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108:of the 582d Air Resupply Group – 25 October 1955
1130:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
1106:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
1054:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
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647:Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, 1 May 1953
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1154:. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press.
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77:Learn how and when to remove this message
465:Reconstituted and consolidated with the
40:This article includes a list of general
913:Haulman, Daniel L. (21 November 2008).
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561:Air Resupply And Communications Service
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917:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
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1444:46th Bombardment Operational Training
1424:16th Bombardment Operational Training
951:"Factsheet 58 Air Division (Defense)"
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1237:. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
1006:Air Force Historical Research Agency
732:the silhouette of a transport plane
689:Air Force Special Operations Command
563:, 24 September 1952 – 14 August 1953
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180:for 'Liberty Through Truth')
46:it lacks sufficient corresponding
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1214:. Oxford, England: Osprey Press.
1195:. Oxford, England: Osprey Press.
678:Grumman SA-16 Albatross 1953–1956
386:. In early 1954, it deployed to
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1098:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
755:a wreath surmounted by a sword
459:, Very Heavy on 1 December 1943
393:The 582d Group was assigned to
1145:Thigpen, Col Jerry L. (2001).
740:a broken chain of three links
577:Military Air Transport Service
525:Activated on 24 September 1952
492:Activated on 24 September 1952
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1233:The Making of the Atomic Bomb
1051:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
1012:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
903:Thigpen, Introduction, p. xxx
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427:42d Troop Carrier Squadron
372:Great Falls Air Force Base
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273:Very heavy bomber training
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511:472d Combat Support Group
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294:Smoky Hill Army Air Field
260:were consolidated as the
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1229:Rhodes, Richard (1986).
1210:Dorr, Robert F. (2002).
1191:Dorr, Robert F. (2003).
1121:Mueller, Robert (1989).
235:psychological operations
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500:472nd Bombardment Group
457:472nd Bombardment Group
445:472nd Bombardment Group
418:Grumman SA-16 Albatross
384:582d Air Resupply Group
318:472nd Bombardment Group
314:Marietta Army Air Field
239:582d Air Resupply Group
152:United States Air Force
61:more precise citations.
1383:IV Air Support Command
1368:II Air Support Command
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498:Consolidated with the
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438:472d Bombardment Group
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310:58th Bombardment Wing
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1393:XXI Bomber Command
1378:II Fighter Command
957:on 14 October 2012
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