142nd Fighter Wing

142nd Fighter Wing
An Oregon Air National Guard F-15C Eagle takes off from the Portland Air National Guard Base Oct. 2, 2010.
Active	1943–Present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Oregon
Branch	Air National Guard
Type	Wing
Role	Fighter/Air Defense
Part of	Oregon Air National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Oregon
Nickname(s)	Redhawks
Tail code	Red tail stripe "Redhawks" "Portland OR" with flying hawk graphic "Oregon"
Commanders
Current commander	COLONEL PAUL T. FITZGERALD
Insignia
142nd Fighter Wing emblem

The 142nd Fighter Wing (142 FW sometimes 142d) is a unit of the Oregon Air National Guard, stationed at Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon.

As a state militia unit, the 142nd Fighter Wing is not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. It is under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Air National Guard, unless it is federalized by order of the president of the United States. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat Command.

The 123rd Fighter Squadron assigned to the wing's 142nd Operations Group, is a descendant organization of 123rd Observation Squadron, formed on 30 July 1940. It is one of the 29 original National Guard Observation Squadrons of the United States Army National Guard formed before World War II.

Overview

The 142nd Fighter Wing participates around the globe supporting drug interdiction, USAFE air defense, as well as contingency operations such as Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. The wing serves the nation, state, and community by providing mission-ready units, personnel and equipment for:

Air defense of the Pacific Northwest
Domination of the air superiority arena
Federal augmentation in support of national security objectives
Response to state and local contingencies
Proactive involvement in activities that add value to the people and communities which it serves

Today the fighting "Redhawks" continue service as a component of the total force flying the F-15C/D, providing air defense and air superiority capabilities. With more than 1,000 officers and airmen, the unit guards the Pacific Northwest skies from Northern California to the Canadian border, on 24-hour alert as part of the North American Air Defense (NORAD) system.

Units

Tech from 142nd Fighter Wing working on a communications tower

To complete these missions, four groups are assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing

142nd Operations Group

116th Air Control Squadron, Camp Rilea AFTC, Warrenton

123rd Fighter Squadron

125th Special Tactics Squadron

123rd Weather Flight

142nd Maintenance Group
142nd Mission Support Group
142nd Medical Group

In addition, the Portland, Oregon Air National Guard Base is host to several tenant units as well as the Air Force Reserve 304th Rescue Squadron.

History

World War II

Republic P-47D-28-RE Thunderbolt Serial 44-200284 of the 404th Fighter Squadron (photo taken at Furth/Industriehafen, Germany.)

Formed at Westover Field, Massachusetts in August 1943 and trained in the mid-Atlantic area, they moved to the European theater during February and March 1944 and served in combat with Ninth AF from April 1944 to May 1945.

Began operations, using P-47s, by making a fighter sweep over France. Flew fighter- sweep, dive-bombing, and escort missions prior to the invasion of the continent.
Attacked railroads, trains, vehicles, gun emplacements, and buildings in France during the invasion of 6 June 1944.
Patrolled beachhead areas and continued its assaults against the enemy during the remainder of the Normandy campaign.
Participated in the aerial barrage that prepared the way for the Allied breakthrough at St Lo on 25 July and supported the subsequent drive across northern France.

Operated in the area of northeastern France and southwestern Germany during the fall and winter of 1944–1945, attacking such targets as storage dumps, trains, rail lines, marshalling yards, buildings, factories, bridges, roads, vehicles, and strong points.
Conducted operations that supported Allied ground action in the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944– January 1945.
Launched a series of attacks against vehicles, factories, buildings, railroad cars, tanks, and gun emplacements during the period 15–21 March 1945, being awarded a DUC for this six-day action that contributed to the defeat of the enemy in southern Germany.

Continued operations until May 1945. Returned to the US, October and November 1945, and deactivated.

Oregon Air National Guard

The wartime 371st Fighter Group was re-activated and re-designated as the 142nd Fighter Group, and was allotted to the Oregon Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Portland Municipal Airport, Oregon, and was extended federal recognition on 30 August 1946 by the National Guard Bureau. The 142nd Fighter Group was bestowed the history, honors, and colors of the 371st Fighter Group. The group's 123rd Fighter Squadron was equipped with P-51D Mustangs and was assigned to the Fourth Air Force, Air Defense Command.

Korean War activation

The group was federalized and brought to active duty on 2 March 1951. It was assigned to the Air Defense Command Western Air Defense Force. It was then reassigned to the federalized Washington ANG 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 11 April and moved to O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, by 1 May 1951. Re-designated 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Group on 1 May 1951. At O'Hare, the 142nd Fighter Group controlled the 62nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying F-86A Sabre day interceptors.

