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The 7th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 7th Bomb Wing, stationed at
Dyess Air Force Base Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located about southwest of downtown Abilene, Texas, and west of Fort Worth, Texas. The host unit at Dyess is the 7th Bomb Wing assigned to the Global Strike Command Ei ...
, Texas. The 7th Operations Group currently flies the B-1 Lancer. The 7th Operations Group is a direct successor organization of the 7th Bombardment Group, one of the 15 original combat air groups formed by the United States Army before World War II. Activated in 1921, it inherited the lineage of the 1st Army Observation Group, which was established and organized, on 6 September 1918. The 7th Bombardment Group was deploying to the Philippines when the
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attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six of the group's
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aircraft which had left Hamilton Field, California on 6 December 1941 reached Hawaii during the enemy attack, but were able to land safely. The unit later served in India during World War II. In the postwar era, the 7d Bombardment Group was one of the first USAAF units assigned to the
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on 1 October 1946, prior to the establishment of the United States Air Force. Equipped with low-hour B-29 Superfortress surplus World War II aircraft, the group was inactivated in 1952 when the parent wing adopted the Tri-Deputate organization and assigned all of the group's squadrons directly to the wing. Reactivated as the 7th Operations Group in 1991 when the 7th Bomb Wing adopted the USAF Objective organization plan.


Assigned Units

The 7 OG (Tail Code: DY) consists of the following units: * 7th Operations Support Squadron * 9th Bomb Squadron *
28th Bomb Squadron The 28th Bomb Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Global Strike Command, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron is equipped with the Rockwell B-1B Lancer. The 28th i ...
*
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Both the 9th and 28th Bomb Squadrons fought in combat on the
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of World War I, and histories predate that of the Operations Group.


Heraldry

The group's emblem, approved in 1933, features three crosses symbolizing its squadrons' battle honors. The diagonal stripe was taken from the coat of arms of Province of Lorraine which France took back from Germany in World War I.


History

: ''For additional history and lineage, see 7th Bomb Wing''


World War I

In the summer of 1918 and the organization of the United States First Army in France, the
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was organized at
Gondreville-sur-Moselle Aerodrome Gondreville-sur-Moselle Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located South of Gondreville, Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Overview The airfield was built during spring of 1918 with various ai ...
on 6 September. The group initially consisted of the 91st and
24th Aero Squadron The 24th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as an Army Observation Squadron, performing long-range, strategic reconnaissance over the entire len ...
s, which flew over the front into enemy territory. Aircraft from the group took numerous air photos and compiled maps of enemy troop concentrations, road convoys, railway traffic, artillery and other targets during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel in mid-September. Gorrell, On 22 September, the group changed stations, moving to
Vavincourt Aerodrome Vavincourt Aerodrome, was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located south of Vavincourt, in the Meuse department in north-eastern France. Overview The airfield was built during the summer of 1918 by the French troops with an ...
. At Vavincourt, the 9th Aero Squadron (Night Observation) was assigned to the unit. With the addition of the 9th, both day and night patrols were made over enemy territory, with intelligence being returned to First Army headquarters. The duties of the group consisted of long-distance patrols far into the enemy rear areas, both visual and photographic. Special attention was paid to enemy movements on roads, canals and railways. Railway stations and marshalling yards were noted, along with supply depots, airfields and munition storage areas. Once located, they were kept under routine observation. Also, the locations of enemy heavy artillery batteries were monitored and their movements recorded. The First Army OG flew no less than 521 successful missions, with a total of 1,271 sorties being made. Daily battles with enemy aircraft were engaged, with the group shooting down 50 aircraft in 111 aerial combats. With the Armistice with Germany being reached on 11 November 1918, the group ceased flying into enemy territory, but maintained an alert for several weeks afterward.


