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formation proceeded to the target unescorted. Enemy fighter opposition focused on the low "box", formed in part by the squadron. Ten of the 21 Flying
Fortresses flown by the 100th Group were lost on this mission. Unknown to AAF intelligence at the time, the attack also destroyed almost all of the
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Germany, but that plan was cancelled in September, and between October and December, the squadron's planes were ferried back to the United States or transferred to other units in theater. Its remaining personnel returned to the United States in December and the squadron was inactivated at the
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brandishing a sword in his right claw, all white; the griffin poised on the upper and lower of three red steps; on the border two red lightning flashes arched between three Air Force golden yellow stars fimbriated red, one in chief, one in dexter and one in sinister, all above two green olive
925:. This testing included certification of aircraft that could refuel the KC-46 or be refueled by it. At that time, the squadron was involved in 24 separate test projects, including upgrades for both the C-17 and the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Later that year, the squadron began tests of
813:'s initial goal of maintaining one third of SAC’s planes on fifteen minute ground alert, fully fueled and ready for combat to reduce vulnerability to a Soviet missile strike. To implement this new system B-47 wings reorganized from three to four squadrons. The 418th was activated at
737:, again including the lead aircraft. The only group plane returning from that mission had lost two engines and had two wounded on board. Its highest one day loss occurred on the 6 March 1944 attack on Berlin, when 15 bombers failed to return. On 11 September 1944, the
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Douglas YC-17A Lot I Globemaster III, serial 87-0025, manufacturer's number T-1. This aircraft was essentially hand-built in 1990 as the first USAF C-17. The aircraft retired to the
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posture at their home bases, reducing the amount of time spent on alert at overseas bases. The SAC alert cycle divided itself into four parts: planning, flying, alert and rest to meet
General
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jet fighter. Rather than returning to
England, the unit turned south and recovered at bases in North Africa. For this action, the squadron was awarded the
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system in June 1949. The squadron's personnel and equipment, along with other reserve units at Miami were transferred to elements of the
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Starting in 2019, the squadron began Phase III testing of the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus. Prior phases of
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attacks on it. Twenty-three B-17s from the formation failed to return. Two days later, German fighters shot down the leader of the
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2182:"Our 418th Flight Test Squadron participated in Rapid Dragon program's first system-level demonstration of palletized munitions"
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put up its heaviest opposition in months, destroying 11 of the group's bombers. On 31 December 1944, half the
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to the 418th on 1 October 2000. The squadron operated the EC-18s until 24 August 2001 when they were retired.
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units from ADC. The 418th was inactivated when ConAC reorganized its reserve units under the
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from 1947 to 1949, but does not appear to have been fully equipped or assigned enough
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In addition to the squadrons of the 100th Group, the formation included those of the
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October and November, it attacked transportation and ground defenses. During the
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reorganized under the Objective Wing system, and the squadron was reassigned to the
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overall and throughout the cipher “X” of the like surmounted by a triangle
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2136:"418th FLTS completes 'banner' year, now begins KC-46A Phase III testing"
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The squadron's second predecessor was organized on 10 March 1989 as the
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2159:"Rapid Dragon: Delivers Palletized Cruise Missile from Cargo Aircraft"
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and the following day, the consolidated squadron was designated the
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for attacks on heavily defended sites and dropping supplies to the
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2313:(reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, 1 March 1959 – 30 April 1966
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The squadron flew its last mission on 20 April 1945. Following,
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branches arched, one in dexter base and one in sinister base.
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1990:"Abstract, Mission Project Closeup, Continental Air Command"
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Edwards Air Force Base, California, 10 March 1989 – present
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aircraft. On 1 October 1992 it was consolidated with the
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Kearney Army Air Field, Nebraska, 4 February – 1 May 1943
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US Air Force squadron assigned to the AF Materiel Command
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100th Bombardment Group, 1 June 1942 – 19 December 1945
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The squadron established itself at its combat station,
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The 418th conducts developmental flight testing on the
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2061:. Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from
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100th Bombardment Wing, 1 March 1959 – 1 January 1962
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fuselage construction equipment for Germany's secret
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United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978
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574:100th Bombardment Group B-17s on a combat mission
547:on 1 May 1943. The ground echelon sailed on the
60:418th Flight Test Squadron MC-130 Combat Talon II
2384:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
2339:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
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673:forces drove across Northern France toward the
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2289:. London, England, UK: Macdonald and Company.
