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After the end of World War II, Bishop AAF was turned over to Air Technical Service Command as a storage airfield. On 2 May 1949, the Army cancelled its initial lease of 897.22 acres (363.09 ha) with Inyo County for Bishop Airport under the War Assets Administration's Peacetime Reduction Mission, and the base was declared excess to requirements ...
Muroc Army Airfield, 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Mojave; 323rd Air Base Sq / 323rd Base Headquarters and Air Base Sq; 1 May 1942–31 March 1944 421st Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Heavy Bombardment); 1 April 1944–16 October 1945 Now: Edwards Air Force Base Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Bishop Army Airfield
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The Bombing and Gunnery Range Detachment was "the first organization to arrive at what [became] the Tonopah Army Air Field" after activating "1 July 1942 at Muroc Lake, California" (the commander, Lt. Col. F.D. Gore arrived 2 July.) [13] Ready for occupancy in July, the airbase included runways, barracks, mess halls and a hospital when finally occupied and when opened, was a sub-base of March ...
The group directs four squadrons operating from 11 locations in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii and Japan. The group provides an Air Support Operations Center and Tactical Air Control Parties to US Army combat units at multiple echelons including United States Army Pacific, I Corps, and nine aviation, airborne, infantry and Stryker brigade combat teams of the 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions.
She was the first female casualty from Pope Air Force Base and the 43rd Airlift Wing in Afghanistan. Col. Allen Morris Jr, commander of the 43rd Army Mobility Operations Group at Pope Army ...
Jul. 4—LIMA — Upper-level management positions within the Lima Police Department have been filled through a series of recent appointments and promotions. On June 25, Lima Police Chief Angel ...
The 18th Air Support Operations Group is a combat support group of the United States Air Force. It is located at Pope Field , North Carolina. The group was originally the 18th Air Support Communications Squadron and served in the Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operations during World War II as an air communications squadron.