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Buildings and structures in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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The PA ANG's 193d Special Operations Wing consists of:
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193rd Special Operations Maintenance Operations Flight
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193rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
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193rd Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron
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advanced jet trainer then under development and the
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193rd Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron
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608:Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section, 16 June 1917
937:193rd Special Operations Communications Squadron
1320:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
940:193rd Special Operations Force Support Squadron
931:193rd Special Operations Mission Support Group
926:193rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron
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524:on 23 September 1923 while competing in the
27:United States Air Force base in Pennsylvania
917:193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group
593:Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority
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895:Headquarters 193rd Special Operations Wing
611:Bureau of Aircraft Production, 20 May 1918
379:Olmsted Air National Guard Base – May 1979
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1005:"Airport Diagram – Harrisburg Intl (MDT)"
912:193rd Special Operations Support Squadron
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985:Pennsylvania World War II Army Airfields
438:Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando Solo II
87:over south central Pennsylvania in 2006.
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951:193rd Special Operations Medical Group
736:168th Tactical Electronic Warfare Group
694:Known operational units assigned were:
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637:Army Air Forces Materiel and Services
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1300:Air Force Historical Research Agency
690:, later Middletown Air Materiel Area
1377:History of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1372:1917 establishments in Pennsylvania
847:Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II
813:, 15 September 1917 – 31 March 1919
726:, 16 February 1964 - 8 January 1966
1037:"Harrisburg International Airport"
384:Harrisburg Air National Guard Base
40:Harrisburg Air National Guard Base
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965:193rd Air Communications Squadron
904:193rd Special Operations Squadron
801:, 14 February 1942 – 18 June 1942
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779:, 14 February 1942 – 17 June 1942
755:, 14 October 1939 – 23 March 1942
720:, 14 February 1942 – 18 June 1942
669:Known base operating units were:
449:over to the former Olmsted site.
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843:193d Special Operations Squadron
603:Major commands to which assigned
586:Harrisburg International Airport
392:Harrisburg International Airport
361:Harrisburg International Airport
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1387:Superfund sites in Pennsylvania
1012:Federal Aviation Administration
886:Pennsylvania Air National Guard
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761:, 1 December 1940 – 21 May 1941
714:, 1 December 1940 – 9 July 1941
708:, 1 December 1940 – 21 May 1941
582:Pennsylvania Air National Guard
459:United States Army Signal Corps
430:Pennsylvania Air National Guard
368:Federal Aviation Administration
202:Pennsylvania Air National Guard
962:93rd Air Intelligence Squadron
899:193rd Special Operations Group
688:Middletown Air Service Command
541:Military Air Transport Service
489:United States Army Air Service
487:and the reconstitution of the
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891:193rd Special Operations Wing
807:, 5 April 1947 – 27 June 1949
785:, 15 June 1942 – 17 June 1942
740:193rd Special Operations Wing
732:, 8 January 1966 - 1 Jun 1967
702:), 13 June 1946 – 1 July 1948
625:Air Corps Maintenance Command
614:Army Air Service, 4 June 1920
118:Location in the United States
85:193rd Special Operations Wing
1392:Airports established in 1917
773:, 28 June 1935 – 21 May 1942
730:168th Military Airlift Group
434:193d Special Operations Wing
280:193d Special Operations Wing
1062:"The Lititz Air Force Base"
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959:193rd Air Operations Group
820:Pennsylvania National Guard
805:64th Troop Carrier Squadron
683:Known major service units:
660:Inactivated on 30 June 1969
655:Air Force Logistics Command
570:Air Force Logistics Command
511:Renaming for Robert Olmsted
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1128:"Luchtballon op Loosbroek"
679:4112th Air Force Base Unit
317:94.4 metres (310 ft)
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873:United States Air Force
799:35th Transport Squadron
793:34th Transport Squadron
765:12th Transport Squadron
759:10th Transport Squadron
561:, later designated the
388:United States Air Force
167:Air National Guard Base
1296:public domain material
783:43d Transport Squadron
777:33d Transport Squadron
753:6th Transport Squadron
576:Closure of Olmsted AFB
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268:Terrence L. Koudelka,
771:2d Transport Squadron
718:315th Transport Group
546:During the 1948–1949
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359:Airfield shared with
220:www.193sow.ang.af.mil
181:Department of Defense
148:40.19361°N 76.76333°W
81:EC-130J Commando Solo
77:EC-130E Commando Solo
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712:61st Transport Group
706:60th Transport Group
698:Eleventh Air Force (
673:4149th Air Base Unit
665:Known units assigned
565:, support aircraft.
501:U.S. Army Air Forces
453:Middletown Air Depot
443:Capital City Airport
286:Airfield information
255:Garrison information
18:Middletown Air Depot
908:MC-130J Commando II
859:Fort Indiantown Gap
834:Role and operations
811:113th Aero Squadron
700:Air Defense Command
676:2843d Air Base Wing
631:Air Service Command
536:, killing Olmsted.
493:U.S. Army Air Corps
463:Middletown Airfield
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879:Air National Guard
855:Muir Army Airfield
526:Gordon Bennett Cup
474:United States Army
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211:Operational
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139:076°45′48″W
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1361:Categories
1285:References
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1099:2010-12-12
1068:2006-12-31
1043:2006-12-31
845:flies the
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555:T-38 Talon
530:Nistelrode
447:Harrisburg
136:40°11′37″N
54:Middletown
1242:cite book
518:Loosbroek
436:operates
335:Direction
314:Elevation
262:commander
208:Condition
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1166:March 8,
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1108:cite web
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276:Garrison
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1272:1 April
1262:"Units"
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349:Asphalt
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