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1554:List of United States Air Force test squadrons
1011:Discontinued and inactivated on 1 January 1962
901:EC-18B Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
853:, California. It conducted flight testing of
539:The 418th completed its training and departed
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1285:Berlin, Germany, 418th Bombardment Squadron
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3520:Military units and formations in California
1992:. Air Force History Index. 27 December 1961
532:, Idaho. The following month, it moved to
410:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
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1189:Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, 1995–present
1100:Orlando Army Air Base, Florida 1 June 1942
584:strategic bombing campaign against Germany
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1213:Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, 2000–present
717:Port of Embarkation on 19 December 1945.
430:Learn how and when to remove this message
368:and have served in the flight test role.
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753:The squadron was again activated in the
2029:. Air Force History Index. 1 April 1975
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1192:Lockheed NC-130H Hercules, 1995–present
991:Activated in the reserve on 29 May 1947
793:B-47 Stratojet as flown by the squadron
504:. It was intended to be equipped with
492:. However, before it was activated at
341:The squadron was briefly active in the
2973:Operational Test and Evaluation Center
2837:Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
2716:Arnold Engineering Development Complex
2591:Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
2307:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
2059:"Factsheet 418th Flight Test Squadron"
1159:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942–1945
38:
2410:. Hinkley, UK: Midland Publications.
1222:Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
1109:Pendleton Field, Oregon, 26 June 1942
890:Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
7:
2247:Air Force Historical Research Agency
2203:Thuloweit, Kenji (11 October 2018).
2134:Thuloweit, Kenji (30 January 2019).
1782:"Factsheet 418 Flight Test Squadron"
1601:and ebruised by a Bengal tiger head
1267:Germany, 418th Bombardment Squadron
1225:Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, 2019 – present
1168:Lockheed AC-130U Hercules, 1990–1995
1165:Lockheed MC-130H Hercules, 1989–1994
408:adding citations to reliable sources
349:. It served from 1959 to 1962 as a
2688:Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex
2683:Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex
1695:and arrived there on 25 April 2012.
649:missions. It attacked bridges and
3474:Air & Space Forces Association
2891:Senate Committee on Armed Services
2673:635th Supply Chain Operations Wing
2668:448th Supply Chain Management Wing
2225:Station number in Anderson, p. 21.
1626:red, below six stars in formation
1520:16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
1112:Gowen Field, Idaho, 28 August 1942
693:, the airborne assault across the
322:unit. It served in combat in the
205:418th Bombardment Squadron emblem
190:418th Bombardment Squadron emblem
32:418th Test and Evaluation Squadron
25:
1502:15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
1139:, New Jersey, 17–19 December 1945
291:squadron. It is assigned to the
178:418th Flight Test Squadron emblem
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3386:Division of Military Aeronautics
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2810:Under Secretary of the Air Force
2614:Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center
2581:Air Force Security Forces Center
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1390:French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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1371:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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1353:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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1335:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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1317:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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1298:Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
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1162:Boeing B-47 Stratojet, 1959–1961
699:French Croix de Guerre with Palm
665:, and bombed enemy positions in
452:McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
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332:French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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167:French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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2576:Air Force Civil Engineer Center
2376:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
1374:1 January 2013–31 December 2013
1356:1 January 2012–31 December 2012
1338:1 January 2010–31 December 2011
1320:1 January 1997–31 December 1998
1302:1 January 1996–31 December 1996
977:Inactivated on 19 December 1945
833:Squadron YC-17A Globemaster III
261:and special operations variants
3297:Reserve Officer Training Corps
3254:Judge Advocate General's Corps
2896:Senate Subcommittee on Airland
2874:House Armed Services Committee
1394:25 June 1944 –31 December 1944
1184:North American T-39 Sabreliner
1038:and activated on 10 March 1989
817:as the fourth squadron of the
685:and fortified villages in the
562:to England about 21 May 1943.
545:European Theater of Operations
324:European Theater of Operations
153:European Theater of Operations
1:
3445:Women Airforce Service Pilots
2629:Air Force Research Laboratory
2336:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
2304:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
1207:EC-18B Stratoliner, 2000–2001
841:Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker
703:French Forces of the Interior
526:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses
512:(AAF) decided to concentrate
500:, it was redesignated as the
480:The first predecessor of the
476:Training in the United States
306:The first predecessor of the
2646:Air Force Sustainment Center
2637:711th Human Performance Wing
2425:Schake, Col Kurt W. (1998).
2180:No byline (23 August 2021).
