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The Battle of Inchon (Korean: 인천 상륙 작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon), also spelled Battle of Incheon, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN).
List of aircraft of Canada's air forces; List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II; List of aircraft of Germany in World War II; List of aircraft of Japan, World War II; List of aircraft of Poland during World War II; List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces; List of Regia Aeronautica aircraft used in World War II
Officially known as Skytrain but affectionately referred to as "Gooney Bird," the C-47 served in Korea as it had during World War II. During the Korean War, the C-47s hauled supplies, dropped paratroopers, evacuated the wounded, and pumped out flares to light the way for night bombing attacks. [31] [32] Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The 51st Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 51st Fighter Wing, stationed at Osan Air Base, South Korea.. The group was first activated during the buildup for World War II as the 51st Pursuit Group.
Shortly after the end of World War II, the South Korean Air Construction Association was founded on 10 August 1946, to publicize the importance of air power.Despite the then-scanty status of Korean armed forces, the first air unit was formed on 5 May 1948, under the direction of Dong Wi-bu, the forerunner to the modern South Korean Ministry of National Defense.
100 mm air defense gun KS-19; 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) ... United States Air Force In South Korea; USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War; List of Korean War ...
During the entire course of the war, UN air forces lost about 3,000 aircraft. The United States Air Force (USAF) reported a total of 516 non-combat losses and 1,466 aircraft lost in combat missions, with 757 of them lost to enemy fire [15] Of these 139 were destroyed in air-to-air combat, 305 were unknown causes and 472 were "other losses". Of ...
The crash of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 occurred on 21 July 1951 when a Douglas DC-4 four-engined piston airliner registered CF-CPC of Canadian Pacific Air Lines disappeared on a scheduled flight for the United Nations from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan. [1] Neither the aircraft nor the 31 passengers and six crew have been found.