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P-47 Thunderbolts from the 318th Fighter Group taking off from East Field on Saipan, Marianas Islands in October 1944. Lead ship: "Big Squaw" Republic-Evansville P-47D-20-RA Thunderbolt s/n 43-25327 19th FS, 318th FG, 7th AF Assigned to John "Jack" H. Payne. The 318th Fighter Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat ...
There, it was redesignated the 318th Fighter All Weather Squadron in January 1950 and the 318th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron' in May 1951. [2] In June 1951 the squadron began its transition into jet Lockheed F-94A Starfire interceptors armed with 20 millimeter cannon, completing the upgrade by the end of the year.
19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, 26 December 1943 – 17 April 1944 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron , Seventh Air Force 9 October-12 December 1944 and VI Air Service Area Command, 13 December 1944 – 7 May 1945, 9 October 1944 – 7 May 1945 (detachments at Saipan, 9 October 1944-May 1945; and Okinawa, 23 April-8 May 1945)
Operational units assigned to the station were initially P-47 Thunderbolt fighter squadrons of the 318th Fighter Group which moved in from Hawaii in early July to support ground combat units in the Marianas. Also, the 6th Night Fighter Squadron operated P-61 Black Widows to provide night fighter defense against Japanese night air attacks.
The 318th Cyberspace Operations Group is a United States Air Force information operations unit located at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.The group was first activated during World War II as the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
318th Fighter Group (P-47N ... 479th Fighter Group: 15–16 May 1944; c. 4−16 ... Map of 8th Air Force airfields in England 1942–1945 Archived 17 September ...
The squadron and 99th Group were inactivated at Ellsworth in 1995 as ACC centralized its operational test and evaluation under the 53d Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. [2] The squadron was again activated at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas in August 2000 as the 346th Test Squadron and assigned to the 318th Information Operations Group. [2]
On this day the city was attacked by 221 B-29s, escorted by three groups of P-47N Thunderbolt fighters, including the 318th Fighter Group based on Ie Shima off the coast of Okinawa. The bombers were armed with incendiary bombs, and the resulting firestorm destroyed 21 percent of Yawata's urban area. [55]