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The 8th Fighter Wing is known for the heroic actions of its members, including Major Charles J. Loring, a pilot in the 80th FS, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 22 November 1952 when he flew his badly damaged F-80 aircraft into an enemy artillery emplacement near Sniper Ridge so that entrenched U.S. Infantry ...
Attached to: 86th Fighter Wing, 1 May 1944 – 16 August 1945 Attached to: 310th Bombardment Wing, 16 August 1945 – 25 March 1946. 315th Composite Wing, c. 31 May 1946; 8 Fighter (later, 8th Fighter-Bomber) Wing, 18 August 1948 – 1 October 1957; Attached to 6131st Fighter [later, 6131st Tactical Support] Wing, 14 August-1 December 1950
B-26Bs of the 3d Bomb Wing F-84G-25-RE Thunderjet AF Serial No. 52-3249 of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing being refuelled over Korea, 1953. The history of Kunsan Air Base dates back to 1938, when Japanese forces occupying Korea built a base near Kunsan for fighter-interceptor aircraft.
The 8th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force squadron, ... 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, ...
The 80th Fighter Squadron (traditionally nicknamed the "Headhunters", and since 1971 also the "Juvats") is a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter squadron of the United States Air Force, currently part of the 8th Operations Group of the 8th Fighter Wing, and stationed at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea.
The B-1 force consists of 62 bombers assigned to the active duty 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas and the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The 131st Bomb Wing is operationally-gained by AFGSC and 8 AF from the Air National Guard, while the 307th Bomb Wing is operationally-gained from Air Force Reserve Command and 10th Air Force ...
8th Fighter Wing (later 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing): 18 August 1948 – 1 March 1950; 38th Bombardment Wing: 18 August 1948 – 1 April 1949; 314th Tactical Airlift Wing: 22 January 1966 – 8 April 1969; 315th Troop Carrier Wing: 10 June 1952 – 18 January 1955; 347th Fighter Wing: 18 August 1948 – 1 March 1950
The 330th Bomb Wing was attached from 27 June 1949 to 30 April 1951. The 22d Wing's headquarters was at the time non-operational and its components detached. From 10 May 1949 to 16 February 1950, after moving to March AFB, CA, shared a commander in common with the 1st Fighter Wing.