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An Air Expeditionary Task Force (AETF) is a deployed numbered air force (NAF) or command echelon immediately subordinate to an NAF that is provided as the U.S. Air Force component command committed to a joint operation. [1]
Personnel Recovery Task Force/563rd Air Expeditionary Group [28] Trapani Air Base: Italy: US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa: June 2013 – January 2014 Operated the HC-130J Combat King II. Drawn from elements of 563rd Rescue Group. Assigned to the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing. 651st Air Expeditionary Group Camp Bastion: Afghanistan
The Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF; Không quân nhân dân Việt Nam (KQNDVN)), officially the Air Defence - Air Force Service (ADAF Service; Vietnamese: Quân chủng Phòng không - Không quân (Quân chủng PKKQ)) or the Vietnam Air Force (Không quân Việt Nam (KQVN)), is the aerial, air and space defence service branch of Vietnam.
It was established at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in 1954 as an Air Materiel Command unit. Its mission was to provide worldwide airlift of nuclear weapons and related equipment, with a secondary mission to airlift other Department of Defense cargo as required when space was available, using its Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIs .
Claire L. Chennault, meanwhile, had been recalled to active duty with the rank of brigadier general and placed at the head of the China Air Task Force (later to grow into Fourteenth Air Force). The 23rd Fighter Group became a component of the Task Force and was assigned three squadrons, the 74th, 75th, and 76th Fighter Squadrons. [5] [6] [7] [8]
13th Air Expeditionary Task Force, c. January 2007 – 13 February 2007 [20] [21] Attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 10 June 2007-c. June 2007 [22] 13th Air Expeditionary Task Force, 18 August 2007 – 26 August 2007 [23] Attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 11 January 2008 – 31 March 2008 [24] [25]
Pages in category "Air expeditionary units of the United States Air Force" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 704th Strategic Missile Wing activated on 1 July 1957 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, but was not operational until mid-November 1957.While it had two operational squadrons, its task was training on the SM-65 Atlas, PGM-19 Jupiter, and the PGM-17 Thor from November 1957 – April 1959.