Between the wars

After World War I, the Army Air Service was re-organized on a permanent basis. The 1st Army Observation Group was organized at Park Field, Memphis, Tennessee on 1 October 1919. It was transferred to Langley Field, Virginia and was assigned the 1st,
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and 88th Aero Squadrons, equipped with surplus de Havilland DH-4s. On 14 March 1921, with the formation of the United States Army Air Service, it was re-designated as the 7th Observation Group. It was inactivated due to funding issues on 30 August 1921.Clay, The group was re-formed at Rockwell Field, San Diego, California and activated on 1 June 1928. The re-formed Group was assigned the 9th, 11th, 22d and 31st Bombardment Squadrons. The 9th, 11th and 31st squadrons lent their World War I lineage to the group's emblem as indicated by the three
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es on the shield. While the group was assigned at Rockwell Field, the fledgling Air Force was testing new theories and ideas. In early 1931, the 7th began training aircrews in radio-controlled interception. A bomber, acting as a target, reported by radio to a ground station, giving location, altitude and course. Armed with this information, ground controllers guided pursuit aircraft to the objective. The 7th was transferred to March Field, Riverside California, on 29 October 1931 with its 11th Squadron joining the 9th and 31st Bombardment Squadrons which had been activated on 1 April 1931, but had not been manned. The
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Condor was flown by the 11th; the 9th flew the Keystone B-4; while the 31st flew 0-35s, B-1s, and B-7s. A sprinkling of other aircraft types from the era was also found among the squadrons. The 7th trained and participated in aerial reviews, assisted in atmospheric experiments, dropped food and medical supplies to people marooned or lost, and took part in massive Army maneuvers during the 1930s flying
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and Keystone biplane bombers, then
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s, For 102 days in 1934 the Army Air Corps flew domestic air mail routes, assigned to the job by an executive order from the White House. This followed a year long investigation that alleged fraud and collusion among the dozen or so airlines who hauled the mail for a subsidy of fifty four cents per mile own. Following the closure of Rockwell Field in San Diego, the 7th had to make room at March for the 19th Bomb Group. Overcrowding at March and the opening of the new Hamilton Field near San Francisco led the group to be transferred on 22 May 1937 and equipped with B-18 Bolos. Equipped with the new B-17C in 1939, runway issues at Hamilton Field forced a transfer to Fort Douglas/Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, Utah on 1 September 1940 which could better handle the large, heavy bombers. In Utah, the group was re-equipped with the B-17E – the first Fortress to introduce a completely new rear fuselage with a manually operated turret housing two 0.50-inch machine guns fitted in the extreme tail. With the crisis in the Pacific in late 1941, ground elements departed from Fort Douglas 13 November 1941 and sailed from the port of San Francisco on 21 November on an army transport en route to the Philippines. Aircraft and crews began departing Muroc Field, CA, on 6 December en route to Hawaii. Elements of the group flew their B-17s into Hickam Field at the height of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.


World War II

The group was in the process of moving to the Philippines when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six of the Group's B-17 aircraft left Utah on 5 December for deployment to the Far East. Six of them arrived in Hawaii but landed safely at alternate airfields, avoiding destruction by the attacking Japanese aircraft. The rest of them were ordered to defend California against the Japanese threat, since in the hysteria of the moment the Japanese fleet was expected to show up off the
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at any time. The ground echelon, on board a ship in the Pacific Ocean, was diverted to Brisbane, Australia. The air echelon moved its B-17Es via North Africa and India to Java, where from 14 January to 1 March 1942, it operated against the Japanese advancing through the Philippines and
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. Received the
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(DUC) for its action against enemy aircraft, ground installations, warships and transports. The group's B-17Es were distributed to other bomb squadrons in Australia, and the air echelon was reunited with the ground echelon in India in March 1942, being equipped with longer-range
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s. From bases in India, the group resumed combat under Tenth Air Force against targets in Burma. It received
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s and LB-30s in early 1942 but by the end of the year had converted entirely to B-24s. From then through September 1945, bombed airfields, fuel and supply dumps, locomotive works, railways, bridges, docks, warehouses, shipping, and troop concentrations in Burma and struck oil refineries in Thailand, power plants in China and enemy shipping in the
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. Ceased bombing operations in late May 1945 and was attached to the Air Transport Command to haul gasoline over "
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" from India to China. Received second DUC for damaging enemy's line of supply in Southeast Asia with an attack against rail lines and bridges in Thailand on 19 March 1945. Returned to US in December 1945 and inactivated the following month.


