It is owned by Warner Music Group and operates as an imprint of Atlantic Records. [1] [2] After several decades of dormancy and infrequent activity under alternating Warner Music labels, the company was relaunched by Atlantic Records in early 2020.