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insofar as practicable, not to interfere with the photographic capability of the aircraft. This posed a problem for the Flight, since the RB-17s had been flying peacetime missions and were not equipped for combat. However, the 6204th found the necessary gunners and equipment, made the modifications to the aircraft, and by late August 1950 the detachment began flying photo-mapping missions over Korea. By the end of
November 1950, it had photographed the entire North Korean area at least once and re-photographed some areas as far north as weather conditions permitted. By early December the detachment returned to Clark AB and resumed the flight's mapping program in the Philippine area.
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Philippines, until the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo forced the closure of Clark AB. Numerous Thirteenth Air Force organizations participated in Southeast Asia combat operations in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Operations Center (AOC), known as the Maj Richard Bong AOC, and the 613th Support Group. The 613th AOC is one of the U.S. Air Force's five full-capability AN/USQ-163 FALCONER weapon systems
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Southeast Asia. As more American aircraft and people were poured into the war effort, combat units and facilities under 13AF in Thailand increased. At its peak, 13AF was
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Support Group maintains a consolidated commander's support staff providing personnel support for the entire headquarters; an operational support flight providing facility, training, readiness, and security management; and has two subordinate units: the 56th Air and Space Communications
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task force. Thirteenth AF also commands the only Air Force-led standing joint task force, Joint Task Force
Support Forces Antarctica, a collaborative Department of Defense and National Science Foundation effort supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program through Operation Deep Freeze.
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with the ability to plan, task, execute, monitor, and assess full-spectrum air, space, and information operations for the COMAFFOR and/or C/JFACC. The AOC serves as the nerve center of air operations during any campaign.
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1346:United States Strategic Air Forces
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404:Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
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3830:Rust, Kenn C. and Dana Bell.
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760:Activated on 13 January 1943
723:13th Air Expeditionary Group
708:Japan Air Self Defense Force
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3678:"Pacific Air Forces (USAF)"
3059:2 years, 331 days
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2763:2 years, 231 days
2689:2 years, 196 days
2430:2 years, 183 days
2319:2 years, 213 days
1912:2 years, 139 days
1436:victory in Southwest Asia.
819:, 17 May 1955 – 1 July 1957
293:Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
5057:
4631:USAAF in the South Pacific
3944:Seventh (Air Forces Korea)
3505:3 years, 41 days
3357:1 year, 319 days
3320:1 year, 273 days
3283:1 year, 304 days
3133:1 year, 302 days
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2800:1 year, 276 days
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2134:2 years, 35 days
2097:3 years, 66 days
2060:1 year, 166 days
2023:2 years, 19 days
1986:1 year, 321 days
1744:1 year, 135 days
953:, Philippines, 30 May 1946
847:Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield
419:Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield
4902:
4851:4th Photographic Charting
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2356:1 year, 30 days
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981:Ching Chuan Kang Air Base
895:, (June – September 1944)
677:Hawaii Air National Guard
98:
4307:Monkey Mountain Facility
3993:Elmendorf Air Force Base
3954:Thirteenth Expeditionary
3468:1 year, 8 days
2245:1 year, 0 days
1785: 2 years, 4 months
1426:Operations Desert Shield
1357:Clark Field, Philippines
1249:Solomon Islands campaign
1111:403d Troop Carrier Group
1105:4th Reconnaissance Group
1089:, Hawaii in March 1943).
4145:United States Air Force
1454:Andersen Air Force Base
1199:307th Bombardment Group
1015:Andersen Air Force Base
927:Netherlands East Indies
913:Netherlands East Indies
489:Mount Pinatubo eruption
393:United States Air Force
159:United States Air Force
61:more precise citations.
3823:Rohfleisch, Kramer J.
3816:Rohfleisch, Kramer J.
3622:"Thirteenth Air Force"
3577:public domain resource
3563:public domain material
2228:Davis Jr., Benjamin O.
1299:339th Fighter Squadron
1236:
1228:
1201:(1943–45) (B-17, B-24)
1189:(1943–45) (B-25, B-26)
1175:11th Bombardment Group
1161:(1943–46) (B-17, B-24)
1113:(1943–46) (C-46, C-47)
1107:(1943–45) (F-4 (P-38))
4003:Hickam Air Force Base
3266:McDaniels, Jeffrey R.