Cold War

Activated on 1 October 1946 as a B-29 bombardment group and trained with B-29s in global bombardment operations, November 1947 – December 1948. Personnel and aircraft of the new group, consisting of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, were transferred to Fort Worth Army Airfield (renamed Carswell Air Force Base on 29 January 1948) from the
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at Spokane AAFld, Washington. With its B-29s, the 7th prepared its people for any combat eventuality that might arise, flying simulated bombing missions over various cities. On 5 July 1947, a flight of eight B-29s of the 492nd Bomb Squadron deployed from Fort Worth AAF to
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, Japan. Shortly after this the detachment received orders to redeploy to Fort Worth AAF via Washington, D.C. The aircraft left Yokota AB on 2 August, flew over the Aleutian Islands, then into
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, Alaska. From Anchorage the flight flew over Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, turned south and flew over Minnesota and Wisconsin. The bombers flew a low-level flight between The Pentagon and Washington Monument in the Capitol on 3 August. Completing this aerial demonstration, they headed for Fort Worth, landing 31 hours after launch from Japan and covering 7,086 miles. On 12 September, the group deployed 30 B-29s to Giebelstadt Army Airfield, near Würzburg, West Germany. This flight was the largest bomber formation flown from Fort Worth AAF overseas to date, landing in Germany on 13 September. During their ten-day stay, the group bombers participated in training operations over Europe, as well as a show-of-force display by the United States in the early part of the
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with the Soviet Union. The flight redeployed from Germany on 23 September. On 17 November 1947, the 7th Bombardment Wing was established to organize and train a force capable of immediate and sustained long range offensive warfare and operations in any part of the world. The 7th Bombardment Group became its operational component. The wing's mission was to prepare for global strategic bombardment in the event of hostilities. Under various designations, the 7th Bomb Wing flew a wide variety of aircraft at the base until its inactivation in 1993. In June 1948 the first Consolidated B-36A Peacekeeper was delivered. The first B-36 was designated the "City of Fort Worth" (AF Serial No. 44-92015), and was assigned to the 492d Bomb Squadron. With the arrival of the B-36s, the wing was redesignated as the 7th Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 1 August. B-36s continued to arrive throughout 1948, with the last B-29 being transferred on 6 December to the 97th Bomb Group at
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. For 10 years, the "Peacemaker" cast a large shadow on the Iron Curtain and served as our nations major deterrent weapons system. As part of the 7th Bomb Wing, the 11th Bomb Group was activated on 1 December with the 26th, 42nd, and 98th Bomb Squadrons, Heavy, were activated and assigned. The 11th Bomb Group was equipped with B-36As for training purposes. A five ship B-36 formation was flown on 15 January 1949, in an air review over Washington, D.C., commemorating the inauguration of the President of the United States,
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. In February 1949, a B-50 Superfortress (developed from the famed B-29) and named ''Lucky Lady II'' took off from Carswell Air Force Base for the first nonstop flight around the world. She returned to Carswell after mid-air refueling, flying 23,108 miles, and remaining aloft for ninety-four hours and one minute. In January 1951, the 7th took part in a special training mission to the United Kingdom. The purpose of the mission was to evaluate the B-36D under simulated war plan conditions. Also, further evaluate the equivalent airspeed and compression tactics for heavy bombardment aircraft. The aircraft, staging through
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, Maine, would land at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, following a night radar bombing attack on Helgoland, West Germany. From there the bombers would conduct a simulated bomb run on the Heston Bomb Plot, London, finally landing at RAF Lakenheath. This was the first deployment of wing and SAC B-36 aircraft to England and Europe. For the next four days the flight flew sorties out of England. The aircraft redeployed to the states on 20 January arriving at Carswell on 21 January. On 16 February 1951 became a paper organization. With all assigned flying squadrons reassigned directly to the 7 Bombardment Wing as part of the Tri-Deputate organization plan adopted by the wing. The group inactivated on 16 June 1952.