The group was deactivated on 6 February 1952, being replaced by the 4706th Air Defense Wing.

Cold War

A two-seat McDonnell F-101B Voodoo

Re-formed as the 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Group, flying F-86F Sabre day interceptor aircraft. It resumed its peacetime mission of the air defense of Oregon. Was upgraded by ADC in 1955 to the dedicated F-94A Starfire all-weather interceptor. With this new aircraft, the mission of the 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron changed from day interceptor to day and night all-weather interceptor. In 1957, the 123rd again upgraded to the improved F-89J Scorpion then, in 1966, to the supersonic F-102A Delta Dagger. In the summer of 1958, the 142nd implemented the ADC Runway Alert Program, in which interceptors of the 123rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron were committed to a five-minute runway alert 24/7/365. The runway alert continues to this day.

In 1972, it received the Mach-2 F-101B Voodoo. As an example of the unit's readiness and capability, in 1976, the unit won top honors at a pair of Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) competitions, the Weapons Loading Competition and the famous William Tell Air Defense Competition. In William Tell 1976, the 142nd garnered first place in the F-101 category and Lieutenant Colonel Don Tonole and Major Brad Newell captured the overall "Top Gun" title flying the McDonnell F-101B Voodoo.

After the deactivation of Aerospace Defense Command in 1979 and the reassignment to Tactical Air Command (ADTAC), the 123rd began receiving F-4C Phantom II aircraft used in the interceptor mission beginning in 1981. Success came again at William Tell 1984 when the unit placed first in the F-4 category flying the McDonnell-Douglas F-4C Phantom II and beat many of its F-15 Eagle and F-106 Delta Dart rivals in the overall competition. Majors Ron Moore and Bill Dejager were the overall F-4 "Top Guns" of the competition.

In 1985, as part of the retirement of the F-4C from the inventory, the Oregon Air National Guard began to receive F-15A Eagles from active-duty units receiving the upgraded F-15C. Since the end of the Cold War, the 142nd has served as the principal air defense unit of the Pacific Northwest. In 1992, as part of a large USAF reorganization, both the group and squadron were re-designated yet again as the 142nd Fighter Group and the 123rd Fighter Squadron, respectively. In 1995, the group was elevated to wing status, beginning its current designation as the 142nd Fighter Wing.

The wing participated in a wide variety of expeditionary and humanitarian assistance missions in the turbulent post-Cold War environment while providing air defense of the Pacific Northwest. These included major deployments to Turkey in 1998 for Operation Northern Watch and to Saudi Arabia in 2000 for Operation Southern Watch, patrolling the no-fly zones then in place over Iraq. The wing deployed aircraft to Panama in 1998 in support of counter-drug missions, helping stem the flow of the drug trade by air. Wing personnel deployed on various other missions, sending medical troops to Belize, civil engineers to Macedonia, and to such places around the globe as Curaçao, Denmark, Germany, Guam, Kuwait, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Global War on Terrorism

On 11 September 2001, the wing was one of the first units to respond to the terrorist attacks on the east coast with increased air defense to enhance security on the west coast, and subsequently participated in Operation Noble Eagle, the national military response to homeland defense.

In the 50th Year of William Tell Anniversary Competition held in 2004, the 142nd Fighter Wing was rated first in maintenance, element attack, and gun categories. These William Tell successes demonstrate Oregon's long history of excellent performance and readiness to accomplish the real world mission.

In 2004, unit personnel provided humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 2007 floods in Vernonia, Oregon. The wing also supported ongoing contingency operations in Southwest Asia, including Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, such as in the 2004 deployment of medical personnel to Qatar and the 2009 deployment of Security Forces Squadron personnel to Iraq.

In 2005, the early 1970s F-15A model were retired and the squadron received its current aircraft, the F-15C Eagle. With more than 1,000 officers and airmen, the 142nd Fighter Wing guards the Pacific Northwest skies from northern California to the Canadian border, on 24-hour Air Sovereignty Alert as part of Air Combat Command the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The wing also stands ready to participate in state and federal contingency missions as required.

The base was selected by the 2005 BRAC to close. Eleventh hour negotiations between the political delegations from the states of Washington and Oregon saved the base from closure. Ironically, the argument made by several groups to save the base was that of the NORAD mission it performed and the air cover it provided for the Pacific Northwest was essential to homeland security. However, the 2005 BRAC commission recommended keeping a small detachment in place at the base in order to support NORAD but close all other operations. As part of the recommendations of the 2005 BRAC, the Air Force Reserve Command's 939th Air Refueling Wing, which flew KC-135 aircraft and was collocated on the Portland Air National Guard Station, terminated operations.

