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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/15th_Air_Force.png/400px-15th_Air_Force.png 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="2062" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1 November 1943 – 15 September 1945<br />31 March 1946 – 20 March 2012<br />20 August 2020 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a>, South<span class="nowrap"> </span>Carolina</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/150px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/225px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/European%E2%80%93African%E2%80%93Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal" title="European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal">World War II – EAME Theater</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/150px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/225px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/300px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a> (10x)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.15af.acc.af.mil/">www<wbr />.15af<wbr />.acc<wbr />.af<wbr />.mil</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Maj Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/David_B._Lyons" title="David B. Lyons">David B. Lyons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Deputy Commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brig Gen</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steven_G._Behmer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven G. Behmer (page does not exist)">Steven G. Behmer</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Senior Enlisted Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_master_sergeant" title="Chief master sergeant">CMSgt</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeremy_L._Unterseher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeremy L. Unterseher (page does not exist)">Jeremy L. Unterseher</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Fifteenth Air Force</b> (<b>15 AF</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Numbered_air_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbered air force">numbered air force</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> (ACC). It is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a>. It was reactivated on 20 August 2020, merging the previous units of the <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> into a new numbered air force responsible for generating and presenting Air Combat Command’s conventional forces. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Established on 1 November 1943, Fifteenth AF was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> combat air force deployed to the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater">European Theater</a> of World War II, bombing Europe from bases in southern <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, 15 AF was one of three <a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a> of the United States Air Force <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC), commanding USAF strategic bombers and missiles on a global scale. Elements of 15th Air Force engaged in combat operations during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>. </p><p>15 AF was redesignated Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force (15 EMTF) on 1 October 2003. 15 EMTF provided support for strategic airlift for all <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> agencies as well as air refueling for the Air Force in both peace and wartime for the Pacific region. 15 EMTF inactivated on 20 March 2012. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg/220px-Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg/330px-Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg/440px-Falcon_Talon_2022_US_and_Pakistani_F-16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2941" data-file-height="1563" /></a><figcaption>US F-16 from the 15th AF exits it's hangar while a <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistani</a> F-16B from <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_(Pakistan_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)">No. 9 Squadron PAF</a> taxis to the runway during Exercise Falcon Talon 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>On 20 August 2020, 15 AF was reactivated as an Air Combat Command numbered air force, taking over the previous conventional flying forces of both the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patch_15th_USAAF.png" class="mw-file-description" title="15th USAAF patch"><img alt="15th USAAF patch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Patch_15th_USAAF.png/120px-Patch_15th_USAAF.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Patch_15th_USAAF.png/180px-Patch_15th_USAAF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Patch_15th_USAAF.png/240px-Patch_15th_USAAF.png 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="271" /></a><figcaption>15th USAAF patch</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Fifteenth Air Force</b> (15th AF) was established on 1 November 1943 in <a href="/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a> as a strategic air force. It commenced combat operations the day after it was formed. The first commander was General <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Jimmy Doolittle</a>. </p><p>15th AF resulted from a reorganization of American air forces in the Mediterranean in late 1943. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_H._Brereton" title="Lewis H. Brereton">Lewis H. Brereton</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> (9th AF) was moved to England, taking over the medium bomber units of <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> gave its strategic units to 15th AF, becoming the Americans' Mediterranean tactical air force. The new air force was activated with a strength of ninety <a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberators</a> and 210 <a href="/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortresses</a>, inherited from the Twelfth Air Force and <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>. In December, new groups, most of which were equipped with B-24s soon started arriving from the United States. 13 new groups were added. </p><p>It was hoped that the 15th AF – stationed in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> – would be able to operate when the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> (8th AF) in England was socked in by bad English weather. The 9th AF would later move to England to serve as a tactical unit to take part in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">invasion of Europe</a>. Once <a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">bases around Foggia</a> in Italy became available, the 15th was able to reach targets in southern France, Germany, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>, some of which were difficult to reach from England. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational_Units">Operational Units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Air Division (United States)">5th Bombardment Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortress</a>) "Y" Tail Code</li></ul> <dl><dd>Transferred from: <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a></dd> <dd>Headquartered: <a href="/wiki/Foggia,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Foggia, Italy">Foggia, Italy</a>, 13 December 1943 – 2 November 1945</dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output 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Wing">483d Bombardment Group</a> "Y-Star" (red) <dl><dd>Transferred from <a href="/wiki/MacDill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill AFB">MacDill Field</a>, Florida, 2 March 1944</dd></dl></dd> <dd>Attached: <a href="/wiki/68th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="68th Air Refueling Wing">68th Tactical Reconnaissance Group</a>: <dl><dd>November 1943 – April 1944</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Airfields: <a href="/wiki/Amendola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Amendola Airfield">Amendola Airfield</a> (2d BW), <a href="/wiki/Celone_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Celone Airfield">Celone Airfield</a> (463d BW), <a href="/wiki/Cerignola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Cerignola Airfield">Cerignola Airfield</a> (97th BW), Foggia (2d BW, 463d BW), <a href="/wiki/Lucera_Airfield" title="Lucera Airfield">Lucera Airfield</a> (301st BW), Manduria, (68th RG), Maricianise (97th BW), Sterparone (483d BW), Tortorella (99th BW, 483d BW) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th Bombardment Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a>) "The Pyramidiers" "Triangle" Tail Code</li></ul> <dl><dd>Transferred from <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a></dd> <dd>Headquartered: <a href="/wiki/Manduria" title="Manduria">Manduria</a>, Italy, 11 November 1943 – May 1945</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th Bombardment Group</a> Triangle (Yellow/Black Tail Stripe)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th Bombardment Group</a> "Triangle Circle 2"</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th Bombardment Group</a> "Triangle Circle 3"</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/450th_Electronic_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="450th Electronic Warfare Wing">450th Bombardment Group</a> ("Cotton Tails" 1943–45) "Triangle Circle 5"</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Airfields: <a href="/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a> (98th BG), <a href="/wiki/Grottaglie" title="Grottaglie">Grottaglie</a> (449th BG), <a href="/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce">Lecce</a> (98th BG), <a href="/wiki/Manduria" title="Manduria">Manduria</a> (98th BG), <a href="/wiki/San_Pancrazio" title="San Pancrazio">San Pancrazio</a> (376th BG, 450th BG) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/49th_Air_Division" title="49th Air Division">49th Bombardment Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a>) "Red Tail"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Transferred from <a href="/wiki/Donaldson_Air_Force_Base" title="Donaldson Air Force Base">Greenville AAB</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> 6 April 1944</dd> <dd>Headquartered: <a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari Airfield</a>, Italy, 6 April 1944 – 16 October 1945</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/451st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="451st Air Expeditionary Group">451st Bombardment Group</a> "Red Tail Red Dot"</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st Bombardment Group</a> "Red Tail Red Dash"</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th Bombardment Group</a> "Red Tail Red Bow"</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Airfields: Gioia del Colle (451st BG), San Pancrazio (451st BG), Torretta (484th BG) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/55th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">55th Bombardment Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a>) "Yellow/Black Tail"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Transferred from: <a href="/wiki/MacDill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill AFB">MacDill Field</a>, Florida</dd> <dd>Headquartered: <a href="/wiki/Taranto,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Taranto, Italy">Taranto, Italy</a>, March 1944 – July 1945</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/460th_Space_Wing" title="460th