82 Squadron (Portugal)
82 Squadron or 82nd Squadron may refer to: * No. 82 Squadron RAF a unit of the Royal Air Force * No. 82 Squadron RAAF, a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force * 82d Aerial Targets Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force * VFA-82 (Fighter Attack Squadron 82), a unit of the United States Navy See also * 82nd Division (other) * 82nd Regiment (other) 82nd Regiment or 82nd Infantry Regiment may refer to: * 82nd Regiment of Foot (1778) * 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) * 82nd Infantry Regiment (Philippine Commonwealth Army) * 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (United States) ...

82d Aerial Targets Squadron
The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group and stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The squadron was first activated as the 82nd Pursuit Squadron in 1942. Flying Lockheed P-38 Lightnings, the squadron saw combat as the 82nd Fighter Squadron during World War II in the European Theater of Operations, earning a pair of Distinguished Unit Citations for its actions in combat. Inactivated after the war, the squadron was activated for the air defense, first in the United States, then on Okinawa. It was inactivated in 1972, but activated again the following year as the 82nd Flying Training Squadron and trained pilots for the Air Force for the next four years. It was activated in its most recent role in 1981. Overview The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron was the last USAF unit which flew the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, flying the QF-4E,-G, and QRF-4C versions in the role of an aerial target. The 82 ATRS ...
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VFA-82
VFA-82, Strike Fighter Squadron 82, known as the ''Marauders'' was a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron formerly based at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, established in 1967 and deactivated in 2005. Its radio callsign was ''Streetcar''. History Attack Squadron 82 (VA-82) was established on 1 May 1967 as a light attack squadron flying the Vought A-7A Corsair II. The Marauders made their first deployment aboard during her maiden cruise to the waters off North Vietnam in April 1968. They returned to Southeast Asia in September 1969 aboard . The Marauders transitioned to the A-7E in August 1970, but in late spring of 1972, VA-82 was forced to revert to the A-7C due to unexpected problems with the A-7E's TF-41 engines. The Marauders then deployed from June 1972 to March 1973 aboard USS ''America'' for a ten-month combat cruise. On that deployment, VA-82 played a role in the attack that destroyed the Thanh Hoa Bridge, a vital link in the North Vietnamese Army supply lines and a t ...
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82nd Division (other)
In military terms, 82nd Division or 82nd Infantry Division (United States) may refer to: ; Infantry divisions : * 82nd Reserve Division (German Empire) * 82nd (West Africa) Division (United Kingdom) * 82nd Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 82nd Rifle Division 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ... (later 82nd Motorized Division, Soviet Union) ; Airborne divisions : * 82nd Airborne Division (United States) See also * 82nd Regiment (other) * 82nd Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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