On 26 June 2007, an F-15 Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a simulated dogfight. Two F-15s from the 142nd were flying with two F/A-18 Hornets from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base performing dissimilar air combat training. The United States Coast Guard performed a search using two HH-60 Jayhawks, two Coast Guard Cutters, and one HC-130 Hercules. The night of the crash, the pilot, Major Gregory Young's body was found 40 miles west of Cannon Beach, Oregon.^[1] The crash was due to unrecognized spatial disorientation, which caused the pilot to misperceive his attitude, altitude, and airspeed until his aircraft impacted the water.

In August 2010, two F-15 Eagles from this wing were dispatched in response to an airspace violation while the president visited Seattle, Washington. The jets produced two sonic booms over the Seattle skyline, the civilian Cessna 182 left restricted airspace before the jets arrived.

Lineage

Legacy 142nd Air Defense Wing Emblem

Constituted as 371st Fighter Group on 25 May 1943

Activated on 15 July 1943

Inactivated on 10 November 1945

Re-designated: 142nd Fighter Group. Allotted to Oregon ANG on 24 May 1946.

Extended federal recognition on 30 Aug 1946

Established as 142nd Fighter Wing, extended federal recognition and activated on 1 November 1950

142nd Fighter Group assigned as subordinate unit

Federalized and placed on active duty, 2 March 1951

Re-designated: 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing on 2 March 1951

Inactivated on 6 February 1952

Returned to Oregon state control and activated on 1 November 1952

Re-designated: 142nd Air Defense Wing, 16 April 1956

Group re-designated as 142nd Fighter Group (Air Defense)

Re-designated: 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 1 July 1960

Group re-designated as 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Group

Re-designated: 142nd Fighter Wing 16 March 1992

Group re-designated as 142nd Operations Group

Assignments

I Fighter Command, 15 July 1943

Attached to: Philadelphia Fighter Wing, 30 September 1943 – 14 February 1944

IX Fighter Command, April 1944
100th Fighter Wing, 1 August 1944

Attached to: XIX Tactical Air Command, 1 August 1944

XIX Tactical Air Command, 29 September 1944
1st Tactical Air Force (Provisional), 1 November 1944
XIX Tactical Air Command, 16 February 1945 – October 1945
Army Service Forces (for inactivation), 9–10 November 1945
60th Fighter Wing, 30 August 1946
Oregon Air National Guard, 31 October 1950

Gained by: Fourth Air Force, Air Defense Command

142nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing (WA ANG), 2 March 1951 – 6 February 1952
Oregon Air National Guard, 1 November 1952 – Present

Gained by: Western Air Defense Force, Air Defense Command

Gained by: Portland Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, 8 June 1958

Gained by: 26th Air Division, Air Defense Command, 1 April 1966

Gained by: 26th Air Division, Aerospace Defense Command, 15 January 1968

Gained by: Air Defense, Tactical Air Command (ADTAC), 1 October 1979

Gained by: First Air Force, Tactical Air Command, 9 December 1985

Gained by: Northwest Air Defense Sector (NWADS), 1 July 1987

Gained by: Western Air Defense Sector (WADS), 1 October 1997–Present

Components

World War II

404th Fighter Squadron (9Q): 15 July 1943 – 10 November 1945
405th Fighter Squadron (8N): 15 July 1943 – 10 November 1945
406th Fighter Squadron (4W): 15 July 1943 – 10 November 1945

Air National Guard

141st Fighter Group (Air Defense), 16 April 1956 – 1 July 1960
142nd Operations Group, 11 October 1995 – Present
142nd Tactical Fighter Training Group, 1 January 1983 – 15 March 1992
114th Fighter Squadron, 15 March 1992 – 1 April 1996 (GSU at Kingsley Field, OR)
116th Fighter (later Fighter-Interceptor) Squadron, 31 October 1950 – 10 February 1951; 1 November 1952 – 16 April 1956
123rd Fighter (Later Fighter-Interceptor, Fighter) Squadron, 30 August 1946 – Present

Stations

Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 15 July 1943
Camp Springs AAF, Michigan, 30 September 1943
Richmond Army Air Base, Virginia, 18 January – 14 February 1944
RAF Bisterne (AAF-415), England, March 1944
Beuzeville Airfield (A-6), France, June 1944
Perthes Airfield (A-65), France, 18 September 1944
Dole/Tavaux Airfield (Y-7), France, 1 October 1944
Tantonville Airfield (Y-1), France, 20 December 1944
Metz Airfield (Y-34), France, 15 February 1945
Frankfurt/Eschborn Airfield (Y-74), Germany, 7 April 1945