Space Wing">460th Bombardment Group</a> "Yellow/Black Tail Square Dot"</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/464th_Tactical_Airlift_Wing" title="464th Tactical Airlift Wing">464th Bombardment Group</a> "Yellow/Black Tail Square l"</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/465th_Bombardment_Group" title="465th Bombardment Group">465th Bombardment Group</a> "Yellow/Black Tail"</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th Bombardment Group</a> "Yellow/Black Tail Square X"</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Airfields: Gioia (464th BG), Pantanella (465th BG), <a href="/wiki/Spinazzola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinazzola Airfield">Spinazzola Airfield</a> (460th BG), <a href="/wiki/Venosa_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Venosa Airfield">Venosa Airfield</a> (485th BG) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/304th_Air_Division" title="304th Air Division">304th Bombardment Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a>) "Black Diamond"</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in Italy</dd> <dd>Headquartered: <a href="/wiki/Cerignola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Cerignola Airfield">Cerignola Airfield</a>, Italy, 29 December 1943 – September 1945</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th Bombardment Group</a> "Black Diamond"</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th Bombardment Group</a> "Black Diamond Yellow Tail"</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Wing" title="456th Bombardment Wing">456th Bombardment Group</a> "Black Diamond Red Tail"</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/459th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="459th Air Refueling Wing">459th Bombardment Group</a><br />"Black Diamond Yellow/Black Check Tail"</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Airfields: <a href="/wiki/Giulia_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Giulia Airfield">Giulia Airfield</a> (455th BG), <a href="/wiki/San_Giovanni_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="San Giovanni Airfield">San Giovanni Airfield</a> (454th BG, 455th BG, 456th BG) </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=305th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="305th Fighter Wing (World War II) (page does not exist)">305th Fighter Wing</a> (Provisional)</b> (<a href="/wiki/P-38_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="P-38 Lightning">P-38 Lightning</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Transferred from <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, 1943</dd> <dd>Headquartered:</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Foggia" title="Foggia">Foggia</a>, 29 December 1943 – 19 January 1944</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Spinazzola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Spinazzola Airfield">Spinazzola Airfield</a>, 19 January – 6 March 1944</dd></dl></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari Airfield</a>, 6 March – December 1944</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Torremaggiore" title="Torremaggiore">Torremaggiore</a>, December 1944 – 9 September 1945</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st Fighter Group</a> <dl><dd>27FS (HV Red), 71st (LM Black), 94th (UN Yellow)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="14th Flying Training Wing">14th Fighter Group</a></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/82d_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Training Wing">82d Fighter Group</a></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Airfields: <a href="/wiki/Gioia_del_Colle_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Gioia del Colle Airfield">Gioia del Colle Airfield</a> (1st FG), Lesina (14th FG 82d FG), Salosa (1st FG), <a href="/wiki/Triolo_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Triolo Airfield">Triolo Airfield</a> (14th FG), <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincenzo Airfield">Vincenzo Airfield</a> (82d FG) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/306th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="306th Fighter Wing (World War II)">306th Fighter Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/P-47_Thunderbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47 Thunderbolt">P-47 Thunderbolt</a>)(<a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustang</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in Italy</dd> <dd>Headquartered:</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari Airfield</a>, Italy, 15–27 January 1944</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Foggia,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Foggia, Italy">Foggia, Italy</a>, 27 January – 23 February 1944</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lucera" title="Lucera">Lucera</a>, Italy, 23 February – 8 March 1944</dd></dl></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Torremaggiore" title="Torremaggiore">Torremaggiore</a>, Italy, 8 March – 3 September 1944</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lesina_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesina Airfield">Lesina Airfield</a>, Italy, 3 September 1944 – 5 March 1945</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fano" title="Fano">Fano</a>, Italy, 5 March – 15 July 1945</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st Fighter Group</a> <dl><dd>Red diagonal tail stripes after conversion from Spitfires</dd> <dd>307FS (MX), 308FS (HL), 309FS (WZ)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/52nd_Fighter_Wing" title="52nd Fighter Wing">52d Fighter Group</a> <dl><dd>Yellow Tails assigned 1 August 1944</dd> <dd>2FS (QP) 4FS (WD), 5FS (VF)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/325th_Fighter_Wing" title="325th Fighter Wing">325th Fighter Group</a> <dl><dd>Black / Yellow checkerboard Tails</dd> <dd>317FS (10–39), 318FS (40–69), 319FS (70–99)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/332nd_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="332nd Air Expeditionary Wing">332d Fighter Group</a> <dl><dd>Red Tails assigned 1 August 1944</dd> <dd>99FS (A00 – A39, Blue), 100FS (1–39, Black), 301FS (40–69, White), 302FS (70–99,01-09, Yellow)</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Airfields: Capodichino (332nd FG), Cattolica (332d FG), <a href="/wiki/Madna_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Madna Airfield">Madna Airfield</a> (52nd FG), Mondolfo (31st FG. 325th FG), Montecorvino (332nd FG), Piagiolino (52nd FG), Ramitelli (332nd FG), Rimini (325th FG), <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincenzo Airfield">Vincenzo Airfield</a> (325th FG) </p><p>.* Sent to Aghione, <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> from 10–21 August 1944 for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation DRAGOON (Invasion of Southern France)</a> </p> <ul><li><b>15th Special Group (Provisional)</b></li></ul> <dl><dd>Reported directly to Fifteenth Air Force</dd> <dd>Assigned to 15th Air Force in June 1944 <dl><dd>Stationed at Brindisi</dd> <dd>Re-designated 2641st Special Group (Provisional)</dd> <dd>859th BS flew Carpetbagger operations out of England until September 1944 before being moved to MTO</dd> <dd>885th BS was initially known as 122nd BS assigned to 68th Reconnaissance Group operating B-17s in the MTO. Assigned to the 15th Special Group in January 1945.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Division" title="305th Air Division">305th Bombardment Wing</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in Italy, 29 December 1943, No units assigned until 13 June 1945</dd> <dd>Headquarters: <a href="/wiki/Torremaggiore" title="Torremaggiore">Torremaggiore</a>, December 1944 – September 1945</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd>1st Fighter Group</dd> <dd>14th Fighter Group</dd> <dd>31st Fighter Group</dd> <dd>52nd Fighter Group</dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <dl><dd>82nd Fighter Group</dd> <dd>325th Fighter Group</dd> <dd>332d Fighter Group</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_Operations">Initial Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Initial Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:31fg-p51d.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/31fg-p51d.jpg/220px-31fg-p51d.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/31fg-p51d.jpg/330px-31fg-p51d.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/31fg-p51d.jpg/440px-31fg-p51d.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Restored P-51D of the 31st Fighter Group, 308th Fighter Squadron, "Flying Dutchman", showing 12 aerial victories.</figcaption></figure><p>The 15th Air Force began its operations on 1 November 1943, attacking the Rimini Marshalling yard with 28 B-25's assigned to the 321st BG (M). On 1 December 1943, the Headquarters was moved to <a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari Airfield</a>, Italy. </p><p>On 4 January 1944, the Fifteenth, along with <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, were organized into <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Allied_Air_Forces" title="Mediterranean Allied Air Forces">Mediterranean Allied Air Forces</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> 205 Group. MAAF was the southern component of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_Europe" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Strategic Air Forces, Europe</a>, the overall USAAF command and control organization in Europe. </p><p>The first major operation carried out by Fifteenth Air Force was bombing missions in support of the <a href="/wiki/Anzio" title="Anzio">Anzio</a> Landings in Italy, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shingle">Operation Shingle</a> beginning on 22 January 1944. Strikes on German and fascist Italian targets were carried out and caused widespread damage to Axis forces. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:97bg-b17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/97bg-b17.jpg/220px-97bg-b17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/97bg-b17.jpg/330px-97bg-b17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/97bg-b17.jpg/440px-97bg-b17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="493" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>B-17F of the 97th Bomb Group over the Alps</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:451bg-b24.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/451bg-b24.jpg/220px-451bg-b24.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/451bg-b24.jpg/330px-451bg-b24.