Post 1992

As part of a major Air Force-wide reorganization due to the implementation of the Objective Wing organization, the Group was redesignated 7th Operations Group and again became the combat element of the 7th Wing. It controlled two B-52 squadrons and one KC-135 air refueling squadron. When flying operations ended at Carswell AFB, TX in December 1992, the group inactivated the following month. Upon activation of the 7th Wing at Dyess AFB, TX on 1 October 1993, the group again activated as the combat element of the wing. Equipped with B-1B and C-130 aircraft, the group's mission included bombardment and tactical airlift. It lost its airlift responsibilities in April 1997. At that time it also gained a conventional bombing mission. In November 1998, deployed several aircraft to Oman in support of
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, where the B-1 flew its first combat missions on 17 and 18 December 1998. Since 1999, trained bomber aircrews for global conventional bombing.


Lineage

* Organized in France as: First Army Observation Group, 6 September 1918 : Demobilized in France, 15 April 1919 * Organized as: 1st Army Observation Group, 1 October 1919 : Re-designated: 7th Group (Observation), 14 March 1921 : Inactivated 30 August 1921 : Re-designated: 7th Observation Group on 25 January 1923 : Re-designated: 7th Bombardment Group on 24 March 1923 * Activated on 1 June 1928 : Re-designated: 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 December 1939 : Re-designated: 7th Bombardment Group, Heavy on 15 October 1944 : Inactivated on 6 January 1946 * Re-designated 7th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy on 1 October 1946 : Organized and activated, on 1 October 1946 : Re-designated 7th Bombardment Group, Heavy on 20 July 1948 : Inactivated on 16 June 1952 * Re-designated 7th Operations Group on 29 August 1991 : Activated on 1 September 1991 : Inactivated on 1 January 1993 * Activated on 1 October 1993 * Consolidated with the First Army Observation Group, 13 January 1994 * Consolidated unit reconstituted as 7th Operations Group, 13 January 1994


Assignments

* First Army Air Service, 6 September 1918 – 15 April 1919 *
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, 1 October 1919 – 30 August 1921 * Ninth Corps Area, 1 June 1928 *
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, c. 30 October 1931 * IX Corps Area, c. 1 October 1933 * 1st Wing, 1 March 1935 *
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, 18 December 1940 * II Bomber Command, 5 September 1941 *
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, c. 22 December 1941 * Tenth Air Force, March 1942 * Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater, 12 June-c. 7 December 1945 : Attached to India China Division, Air Transport Command, 15 June – 18 September 1945 * New York Port of Embarkation, 5–6 January 1946 *
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, 1 October 1946 *
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, 1 November 1946 * 7th Bombardment Wing, 17 November 1947 – 16 June 1952 * 7th (later, 7th Bomb) Wing, 1 September 1991 – 1 January 1993; 1 October 1993–present


