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The Fifteenth Air Force (15 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base.It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the Ninth Air Force and Twelfth Air Force into a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command's conventional forces.
The Foggia Airfield Complex was a series of World War II military airfields located within a 40 km (25 mi) radius of Foggia, in the Province of Foggia, Italy.The airfields were used by the United States Army Air Forces' Fifteenth Air Force as part of the strategic bombardment campaign against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945, as well as the Twelfth Air Force, the British Royal Air Force and the ...
Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 18th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1963. Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 821st Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 September 1964. Reassigned to: Fifteenth Air Force, 810th Strategic Aerospace Division on 1 July 1966. (Attached to Advanced Echelon, 3rd Air Division from 5 February to 15 April 1968).
Previously served with both the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces before being assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force in November 1943. Stationed in Tunisia and later Southern Italy. Inactivated November 1945. 2641st Special Group (Provisional) Assigned directly to 15th AF Headquarters. Flew B-17s, B-24s and other aircraft types as needed.
In June, 1944, the Fifteenth Air Force adopted a color-symbol scheme to identify its groups and wings. The 5th Bomb Wing painted the elevators and rudders of its B-17s various colors but otherwise maintained its marking scheme. The B-24 wings adopted a method by which color and symbol placement would identify its groups: 47th Bomb Wing
"More than a third of the 18,000 B-24 bombers produced during World War II were shot down, and most air crewmen did not survive past seven missions." 'Unfaltering Courage': True story of WWII ...
David B. Lyons is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the commander of the Fifteenth Air Force. He previously served as the director of air and space operations of the Air Combat Command. [1] [2] [3]
The combined heavy bomber forces in the Mediterranean were then designated as the Fifteenth Air Force, with all B-17 groups remaining assigned to the 5th Bombardment Wing. Fifteenth Air Force's mission was to carry out long distance bombardment missions against enemy targets in Southern and Central Europe.