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/451bg-b24.jpg/440px-451bg-b24.jpg 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption>B-24 of the 451st Bomb Group</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_Week">Big Week</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Big Week"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a></div> <p>"Big Week" was the name of an intense Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces series of attacks on Germany in a series of co-ordinated raids on the German aircraft industry. The plan, code-named "Operation Argument," was to use both American strategic air forces in Europe, with support by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> with night bombing raids to destroy or seriously cripple the German ability to produce combat aircraft. </p><p>The Americans were facing strong <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> fighter opposition to their daylight bombing raids over Nazi-occupied Europe, and it was planned to initiate Operation Argument at the earliest possible date. </p><p>On 22 February 1944, Fifteenth Air Force made its first attack on Germany, with an attack on <a href="/wiki/Regensburg" title="Regensburg">Regensburg</a>. The Fifteenth dispatched a force of 183 bombers to the Oberstraubing Messerschmidt assembly plant. Some 118 bombed with good results but fourteen were shot down. The next day the 15th sent 102 bombers to the <a href="/wiki/Steyr" title="Steyr">Steyr</a> ball-bearing works in <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> where they destroyed twenty percent of the plant. On 24 February, over 180 Liberators inflicted considerable damage to the <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Messerschmitt Bf 110</a> assembly plant at <a href="/wiki/Gotha_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotha (town)">Gotha</a>, losing 28 aircraft in the process. On 25 February 114 B-17s and B-24s were dispatched to Steyr again, but the force became separated and the Liberators bombed the <a href="/wiki/Fiume" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiume">Fiume</a> oil refinery instead. Seventeen bombers were lost. </p><p>Despite these losses, it was believed that the USSTAF had dealt the German aircraft industry a severe blow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oil_industry_targets">Oil industry targets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Oil industry targets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava,_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava%2C_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg/220px-B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava%2C_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava%2C_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg/330px-B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava%2C_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava%2C_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg/440px-B-24_Liberators_over_Bratislava%2C_Slovakia_on_16_June_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2602" /></a><figcaption>15th Air Force B-24s attacking the <a href="/wiki/Slovnaft" title="Slovnaft">Apollo oil refinery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bratislava" title="Bratislava">Bratislava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovakia</a>, June 16, 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>In April, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">General Eisenhower</a> ordered the USSTAF to attack German fuel production centers by striking both the oil refineries and the factories producing synthetic fuels. The 15th started the offensive on 5 April when it dispatched 235 B-17s and B-24s from Italy to transportation targets in the vicinity of the <a href="/wiki/Ploie%C8%99ti" title="Ploiești">Ploiești</a> oilfields in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>. The refineries were attacked again on 15 and 24 April, inflicting additional damage. </p><p>Attacks on oil targets had assumed top priority by October and vast fleets of heavy bombers, escorted by <a href="/wiki/P-38_Lightning" class="mw-redirect" title="P-38 Lightning">P-38 Lightning</a> and <a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51 Mustang</a> fighters, attacked refineries in Germany, <a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Sudetenland" title="Reichsgau Sudetenland">Reichsgau Sudetenland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovakia</a> and Romania. The P-51 escorts were able to establish an environment of air superiority, enabling the bombers to roam widely across southern and eastern Europe, attacking targets at <a href="/wiki/Most_(city)" title="Most (city)">Brüx</a> in <a href="/wiki/Reichsgau_Sudetenland" title="Reichsgau Sudetenland">Reichsgau Sudetenland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bratislava" title="Bratislava">Bratislava</a> in <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovakia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kom%C3%A1rom" title="Komárom">Komárom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%91r" title="Győr">Győr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9tf%C3%BCrd%C5%91" title="Pétfürdő">Pétfürdő</a> in Hungary, <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> and other cities in <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a> in north-eastern Italy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_support">Soviet support</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soviet support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By June 1944, the 15th Air Force was bombing railway networks in southeast Europe in support of Soviet military operations in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>. Throughout the summer of 1944, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austrian</a> aircraft manufacturing centers at <a href="/wiki/Wiener_Neustadt" title="Wiener Neustadt">Wiener Neustadt</a> were bombed and oil producing centers were attacked. On 2 June, the 15th Air Force flew its first "shuttle" mission when 130 B-17s and P-51 escorts landed in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> controlled territory after a raid in Hungary. Two more shuttle missions followed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Anvil">Operation Anvil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Operation Anvil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August, the 15th began attacking targets in Southern France in preparation for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Anvil</a>, the invasion of Southern France. <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseilles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grenoble" title="Grenoble">Grenoble</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Toulon" title="Toulon">Toulon</a> were all attacked by B-24s and B-17s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Reunion">Operation Reunion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operation Reunion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/1944_Romanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1944 Romanian coup d'état">Romanian 1944 coup</a>, the 15th Air Force bombed the German-occupied airports of <a href="/wiki/Aurel_Vlaicu_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurel Vlaicu International Airport">Băneasa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bucharest_Henri_Coand%C4%83_International_Airport" title="Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport">Otopeni</a>. Between 31 August and 3 September 1944, aircraft from the 15th AF carried out <a href="/wiki/Operation_Reunion" title="Operation Reunion">Operation Reunion</a> by <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlifting</a> the released Allied prisoners from Romania. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_end_of_the_Third_Reich">The end of the Third Reich</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The end of the Third Reich"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I could see omens of the war’s end almost every day in the blue southern sky when, flying provocatively low, the bombers of the American Fifteenth Air Force crossed the Alps from their Italian bases to attack German Industrial targets.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Albert_Speer" title="Albert Speer">Albert Speer</a>, Hitler's Minister for Armaments, <i>Inside the Third Reich, Memoirs of Albert Speer</i></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:464bg-b24.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/464bg-b24.jpg/220px-464bg-b24.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/464bg-b24.jpg/330px-464bg-b24.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/464bg-b24.jpg/440px-464bg-b24.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>B-24 of the 464h Bomb Group</figcaption></figure> <p>The only 15th AF mission to <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> was on 24 March 1945 when 666 bombers struck the capital, <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, and other German targets, as well as <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>. The Berlin force was attacked by Me 262 jets that inflicted losses (one bombers and five fighters) while the Mustangs claimed eight jets downed - actual Luftwaffe records show only 3 x Me 262's lost in this engagement. The 47th BW and 55th BW fragged Fliegerhorst Neuburg damaging / destroying 54 x Me 262A-1’s from III./KG (J) 54, 304th BW attacked Fliegerhorst Münich-Riem destroying 13 x Me 262's. The NASM's Me 262 shows a claim credit for a B-17 shot down this date. </p><p>The last major effort came on 25 April when 467 bombers struck rail targets in Austria, severing communications into Czechoslovakia. The 15th's final bombing mission was flown 1 May when 27 B-17s escorted by 51 P38's of the 14th FG attacked Salzburg rail targets. </p><p>With the German surrender in Italy, 15th Air Force aircraft began dropping supplies over Yugoslavia and evacuating Allied prisoners of war. It performing its last mission on 16 May 1945. </p><p>A total of around 2,110 bombers were lost on operations by its 15 B-24 and six B-17 <a href="/wiki/USAAF_bombardment_group" class="mw-redirect" title="USAAF bombardment group">bombardment groups</a>, while its seven fighter groups claimed a total of 1,836 enemy aircraft destroyed. The Fifteenth was inactivated in Italy 15 September 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar_era_in_late_1940s">Postwar era in late 1940s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Postwar era in late 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 31 March 1946, Fifteenth Air Force was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Peterson_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson Air Force Base">Colorado Springs AAB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a> and assigned to the ten-day-old <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>. 