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484:. The test continued until 1 August 1948, by which time the Air Force had decided to adopt this type of organization as its standard. As a result, on 1 August, the 82nd Fighter Wing was discontinued, and the Air Force activated a permanent 82nd Fighter Wing, still with the 82nd Fighter Group assigned as a subordinate organization. In August 1949, the wing and its components were transferred from SAC to
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on 17 July and participating in the first raid on Rome on 19 July. It flew 191 combat missions in this period. The missions amounted to 3,335 combat sorties; escorted 2,987 B-25 and 382 B-26s; and engaged in 57 skip and dive bombing attacks. The 82nd destroyed 78 enemy planes, had 17 probables, and
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interceptors. Its primary mission was to provide air defense for the northeastern United States. It also acted as the host base organization for the USAF portion of New Castle
Airport and was assigned several support units to fulfil this mission. In 1957, it was announced that Air Defense Command
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The
Tunisian campaign ended in May 1943. Between December 1942 and May 1943, the 82nd Fighter Group flew 152 combat missions and 2,439 combat sorties. While escorting B-25, B-26, and B-17 bombers on 1,880 sorties, the group encountered 751 enemy aircraft, destroyed 199 of them, and lost 64 P-38s.
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was part of the airpower buildup to provide fighter protection for the bombers of the
Fifteenth Air Force, when they strafed and bombed Axis oil targets. From January 1944 until May 1945, the P-38s of the 82nd Fighter Group struck oil centers at
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in a sea search off Cape Bon, a group of P-38s engaged the enemy in an air battle. Even though they were outnumbered by 50 enemy fighters, the 82nd emerged with 11 confirmed kills, 2 probables, and 2 damaged, while not losing a single bomber.
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The 82nd engaged in another spectacular episode when it used a single-seat fighter aircraft for the first time to rescue a downed fighter pilot on enemy soil. On 4 August 1944, while on a strafing mission against the airdrome at
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309:(DUC). Just over a week later, the group was awarded a second DUC for its actions in protecting a group of bombers that encountered strong enemy opposition in an attack on marshalling yards near Naples.
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The 82nd soon distinguished itself in dogfights with enemy fighters while escorting bombers over Gabes, Sfax, Tunis, Bizerte, Kairouan, Sardinia, and other points. On 20 March 1943, while escorting
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where the pilots flew a round-the-clock schedule, dive-bombing enemy transports, communications, and gun positions. They also flew low altitude reconnaissance missions through the
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520:'s Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars. It was assigned to
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528:. Its operational squadrons were the 96th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was transferred from the 525th Air Defense Group, and the 97th FIS, which moved from
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February 1942 to 9 September 1945, the primary components of the group were the 95th, 96th and 97th Pursuit (later Fighter) Squadrons.
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aircraft, and it trained in long range fighter and fighter escort operations. A few months later the Air Force decided to test the wing-base (
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damaged 56, while losing only 11 P-38s. On 25 August, it conducted a low level strafing attack against enemy aircraft concentrations at
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82nd USAF Infirmary (later 82nd USAF Dispensary), 18 August 1955 β 8 January 1958
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In April 1943, the group moved to Tunis to take part in the final phase of the
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82nd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 8 August 1957 β 30 June 1958
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during a fighter sweep against enemy transport planes that were coming from
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1874:. Vol. II, 1955β1972. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History.
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On 12 April 1947, the War Department activated the 82nd Fighter Group at
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1816:. Research Studies Institute, USAF Historical Division, Air University.
1717:. Ent AFB, CO: Directorate of Historical Services, Air Defense Command.
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227:(Two Engine). The group left California in September and arrived in
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1792:(reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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1841:. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 108. Osprey Publishing.
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A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946β1980
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On 15 December 1991, the group was redesignated as the
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82nd Materiel Squadron, 18 August 1955 β 30 June 1958
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678:Attached to 7th Fighter Wing: 1β17 February 1943
1912:. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
1786:Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
1722:Cornett, Lloyd H.; Johnson, Mildred W. (1980).
1661:"Factsheet 99 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)"
1638:"Factsheet 98 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)"
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1611:"Factsheet 305 Air Division, Bombardment"
1349:"1941-1945: World War II Sergeant Pilots"
585:Inactivated in Italy on 9 September 1945.
324:area reporting crucial enemy activities.
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1465:Haulman, Daniel L. (26 December 2007).
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169:. It was inactivated on 31 March 1993.
1953:AFHRA Factsheet, 95th Fighter Squadron
1754:Air Force Combat Units of World War II
1663:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
1640:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
1492:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
1469:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
1419:. Air Force Historical Research Agency
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1027:82nd Fighter Group, PloieΘti, Romania
296:while supporting bomber raids against
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1860:. Boise, ID: Walsworth Publishing Co.
705:: 3 September 1945 β 9 September 1945
219:aircraft. Half of the first class of
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1707:Air Force Historical Research Agency
1659:Robertson, Patsy (12 January 2009).
1467:"96 Flying Training Squadron (AFRC)"
1252:Lockheed P-38 Lightning, (1942β1945)
312:During the invasion of Italy by the
1488:Haulman, Daniel L. (1 April 2008).
1415:Haulman, Daniel L. (21 June 2017).