3229:McGillicuddy, Paul H.
2234:Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
1461:Hickam Air Force Base
1450:Operation Fiery Vigil
1361:Fort William McKinley
1245:South Central Pacific
1234:
1227:
1187:42d Bombardment Group
1159:5th Bombardment Group
1031:Hickam Air Force Base
1025:Hickam Air Force Base
947:Fort William McKinley
727:Operation Deep Freeze
579:Operation Fiery Vigil
400:Hickam Air Force Base
369:Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
236:Hickam Air Force Base
4606:Thirteenth Air Force
4178:Thirteenth Air Force
3340:Williams, Stephen C.
3272:Jeffrey R. McDaniels
3235:Paul H. McGillicuddy
3079:Carlisle, Herbert J.
2635:Carns, Michael P. C.
1975:John W. Sessums, Jr.
1969:Sessums Jr., John W.
1456:on 2 December 1991.
1294:, and L-5 Sentinel.
1256:B-17 Flying Fortress
1063:XIII Fighter Command
753:Thirteenth Air Force
624:improve this section
531:improve this section
478:SS Mayaguez Incident
460:(PACAF). During the
287:Southern Philippines
272:Bismarck Archipelago
226:U.S. Pacific Command
200:U.S. Pacific Command
4835:550th Night Fighter
4830:419th Night Fighter
4825:418th Night Fighter
4757:4th Reconnaissance
4535:(Republic of China)
3688:on 24 October 2008.
3346:Stephen C. Williams
3085:Herbert J. Carlisle
3005:Rice Jr., Edward A.
2931:Lay II, Theodore W.
2641:Michael P. C. Carns
2561:Williams, Gordon E.
2302:McNickle, Marvin L.
2117:Milton, Theodore R.
1341:Far East Air Forces
1303:347th Fighter Group
1220:Operational history
1177:(1943) (B-17, B-24)
1145:XIII Bomber Command
1093:347th Fighter Group
811:Far East Air Forces
755:on 14 December 1942
675:Partnered with the
387:) is a provisional
4882:13th Troop Carrier
4773:403d Troop Carrier
4513:support facilities
4163:Pacific Air Forces
3923:Pacific Air Forces
3847:13 Against the Sun
3626:GlobalSecurity.org
3573:Pacific Air Forces
3525:Parker, Brandon D.
3118:Lieutenant General
3116:Kresge, Stanley T.
3081:Lieutenant General
3044:Lieutenant General
3042:Utterback, Loyd S.
3011:Edward A. Rice Jr.
2937:Theodore W. Lay II
2709:Studer, William A.
2567:Gordon E. Williams
2524:Nelson, Michael A.
2450:Hildreth, James R.
2413:Poston, Freddie L.
2341:Lieutenant General
2308:Marvin L. McNickle
2304:Lieutenant General
2267:Lieutenant General
2265:Gideon, Francis C.
2230:Lieutenant General
2193:Lieutenant General
2123:Theodore R. Milton
2080:Moorman, Thomas S.
1905: 30 May 1949
1866: 30 May 1949
1727:Wurtsmith, Paul B.
1690:Streett, St. Clair
1536:Twining, Nathan F.
1479:List of commanders
1469:Edward A. Rice Jr.
1434:Gulf war coalition
1407:327th Air Division
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1101:on 3 October 1942)
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1077:18th Fighter Group
909:Hollandia Airfield
829:Pacific Air Forces
823:Pacific Air Forces
807:, 14 December 1942
777:on 16 January 2007
729:in the Antarctic.
458:Pacific Air Forces
396:Pacific Air Forces
389:numbered air force
216:Pacific Air Forces
189:Numbered Air Force
169:United States Army
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3628:. 3 October 2012.
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3488:Iverson, David R.
3451:Pilch, Lansing R.
3342:Brigadier General
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2945:21 September 2002
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2820:Dallager, John R.
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2600:Brigadier General
2598:Luigs, Charles F.
2530:Michael A. Nelson
2487:Burns, Kenneth D.
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2419:Freddie L. Poston
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2054:15 September 1956
2043:Ackerman, John B.
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2008:Brigadier General
1890:Turner, Howard M.
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1733:Paul B. Wurtsmith
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3152:Commander
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1395:Korean War
1371:Korean War
903:New Guinea
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487:after the
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