15th AF assumed the assets and personnel of the former Continental Air Forces <a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, which was inactivated on 30 March. </p><p>The original bomb groups assigned to 15th Air Force were: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Central_Nebraska_Regional_Airport" title="Central Nebraska Regional Airport">Grand Island AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> on 4 August 1946</dd> <dd>Transferred to <a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elmendorf_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmendorf AFB">Elmendorf AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>,<br />20 October 1946</dd> <dd>Reassigned to 15th AF at <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Rapid City AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a><br />3 May 1947</dd> <dd>Established as <b>28th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy)</b>,<br />28 July 1947*</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Wing">92d Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Carswell_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Carswell AFB">Ft Worth AAF</a>, Texas, 4 August 1946</dd> <dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Salina_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Salina Municipal Airport">Smoky Hill AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, October 1946</dd> <dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Spokane AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, June 1947</dd> <dd>Established as <b>92d Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy)</b>,<br />17 November 1947*</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air-Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air-Ground Operations Wing">93d Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Castle_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle AFB">Castle Field</a>, California, 21 June 1946</dd> <dd>Established as <b>93d Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy)</b>,<br />28 July 1947*</dd></dl> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Salina_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Salina Municipal Airport">Smoky Hill AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, 4 August 1946</dd> <dd>Established as <b>97th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy)</b>,<br />11 September 1947*</dd> <dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, 16 May 1948</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Cannon_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannon AFB">Clovis AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> on 4 August 1946</dd> <dd>Inactivated 16 July 1947</dd> <dd>Reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Salina_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Salina Municipal Airport">Smoky Hill AAF</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, 16 July 1947</dd> <dd>Established as <b>301st Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy)</b>,<br />15 October 1947*</dd> <dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Barksdale AFB">Barksdale AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, 7 November 1949</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Wing">307th Bombardment Group</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/MacDill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill AFB">MacDill AAF</a>, Florida on 4 August 1946</dd> <dd>Established as <b>307th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy)</b>,<br />28 July 1947*</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th Reconnaissance Wing</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/MacDill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill AFB">MacDill AAF</a>, Florida on 17 April 1946</dd> <dd>Transferred to Fifteenth Air Force on 1 May 1946</dd> <dd>Redesignated as <b>311th Air Division (Reconnaissance)</b> on 6 April 1948</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>.*Group became subordinate element to wing. </p><p>However, demobilization was in full swing and few of these groups were fully equipped or manned. All of these groups were equipped with <a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortresses</a>, most or all of which were aircraft which returned from <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a> groups returning from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>. When SAC was established in 1946, its primary bomber aircraft was the B-29. Although there were many in storage, they were war-weary. The plane was greatly improved and soon new models, designated the <a href="/wiki/B-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-50 Superfortress">B-50 Superfortress</a>, began joining the inventory replacing the older aircraft. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:15th_air_force_orgchart.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/15th_air_force_orgchart.svg/220px-15th_air_force_orgchart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/15th_air_force_orgchart.svg/330px-15th_air_force_orgchart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/15th_air_force_orgchart.svg/440px-15th_air_force_orgchart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1052" /></a><figcaption>15th Air Force org chart, 1947</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-50D_Leeds_Yeadon_1953.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Boeing B-50D of Fifteenth Air Force displaying while on detachment to England in May 1953</figcaption></figure> <p>The 15 AF returned to a combat-ready role as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">1948 Berlin Crisis</a>, a squadron from the 301st Bombardment Group was deployed with its B-29s at <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrstenfeldbruck_Air_Base" title="Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base">Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base</a>, Germany. SAC immediately ordered the group's other two squadrons to <a href="/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay" title="CFB Goose Bay">Goose Bay Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Labrador">Labrador</a> to prepare for immediate deployment to Germany. The 307th and 28th Bombardment Groups were placed on alert and ordered to be ready to deploy within three and twelve hours respectively. Within a few weeks, the other 301st Bomb Group's squadrons had joined the first. Later on 28 July, Bombardment Group left <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellsworth AFB">Rapid City AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Scampton" title="RAF Scampton">RAF Scampton</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. The 307th Bombardment Group left <a href="/wiki/MacDill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill AFB">MacDill AFB</a>, Florida for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a> in the UK. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th Fighter Wing</a> at Selfridge in Michigan left Fifteenth Air Force on 1 December 1948, transferring to <a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth Air Force</a>. </p><p>On 7 November 1949, Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force was relocated to <a href="/wiki/March_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="March AFB">March AFB</a>, California. As part of this realignment, most SAC bomber forces west of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> were reassigned to 15th AF. Those east of the Mississippi were assigned to SAC's other strategic air force, <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, and reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Westover_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Westover AFB">Westover AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, where it commanded all SAC bases in the eastern United States. </p><p>From 1947 onwards Fifteenth Air Force incorporated a number of fighter escort wings and strategic fighter wings, intended to escort bombers to their targets. Among these units were the <a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=71st_Strategic_Fighter_Wing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="71st Strategic Fighter Wing (page does not exist)">71st Strategic Fighter Wing</a>, the 82nd Fighter Wing, and the <a href="/wiki/407th_Strategic_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="407th Strategic Fighter Wing">407th Strategic Fighter Wing</a>. They were all redesignated and transferred to other USAF components in 1957–58 with the end of the fighter escort concept. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg/220px-WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg/330px-WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg/440px-WarKorea_B-29-korea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="783" /></a><figcaption>Over the course of the war, at least 16 <a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 bombers</a> were shot down by communist aircraft.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 25 June 1950, the armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (<a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>) invaded <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. On 27 June the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> voted to assist the South Koreans in resisting the invasion. President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> authorized General <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> (commander of the US occupying forces in Japan) to commit units to the battle. MacArthur ordered General <a href="/wiki/George_E._Stratemeyer" title="George E. Stratemeyer">George E. Stratemeyer</a>, CIC of the <a href="/wiki/PACAF" class="mw-redirect" title="PACAF">Far Eastern Air Force</a> (FEAF) to attack attacking North Korean forces between the <a href="/wiki/Front_line" title="Front line">front lines</a> and the <a href="/wiki/38th_parallel_north" title="38th parallel north">38th parallel</a>. </p><p>At that time, the 22 B-29s of the <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_Airlift_Wing" title="19th Airlift Wing">19th Bomb Group</a> stationed at <a href="/wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base" title="Andersen Air Force Base">Andersen Field</a> on <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> were the only aircraft capable of hitting the <a href="/wiki/Korean_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean peninsula">Korean peninsula</a>, and this unit was ordered to move to <a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Air Base</a> on <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea" title="Bombing of North Korea">begin attacks on North Korea</a>. These raids began on 28 June. On 29 June, clearance was given for B-29 attacks on airfields in North Korea. </p><p>On 8 July, a special FEAF Bomber Command was set up under the command of <a href="/wiki/Emmett_O%27Donnell,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Emmett O'Donnell, Jr.">Major General Emmett O'Donnell</a>. Although President Truman wasn't willing to risk extensive use of the U.S. bomber force in the United States, which was being used as a deterrent for possible Soviet aggression in Europe, a few groups of B-29 bombers – that were not part of the nuclear strike force – were released. On 13 July, the FEAF Bomber Command took over command of the Twentieth Air Force 19th Bombardment Group and of the Fifteenth Air Force's 22nd and 92nd Bombardment Groups which had been transferred from SAC bases in the United States. Later in July, the Fifteenth Air Force 98th and 307th Bombardment Groups were sent to Japan to join the FEAF. The 92nd and 98th BGs and the 31st SRG operated from bases in Japan, whereas the 19th, 22nd, and 307th BGs were based in Okinawa. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> ended on 27 July 1953, the B-29s had flown over 21,000 sorties, nearly 167,000 tons of bombs had been dropped, and 34 B-29s had been lost in combat (16 to fighters, four to flak, and fourteen to other causes). B-29 gunners had accounted for 34 Communist fighters (16 of these being <a href="/wiki/MiG-15" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-15">MiG-15s</a>) probably destroyed another 17 (all MiG-15s) and damaged 11 (all MiG-15s). Losses were less than one per 1000 sorties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-52D(061127-F-1234S-017).