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397th Bombardment Group
397th may refer to: *397th Bombardment Squadron The 7th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group and is stationed at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Italy. The squadron was first established in the Panama Cana ..., inactive United States Air Force unit * 397th Bombardment Wing, inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the 45th Air Division of Strategic Air Command * 397th Engineer Battalion (United States), construction battalion of the United States Army based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin * 397th Fighter Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit See also * 397 (number) * 397, the year 397 (CCCXCVII) of the Julian calendar * 397 BC * * {{mil-unit-dis ...
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397th Bombardment Squadron
The 7th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 69th Reconnaissance Group and is stationed at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Italy. The squadron was first established in the Panama Canal Zone as the 7th Aero Squadron in 1917 and served as a reconnaissance unit until 1942, when it was redesignated as the 397th Bombardment Squadron. It served as a bomber unit through World War II and was inactivated at Rio Hato Army Air Base, Panama on 1 November 1946. The squadron was reactivated in 2015, returning to its earlier reconnaissance mission. History The squadron's mission from its inception in 1917 to its inactivation in 1946 was the defense of the Panama Canal. During the 1920s and 1930s it participated in a number of goodwill missions to nations in Central and South America. From its origins in 1917 until 1942, the unit was designated a variation of the 7th Reconnaissance Squadron. World War I With the entry of the Un ...
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397th Bombardment Wing
The 397th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit, last assigned to the 45th Air Division of Strategic Air Command at Dow Air Force Base, Maine, where it was inactivated on 25 April 1968. It was originally organized as the 397th Bombardment Group, a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It deployed to Western Europe with Ninth Air Force as a medium bombardment unit equipped with Martin B-26 Marauders. It returned to the United States during December 1945, being inactivated on 6 January 1946. The 397th Bombardment Wing was organized in 1963 as a component organization of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force during the Cold War. It was inactivated when Dow closed. In early 1984 the group and wing were consolidated into a single unit, but have not been active since. History World War II Constituted as 397th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 20 March 1943. Activated on 20 April 1943. Trained with B-26's. Moved to RAF Gosfield England, ...
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397th Engineer Battalion (United States)
The 397th Engineer Battalion is a multi-role engineer battalion of the United States Army based in Marina, California. Activated 18 May 1959 at Eau Claire, the battalion traces its lineage back to World War II. It is a United States Army Reserve The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. Since July 2020 ... formation and is subordinate to the 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade at Joint Base Lewis McCord WA. Lineage Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Battalion, 353d Engineer Regiment Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp White, Oregon, as the 2d Battalion, 353d Engineer General Service Regiment Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1944 as the 1393d Engineer Construction Battalion Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan Redesignated 6 February 1947 as the 397th Eng ...
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397th Fighter Squadron
The 397th Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was activated in June 1943 as part of the 368th Fighter Group. After training in the United States, it moved to the European Theater of Operations, where it served in combat until the spring of 1945 with Ninth Air Force, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation and a Belgian Fourragère for its actions. Following V-E Day, the squadron served in the army of occupation at AAF Station Straubing, Germany until it was inactivated on 20 August 1946 and transferred its personnel and equipment to another unit, which was activated in its place. History Organization and training The 397th Fighter Squadron was first organized at Westover Field, Massachusetts in June 1943 as one of the original squadrons of the 368th Fighter Group. The squadron drew its initial cadre from the 326th Fighter Group, an Operational Training Unit at Westover. In June 1943, the cadre of the squadron travelled to Orlando Army Air Bas ...
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397 (number)
300 (three hundred) is the natural number following 299 and preceding 301. Mathematical properties The number 300 is a triangular number and the sum of a pair of twin primes (149 + 151), as well as the sum of ten consecutive primes (13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47). It is palindromic in 3 consecutive bases: 30010 = 6067 = 4548 = 3639, and also in base 13. Factorization is 30064 + 1 is prime Other fields Three hundred is: * In bowling, a perfect score, achieved by rolling strikes in all ten frames (a total of twelve strikes) * The lowest possible Fair Isaac credit score * Three hundred ft/s is the maximum legal speed of a shot paintball * In the Hebrew Bible, the size of the military force deployed by the Israelite judge Gideon against the Midianites () * According to Islamic tradition, 300 is the number of ancient Israeli king Thalut's soldiers victorious against Goliath's soldiers * According to Herodotus, 300 is the number of ancient Spartans ...
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