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night difficult (night missions were particularly challenging and dangerous). Its lack of weaponry was also frustrating, as FACs could watch the enemy disappear while the strike aircraft were still en route. Frustrated FACs sometimes resorted to strafing the enemy with M-16 rifles fired out of the plane's windows.
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by the PAVN in April 1972 made the 20th TASS return to FAC support from forward locations. It also temporarily tripled the squadron's sortie rate. When the North
Vietnamese began to rocket Da Nang, the pilots of the 20th used their armed OV-10s to retaliate directly with rockets, strafing, and small
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January 1969, the squadron began the transition from O-1s to the OV-10 Bronco. By July, the last O-1 was history, though the squadron continued to fly 0-2s. As of October 1969, 20th TASS aircraft, pilots and ground crews were assigned to 11 forward locations, five supporting the U. S. Army and six
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antiaircraft defenses were increasingly sophisticated and dangerous, however, and the slow, unarmored O-1 was ever more vulnerable to ground fire. In addition, its operational times were limited by its unsophisticated instrumentation and navigational equipment, which made flying in bad weather or at
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January 1943, all of the 0A-10's were transferred to other units and the C-79, C-89 and C-91 were all occasionally grounded for extended periods as the ground crews attempted to deal with these non-standard aircraft. By June 1943, all had
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The squadron was fully operational by August 1965. It ran check flights for newly assigned aircrews, as well as flew visual reconnaissance and forward air control missions under various call signs. As it expanded, it stationed pilots and ground crews at several forward operating locations. However,
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November 1944, the unit had finally started benefiting from the production of transport types in the United States, and could finally approach some semblance of standardization in its fleet. The last year of the war, with the general wind-down of the size and breadth of Sixth Air Force, saw a
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came on line. The O-2 was a modified Cessna 337 civilian plane. It was dual engined, with one engine at either end of the fuselage. The 20th was the first FAC squadron in
Vietnam to receive it. The aircraft carried more ordnance, was capable of longer loiter times, had more power, and featured
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As Howard Field became more crowded with bomber units, the squadron moved in June 1943 to
Albrook Field. By December 1943, the detachments in the Antilles, which had been leading essentially a separate existence from the "home" based Flight "A" in the Canal Zone, were finally detached from the
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remotely piloted aircraft on missions that include route reconnaissance, target marking, on-scene commander, intelligence-surveillance-and-reconnaissance, close air support and generally providing eyes, ears, and voice above the battlefield. In May 2016, the squadron was redesignated the
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On 19 August 1967, Captain Donald D. Stevens, flying an O–2, risked heavy ground fire, which damaged his aircraft, for eight hours during the medical evacuation of a wounded
American soldier and the extraction of a ground team sent in to help him. His gallantry won him the
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missions directed naval gunfire as well as airstrikes. However, burgeoning antiaircraft defenses pushed the squadron's minimum operating level to 2,500 above ground level. By year's end, the risk had so increased that the squadron's Bird Dogs were withdrawn in favor of
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in the Canal Zone as part of what came to be known as Flight "B" (Reinforced) of the squadron to work with the Army 501st
Parachute Battalion and the 550th Airborne Infantry, which were training to act as a rapid deployment force in the Panama Canal defense scheme.
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was hit by a surface-to-air missile shredding the
Observer's parachute. Rather than leave his observer to his fate, Bennett crash landed in the Tonkin Gulf. The observer escaped the sinking plane, but Bennett drowned. He was awarded the
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in the British West Indies (some 1,200 air miles east of the Canal Zone) on 2 June 1941 to support the construction of the outer defense ring of air bases in the Caribbean after the United States obtained basing rights as part of the
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squadron completely, and became assets of the Antilles Air Command, based at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, but dispersed throughout the Antilles. The unit was redesignated as the
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missions to its tasks. In 1984, it lost all OV-10 aircraft, squadron aircrews ferrying them to George AFB, Calif, June–August 1984. squadron inactivated on 30 September 1984.