953:28th Reconnaissance Squadron
636:45th Combat Bombardment Wing
506:Consolidated B-24 Liberators
490:28th Reconnaissance Squadron
2800:Department of the Air Force
2678:Ogden Air Logistics Complex
1541:418th Bombardment Squadron
1538:22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945
1523:418th Bombardment Squadron
1505:418th Bombardment Squadron
1487:418th Bombardment Squadron
1469:418th Bombardment Squadron
1451:418th Bombardment Squadron
1433:418th Bombardment Squadron
1397:418th Bombardment Squadron
1377:418th Flight Test Squadron
1359:418th Flight Test Squadron
1341:418th Flight Test Squadron
1323:418th Flight Test Squadron
1305:418th Flight Test Squadron
1279:Distinguished Unit Citation
1260:Distinguished Unit Citation
1003:, Medium on 1 December 1958
994:Inactivated on 27 June 1949
986:, Very Heavy on 13 May 1947
689:. It provided support for
609:Distinguished Unit Citation
448:Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
328:Distinguished Unit Citation
163:Distinguished Unit Citation
42:418th Flight Test Squadron
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2805:Secretary of the Air Force
2492:Air Force Materiel Command
2253:Endicott, Judy G. (1998).
2108:Fabara, Jet (7 May 2015).
1641:, surmounted by a griffin
1609:, all within a diminished
1466:6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944
1210:Boeing NKC-135E, 2000–2006
1090:, 1 October 1993 – present
1059:418th Flight Test Squadron
1045:418th Bombardment Squadron
1029:418th Flight Test Squadron
1001:418th Bombardment Squadron
984:418th Bombardment Squadron
972:418th Bombardment Squadron
962:418th Bombardment Squadron
955:(Heavy) on 28 January 1942
946:418th Bombardment Squadron
916:445th Flight Test Squadron
894:417th Flight Test Squadron
863:418th Bombardment Squadron
534:Walla Walla Army Air Field
502:418th Bombardment Squadron
460:Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
312:418th Bombardment Squadron
297:Air Force Materiel Command
285:418th Flight Test Squadron
132:Air Force Materiel Command
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18:418th Bombardment Squadron
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1448:2 June 1943 – 11 May 1945
1430:2 June 1943 – 5 June 1944
1172:Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
1106:, Louisiana, 18 June 1942
1008:Activated on 1 March 1959
974:, Heavy on 20 August 1943
909:452d Flight Test Squadron
805:(SAC) began to assume an
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3307:Airman Leadership School
3109:Thirteenth Expeditionary
2947:Field Operating Agencies
2013:Schake, p. 220 (note 43)
1655:Approved 4 October 1943.
1637:, radiating to sinister
1445:Air Combat, EAME Theater
1219:Beechcraft T-6 Texan I I
1202:Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey
1125:Sioux City Army Air Base
1121:, Utah, 30 November 1942
1080:6510th Test Wing (later
967:Activated on 1 June 1942
964:(Heavy) on 22 April 1942
779:435th Troop Carrier Wing
743:1st Bombardment Division
334:for its actions. After
236:Tail code (1989-present)
30:Not to be confused with
3292:Officer Training School
2786:United States Air Force
2406:Rogers, Brian. (2005).
1963:Ravenstein, pp. 230-231
886:Beechcraft T-6 Texan II
855:MC-130H Combat Talon II
767:Continental Air Command
554:on 28 May, arriving at
498:100th Bombardment Group
314:, was activated during
289:United States Air Force
192:(Strategic Air Command)
104:United States Air Force
3335:Awards and decorations
2968:District of Washington
2961:Direct Reporting Units
2243:public domain material
1666:95th Bombardment Group
1582:Approved 19 May 1994.