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/B-52D%28061127-F-1234S-017%29.jpg/220px-B-52D%28061127-F-1234S-017%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/B-52D%28061127-F-1234S-017%29.jpg/330px-B-52D%28061127-F-1234S-017%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/B-52D%28061127-F-1234S-017%29.jpg/440px-B-52D%28061127-F-1234S-017%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>B-52D Dropping bombs over Southeast Asia</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg/220px-Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg/330px-Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg/440px-Usaf.f15.f16.kc135.750pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>KC-135 refueling F-15s and F-16s</figcaption></figure> <p>With the end of fighting in Korea, President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, who had taken office in January 1953, called for a "new look" at national defense. The result: a greater reliance on <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> and air power to deter war. His administration chose to invest in the Air Force, especially Strategic Air Command. The <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race" title="Nuclear arms race">nuclear arms race</a> shifted into high gear. The Air Force retired nearly all of its propeller-driven B-29/B-50s and they were replaced by new <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a> aircraft. By 1955 the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a> would be entering the inventory in substantial numbers, as prop <a href="/wiki/B-36" class="mw-redirect" title="B-36">B-36s</a> were phased out of heavy bombardment units rapidly. </p><p>Also after the deployment of forces to Far East Air Force in order to engage in combat over Korea, the history of Fifteenth Air Force becomes indistinguishable from that of <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>. During the Cold War, Fifteenth Air Force aircraft stood nuclear alert, providing a deterrence against an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union. During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, squadrons of 15th Air Force B-52 Stratofortesses (B-52Ds mostly, some B-52Gs) were deployed to bases on <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> conducting <a href="/wiki/Operation_Arc_Light" title="Operation Arc Light">Arc Light</a> strikes on communist forces. </p><p>The 15th Air Force also included missile squadrons, such as the <a href="/wiki/703d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Strategic Missile Wing">703d Strategic Missile Wing</a> and <a href="/wiki/526th_ICBM_Systems_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="526th ICBM Systems Group">706th Strategic Missile Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> and 1991, 15 AF units and assets consisted of reconnaissance aircraft (SR-71 until 1989, U-2), bombers (B-52D until 1984, B-52G, B-52H and B-1B), aerial refueling (KC-135, KC-10), and <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercontinental ballistic missiles">intercontinental ballistic missiles</a> (Titan II until 1984, Minuteman II/III, Peacekeeper). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post–Cold_War_and_21st-century"><span id="Post.E2.80.93Cold_War_and_21st-century"></span>Post–Cold War and 21st-century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Post–Cold War and 21st-century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fifteenth Air Force became exclusively an aerial tanker formation with KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft on 1 September 1991. When Strategic Air Command was inactivated on 1 June 1992 and its assets divided between the newly created <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>, Fifteenth Air Force became part of Air Mobility Command. </p><p>Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force moved from <a href="/wiki/March_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="March Air Force Base">March Air Force Base</a> to <a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis Air Force Base</a> on 2 July 1993 with the BRAC transition of March AFB to <a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March Air Reserve Base</a>, and merged its tankers with the airlift aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second Air Force</a>. The Twenty-Second Air Force's flag moved to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dobbins_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Dobbins Air Force Base">Dobbins Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>. </p><p>Fifteenth Air Force was one of the two numbered air forces assigned to the Air Mobility Command. Its main area of operations was the region stretching west of the Mississippi River to the east coast of Africa, pole to pole, but was often tasked to support Air Mobility Command's global reach mission. Its primary mission was to provide strategic and theater airlift for all Department of Defense agencies as well as air refueling for the Air Force in both peace and wartime. This included the aeromedical evacuation of sick and injured. </p><p>With the assigned military work force of 28,912 personnel and an assigned civilian work force of 5,288 people, Fifteenth Air Force managed almost 300 aircraft and many support facilities in the United States and in the Pacific and Indian Oceans – all the way to Diego Garcia. </p><p>The 15 AF commander was also the Commander, Task Force 294 (TF 294), which provided aerial refueling to aircraft that supported the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">United States Strategic Command</a> (USSTRATCOM) in time of war. TF 294 included 26 units from the AMC, the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a>. The 15 AF staff assured the operational readiness of its units by conducting readiness assessment visits and staff assistance visits. It acted as an advocate for its subordinate units and enforces higher headquarters policies and directives. </p><p>As a result of an Air Mobility Command restructuring, Fifteenth Air Force was redesignated the <b>Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force</b>, focused on air mobility support in peacetime and wartime. 15 AF operational flying organizations were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth Air Force</a>. 15 EMTF retained AMC's Pacific region airlift and air refueling enroute support organization as well as AMC's contingency response units. The 15 EMTF provided rapid and flexible transportation support from six major Air Force bases in the United States and 47 locations throughout the Pacific. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forces_from_2020">Forces from 2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Forces from 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>15 AF is responsible for operational readiness for thirteen active duty operational groups and wings, one air base wing, and three combat engineer squadrons. </p><p>Operational wings and groups: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Langley%E2%80%93Eustis" title="Joint Base Langley–Eustis">Joint Base Langley–Eustis</a>, Virginia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Seymour Johnson AFB">Seymour Johnson AFB</a>, North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Fighter_Wing" title="20th Fighter Wing">20th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaw_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw AFB">Shaw AFB</a>, South Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moody_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Moody AFB">Moody AFB</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air-Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air-Ground Operations Wing">93d Air-Ground Operations Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moody_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Moody AFB">Moody AFB</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Fighter_Wing" title="325th Fighter Wing">325th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyndall_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyndall AFB">Tyndall AFB</a>, Florida</li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Wing" title="355th Wing">355th Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan AFB</a>, Arizona) – <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10C Thunderbolt II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">HC-130J Combat King II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_HH-60_Pave_Hawk" title="Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk">HH-60G Pave Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/366th_Fighter_Wing" title="366th Fighter Wing">366th Fighter Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home AFB</a>, Idaho) – <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E Strike Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/388th_Fighter_Wing" title="388th Fighter Wing">388th Fighter Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill</a> AFB, Utah) – <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lighting II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/432d_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="432d Air Expeditionary Wing">432d Air Expeditionary Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech AFB</a>, Nevada) – <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9A Reaper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-170_Sentinel" title="Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel">RQ-170A Sentinel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Air_Control_Wing" title="461st Air Control Wing">461st Air Control Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robins_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Robins AFB">Robins AFB</a>, Georgia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/495th_Fighter_Group" title="495th Fighter Group">495th Fighter Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/552d_Air_Control_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="552d Air Control Wing">552d Air Control Wing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tinker_Air_Force_Base" title="Tinker Air Force Base">Tinker AFB</a>, Oklahoma) – <a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">E-3B/C/G Sentry</a></li></ul> <p>Air Base wing: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/633d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="633d Air Base Wing">633d Air Base Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Langley-Eustis" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Base Langley-Eustis">Joint Base Langley-Eustis</a>, Virginia</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers</a> (RED HORSE) squadrons: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/819th_RED_HORSE_Squadron" title="819th RED HORSE Squadron">819th RED HORSE Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstom AFB</a>, Montana</li> <li>820th RED HORSE Squadron (<a href="/wiki/Nellis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellis AFB">Nellis AFB</a>, Nevada)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=823d_Red_Horse_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="823d Red Horse Squadron (page does not exist)">823d Red Horse Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida</li></ul> <p>The Fifteenth Air Force is also responsible for overseeing the operational readiness of designated units of the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as <b>Fifteenth Air Force</b> on 30 October 1943.</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 November 1943</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 15 September 1945</dd></dl> <ul><li>Activated on 31 March 1946</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 1 October 2003</dd> <dd>Redesignated and activated as <b>15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force</b>, 1 October 2003</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 20 March 2012</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>Fifteenth Air Force</b> on 30 March 2012 (remained inactive)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Activated on 20 August 2020<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assignments">Assignments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>, 1 November 1943 – February 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">United States Strategic Air Forces</a>, February 1944 – 31 March 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, 15 September 1946 – 1 January 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a>, 1 January 1992 – 1 October 2003</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth Air Force</a>, 1 October 2003 – 20 March 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>, 20 August 2020</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>World War II Wings</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Air Division (United States)">5th Bombardment</a>: 1943–1945.