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improved conventional navigation aids and in-flight instrumentation. Nevertheless, it had its own limitations. During this period, the squadron continued to fly 0-1s.
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medium transports in November 1948 and began transition training. In early January 1949, the squadron's air echelon deployed seven C-82s on temporary duty to
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1809:"Military Times Hall of Valor: Steven Logan Bennett"
1731:"Personalized Tributes to the FACs Killed in Action"
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1757:"Military Times Hall of Valor: Donald D. Stevens"
1733:. Forward Air Control Association. Archived from
1700:. Forward Air Control Association. Archived from
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1307:France Field, Panama Canal Zone, 15 December 1940
1325:Wiesbaden Air Base, West Germany, 1 October 1973
1281:601st Tactical Air Support Group, 1 October 1973
731:, Vietnam, on 8 May 1965. It received its first
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1961:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
1316:Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, 4 October 1948
1572:"20th Tactical Air Support Sq. Danang AB, RVN"
927:, one of only two awarded to FACs in the war.
719:0–1 Bird Dog of the 20th TASS taking off from
508:on 7 December 1941, the unit had received six
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1178:on 19 September 1985. (remained inactive)
1137:on 19 September 1985. (remained inactive)
1008:The USAF again activated the unit as the
895:Losses and awards for Gallantry in Action
663:Combat Operations in Vietnam 1965 to 1973
659:, which activated at Smyrna in November.
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2007:Alae Supra Canalem: Wings Over the Canal
1911:. Naperville, IL: Midland Publications.
1698:"The 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron"
1242:(Provisional) 29 July – 19 October 1948)
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936:Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base
1929:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
1525:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
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616:Postwar operations and Berlin Airlift
332:(Unapproved, used during Vietnam War)
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1882:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1523:"Factsheet 20 Attack Squadron (ACC)"
1397:Fairchild UC-61 Forwarder, 1943–1945
403:, until it was inactivated in 1949.
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315:20th Reconnaissance Squadron emblem
71:adding citations to reliable sources
391:It was originally activated as the
1624:"Visual Reconnaissance in I Corps"
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1275:6498th Air Base Wing, 27 June 1972
1236:United States Air Forces in Europe
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1164:20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
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1131:20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
1004:Unmanned aerial vehicle operations
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1521:Bailey, Carl E. (8 August 2017).
1409:Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1946–1948
1224:Panama Air Depot, 1 December 1944
1218:Panama Air Depot, 1 February 1941
938:and flying an O-1G Bird Dog as a
881:Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
723:, Quảng Trị Province, August 1967
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1406:Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1945–1947
1264:504th Tactical Air Support Group
1169:Inactivated on 30 September 1984
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2151:United States Air Force Warfare
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1024:, both of which are located at
998:507th Tactical Air Control Wing
604:(Special) on 13 November 1943.
58:needs additional citations for
1570:Kimbrough, Kenneth K. (2007).
1421:Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, 1965–1969
1124:Inactivated on 20 October 1949
635:The 20th moved from Panama to
499:Destroyers for Bases Agreement
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3412:United States Army Air Forces
1958:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
1926:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
1431:General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
1100:(Special) on 13 November 1943
1086:Activated on 15 December 1940
1061:General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
1037:General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
869:Republic of Vietnam Air Force
1258:505th Tactical Control Group
1193:20th Reconnaissance Squadron
1186:Inactivated 31 December 1991
1051:began its transition to the
1033:20th Reconnaissance Squadron
1010:20th Reconnaissance Squadron
932:56th Special Operations Wing
532:, Trinidad (Flight "A") and
427:20th Reconnaissance Squadron
1437:General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
1270:366th Tactical Fighter Wing
1198:Activated on 1 January 2011
1176:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1159:Inactivated on 1 April 1973
1119:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1112:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1105:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1098:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1091:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1072:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
1053:General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
975:601st Tactical Control Wing
877:Presidential Unit Citations
602:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
560:, Chile, to fly an Italian
538:Consolidated OA-10 Catalina
522:20th Troop Carrier Squadron
378:General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
303:20th Attack Squadron emblem
3536:
2370:93rd Air Ground Operations
1296:, 1 January 2011 – present
1121:, Medium on 4 October 1948
684:
678:
594:Fairchild UC-61 Forwarders
568:) back to the Canal Zone.
