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unit that had been mobilized for the war and was returning to state control. It was inactivated and its personnel and equipment transferred to another unit in connection with the upgrade of the unit to jet bombers. It was activated again in 1958 when
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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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for the war. At the start of 1953, these squadrons were returned to state control and the 424th was activated and took over the mission, personnel, and equipment of the
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American forces moved forward, it supported operations in the Philippines by strikes against enemy shipping in the southern Philippines and striking airfields on
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and military installations along with shipping in the
Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. It helped neutralized enemy bases in
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Philippines in September 1945 and returned to the United States for inactivation at the Port of Embarkation in December 1945.
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aircraft, TAC decided to replace the Table of
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1055:Baugher, Joe (7 September 2023).
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502:Inactivated on 26 December 1945
44:1942–1945; 1953–1954; 1958–1962
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1418:Schake, Col Kurt W. (1998).
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237:35th Reconnaissance Squadron
185:Distinguished Unit Citations
169:34th Reconnaissance Squadron
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752:Distinguished Unit Citation
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485:Activated on 15 April 1942
480:(Heavy) on 28 January 1942
375:Light bomber crew training
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103:Southwest Pacific Theater
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492:(Heavy) on 22 April 1942
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278:The squadron arrived at
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429:345th Bombardment Group
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299:Thirteenth Air Force
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109:Decorations
95:Engagements
89:Bombardment
1453:Categories
1276:2 December
989:References
858:New Guinea
627:Los Negros
389:Korean War
358:Balikpapan
290:to attack
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1076:Citations
1026:engrailed
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334:Leyte
323:Palau
216:wings
1442:2015
1429:ISBN
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1278:2023
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