Components

; Squadrons : World War I * 9th Aero Squadron (later 9th Bombardment Squadron, 9th Bomb Squadron): September – November 1918; 1 April 1931 – 6 January 1946 (detached 28 June-c. 4 October 1942); 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952 (attached to 7th Bombardment Wing 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952); 1 September 1991 – 15 August 1992; 1 October 1993 – present *
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(Observation), September 1918 – April 1919 *
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(Observation), September – November 1918 *
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(Observation), 5 – 11 November 1918 : Interwar Period *
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(later 1st Squadron) : 1 October 1919 – 30 August 1921 (detached 6 May – 30 August 1921) *
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: 1 June 1928 – 15 September 1942 (detached 26 April – 2 May 1942) *
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(later 12th Squadron): 1 October 1919 – 24 March 1920 (detached after 13 October 1919) *
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: attached 1 April −29 June 1931, assigned 30 June 1931 – 1 February 1938 *
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: attached c. October 1919–23 March 1920, assigned 24 March 1920 – 10 February 1921 *
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: attached 1 June 1928 – 29 October 1931 * 88th Aero Squadron (later 88th Reconnaissance Squadron,
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, 436th Training Squadron): attached c. October 1919 – 23 March 1920, assigned 24 March 1920 – 10 February 1921; attached 28 September 1935 – 24 February 1942 (air echelon detached 10 December 1941 – 14 March 1942), assigned 25 February 1942 – 6 January 1946; assigned 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952 (detached 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952), assigned xx XXX xxxx to present. : World War II *
14th Bombardment Squadron The 14th Bombardment Squadron was a squadron of the United States Army Air Forces. The 14th Bomb Squadron fought in the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42), much of its aircraft being destroyed in combat against the Japanese. The survivors of ...
: 2 December 1941 – 6 January 1946 (detached until May 1942; not manned thereafter) *
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: 20 October 1939 – 15 September 1942 (detached 26 April – 28 May 1942) *
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: apparently attached c. 8 – 16 December 1941 *
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: 25 October 1942 – 6 January 1946; 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952 (detached 16 February 1951 – 16 June 1952) *
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: 25 October 1942 – 6 January 1946. : United States Air Force *
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 Estab ...
: 1 September 1991 – 1 June 1992 *
13th Bomb Squadron The 13th Bomb Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 509th Operations Group, Air Force Global Strike Command, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The squadron is equipped with the Northrop Gr ...
: 14 June 2000 – 9 September 2005 *
20th Bomb Squadron The 20th Bomb Squadron is a unit of the 2d Operations Group of the United States Air Force located at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The 20th is equipped with the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress. Formed in May 1917 as the 20th Aero Squadron, t ...
: 1 September 1991 – 18 December 1992 *
28th Bomb Squadron The 28th Bomb Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Global Strike Command, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron is equipped with the Rockwell B-1B Lancer. The 28th i ...
: 1 October 1994–present *
39th Airlift Squadron The 39th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force unit based at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The unit flies the Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules. It is primarily tasked to transport cargo and personnel, and where circumstances require, air ...
: 1 October 1993 – 1 April 1997 *
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: 1 October 1993 – 1 April 1997 * 337th Bomb Squadron: 1 October 1993 – 1 October 1994 ; Other *
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, November 1918 – April 1919