347:(Approved 13 January 1943)
278:Presidential Unit Citation
166:U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper
33:
26:
3407:
3190:
2937:
2505:
2400:505th Command and Control
2102:
1401:Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
1370:Hamilton UC-89, 1942–1943
1229:314th Troop Carrier Group
1181:Activated on 1 April 1990
914:On 29 June 1972, Captain
813:30 miles northward along
657:316th Troop Carrier Group
626:314th Troop Carrier Group
544:. It also flew a single
406:Activated in 1965 as the
159:
2628:Monkey Mountain Facility
637:Bergstrom Air Force Base
520:The squadron became the
395:in 1940 and served as a
2466:United States Air Force
2146:Cyberspace Capabilities
2005:Hagendorn, Dan (1995).
1888:Churchill, Jan (1997).
1373:Douglas C-38, 1942–1943
1367:Junkers C-79, 1942–1943
1364:Stinson C-91, 1942–1943
1352:Douglas C-49, 1941–1944
1349:Douglas C-39, 1941–1944
1231:after c. November 1946)
1154:Organized on 8 May 1965
1114:, Heavy on 17 June 1948
1079:20th Transport Squadron
1014:Whiteman Air Force Base
965:Post Vietnam Operations
622:Douglas C-54 Skymasters
481:and, from there, on to
463:20th Transport Squadron
393:20th Transport Squadron
380:and is assigned to the
374:Whiteman Air Force Base
370:United States Air Force
317:(Approved 24 June 1974)
246:Whiteman Air Force Base
210:United States Air Force
1907:Hobson, Chris (2001).
1878:public domain material
1174:Consolidated with the
1129:Consolidated with the
993:
724:
712:
700:
645:Kearney Air Force Base
610:Curtiss C-46 Commandos
576:
562:Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
458:
450:
154:
82:"20th Attack Squadron"
3231:XXXVI Fighter Command
1392:Piper L-4 Grasshopper
1356:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
1059:continued to fly the
1047:In October 2016, the
1026:Creech Air Force Base
1018:432d Operations Group
1012:on 1 January 2011 at
991:
955:Cessna O-2 Skymasters
873:George Air Force Base
845:Cessna O-2 Skymasters
833:Vietnam People's Army
804:Quảng Trị Combat Base
752:Operation Tiger Hound
718:
706:
694:
681:Operation Tiger Hound
676:at Wikimedia Commons
649:Smyrna Air Force Base
641:Fairchild C-82 Packet
574:
456:
448:
386:Creech Air Force Base
153:
148:20th Attack Squadron
36:20th Airlift Squadron
29:20th Airlift Squadron
3239:Antilles Air Command
3235:VI Air Force Service
3226:XXVI Fighter Command
2499:Thirteenth Air Force
2380:319th Reconnaissance
2131:612th Air Operations
2126:609th Air Operations
2121:601st Air Operations
1859:Hobson 2001, p. 253.
1380:Stinson L-1 Vigilant
1203:20th Attack Squadron
1142:20th Attack Squadron
1081:on 22 November 1940.
1057:20th Attack Squadron
1049:20th Attack Squadron
1042:20th Attack Squadron
780:Huế Citadel Airfield
709:Huế Citadel Airfield
431:20th Attack Squadron
366:20th Attack Squadron
67:improve this article
3395:91st Reconnaissance
3169:(Galápagos Islands)
2856:(Republic of China)
1841:on 22 February 2012
1815:on 22 February 2012
1789:on 22 February 2012
1763:on 22 February 2012
1386:North American BC-1
1195:on 20 December 2010
1147:Constituted as the
1077:Constituted as the
741:Forward Air Control
733:Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
506:Pearl Harbor Attack
504:By the time of the
420:Shaw Air Force Base
3385:20th Troop Carrier
3360:72d Reconnaissance
3221:VI Fighter Command
2834:support facilities
2484:Pacific Air Forces
2360:9th Reconnaissance
2086:Twelfth (Southern)
2060:Air Combat Command
1696:Anderson, Calvin.
