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was being threatened with attack. Sorely needed troops and supplies had to be airlifted to
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Greenville Army Air Base, which was placed on standby status in November 1945. However, there were plans made by the Army Air Force for its continuing use. One of the lessons of
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Hungarian refugees, supported the construction of the eastern mission test range, and the Distant Early Warning Line sites in the Arctic.
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Airport. After a period of intensive training, the C-82s of the 375th participated in troop carrier and airlift operations, paratroop drops, and other exercises until being returned to the reserves in July 1952. Its aircraft at
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Donaldson AFB was deactivated for the last time. Under the terms of an earlier reversionary clause, the entire 2,600 acres (11 km) were offered "as is". The City and County accepted the offer, and took title of the facilities on 25 January 1963.
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With the departure of the 310th, the 334th began training personnel for assignment as replacements, rather than complete bomb groups. After training was completed, the personnel would be assigned overseas to existing units in the wartime theaters.
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which was closed. Its mission was to perform training and processing of bombardment replacement crews for overseas duty and the training of permanent party instructor personnel with the view of qualifying all personnel assigned for overseas duty.
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carrying Thai and United States
Marines with their equipment some 300 miles (480 km) to the northeast to "show the flag", as well as put an armed force along the Mekong River. The Communist guerrilla forces did not cross the Mekong.
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In 1949, a 0.5-mile dirt car racing track was built just south of the base. The track took the name "Air Base
Speedway", as a nod to the nearby airfield. The track held a NASCAR Grand National race on August 25, 1951. Noted race driver
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was stationed at
Greenville Army Air Base in 1944, and placed in charge of its civilian mechanics. After World War II, Capri's family opened the first of what later became several Italian restaurants near the base on Augusta Road.
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MATS C-124s from Donaldson flew the large aircraft all over the globe. Large hangars and expansive ramps were constructed to support these sizeable machines; the base became known as the "Troop Carrier Capital of the World".
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trained at Greenville Army Air Base between 18 September and 17 October 1942, flying North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers. The unit consisted of four squadrons: 379th, 380th, 381st, and 428th Bombardment Squadrons.
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was reassigned from the disbanding Continental Air Forces. TAC assumed command of the Troop Carrier transport mission and assigned it to the Third Air Force on 21 March 1946, which was assigned to Greenville AAB.
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was ordered to Japan with the new C-119 Flying Boxcar to support the United Nations forces in the conflict. The 314th was ordered to Japan primarily to support the 187th Regimental Combat Team, a
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was activated in 1951 to discharge Tactical Air Command's troop carrier responsibilities. Its mission was to organize, administer, equip, train, and prepare for combat troop carrier missions.
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capabilities and to include AF medical air evacuation in joint exercises. Airlift support was provided to other USAF major commands and to other Tactical Air Command (TAC) organizations.
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in 1941 as a gunnery training field. It closed after the end of World War II, but was reactivated in February 1951 as Greenville Air Force Base, closing in October 1966.
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selected Greenville, South Carolina as the site for a new Army airfield to support the buildup for World War II. The airfield was completed in May 1942, and in June,
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1067:Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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1487:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
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708:Also on 16 October 1950, the
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2808:I Ground Air Support Command
2295:but with a military presence
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1585:. New York, Franklin Watts.
1581:Ulanoff, Stanley M. (1964),
976:. These tiny islands in the
286:. It was founded in 1942 as
278:is a former facility of the
271:B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
1632:aeronautical chart for KGYH
1626:latest weather observations
1608:airport information for GYH
1563:Shaw, Frederick J. (2004),
1429:Manning, Thomas A. (2005),
855:Central Intelligence Agency
737:Brownwood Municipal Airport
365:and (after April 1918) the
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225:Greenville, South Carolina
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960:1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis
941:Eisenhower Administration
751:USAF C-124 Globemaster II
679:314th Troop Carrier Group
675:315th Troop Carrier Group
609:Greenville Air Force Base
511:310th Bomb Group (Medium)
444:56th Combat Training Wing
329:, being assigned to both
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1620:accident history for GDC
1119:Donaldson Center Airport
851:483rd Troop Carrier Wing
694:375th Troop Carrier Wing
692:On 16 October 1950, the
387:Greenville Army Air Base
381:In the early 1940s, the
347:Greenville Army Air Base
292:Donaldson Center Airport
288:Greenville Army Air Base
276:Donaldson Air Force Base
96:Greenville Army Air Base
93:Donaldson Air Force Base
21:Donaldson Center Airport
3541:III Air Support Command
866:Battle of Dien Bien Phu
714:433d Troop Carrier Wing
605:United States Air Force
505:310th Bombardment Group
465:90th Bomb Group (Heavy)
421:334th Bombardment Group
402:Isaqueena Bombing Range
280:United States Air Force
239:United States Air Force
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1165:. Julius N. Capri of
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4160:426th Reconnaissance
4155:424th Reconnaissance
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4074:406th Fighter-Bomber
3358:Freeman Field Mutiny
2869:Philadelphia Fighter
2761:Godman Army Airfield
1675:Tactical Air Command
1263:, vol. XXIV, p. 226.
1140:J.P. Stevens Company
986:Tactical Air Command
847:Eighteenth Air Force
779:Altus Air Force Base
757:Eighteenth Air Force
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331:Tactical Air Command
315:C-124 Globemaster II
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4069:86th Fighter-Bomber
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2084:Davis–Monthan (ACC)
1302:Dorr, R.F. (1999).
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919:1958 Lebanon crisis
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