1258:Lockheed F-94 Starfire, (1955β1958)
1165:15 August 1944 β 14 September 1944
1120:22 January 1944 β 9 September 1944
835:Muroc AAF, California 30 April 1942
1995:Air Education and Training Command
1195:15 September 1944 β 21 March 1945
942:, 15 December 1991 β 31 March 1993
729:, 15 December 1991 β 31 March 1993
508:(Air Defense) and activated it at
157:unit. It was last assigned to the
107:Air Education and Training Command
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1636:Haulman, Daniel (27 March 2017).
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1150:25 July 1944 β 14 September 1944
1105:18 August 1943 β 21 January 1944
911:, Italy Summer 1944 β Summer 1945
711:, 15 August 1947 β 2 October 1949
689:: 13 January 1944 β 27 March 1944
624:and activated on 15 December 1991
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43:Emblem of the 82nd Fighter Group
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1904:Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984).
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852:. 16 August β 16 September 1942
778:15 December 1991 β 26 June 1992
717:, 18 August 1955 β 1 March 1956
673:, December 1942 β February 1943
233:invasion of French North Africa
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699:: 27 March 1944 β 13 June 1945
269:. On 11 April it destroyed 32
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1783:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) .
1751:Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) .
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1060:3 October 1942 β 5 June 1944
782:99th Flying Training Squadron
776:98th Flying Training Squadron
723:, 1 March 1956 β 30 June 1958
647:, 9 February β September 1942
609:(Air Defense) on 20 June 1955
602:Inactivated on 2 October 1949
472:The group was outfitted with
259:North American B-25 Mitchells
151:82nd Operations Group (82 OG)
138:European Campaign (1942β1945)
1210:22 March 1944 β 21 May 1945
921:. 30 August β September 1945
844:Grand Central Air Terminal,
629:Inactivated on 31 March 1993
575:Activated on 9 February 1942
327:The movement of the 82nd to
1927:Watkins, Robert A. (2009).
1559:"Factsheet 47 Air Division"
1135:6 June 1944 β 24 July 1944
1021:Distinguished Unit Citation
1003:Distinguished Unit Citation
984:Distinguished Unit Citation
931:New Castle County Airport,
653:, September β December 1942
615:Inactivated on 30 June 1958
612:Activated on 18 August 1955
582:(Two Engine) on 15 May 1942
553:(82nd OG) and activated at
307:Distinguished Unit Citation
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1585:"Factsheet 5 Air Division"
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1009:82nd Fighter Group, Italy
991:82nd Fighter Group, Italy
599:Activated on 12 April 1947
200:The 82nd was activated at
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1417:"82 Training Wing (AETC)"
1398:Newton & Senning 1978
1386:Newton & Senning 1978
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893:, Italy c. 3 October 1943
294:Allied invasion of Sicily
116:Adorimini β Up and at'em!
36:
1237:Air Combat, EAME Theater
314:United States Fifth Army
277:to supply the crumbling
2172:58th Special Operations
1865:Leonard, Barry (2009).
1684:. Retrieved 16 May 2012
1543:. Retrieved 16 May 2012
905:, Italy 11 January 1944
899:, Italy 10 October 1943
883:, Tunisia 3 August 1943
871:, Algeria 28 March 1943
715:4710th Air Defense Wing
526:4710th Air Defense Wing
514:525th Air Defense Group
486:Continental Air Command
217:Lockheed P-38 Lightning
163:Williams Air Force Base
155:United States Air Force
89:United States Air Force
1955:(accessed 16 May 2012)
1856:Blake, Steven (1992).
1837:Blake, Steven (2012).
1703:public domain material
891:San Pancrazio Airfield
877:, Algeria 13 June 1943
703:305th Bombardment Wing
545:Williams AFB 1991-1993
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331:and its assignment to
206:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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875:Souk-el-Arba Airfield
841:, California May 1942
758:95th Fighter Squadron
752:Operational Squadrons
622:82nd Operations Group
551:82nd Operations Group
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424:96th Fighter Squadron
414:95th Fighter Squadron
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2233:381st Training Group
2228:336th Training Group
2187:80th Flying Training
2182:71st Flying Training
2157:47th Flying Training
2132:14th Flying Training
2127:12th Flying Training
955:Awards and campaigns
846:Glendale, California
687:5th Bombardment Wing
594:, Single Engine 1947
590:Redesignated as the
578:Redesignated as the
530:Wright-Patterson AFB
213:Muroc Army Air Field
1891:on 16 December 2019
1738:on 23 November 2006
1617:on 29 November 2012
1400:, pp. 584β585.
1388:, pp. 583β584.
1376:, pp. 581β582.
1326:, pp. 147β149.
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566:Constituted as the
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518:Air Defense Command
492:Air Defense Command
333:Fifteenth Air Force
1828:Anonymous (1949).
1591:on 30 October 2012
1565:on 17 October 2012
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727:82nd Training Wing
697:306th Fighter Wing
667:. 31 December 1942
607:82nd Fighter Group
592:82nd Fighter Group
580:82nd Fighter Group
568:82nd Pursuit Group
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634:Assignments
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443:Group Total
348:in Poland,
346:Blechhammer
283:Pantelleria
121:Engagements
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