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d Bombardment</a>: 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="47th Air Division (United States)">47th Bombardment</a>: 1944–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Air_Division" title="49th Air Division">49th Bombardment</a>: 1944–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">55th Bombardment</a>: 1944–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/304th_Air_Division" title="304th Air Division">304th Bombardment</a>: 1943–1945.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Division" title="305th Air Division">305th Bombardment</a>: 1943–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="306th Fighter Wing (World War II)">306th Fighter</a>: 1944–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Air_Division" title="307th Air Division">307th Bombardment</a>: 1944.</li></ul> <p><b>Postwar Air Divisions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 1 September 1988 – 1 September 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th Air Division</a>, 31 March 1970 – 23 August 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th Air Division</a>, 10 February 1951 – 16 June 1952; 16 June 1952 – 1 July 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th Strategic Missile Division</a>, 1 July 1959 – 1 July 1963; 1 July 1965 – 2 July 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Division" title="14th Air Division">14th Air Division</a>, 10 February 1951 – 16 June 1952; 16 June 1952 – 1 September 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th Air Division</a>, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="18th Strategic Aerospace Division">18th Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 1 July 1959 – 2 July 1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st Air Division</a>, 16 July 1952 – 16 October 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Strategic Aerospace Division">22d Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 9 September 1960 – 1 July 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Division" title="40th Air Division">40th Air Division</a>, 7 July 1989 – 14 June 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th Air Division</a>, 16 April 1951 – 16 June 1952; 16 June 1952 – 4 September 1956; January 1975 – 14 June 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th Air Division</a>, 31 March – 1 November 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Air Division">73d Air Division</a>, 31 March – 31 May 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th Air Division</a>, 1 May 1946 – 31 March 1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d Air Division</a>, 28 May 1952 – 1 July 1955; 1 January 1959 – 20 June 1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="810th Strategic Aerospace Division">810th Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 1 April 1955 – 1 July 1963; 2 July 1966 – 30 June 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/813th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="813th Strategic Aerospace Division">813th Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 15 July 1959 – 2 July 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="818th Air Division">818th Air Division</a> 11 October 1954 – 1 July 1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/819th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="819th Strategic Aerospace Division">819th Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 1 February 1956 – 1 July 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/821st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="821st Strategic Aerospace Division">821st Strategic Aerospace Division</a>, 1 January 1959 – 30 June 1971</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Term length </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chad P. Franks"><img alt="Chad P. Franks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Chad_P._Franks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Chad_P._Franks" class="mw-redirect" title="Chad P. Franks">Chad P. Franks</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 August 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002358000000000000♠"></span>358 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_G._Koscheski_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael G. Koscheski"><img alt="Michael G. Koscheski" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Michael_G._Koscheski_%284%29.jpg/100px-Michael_G._Koscheski_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Michael_G._Koscheski_%284%29.jpg/150px-Michael_G._Koscheski_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Michael_G._Koscheski_%284%29.jpg/200px-Michael_G._Koscheski_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4339" data-file-height="5423" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_G._Koscheski" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael G. Koscheski">Michael G. Koscheski</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 August 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 January 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002875000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 145 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David B. Lyons"><img alt="David B. Lyons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_David_B._Lyons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2654" data-file-height="3317" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/David_B._Lyons" title="David B. Lyons">David B. Lyons</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 January 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002322000000000000♠"></span>322 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stations">Stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, 1 November – 31 December 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari Airfield</a>, Italy, 1 December 1943 – 31 March 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterson AFB">Colorado Springs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, 15 September 1946 – 7 November 1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="March AFB">March AFB</a>, California, 7 November 1949 – 1 January 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Travis AFB">Travis AFB</a>, California, 1 January 1992 – 20 March 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaw AFB">Shaw AFB</a>, South Carolina, 20 August 2020</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a> </p> <ul><li>Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89201-092-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-89201-092-4">0-89201-092-4</a>.</li> <li>Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9">0-912799-12-9</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.15af.acc.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2793712/steven-g-behmer/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.15af.acc.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FBiographies%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F2793712%2Fsteven-g-behmer%2F">"Steven G. 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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.</li> <li>Currier, Lt. Col. Donald R. <i>50 Mission Crush</i>. Burd Street Press, 1992. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-942597-43-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-942597-43-5">0-942597-43-5</a>.</li> <li>Capps, Robert S. <i>Flying Colt: Liberator Pilot in Italy</i>. Manor House, 1997. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9640665-1-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-9640665-1-3">0-9640665-1-3</a>.</li> <li>Capps, Robert S. <i>456th Bomb Group (H): Steed's Flying Colts 1943–1945</i>. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing, 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56311-141-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-56311-141-1">1-56311-141-1</a>.</li> <li>Dorr, Robert F. <i>B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force</i>. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-081-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-081-1">1-84176-081-1</a>.</li> <li>Gansz, David M. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://amazon.com/dp/1734380616/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3EDKEM49IS1CN%7CFifteenth">Air Force War Diary, Bombing by the Numbers </a></i>. First Mountain Belgians Publishing, 2022. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-7343806-1-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-7343806-1-3">978-1-7343806-1-3</a>.</li> <li>Harley, R. Bruce. <i>A Brief History of the Fifteenth Air Force, "Aggressive in War, Alert in Peace". Silver Anniversary, 1 November 1943 – 31 October 1968</i>. March Air Force Base, California: Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force, 1968.</li> <li>McGuire, Melvin W. and Robert Hadley. <i>Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Combat Crew, How They Lived and Died</i>. Yucca Tree Press, 1993. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-881325-06-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-881325-06-7">1-881325-06-7</a>.</li> <li>Mason, Keith W. <i>My War in Italy: On the Ground and in Flight with the 15th Air Force</i> (U of Missouri Press, 2015) 216 pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=49659">online review</a></li> <li>Millet, Jeffrey R. <i>The Fifteenth Air Force Story: A History 1943–1985</i>. Fifteenth Air Force Association, 1986.</li> <li>Rust, Kenn C. <i>Fifteenth Air Force Story...in World War II</i>. Temple City, California: Historical Aviation Album, 1976. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-911852-79-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-911852-79-4">0-911852-79-4</a>.</li> <li>Scutts, Jerry. <i>P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Ninth and Fifteenth Air Force</i>. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1999. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85532-906-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-85532-906-9">1-85532-906-9</a>.</li> <li>Tillman, Barrett. "Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen who Crippled Hitler's War Machine." Washington, D.C.: Regnery History, 2014. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62157-208-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62157-208-4">978-1-62157-208-4</a>.</li> <li>Weatherill, David. <i>Aces, Pilots & Aircraft of the 9th, 12th & 15th USAAF</i>. Melbourne, Australia: Kookaburra Technical Publications Pty Ltd., 1978. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85880-032-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-85880-032-2">0-85880-032-2</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fifteenth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.9af.acc.af.mil/">The 15th Air Force</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060322220454/http://www.psln.com/pete/pow_bomb_groups.htm">WWII Bomb Groups – European Theater of Operations (ETO)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2ndbombgroup.org">2nd Bombardment Group Association</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.99bombgroup.org">The 99th Bomb Group in WWII</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.301bg.com">301st Bombardment Group Heavy</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.463rd.org">463rd Bombardment Group Historical Society</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.461st.org/">461st Bombardment Group Heavy / 764th, 765th, 766th, 767th sqdn</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060618125932/http://www.483rd.com/">483rd Bombardment Group Website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120419022035/http://www.50missions.net/index.html">B-17 Bombardier with the 463rd BG</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060513145733/http://www.josephgomer.com/index.html">Honor Thy Father: A Tuskegee Airman</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.merkki.com/moberlycoleman.htm">Sgt. 