1127:, Iowa, 6 January 1943
1088:412th Operations Group
1043:Consolidated with the
1016:Consolidated with the
899:In 2000 the number of
875:412th Operations Group
851:Edwards Air Force Base
842:
834:
819:100th Bombardment Wing
794:
775:wing base organization
683:lines of communication
575:
541:Kearney Army Air Field
486:attack on Pearl Harbor
301:Edwards Air Force Base
293:412th Operations Group
142:Edwards Air Force Base
48:
3378:Aeronautical Division
2698:Air Force Test Center
2207:. U.S. Air Force News
2184:. U.S. Air Force News
2161:. U.S. Air Force News
2138:. U.S. Air Force News
1427:Air Offensive, Europe
1196:Beechcraft C-12 Huron
869:. A year later, the
840:
832:
803:Strategic Air Command
799:Boeing B-47 Stratojet
792:
785:Strategic Air Command
573:
494:Orlando Army Air Base
355:Strategic Air Command
351:Boeing B-47 Stratojet
47:
3249:Aeronautical ratings
2848:Three-star generals
1870:Freeman, pp. 246-247
1231:Awards and campaigns
1216:Slingsby T-3 Firefly
1036:6518th Test Squadron
1022:6518th Test Squadron
1018:6518th Test Squadron
882:Slingsby T-3 Firefly
847:6518th Test Squadron
815:Pease Air Force Base
759:Miami Army Air Field
592:Messerschmitt Bf 109
560:northern ferry route
456:Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
404:improve this section
362:6518th Test Squadron
326:, where it earned a
274:and special variants
3046:Numbered Air Forces
2827:Vice Chief of Staff
2599:66th Air Base Group
1052:418th Test Squadron
951:Constituted as the
914:On 1 May 2015, the
867:418th Test Squadron
763:Air Defense Command
727:VIII Bomber Command
679:Battle of the Bulge
588:attack on a factory
543:, Nebraska for the
444:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
366:418th Test Squadron
272:KC-135 Stratotanker
3404:The U.S. Air Force
3317:Fitness Assessment
3274:Chief of Chaplains
3193:Civilian auxiliary
2942:Air National Guard
2844:Four-star generals
2663:78th Air Base Wing
2658:75th Air Base Wing
2653:72nd Air Base Wing
2604:88th Air Base Wing
2157:No byline (2023).
2065:on 31 January 2004
1906:Freeman, pp. 68-69
1879:Freeman, pp. 67-68
1677:This plane, named
1406:Campaign Streamer
1282:4, 6, 8 March 1944
1034:Designated as the
843:
835:
795:
771:Air National Guard
721:"Bloody Hundredth"
661:, the breakout at
655:Operation Overlord
580:RAF Thorpe Abbotts
576:
49:
3502:
3501:
3287:Air Force Academy
3205:
3204:
2832:Director of Staff
2752:
2751:
2748:
2747:
2724:
2723:
2296:978-0-87938-638-2
2283:Freeman, Roger A.
1570:Explanatory notes
1545:
1544:
1401:
1400:
1178:Short C-23 Sherpa
1054:on 2 October 1992
1047:on 1 October 1992
1024:on 1 October 1992
749:Air Force Reserve
714:occupation forces
691:Operation Varsity
616:marshalling yards
440:
439:
432:
278:
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208:
193:
16:(Redirected from
3527:
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3490:
3390:Army Air Service
3382:Aviation Section
3197:Civil Air Patrol
2927:
2915:
2914:
2779:
2772:
2765:
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1848:Combat Squadrons
1844:
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1813:Combat Squadrons
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628:Eighth Air Force
566:Combat in Europe
518:Second Air Force
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3398:Army Air Forces
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3359:
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3321:
3279:Chief Scientist
3269:Medical Service
3264:Security Forces
3211:
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3186:Security Forces
3143:
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1941:
1937:
1933:Freeman, p. 116
1932:
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1897:Freeman, p. 115
1896:
1892:
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1577:
1567:
1562:
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1481:Northern France
1233:
1228:
1155:
1104:Barksdale Field
1097:
1082:412th Test Wing
1068:
1061:on 1 March 1994
943:
923:Boeing Aircraft
871:412th Test Wing
827:
811:Thomas S. Power
797:From 1958, the
787:
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723:
659:Operation Cobra
568:
551:Queen Elizabeth
522:Pendleton Field
516:training under
510:Army Air Forces
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2100:
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1965:
1953:
1944:
1935:
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1924:Freeman, p. 77
1917:
1915:Freeman, p. 75
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1890:
1888:Freeman, p.114
1881:
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1264:17 August 1943
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1257:
1249:
1248:
1245:
1242:
1239:
1238:Award streamer
1232:
1229:
1227:
1226:
1223:
1220:
1217:
1214:
1211:
1208:
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1204:, 2000–present
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1198:, 1997–present
1193:
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987:
979:
978:
975:
968:
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942:
939:
905:Boeing NKC-135
859:AC-130U Spooky
826:
825:Flight Testing
823:
786:
783:
750:
747:
722:
719:
675:Siegfried Line
590:manufacturing
567:
564:
477:
474:
472:
469:
467:
464:
438:
437:
388:
386:
379:
373:
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303:, California.
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269:
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259:C-130 Hercules
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250:
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248:Aircraft flown
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207:(World War II)
202:
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3451:
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