Stations

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, France, 6 September 1918 *
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, France, 22 September 1918 – April 1919 *
Park Field Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NSA Mid-South, NAVSUPPACT Mid-South, NSAMS), in Millington, Tennessee, is a base of the United States Navy. A part of the Navy Region Southeast and the Navy Installations Command, NSA Mid-South serves as the Navy ...
, Tennessee, 1 October 1919 * Langley Field, Virginia, 28 October 1919 – 30 August 1921 * Rockwell Field, California, 1 June 1928 * March Field, California, 30 October 1931 * Hamilton Field, California, 5 December 1934 * March Field, California, 5 November 1935 * Hamilton Field, California, 22 May 1937 *
Fort Douglas, Utah Camp Douglas was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah, to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. In ...
, 7 September 1940 – 13 November 1941 : 9th Bombardment and 88th Reconnaissance Squadrons deploying to
Clark Field Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...
, Philippines on 6 December 1941 delayed en route by Japanese Attack on Hickam Field, Hawaii. 9th Bombardment Squadron returned to United States after attack for defense of west coast. 88th Reconnaissance Squadron moved from Hickam Field to
Karachi Airport Jinnah International Airport ( ur, جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017 ...
, India via Nandi Airport,
Fiji Islands Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
and RAAF Base Townsville, Australia * Archerfield Airport (Brisbane), Australia, 22 December 1941 – 4 February 1942 (Ground Echelon) : 9th & 11th Bomb Squadrons operated from:
Jogjakarta Airfield Adisutjipto (or Adisucipto) Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Adisutjipto) is an airport serving the Yogyakarta area on the island of Java, Indonesia. It was formerly the principal international airport serving this area. The airport is located in t ...
Java, 14 January – 1 March 1942 *
Karachi Airport Jinnah International Airport ( ur, جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017 ...
, India, 12 March 1942 *
Dum Dum Airfield Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and is the aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximatel ...
, India, 30 May 1942 *
Karachi Airport Jinnah International Airport ( ur, جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017 ...
, India, 9 September 1942 *
Pandaveswar Airfield Pandaveswar Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned. History Pandaveswar was a major Tenth Air Force combat airfield, hosting numerous groups betwe ...
, India, 12 December 1942 *
Kurmitola Airfield Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is t ...
, India, 17 January 1944 *
Pandaveswar Airfield Pandaveswar Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned. History Pandaveswar was a major Tenth Air Force combat airfield, hosting numerous groups betwe ...
, India, 6 October 1944 *
Tezpur Airfield Tezpur Airport , also known as Salonibari Air Force Station, is a regional airport and an Indian Air Force Station serving Tezpur, Assam, India. It is located in Salonibari, which is situated 8.5 km (5.2 mi) from the city centre. The airpor ...
, India, 7 June 1945 *
Dudhkundi Airfield Dudhkundi Airfield is an abandoned airfield in India, located 12 miles (19.2 km) SE of Jhargram, in the Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History During World War II, the airfield hosted the United States Army Air For ...
, India, 31 October – 7 December 1945 * Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, 5–6 January 1946 * Fort Worth AAFld, Texas (later renamed Carswell AFB), 1 October 1946 – 16 June 1952; 1 September 1991 – 1 January 1993 * Dyess AFB, Texas, 1 October 1993–present


Aircraft

* Breguet 14, DH-4, Salmson 2 in addition to Spad XIII and Sopwith FE-2, 1918–1919 *
Loening OA-2 The Loening OL, also known as the Loening Amphibian, was an American two-seat amphibious biplane designed by Grover Loening and built by Loening for the United States Army Air Corps and the United States Navy. Design and development First flown ...
, 1928-unknown * LB-7, 1929-unknown * B-3, B-4, O-19, O-38, 1931–1934 * B-12, 1934–1936 * Martin B-10, 1936–1937 * B-18 Bolo, 1937–1941 *
B-17 Flying Fortress The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...
, 1939–1942 *
B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in ...
, 1942 * B-24 Liberator, LB-30, 1942–1945 * B-29 Superfortress, 1946–1948 * Convair B-36, 1948–1958 *
Convair XC-99 The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. ''43-52436'', is a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force. It was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built, and was developed from the Convair B-3 ...
, 1949 *
B-52F Stratofotress B5, B05, B-5 may refer to: Biology * ATC code B05 (''Blood substitutes and perfusion solutions''), a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System * Cytochrome ''b''5, ubiquitous electron transport hemoprotein ...
1957–1969 *
B-52D Stratofortress The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air ...
1969–1983 * B-52H Stratofortress, 1983–1993 *
KC-135A Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transpo ...
, 1960–1993 * B-1B Lancer, 1985–present 96th BW and later 7th BW) *
C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 ...
, 1993–1997


See also

* Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 September – 11 November 1918 *
Organization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force The Organization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force on November 11, 1918, represents its maximum strength in World War I. Units of the Air Service are listed as assigned to the order of battle for that date, which was that of t ...
* St Mihel Offensive, 12–16 September 1918 *
Strategic Air Command Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...
* United States Army Air Forces in Australia


References


Notes

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