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7th Squadron (Iraq)
7 Squadron or 7th Squadron may refer to: * No. 7 Squadron RAAF, a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force * No. 7 Squadron, Indian Air Force * No. 7 Squadron RNZAF, a unit of the Royal New Zealand Air Force * No. 7 Squadron PAF, Pakistan Air Force * 7 Squadron SAAF, a unit of the South African Air Force * No. 7 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force * 7th Squadron (JASDF), a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force * 7th Tactical Squadron, Polish Air Force * 7th Cruiser Squadron (United Kingdom), a blockading force of the Royal Navy during the World War I * 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry, a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War * 7th Observation Squadron, later 7th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Force; see 303d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron * 7th Aero Squadron, later 7th Observation Squadron, later 7th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Force; see 397th Bombardment Squadron United States Air Force * 7th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Squadron SAAF
7 Squadron was a unit of the South African Air Force which served in the Second World War as well as in South Africa between 1951 and 1992. During the war, the squadron was used as a fighter squadron deployed to the Western Desert as well as in the Aegean, Italy and Ceylon. The squadron was inactive from the end of the war until 1951 when it re-activated as a citizen force training squadron, a role it retained during two periods of active service until 1992, when it was disbanded for the last time. History 7 Squadron was formed as a South African Air Force unit on 12 January 1942 at Zwartkop Air Station equipped with Harvard and Mohawk aircraft, with Douglas Loftus as commanding officer. It was re-equipped with Hurricane Mk Is in April 1942 and was then moved to Egypt. By the time the war in Africa had been concluded, the squadron was equipped with Spitfire Mk Vs in July 1943 and was tasked with convoy escort and fighter-interception sorties. On 10 September 1943 six pilots and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Expeditionary Airborne Command And Control Squadron
The 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron is part of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. It operates the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft, conducting airborne command and control missions. The squadron has performed the airborne command and control mission since 1968, when it was activated in Vietnam. In 1985, the squadron was consolidated with three earlier units: The 7th Ferrying Squadron, which helped deliver aircraft to the Soviet Union from 1942 until 1944; the 7th Combat Cargo Squadron, which performed combat airlift missions in the Southwest Pacific Theater from 1944 until V-J Day, then became part of the Occupation Forces in Japan until inactivating in 1948; and the 7th Air Transport Squadron, Special, which provided airlift support for the United States' special weapons program from 1954 to 1966. History World War II ferrying operations The squadron's first predecessor was activated at Seattle Airport, Washington in March 1942 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Space Warning Squadron
The 7th Space Warning Squadron (SWS) is the premier Space Domain Awareness sensor on the West Coast. The unit was originally established to guard the U.S. West Coast against sea-launched ballistic missiles from the eastern outskirts of Beale Air Force Base approximately east of Marysville, California. 7 SWS is a geographically separated unit of Space Delta 4. Mission Space Domain Awareness The 7th SWS is primarily responsible for Space Domain Awareness along two lines of effort: Integrated Missile Warning & Defense (IMW/D) and Space Surveillance (SSA). Their passive mission is IMW/D where they only take action after a missile event has occurred. After autonomously sensing a missile within the coverage area the crew takes action in order to warn senior leaders of threats. All other times, the crew is actively engaged with the radar equipment, tuning and managing radar energy to best acquire, discern, track, and disseminate space object observations. Integrated Missile Warning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Space Operations Squadron
The United States Air Force's 7th Space Operations Squadron is an Air Force reserve space operations unit located at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. Mission The 7th Space Operations Squadron is a reserve associate unit that is integrated with the 1st Space Operations Squadron in operating the Multi-Mission Space Operations Center, a one-of-a-kind satellite operations center focused on rapidly fielding space technologies for warfighters. History World War II reconnaissance training The first predecessor of the 7th Squadron was the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron which was activated on 28 January 1942, at MacDill Field, Florida and assigned directly to Third Air Force. After a brief period at Savannah, Georgia, where Eighth Air Force was building up for its move to the European Theater of Operations, the squadron moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where it became part of the 2d Photographic Group. The squadron's primary mission was to train aircrews in photog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood (writer), Christopher Wood, John Gardner (British writer), John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd (writer), William Boyd, and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is ''With a Mind to Kill'' by Anthony Horowitz, published in May 2022. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on Young Bond, a young James Bond, and Samantha Weinberg, Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the The Moneypenny Diaries, diaries of a recurring series character, Miss Moneypenny, Moneypenny. The character—also known by the code number 007 (pronounced "double-oh-seven")—has also been adapted for television, radio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