Furth/Industriehafen Airfield (R-30), Germany, 5 May 1945
AAF Station Hoersching, Austria, 16 August 1945
Strasbourg/Entzheim Airport, France, September– October 1945
Camp Shanks, New York, 9–10 November 1945
Portland Municipal Airport, Oregon, 30 August 1946
Geiger Field, Spokane Washington, 2 March 1951
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, 1 May 1951 – 6 February 1952
Portland Municipal (Later International) Airport, Oregon, 1 November 1952

Designated: Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon, 1991–present

Aircraft

P-47 Thunderbolt, 1943–1945
F-51D Mustang, 1946–1952
F-86F Sabre, 1952–1955
F-94A Starfire, 1955–1957
F-89J Scorpion, 1957–1966
F-102A Delta Dagger, 1966–1971

F-101B Voodoo, 1972–1981
F-4C Phantom II, 1981–1989
F-15A/B Eagle, 1989–2009
F-15C/D Eagle, 2007–Present

Decorations

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award^[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

↑
↑ "Air Force Personnel Center Awards Search post-1991". Air Force Personnel Center. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008.

Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oregon Air National Guard.

142nd FW home page
"Air Force Magazine article on the 142nd" (PDF). The Air Force Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2012.

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Air Control	116th

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Air Refueling	101st 117th 121st 126th 128th 134th 137th 141st 151st 155th 157th 161st 168th 171st 185th 186th 190th

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Intelligence	102d 181st 184th

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Regional Support	194th

Rescue	106th 129th

Special Operations	150th 193d

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Composite	170th

Airlift	135th*

Air Operations	102d 152d 157th

Air Refueling	112th* 127th 160th*

Combat Communications	162d 163d 201st 226th 252d 254th 281st*

Cyberspace Engineering Installation	251st 253d

Operations	140th

Reconnaissance	214th

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Flying

Air Command and Control	12th 128th

Airlift	105th 109th 115th 118th 130th 135th* 136th 137th 139th 142d 143d 144th 155th 156th 158th 164th 165th 167th 169th 172d 180th 181st 183d 186th 187th 189th* 192d 198th 200th 201st 204th 249th

Air Refueling	106th 108th 116th 117th 126th 132d 133d 141st 145th 146th 147th 150th 151st 153d 166th 168th 171st 173d 174th 185th 191st 197th 203d

Attack	138th

Bomb	110th

Fighter	100th 103d 104th 107th 112th 114th 119th 120th 121st 122d 123d 124th 125th 131st 134th 148th 149th 152d 157th 159th 160th* 163d 170th* 175th 176th 179th 182d 184th 190th 194th 195th 199th

Reconnaissance	111th 162d 178th 196th 214th

Rescue	101st 102d 103d 129th 130th 131st 188th 210th 211th 212th

Special Operations	193d

Training	154th

Non-Flying

Air Control	103d 116th 117th 128th 141st 176th

Air Operations	112th

Air Support	113th ASOS 172d

Air Traffic Control	270th 245th

Civil Engineering	285th Civil Engineering Squadron

Combat Communications	143d 147th 149th 206th 221st 222d 223d 225th 228th 231st 232d 234th 236th 239th 240th 242d 244th 256th 261st 262d 263d 264th 265th 267th 269th 271st 272d 280th 282d 283d 291st 292d 293d

Command and Control	119th 127th 153d 222d

Engineering Installation	130th 202d 205th 210th 211th 212th 213th 214th 215th 217th 218th 219th 220th 241st 243d 270th 272d

Force Support	187th

Information Warfare Aggressor	177th

Intelligence	101st 117th 123d 152d 161st 194th 234th

Joint Communications Support	224th 290th

Logistics Readiness	187th

RED HORSE	202d 203d 819th

Security Forces	187th

Space Control	114th

Space Operations	111th 148th

Space Warning	137th 213th

Special Operations Communications	193d 280th

Special Tactics	125th

Asterisk (*) denotes an inactive unit

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Overseas	Armstrong Baldy Hughes Beausejour Cape Makkovik Cartwright Cut Throat Island Elliston Ridge Fox Harbour Hofn Hopedale Kamloops La Scie Langanes Latrar Melville Puntzi Mountain Ramore Red Cliff Rockville Saglek St. Anthony Saskatoon Mountain Sioux Lookout Spotted Island Stephenville

