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The Royal Air Force mutiny of 1946 was a mutiny on dozens of Royal Air Force stations in the British India in January 1946. The mutiny began at RAF Drigh Road, now known as PAF Base Faisal, and later spread to involve nearly 50,000 men over 60 RAF stations in British India and RAF bases as far as Singapore. [1] [4] PAF Base Masroor is the other ...
The 1990–1991 Gulf War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the Middle East initially as part of Operation Desert Shield, later engaging in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm, were assigned to United States Central Command Air Forces (USCENTAF), the USAF component of the Joint United ...
It is both a military organization and a university, much of which is set up like most other Air Force bases, but the Superintendent, Commandant, Dean of Faculty and cadet wing are set up like a civilian university. The 306th Flying Training Group operates a variety of light training aircraft and gliders. [65] [66] Vance Air Force Base: Enid ...
The Florida Air National Guard's base at Jacksonville International Airport would receive $26.2 million for an F-35 weapons training facility. ... Eglin Air Force Base would receive $23.9 million ...
Twenty-four F-15s under the command of Colonel Rick Parsons departed Eglin Air Force Base for King Faisal Air Base, Saudi Arabia as part of the buildup of coalition forces in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In the early morning hours of 17 January 1991, Operation Desert Storm commenced.
Later: : 408th Army Air Force Base Unit (Contract pilot training) 1595th Army Air Force Base Unit (First Foreign Transport Group) 1105th Army Air Force Base Unit (ATC Caribbean Wing) Now: Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA) Morrison Field, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) southwest of West Palm Beach
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History 1984. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629; USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers – 1908 to present
MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill AFB) (IATA: MCF, ICAO: KMCF, FAA LID: MCF) is an active United States Air Force installation located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-southwest of downtown Tampa, Florida. The "host wing" for MacDill AFB is the 6th Air Refueling Wing (6 ARW), assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of the Air Mobility Command .