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The group was redesigned as the 915th Tactical Fighter Group. the 915th Group was the first Air Force Reserve McDonnell F-4C Phantom II unit in October 1978. Inactivated in 1981 when Tenth Air Force elevated its presence at Homestead to a wing, with personnel and equipment transferred to the new 482d Tactical Fighter Wing.
On 11 February 1963, the 915th Troop Carrier Group (915 TCG) was activated as a TAC-gained AFRES organization at Homestead AFB under the 435 TCW, with the 76 TCS as a subordinate unit. 1965 and 1966 also saw significant changes to AFRES and Air National Guard (ANG) operations at Homestead AFB.
The Army Air Forces in World War II. Vol. I, Plans and Early Operations. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. p. 658. LCCN 48003657. OCLC 704158. Knaack, Marcelle Size (1988). Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems. Vol. 2, Post-World War II Bombers 1945–1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 248 n.41.
The group was equipped with Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars for Tactical Air Command airlift operations. The 916th was one of three C-119 groups assigned to the 435th Troop Carrier Wing in 1963, the others being the 915th Troop Carrier Group at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida and the 917th Troop Carrier Group at Barksdale Air Force Base ...
436th Troop Carrier Group, 1 April 1943 – 15 November 1945; 419th Troop Carrier Group, 11 April 1948; 436th Troop Carrier Group, 27 June 1949 – 16 April 1951; 436th Troop Carrier Group, 18 May 1955 – 15 May 1958; Continental Air Command, 14 March 1966; 915th Military Airlift Group, 1 April 1966; Eastern Air Force Reserve Region, 30 July 1971
USN Task Group 50.2 – Northern Carrier Group – Makin Landing (Radford) USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) USN Task Group 50.3 -Southern Carrier Group – Tarawa Landing USS Essex (CV-9) USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Until 8 Dec; USS Independence (CVL-22) Until 23 Nov; USN Task Force 52: USN Task Group 52.3 – Air Support Group: USN ...
The 435th Troop Carrier Group was inactivated on 14 April 1959 when the 435th Wing adopted the Dual Deputy organization and the group's squadrons were assigned directly to the wing. [ 23 ] [ 21 ] [ 20 ] [ 18 ] In 1960, the wing left busy Miami International Airport and moved south to Homestead Air Force Base , Florida.
The table below lists the principal carrier-launched fighters and bombers used during World War II. They are listed within each aircraft type in chronological order of their introduction to service. Allied reporting names such as "Val" and "Kate" are included for IJN aircraft. Neither Germany nor Italy put carriers or carrier-launched aircraft ...