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393rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
393rd or 393d may refer to: *393d Bomb Squadron (393 BS) is part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri *393d Bombardment Group, inactive United States Air Force unit *393d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1942), inactive United States Air Force unit * 393d Fighter Squadron or 179th Fighter Squadron, unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing located at Duluth Air National Guard Base, Minnesota *393rd (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery or 1st Hampshire Engineers, formed in 1862 responsible for the port defences of the South Coast of England *393rd Infantry Regiment (United States), U.S. Army Reserve regiment that is assigned to 75th Infantry Division (Training Support) See also *393 (number) *393, the year 393 (CCCXCIII) of the Julian calendar *393 BC __NOTOC__ Year 393 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Potitus and Maluginensis (or, less frequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
393d Bomb Squadron
The 393rd Bomb SquadronOfficially, the 393d Bomb Squadron is part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. It operates Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit nuclear-capable strategic bomber aircraft. The squadron was first organized in March 1944 as the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. In November 1944, the squadron transferred to the 509th Composite Group and began training for the delivery of nuclear weapons. In May 1945, it deployed to the Mariana Islands, where it became the only unit to use nuclear weapons in combat, when its aircraft dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August 1945 and 9 August 1945. After V-J Day, the squadron returned to the United States, and was stationed at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. During the early years of the Cold War, the squadron was involved in Operation Crossroads, nuclear weapons testing on Bikini Atoll., and has continued to operate nuclear-capable aircraft since then. At Roswell, the squadron upgraded to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
393d Bombardment Group
The 393d Bombardment Group is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was part of Second Air Force, and last stationed at Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1944. During World War II the group was a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Operational Training Unit, and later a Replacement Training Unit. It was inactivated in April 1944 in a general reorganization of Army Air Forces training units. History The 393rd Bombardment Group was activated in February 1943 at Geiger Field, Washington, with the 580th, 581st, 582nd and 583rd Bombardments assigned as its operational components.Maurer, ''Combat Units'', pp. 280-281Maurer, ''Combat Squadrons'', pp. 671-672 In March, the group moved to Gowen Field, Idaho and began to equip with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses to act as an Operational Training Unit (OTU). The OTU program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide cadres to "satellite groups". The OTU program was patterned after the uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
393d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1942)
393rd or 393d may refer to: *393d Bomb Squadron (393 BS) is part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri *393d Bombardment Group, inactive United States Air Force unit * 393d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1942), inactive United States Air Force unit *393d Fighter Squadron or 179th Fighter Squadron, unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing located at Duluth Air National Guard Base, Minnesota * 393rd (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery or 1st Hampshire Engineers, formed in 1862 responsible for the port defences of the South Coast of England *393rd Infantry Regiment (United States), U.S. Army Reserve regiment that is assigned to 75th Infantry Division (Training Support) See also * 393 (number) * 393, the year 393 (CCCXCIII) of the Julian calendar *393 BC __NOTOC__ Year 393 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Potitus and Maluginensis (or, less frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
393d Fighter Squadron
393rd or 393d may refer to: *393d Bomb Squadron (393 BS) is part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri *393d Bombardment Group, inactive United States Air Force unit *393d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) (1942), inactive United States Air Force unit * 393d Fighter Squadron or 179th Fighter Squadron, unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th Fighter Wing located at Duluth Air National Guard Base, Minnesota *393rd (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery or 1st Hampshire Engineers, formed in 1862 responsible for the port defences of the South Coast of England *393rd Infantry Regiment (United States), U.S. Army Reserve regiment that is assigned to 75th Infantry Division (Training Support) See also *393 (number) *393, the year 393 (CCCXCIII) of the Julian calendar *393 BC __NOTOC__ Year 393 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Potitus and Maluginensis (or, less frequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