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before 1960">1940–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Airland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a 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(AFDW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Air_Force_Base" title="Cannon Air Force Base">Cannon</a> (AFSOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Cod Space Force Station">Cape Cod</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Air_Force_Base" title="Columbus Air Force Base">Columbus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Base" title="Davis–Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base" title="Dyess Air Force Base">Dyess</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eielson_Air_Force_Base" title="Eielson Air Force Base">Eielson</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Warren_Air_Force_Base" title="Francis E. Warren Air Force Base">F. E. Warren</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Field Air National Guard Base">Forbes</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Force_Base" title="Grand Forks Air Force Base">Grand Forks</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Grissom</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Air National Guard Base">Lincoln</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Air_Force_Base" title="Little Rock Air Force Base">Little Rock</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pease_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Pease Air National Guard Base">Pease</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Rickenbacker</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base" title="Sheppard Air Force Base">Sheppard</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Westover Air Reserve Base">Westover</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson</a> (AFMC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia" title="Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a> (USN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thule_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule</a> (USSF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">former /<br />inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States#CONUS_and_OCONUS" title="Contiguous United States">CONUS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Amarillo Air Force Base">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Air_Force_Station" title="Calumet Air Force Station">Calumet Air Force Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Carswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Air_Force_Base" title="Castle Air Force Base">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennault_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennault Air Force Base">Chennault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton-Sherman_Air_Force_Base" title="Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base">Clinton-Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaker Air Force Base">Eaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Air_Force_Base" title="Glasgow Air Force Base">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Island_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Island Army Airfield">Grand Island</a> (AAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base" title="K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K. I. Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearney_Air_Force_Base" title="Kearney Air Force Base">Kearney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincheloe_Air_Force_Base" title="Kincheloe Air Force Base">Kincheloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base" title="Larson Air Force Base">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loring_Air_Force_Base" title="Loring Air Force Base">Loring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base" title="Lowry Air Force Base">Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mather_Air_Force_Base" title="Mather Air Force Base">Mather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCoy_Air_Force_Base" title="McCoy Air Force Base">McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh_Air_Force_Base" title="Plattsburgh Air Force Base">Plattsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base" title="Presque Isle Air Force Base">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramey_Air_Force_Base" title="Ramey Air Force Base">Ramey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.I._Bong_Air_Force_Base" title="R.I. Bong Air Force Base">R.I. Bong</a> (unbuilt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schilling Air Force Base">Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Air Force Base">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurtsmith_Air_Force_Base" title="Wurtsmith Air Force Base">Wurtsmith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom">Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Guerir_Air_Base" title="Ben Guerir Air Base">Ben Guerir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boulhaut_Air_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boulhaut Air Base (page does not exist)">Boulhaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton" title="RAF Brize Norton">RAF Brize Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruntingthorpe_Aerodrome" title="Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome">RAF Bruntingthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">RAF Burtonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">RAF Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay" title="CFB Goose Bay">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Harmon_Air_Force_Base" title="Ernest Harmon Air Force Base">Ernest Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upper_Heyford" title="RAF Upper Heyford">RAF Upper Heyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrej%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Torrejón Air Base">Torrejón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouasseur_Air_Base" title="Nouasseur Air Base">Nouasseur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9_Airport" title="Rabat–Salé Airport">Rabat-Salé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scampton" title="RAF Scampton">RAF Scampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculthorpe_Training_Area" title="Sculthorpe Training Area">RAF Sculthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Slimane_Air_Base" title="Sidi Slimane Air Base">Sidi Slimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_South_Ruislip" title="RAF South Ruislip">RAF South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield" title="U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield">U-Tapao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodbridge" title="RAF Woodbridge">RAF Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_Airport" title="Zaragoza Airport">Zaragoza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Strategic Air Command"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/100px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/150px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/200px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Air Expeditionary Task Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Air Division">3d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Division" title="7th Air Division">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Division" title="14th Air Division">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Division" title="40th Air Division">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Air_Division" title="45th Air Division">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Air_Division" title="801st Air Division">801st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/806th_Air_Division" title="806th Air Division">806th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/817th_Air_Division" title="817th Air Division">817th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822d_Air_Division" title="822d Air Division">822d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823d_Air_Division" title="823d Air Division">823d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4310th_Air_Division" title="4310th Air Division">4310th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic<br />aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="18th Strategic Aerospace Division">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Strategic Aerospace Division">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="810th Strategic Aerospace Division">810th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="813th Strategic Aerospace Division">813th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/816th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="816th Strategic Aerospace Division">816th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="818th Strategic Aerospace Division">818th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="819th Strategic Aerospace Division">819th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="820th Strategic Aerospace Division">820th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="821st Strategic Aerospace Division">821st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="825th Strategic Aerospace Division">825th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic missile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_wings" title="Strategic Air Command wings">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Bombardment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Wing" title="17th Training Wing">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Airlift_Wing" title="19th Airlift Wing">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Air Refueling Wing">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Bombardment Wing">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Bombardment Wing">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Base Wing">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">43d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Air Base Wing">72d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Wing">92d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air_Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air Ground Operations Wing">93d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303d_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Aeronautical Systems Wing">303d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Air Refueling Wing">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="379th Air Expeditionary Wing">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/380th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="380th Air Expeditionary Wing">380th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Bombardment Wing">416th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Bombardment_Wing" title="450th Bombardment Wing">450th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Wing" title="456th Bombardment