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Aviano Air Base (IATA: AVB, ICAO: LIPA) (Italian: Base aerea di Aviano) is a base in northeastern Italy, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located in the Aviano municipality, at the foot of the Carnic Pre-Alps or Southern Carnic Alps , about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Pordenone .
During this time, there were three types of Aerial Delivery companies; Aerial Supply, Parachute Maintenance, and Air Equipment Repair. The 601st Quartermaster Aerial Supply Company's mission was to train and execute heavy airdrop missions and conduct re-supply operations from airdrop platforms or containers, by lashing them to the inside of the ...
The wing traces its lineage to its activation on 20 November 1947, first designated as the 31st Fighter Wing, and stationed at Turner Airfield, Georgia. Since then, the wing has been stationed at George Air Force Base, California and Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, until finally coming to Aviano Air Base, Italy in April 1994. [4]
It is the former Naval Air Station Los Alamitos. March Air Reserve Base is in Riverside County. It was previously named March Air Force Base. Naval Air Station Point Mugu is in Ventura County. Channel Islands Air National Guard Station and Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles also use the airfield. U.S. Air Force Plant 42 is in Palmdale.
The wing headquarters was located at Aviano Air Base, Italy.It operated from expeditionary sites at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; Camp Able Sentry, Macedonia; Sarajevo and Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia; Taszar Air Base, Hungary; Zagreb, Croatia and Naval Air Station Sigonella and San Vito Air Station, Italy; in addition to a contingency processing center at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany.
The 57th Rescue Squadron is part of the 31st Operations Group, 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy.As part of the 31st Operations Group it conducts pararescue operations in support of higher command directives, at times utilizing HH-60G Pave Hawk and Lockheed HC-130 Hercules aircraft flown by other rescue squadrons such as the 56th Rescue Squadron, also based at Aviano.
Sidi Slimane Air Base, French Morocco], 14 November 1952 – 18 March 1960; Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 8 July 1972 – 15 October 1975; Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, 1 May 1988 - May 2006; RAF Lakenheath, England, 1 June 2006 – April 2018 [1] Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 2018 – present
In December 2006 it was redesignated the 8th Air Support Operations Squadron and activated at Aviano Air Base, Italy. [ b ] The squadron's main mission was to advise Southern European Task Force and the 173rd Airborne Brigade on the use of air power and provide precision terminal attack guidance of close air support aircraft. [ 2 ]