1674:on 13 October 2012
1578:on 4 February 2015
1346:Douglas C-33, 1941
1246:Pacific Air Forces
1240:Airlift Task Force
1238:1 – 29 July 1948,
994:
971:Wiesbaden Air Base
819:Operation Tally Ho
811:Demilitarized Zone
750:; this was dubbed
735:later that month.
725:
713:
701:
577:
501:with the British.
459:
451:
236:Air Combat Command
155:
3502:
3501:
3403:
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3390:23d Antisubmarine
3368:
3367:
3216:VI Bomber Command
3188:
3187:
3134:Central and South
2885:
2884:
2881:
2880:
2827:
2826:
2697:
2696:
2494:Seventh Air Force
2427:
2426:
2423:
2422:
2405:552nd Air Control
2390:461st Air Control
2096:Sixteenth (Cyber)
1918:978-1-85780-115-6
1899:978-0-89745-215-1
1654:Churchill, p. 67.
1455:Explanatory notes
1358:, 1942–1948, 1949
1266:, 8 December 1966
983:search and rescue
944:Plaine des Jarres
916:Steven L. Bennett
885:Combat "V" Device
748:Ho Chi Minh trail
672:Media related to
590:Galapagos Islands
471:Panama Canal Zone
465:was activated at
359:
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286:Combat "V" Device
143:
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117:
16:(Redirected from
3527:
3380:1st Depot Repair
3344:40th Bombardment
3339:25th Bombardment
3283:
3260:13th Bombardment
3206:
3196:
3151:(British Guiana)
2949:
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2898:
2889:
2854:Ching Chuan Kang
2838:
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2489:2nd Air Division
2464:
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2136:616th Operations
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2076:First (Northern)
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1545:Combat Squadrons
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1468:
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1107:on 12 April 1944
979:Sembach Air Base
861:Easter Offensive
776:La Vang Airfield
729:Da Nang Air Base
721:La Vang Airfield
699:, December 1966.
697:Da Nang Air Base
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2927:Sixth Air Force
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2081:Ninth (Central)
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1272:, 15 March 1972
1252:2d Air Division
1212:
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905:Air Force Cross
897:
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618:
554:Sixth Air Force
534:Borinquen Field
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3353:Reconnaissance
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3270:24th Composite
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3173:Guatemala City
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3031:Piarco Airport
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925:Medal of Honor
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772:Quảng Trị City
679:Main article:
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630:Berlin Airlift
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550:Hamilton UC-89
483:Rio Hato Field
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2576:Tan Son Nhut
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3313:53d Fighter
3298:32d Fighter
3255:6th Fighter
3175:(Guatemala)
3105:La Chorrera
2832:Other major
2470:Vietnam War
2182:Grand Forks
1433:, 2011–2017
1403:, 1944–1945
1394:, 1943–1944
1388:, 1943–1944
1382:, 1943–1945
1210:Assignments
784:Huế/Phú Bài
412:Vietnam War
274:Decorations
260:Engagements
242:Garrison/HQ
3509:Categories
3484:Fourteenth
3479:Thirteenth
3047:Canal Zone
3039:(Trinidad)
3033:(Trinidad)
3027:(Trinidad)
2597:Quang Ngai
2330:Cyberspace
2068:Air Forces
1445:References
1416:Waco CG-15
792:Quảng Ngãi
685:See also:
388:, Nevada.