The 7th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 34th Bombardment Group at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 28 August 1945. The squadron was activated in January 1941 at Langley Field, Virginia. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron performed antisubmarine patrols. The squadron moved to the western United States and was a training unit until the end of 1943. It then trained for combat and moved to the European Theater of Operations in April 1944. It participated in combat from May 1944 until VE Day. It returned to the United States in the summer of 1945 and was inactivated. History World War II The squadron was activated at Langley Field, Virginia in January 1941 as the 7th Bombardment Squadron, one of the original squadrons of the 34th Bombardment Group, and equipped with a mixture of B-17C and B-17D Flying Fortresses and Douglas B-18 Bolos. Along with the 34th Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Intelligence Squadron
The United States Air Force's 7th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The squadron, as the 7th Radio Squadron, Mobile, provided intelligence for American forces in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. As the 302d Radio Squadron, Mobile, it was active in the organized Reserve from 1948 to 1949. History World War II The squadron was first established in the Signal Corps at Davis-Monthan Field in July 1942 as the 957th Signal Radio Intelligence Company. In January the unit moved to California and trained there. In February 1944, it was converted to an Air Corps unit as the 7th Radio Squadron, Mobile, specializing in intercepting radio transmissions in Japanese. In November 1944, the squadron shipped to New Guinea, arriving the following month. Until V-J Day, it conducted operations from New Guinea and the Philippines, remaining in theater through December 1945, when it returned to the United States and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Fighter Squadron
The 7th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 1st Operations Group. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Overview The 7th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 1st Operations Group. The unit was reactivated on 12 November 2021. It is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The 7th FTS received personnel and equipment transferred from the 71st Fighter Training Squadron at JBLE. The 7th FTS assumed the adversary air mission, which utilizes T-38 Talons to help prepare F-22 Raptor pilots for real-world combat scenarios. The 7th FTS has a history steeped in tradition dating back to World War II, where the squadron conducted air defense missions in the Pacific Theater flying the P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning in Australia and New Guinea. The 7th FTS mascot and emblem, the ‘Screamin’ Demons’, was derived from the Australian Aboriginal’s death demon, the ‘Buny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Bombardment Squadron
The 7th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 34th Bombardment Group at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 28 August 1945. The squadron was activated in January 1941 at Langley Field, Virginia. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the squadron performed antisubmarine patrols. The squadron moved to the western United States and was a training unit until the end of 1943. It then trained for combat and moved to the European Theater of Operations in April 1944. It participated in combat from May 1944 until VE Day. It returned to the United States in the summer of 1945 and was inactivated. History World War II The squadron was activated at Langley Field, Virginia in January 1941 as the 7th Bombardment Squadron, one of the original squadrons of the 34th Bombardment Group, and equipped with a mixture of B-17C and B-17D Flying Fortresses and Douglas B-18 Bolos. Along with the 34th Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Squadron (JASDF)
The 7th Squadron () was a squadron of the 4th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Matsushima Air Base, in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was equipped with North American F-86F Sabre aircraft.Thompson, PauJASDF - Squadron Histories''J-HangarSpace'' Retrieved October 2, 2017 History On February 1, 1960, the squadron was formed at Matsushima Air Base in Iwate Prefecture as part of the 5th Air Wing. On July 1, 1960, it transferred to the 4th Air Wing. It was a frontline squadron until the 4th Air Wing became responsible for training on August 23, 1973. It was disbanded on June 30, 1970. Squadrons 1-11 were F-86F squadrons. Aircraft operated Fighter aircraft * North American F-86F Sabre（1960-1977） See also * Fighter units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Fighter units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force are squadrons of fighter aircraft dedicated to the defense of Japan. As Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution states that the country renounces war, JASDF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Air Refueling Squadron
The 7th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 19th Operations Group, stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, where it was inactivated on 1 January 1993. History World War II Established in 1943 by Air Transport Command in India, the squadron flew Curtiss C-46 Commando transports from the Assam Valley in India over the 'Hump' to bases in China, flying supplies, personnel and equipment to support Fourteenth Air Force combat units in the China Burma India Theater (CBI). MATS airlift Reactivated as part of Military Air Transport Service (MATS) in 1952, it flew Douglas C-54 Skymasters from McChord Air Force Base, Washington to Elmendorf and Ladd Air Force Bases, Alaska. It moved to Travis Air Force Base, California in 1953, where it was re-equipped with Douglas C-124 Globemaster II intercontinental strategic transport aircraft. The unit flew very long range strategic airlift missions within the MATS Western Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Airlift Squadron
The 7th Airlift Squadron is part of the 62d Airlift Wing at McChord Air Force Base, Washington. It operates Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide. Mission Train and equip C-17 aircrews for global air-land and airdrop operations. History World War II The squadron's origins begin on 1 October 1933 when it was constituted in the Regular Army Reserve as the 7th Transport Squadron, assigned to the 2d Transport Group in the Fourth Corps Area without personnel or equipment. It was activated on 14 October 1939 in the United States Army Air Corps and activated at the Sacramento Air Depot, California, assigned to the 10th Transport Group. It was equipped with Douglas C-33 transports, tasked with transporting supplies and equipment from the depots to field units at airfields in the Western United States. After the Pearl Harbor Attack, the squadron was transferred to the 62d Troop Carrier Group and re-equipped with Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
