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(Reassigned from Seventh Air Force, February 1943) 868th Bombardment Squadron (Unattached) (1944–45) (B-24) Formerly 349th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group. The planes flown by the 868th were often called SB-24s and sometimes LABs (Low Altitude Bomber). They were equipped with SRC-717-B search and navigation radar.
Patch de la 5th Air Force, USAAF (5ème force aérienne des États-Unis pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale) 5th Air Force, USAAF Patch (World War II) Date: 25 January 2013, 14:13:42: Source: File:5th_usaaf.png: Author: User:historicair
Headquarters, Thirteenth Air Force (29 October 1944 – 1 March 1945) Headquarters, XIII Bomber Command (17 October 1944 – 27 August 1945) 5th Bomb Group (13th AF) (October 1944 – 5 March 1945) 38th Bombardment Group (15 October 1944 – 29 January 1945) 310th Bombardment Wing (18 September – 14 November 1944)
Also, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, and operating the B-52H is a third unit, the 307th Bomb Wing, which is part of the Air Force Reserve Command. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its 5th Operations Group is a successor organization of the 5th Group (Composite) , one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the Army before World War II.
The 5th Operations Group (5 OG) is an operational component of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing, stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Its mission is to manage and operate B-52H Stratofortress bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force.
13th Air Expeditionary Task Force, c. January 2007 – 13 February 2007 [20] [21] Attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 10 June 2007-c. June 2007 [22] 13th Air Expeditionary Task Force, 18 August 2007 – 26 August 2007 [23] Attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 11 January 2008 – 31 March 2008 [24] [25]
The Army Air Forces also employed two composite groups with their own TO&Es: the 28th Bomb Group (15 B-24 and 30 B-25), and the 509th Composite Group (15 B-29 and 5 C-54). 19 heavy groups and one light bomb group were to be converted to very heavy groups for duty against Japan, but the war ended before the plan was carried out.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Squadron emblems of the United States Air Force. This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Units in this list ...