515th Air Mobility Operations Group
515th may refer to: *515th Air Defense Group, disbanded United States Air Force (USAF) organization *515th Air Mobility Operations Wing (515 AMOW), part of Air Mobility Command, stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii * 515th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States), Regiment of the US Army during the Second World War * 515th Strategic Fighter Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit See also * 515 (number) * 515 (other) *515 __NOTOC__ Year 515 ( DXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Florentius and Anthemius (or, less frequently, year 126 ..., the year 515 (DXV) of the Julian calendar * 515 BC {{mil-unit-dis ...
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515th Air Defense Group
The 515th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the 31st Air Division, stationed at Duluth Municipal Airport, Minnesota, where it was inactivated in 1955. The group was originally activated as a support unit for a combat group at the end of World War II in Italy, and then redeployed to Okinawa, where it continued that mission until it was inactivated in 1945. The group was activated once again in 1953, when Air Defense Command (ADC) established it as the headquarters for a dispersed fighter-interceptor squadron and the medical, maintenance, and administrative squadrons supporting it. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the 343d Fighter Group in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II. History World War II The group was activated as the 515th Air Service Group ...
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515th Air Mobility Operations Wing
The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing is part of Air Mobility Command stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii. It was activated in 2008. It coordinates logistical air movements into, out of, and throughout the Pacific. It is part of the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center. Mission The 515th serves as the Pacific arm of the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center and Air Mobility Command (AMC). The wing's mission is to provide enroute capability to accelerate air mobility for war fighters throughout the Pacific, utilizing command and control, aerial port operations and aircraft maintenance. The 515th controls, loads, unloads, and repairs mobility aircraft en route through the Pacific area. This includes military, commercial, and foreign aircraft. Two Air Mobility Operations Groups fall under the wing. The group has overseen a humanitarian relief to earthquake victims in China and tsunami relief in American Samoa. The wing also plays an essent ...
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515th Bombardment Squadron
The 515th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was first formed in the Middle East in 1942 to reinforce the Royal Air Force in North Africa with personnel and aircraft diverted from delivery to the China Burma India Theater. The squadron moved forward, eventually being stationed in Italy, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, and was awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations for its combat actions. Following V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States, where it converted to Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, but was inactivated in March 1946. The squadron was reactivated at Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio in 1958, when Strategic Air Command (SAC) reorganized its Boeing B-47 Stratojet wings to have four squadrons. It was inactivated on 1 January 1962, when SAC alert posture was changed and no longer fit the four squadron model. History World War II Background In early 1942, the Afrika Corps was ...
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515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment was an airborne forces, airborne, specifically a Paratrooper, parachute infantry, regiment of the United States Army during World War II. The unit was used to provide replacements for overseas, but was later assigned to the 13th Airborne Division (United States), 13th Airborne Division and sent to the Western Front (World War II), Western Front in anticipation of combat with the Germans and was later en route to the Pacific Theatre of World War II, Pacific Theatre when the war came to an end. Activation At Ft. Benning, Georgia The 515th was activated as cadre on 31 May 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Initially the regiment processed graduates of the parachute school. It was only on 1 December 1943 that orders came down from Airborne Command placing the 515th in full activation. It is for this reason that the 515th is considered the most junior of the US Army's parachute regiments. Colonel Julian B. Lindsay was the regi ...
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515th Strategic Fighter Squadron
The 515th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 407th Strategic Fighter Wing stationed at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1957. The squadron (aviation), squadron was first activated in March 1943 as the 632d Bombardment Squadron and equipped with light ground attack aircraft. In July 1943, the air echelon of the squadron deployed to the Aleutian Islands to defend against the Japanese attacks there. It returned to the United States the following month and was redesignated the 515th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, while continuing to train for combat with the same mission. It became a Operational - Replacement Training Units#Replacement Training Units, Replacement Training Unit, but was disbanded in the spring of 1944 in a general reorganization of Army Air Forces training units. The squadron was reactivated in 1953 as part of Strategic Air Command (SAC), flying escort fighters ...
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515 (number)
500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501. Mathematical properties 500 = 22 × 53. It is an Achilles number and an Harshad number, meaning it is divisible by the sum of its digits. It is the number of planar partitions of 10. Other fields Five hundred is also *the number that many NASCAR races often use at the end of their race names (e.g., Daytona 500), to denote the length of the race (in miles, kilometers or laps). *the longest advertised distance (in miles) of the IndyCar Series and its premier race, the Indianapolis 500. Slang names * Monkey (UK slang for £500; USA slang for $500) Integers from 501 to 599 500s 501 501 = 3 × 167. It is: * the sum of the first 18 primes (a term of the sequence ). * palindromic in bases 9 (6169) and 20 (15120). 502 * 502 = 2 × 251 * vertically symmetric number 503 503 is: * a prime number. * a safe prime. * the sum of three consecutive primes (163 + 167 + 173). * the sum of t ...
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515 (other)
515 may refer to: * The year 515. * The year 515 BC. * 515 (number), the natural number. * 515 Athalia, a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid * " 5:15", a song by The Who. * " 5:15 (Bridgit Mendler song)", a song by American singer, Bridgit Mendler. * "(515)", a song by American nu metal band Slipknot. * Area code 515, an area code serving part of the state of Iowa. * Interstate 515, a spur of Interstate 15 serving the Las Vegas area. * Fiat 515 The Fiat 515 is a passenger car produced by Fiat between 1931 and 1935. The 515 is a "hybrid", with a Fiat 514 engine in the larger 522 __NOTOC__ Year 522 ( DXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar ...