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Simmons Army Airfield [2] (IATA: FBG, ICAO: KFBG, FAA LID: FBG) is a military use airport located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. [1] It is located on the southeast portion of Fort Liberty and supports the aviation needs of the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division, Special Operations, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. National Guard aviation units.
(Utility Airplane) [11] (Corps) 19th Aviation Company: Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave [12] 21st Aviation Company: Fort Lewis Chu Lai [1] Cessna O-1 Bird Dog: 1965-1972: 12th Combat Aviation Group 16th Combat Aviation Group [11] (Reconnaissance Airplane) "The Black Aces" 25th Aviation Company: Fort Hood Long Binh [1] 1957-1988: 12th Combat Aviation ...
The first unit assembly at the new location was 1 October 2007. At the start of 2010, the 440th Airlift Wing has 16 C-130H models supporting worldwide missions and providing training missions for the XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg. BRAC made the 440th Airlift Wing the first active associate unit in Air Force ...
A C-141 transport plane is shown on March 23, 1994, after an F-16 fighter jet crashed into the plane as it was parked on the Pope Air Force Base flight line.
11th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102 [note 5]. The group was redesignated the 343d Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated at Duluth International Airport [1] in August 1955, replacing the 515th Air Defense Group [12] and assuming the 515th's personnel and equipment as part of Air Defense Command (ADC)'s Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units ...
Ladd Army Airfield, about 1943 Emblem of the 5001st Air Base Group, Ladd AFB 1947-1959 Ladd AFB organizational chart, 1952. Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
The Alaskan Air Command (AAC) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command originally established in 1942 under the United States Army Air Forces.Its mission was to organize and administer the air defense system of Alaska, exercise direct control of all active measures, and coordinate all passive means of air defense.