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The result: a greater reliance on nuclear weapons and air power to deter war. His administration invested in the Air Force, especially Strategic Air Command. The nuclear arms race became of signal importance. The Air Force retired nearly all of its propeller-driven B-29/B-50s and they were replaced by new Boeing B-47 Stratojet aircraft.
48th Armored Division – "Hurricane". 49th Armored Division – "Lone Star"; referring to its status as a Texas National Guard formation, after the state's nickname. 50th Armored Division – "Jersey Blues"; referring to the fact that it was a New Jersey National Guard unit. This is today's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
5th Squadron: Combat Aviation Brigade: 2nd Infantry Division: Desiderio Army Airfield, Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea "Talon" 6th Squadron: 16th Combat Aviation Brigade: N/A: Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Alaska: 7th Squadron: 1st Air Cavalry Brigade: 1st Cavalry Division: Yoakum–DeFrenn Army Heliport, Fort Cavazos, Texas "PaleHorse"
United States. The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) [ 1 ] was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States [ 2 ] during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947). It was created on 20 June 1941 as successor to the previous ...
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an increasingly important part of modern warfare, a philosophical rift developed between more traditional ground-based army personnel and those who felt that aircraft were ...
732nd Airlift Squadron: Air Force Reserve Command: Fourth Air Force: 514 AMW: 15 June 1942 JB McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, New Jersey [254] C-17A [255] 757th Airlift Squadron: Blue Tigers: Air Force Reserve Command: Twenty-Second Air Force: 910 AW: 1 July 1943 [256] Youngstown ARS, Ohio: C-130H [257] 758th Airlift Squadron: Air Force Reserve ...
406th Fighter Squadron. Strasbourg/Entzheim Airport. P-47. Inactivated on 10 November 1945 - Consolidated on 19 September 1985 with the 506th Air Refueling Squadron. 407th Fighter Squadron. Alexandria Army Air Base. P-51. Inactivated on 7 November 1945 - Redesignated 191st Fighter Squadron. 408th Fighter Squadron.
509th Composite Group. The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons. It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945. The group was activated on 17 December 1944 at Wendover Army Air ...