93:newspapers
3494:Twentieth
3489:Fifteenth
3373:Squadrons
3163:(Ecuador)
3080:Aguadulce
3001:Borinquen
2991:(Jamaica)
2985:(Curaçao)
2961:(Antigua)
2952:Caribbean
2945:Airfields
2819:474th TFW
2809:388th TFW
2799:355th TFW
2794:354th TFW
2789:347th TFW
2723:Don Muang
2684:377th ABW
2679:366th TFW
2674:315th TAW
2590:Airfields
2571:Phan Rang
2556:Nha Trang
2541:Binh Thuy
2395:480th ISR
2385:363rd ISR
2248:Composite
2091:Fifteenth
1475:Citations
1294:432d Wing
1035:flew the
1022:432d Wing
957:, and 22
940:Raven FAC
837:Viet Cong
416:squadrons
382:432d Wing
3469:Eleventh
3209:Commands
3149:Atkinson
3145:(Brazil)
3125:Río Hato
3013:Benedict
2977:Camaguey
2959:Coolidge
2860:Andersen
2814:432d TRW
2784:307th SW
2779:56th SOW
2774:49th TFW
2703:Thailand
2689:633d SOW
2669:37th TFW
2664:35th TFW
2659:31st TFW
2649:12th TFW
2602:Qui Nhon
2546:Cam Ranh
2536:Bien Hoa
2477:Commands
2365:70th ISR
1983:70605402
1951:61060979
1631:Archived
1613:, p. 194
1609:Maurer,
1600:, p. 191
1596:Maurer,
1543:Maurer,
1340:Aircraft
1301:Stations
817:. These
760:Kham Duc
756:Khe Sanh
558:Santiago
494:Trinidad
298:Insignia
252:Motto(s)
227:Squadron
3474:Twelfth
3449:Seventh
3286:Fighter
3161:Salinas
3155:Zandery
3136:America
3054:Albrook
3025:Carlsen
2995:Arecibo
2971:Batista
2967:(Aruba)
2874:(Japan)
2868:(Japan)
2769:8th TFW
2743:U-Tapao
2644:3rd TFW
2607:Tay Loc
2581:Tuy Hoa
2561:Phu Cat
2551:Da Nang
2468:in the
2289:Fighter
2232:Tyndall
2227:Tonopah
2191:Langley
2114:Centers
1133:as the
1067:Lineage
1020:of the
879:, four
768:Đông Hà
764:Kon Tum
588:in the
487:Managua
436:History
268:Vietnam
180:Country
107:scholar
3454:Eighth
3434:Fourth
3424:Second
3322:Bomber
3279:Groups
3181:(Peru)
3179:Talara
3167:Baltra
3110:Madden
3073:Panama
3064:Howard
3059:France
3037:Waller
2989:Vernam
2979:(Cuba)
2973:(Cuba)
2965:Dakota
2872:Misawa
2866:Kadena
2862:(Guam)
2738:Takhli
2621:SIGINT
2566:Pleiku
2212:Offutt
2207:Nellis
2172:Creech
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1418:, 1949
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800:Pleiku
796:Đắk Tô
788:Tam Kỳ
762:, and
219:Attack
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198:Branch
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172:Active
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3459:Ninth
3444:Sixth
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3429:Third
3419:First
3248:Wings
3202:Units
3143:Belém
3120:Pocri
3100:David
3095:Chame
3085:Anton
3019:Beane
3007:Losey
2924:USAAF
2848:Clark
2841:Bases
2804:366th
2762:Wings
2753:Udorn
2728:Korat
2716:Bases
2637:Wings
2529:Bases
2352:Other
2342:688th
2321:388th
2316:366th
2311:325th
2280:432nd
2275:355th
2241:Wings
2197:Moody
2167:Beale
2160:Bases
1991:72556
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1819:4 May
1793:4 May
1767:4 May
1741:4 May
1708:4 May
1678:3 May
1634:(PDF)
1627:(PDF)
1582:3 May
1450:Notes
953:, 55
920:OV-10
883:with
368:is a
284:with
114:JSTOR
100:books
2983:Hato
2748:Ubon
2337:67th
2306:20th
2270:57th
2265:55th
2260:53rd
2255:23rd
2222:Shaw
2011:ISBN
1987:OCLC
1979:LCCN
1969:ISBN
1947:LCCN
1937:ISBN
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1847:2016
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