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Groups	Fighter 1st 4th 14th 15th 23d 32d 33d 50th 52d 53d 54th 56th 57th 78th 79th 81st 82d 84th 325th 326th 327th 328th 329th 337th 343d 355th 408th 412th 414th 473d 475th 476th 478th 507th Air Defense 10th 500th 501st 502d 503d 514th 515th 516th 517th 518th 519th 520th 521st 525th 527th 528th 529th 530th 533d 534th 564th 566th 567th 568th 575th 637th 665th 678th 692d 701st 751st 762d 765th 778th 780th 827th 858th 4606th 4620th 4676th 4700th 4721st 4722d 4727th 4728th 4729th 4730th 4731st 4732d 4733d 4734th 4735th 4750th 4756th Aircraft Control & Warning 503d 505th 540th 541st 542d 543d 544th 545th 546th 563d 564th 565th 566th

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Electronic	TB-29 EB-57 EC-121

Fighters	Propellor: F-47 F-51 P-61 F-82 Subsonic Jet: P-80 F-84 F-86 F-89 F-94 Supersonic Jet: F-101 F-102 F-104 F-106

Missiles	AIM-4 AIM-26 AIR-2 CIM-10

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Libya	Baheira Belandah Benina Castel Benito Berca Darragh El Adem El Assa Gambut Hamraiet Lete Martuba Tmed El Chel Tobruk Tripoli Sidi Azeiz

Tunisia	Ben Gardane Bou Grara Chekira Hani Hazbub Hergla El Djem El Haouaria Kairouan Medenine Menzel Heurr Sfax Soltane

United Kingdom	Aldermaston Andover Andrews Field Ashford Balderton Barkston Heath Beaulieu Birch Bisterne Boreham Bottesford Boxted Charmy Down Chalgrove Chilbolton Chipping Ongar Christchurch Cottesmore Earls Colne Exeter Folkingham Fulbeck Gosfield Great Dunmow Greenham Common Grove High Halden Headcorn Holmsley South Hurn Ibsley Kingsnorth Langar Lashenden Little Walden Lymington Matching Membury Merryfield Middle Wallop North Witham Ramsbury Raydon Rivenhall Saltby Scorton Staplehurst Spanhoe Stansted Stoney Cross Thruxton Upottery Warmwell Welford Weston Zoyland Wethersfield Winkton Woodchurch Wormingford

Europe	Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.

Units

Commands

Wings

Bombardment	97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment

Fighter	8th Fighter 9th Fighter 70th Fighter 71st Fighter 84th Fighter 100th Fighter 303d Fighter

Troop carrier	50th Troop Carrier 52d Troop Carrier 53d Troop Carrier

Groups

Bombardment	12th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 322d Bombardment 323d Bombardment 340th Bombardment 344th Bombardment 376th Bombardment 386th Bombardment 387th Bombardment 391st Bombardment 394th Bombardment 397th Bombardment 409th Bombardment 410th Bombardment 416th Bombardment

Fighter	36th Fighter 48th Fighter 50th Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 324th Fighter 354th Fighter 358th Fighter 365th Fighter 362d Fighter 363d Fighter 366th Fighter 367th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 404th Fighter 405th Fighter 406th Fighter 474th Fighter

Troop carrier	61st Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder (Provisional)

Reconnaissance	10th Reconnaissance 67th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance

Squadrons

Liaison	14th Liaison 47th Liaison

Night fighter	422d Night Fighter 425th Night Fighter

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First Air Force Group Training Stations
First Air Force Replacement Training Stations
First Air Force Tactical Airfields
Freeman Army Airfield
Godman Army Airfield
Selfridge Field

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	2d Bombardment 13th Bombardment 22d Bombardment 34th Bombardment 43d Bombardment 45th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 302d Bombardment 400th Bombardment 402d Bombardment 455th Bombardment 459th Bombardment 460th Bombardment 471st Bombardment

Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 4th Combat Cargo

Fighter	8th Fighter 31st Fighter 33d Fighter 52d Fighter 56th Fighter 57th Fighter 58th Fighter 59th Fighter 79th Fighter 80th Fighter 83d Fighter 87th Fighter 324th Fighter 325th Fighter 326th Fighter 327th Fighter 332d Fighter 348th Fighter 352d Fighter 353d Fighter 355th Fighter 356th Fighter 358th Fighter 359th Fighter 361st Fighter 362d Fighter 365th Fighter 366th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 402d Fighter 413th Fighter 476th Fighter

Reconnaissance	26th Reconnaissance 73d Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	10th Troop Carrier 60th Troop Carrier 61st Troop Carrier 62d Troop Carrier 63d Troop Carrier 89th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 317th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 375th Troop Carrier 403d Troop Carrier 433d Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier

Other	1st Search Attack 477th Composite

Incidents	Freeman Field Mutiny

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Cities

Counties

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