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The accident proportion relative to exposure proportion rose from 0.79 (1–3 hours on duty) to 5.62 ( more than 13 hours on duty). According to the study, 5.62% of human-factors accidents occurred to pilots who had been on duty for 13 or more hours, which make up only 1% of total pilot duty hours. [7]
Redesignated 5th Special Operations Squadron on 1 August 1968 Inactivated on 15 October 1969. Consolidated with the 5th Combat Cargo Squadron on 19 September 1985; Activated 1 December 1994, Air Force Reserve Command at Duke Field, Eglin AFB Base. Aircraft used was MC-130N/P tankers. [1]
The 175th Wing (175 WG) is a unit of the Maryland Air National Guard, stationed at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland.If activated to federal service, components of the Wing are gained by the two separate major commands of the United States Air Force: Air Combat Command (ACC) and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
It has deployed personnel to fight since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, notably during the Iraq War (2003-2010). [1] The unit's Joint Terminal Attack Controllers are traditionally aligned with I Corps and the Joint Base Lewis-McChord based Stryker Brigades , but due to manning shortages and theater requirements, the unit's airmen ...
[1] Activated in the Reserve on 15 June 1952. Inactivated on 16 November 1957. Redesignated as 439 Tactical Airlift Wing on 14 March 1974, with C-123 and C-130. Moved to Westover AFB (later, Westover ARB), MA, 1 April 1974. Activated in the Reserve on 1 April 1974. Redesignated as: 439th Military Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1987, with C-5 Galaxy.
The wing deployed a Rivet Joint RC-135 from Hellenikon Air Base, Greece, to Riyadh Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on 8 August 1990, and began 24-hour-a-day reconnaissance of the region two days later for Central Command Commander Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, under Operation Desert Shield. At the start of Operation Desert Storm, 18 January 1991, the wing ...
The wing was first organized on 1 October 1962 as the 185th Tactical Fighter Group as a single headquarters for the 174th Tactical Fighter Squadron and its support units. This reorganization nearly doubled the authorized personnel of the Air National Guard at Sioux City Municipal Airport to over 800 officers and airmen.
1 June 21, 2006 MiTEx: Delta II: First mission with spacecraft processed by the 45th Launch Support Squadron. 2 September 25, 2006 GPS IIR-15M : Delta II: 3 November 17, 2006 GPS IIR-16 : Delta II: 4 March 8, 2007 STP-1 : Atlas V: First launch of a USAF payload on an Atlas V. 5 October 10, 2007 WGS-1: Atlas V: First of six WGS satellites 6 ...