Wing">456th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/465th_Bombardment_Wing" title="465th Bombardment Wing">465th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/494th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Wing">494th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Fighter_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Fighter Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Fighter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Training Wing">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/506th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="506th Air Expeditionary Group">506th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing" title="508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing">508th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_missile_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of missile wings of the United States Air Force">Missile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/44th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Strategic Missile Wing">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing" title="90th Missile Wing">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Missile_Wing" title="91st Missile Wing">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="308th Strategic Missile Wing">308th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Strategic Missile Wing">321st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/341st_Missile_Wing" title="341st Missile Wing">341st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Strategic Missile Wing">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Strategic Missile Wing">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392d Strategic Missile Wing">392d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Strategic Missile Wing">451st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Strategic Missile Wing">702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Strategic Missile Wing">703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="705th Strategic Missile Wing">705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Strategic Missile Wing">706th</a></li> <li>4320th Strategic Wing (Missile)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Air Mobility Wing">6th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">26th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Group" title="544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group">544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_air_refueling_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Air Force air refueling wings">Refueling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Air Refueling Wing">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="305th Air Mobility Wing">305th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="384th Air Refueling Wing">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/497th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="497th Air Refueling Wing">497th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/499th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="499th Air Refueling Wing">499th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="500th Air Refueling Wing">500th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Strategic_Wings_assigned_to_the_Strategic_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USAF Strategic Wings assigned to the Strategic Air Command">Strategic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462d_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462d Strategic Aerospace Wing">462d</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">AFCON</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Range_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Range Wing">98th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Strategic_Wing" title="306th Strategic Wing">306th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Strategic Wing">307th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MAJCOM_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force">MAJCOM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3918th_Strategic_Wing" title="3918th Strategic Wing">3918th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3920th_Strategic_Wing" title="3920th Strategic Wing">3920th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">3960th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3970th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3970th Strategic Wing">3970th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3973d_Strategic_Wing" title="3973d Strategic Wing">3973d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4026th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4026th Strategic Wing">4026th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4038th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4038th Strategic Wing">4038th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4039th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4039th Strategic Wing">4039th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4042d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4042d Strategic Wing">4042d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4043d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4043d Strategic Wing">4043d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4047th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4047th Strategic Wing">4047th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">4080th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4081st_Strategic_Wing" title="4081st Strategic Wing">4081st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4082d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4082d Strategic Wing">4082d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4083d_Strategic_Wing" title="4083d Strategic Wing">4083d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4123d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4123d Strategic Wing">4123d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4126th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4126th Strategic Wing">4126th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4128th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4130th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4130th Strategic Wing">4130th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4133rd_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4133rd Strategic Wing">4133d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4134th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4134th Strategic Wing">4134th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4135th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4135th Strategic Wing">4135th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4136th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4136th Strategic Wing">4136th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4137th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4137th Strategic Wing">4137th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4138th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4141st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4141st Strategic Wing">4141st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4158th_Strategic_Wing" title="4158th Strategic Wing">4158th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4170th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4170th Strategic Wing">4170th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4228th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4228th Strategic Wing">4228th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4238th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4238th Strategic Wing">4238th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4239th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4239th Strategic Wing">4239th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4241st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4241st Strategic Wing">4241st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4245th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4245th Strategic Wing">4245th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="376th Strategic Wing">4252nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4258th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4258th Strategic Wing">4258th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4321st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4321st Strategic Wing">4321st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">USAAF<br />Groups<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>*</big>= initial assigned<br />unit upon SAC's<br />activation</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Operations_Group" title="28th Operations Group">28th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Operations Group">43rd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Operations Group">93d</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/498th_Tactical_Missile_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="498th Tactical Missile Group">498th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Composite</a> (3/46*)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th</a> (6/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a> (2/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Operations_Group" title="91st Operations Group">91st Strategic Reconnaissance</a> (1/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Equipment_of_Strategic_Air_Command" title="Equipment of Strategic Air Command">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bomber_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomber aircraft">Bombers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">North American B-45 Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">Convair B-58 Hustler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command<br />& Control</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">Lockheed DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">Boeing E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American F-2 Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">North American F-82 Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">North American F-86 Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">AGM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">AGM-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">AGM-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-129_ACM" title="AGM-129 ACM">AGM-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">HGM-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30A/B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30G</a></li> <li><a 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RB-57D Canberra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing RB-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing RB-29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">Boeing KB-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing KB-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">Lockheed Martin KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">Fairchild C-82 Packet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">Convair C-131 Samaritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">Boeing C-135 Stratolifter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commanders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Kenney" title="George Kenney">George Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Power" title="Thomas S. Power">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dale_Ryan" title="John Dale Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Nazzaro" title="Joseph J. Nazzaro">Joseph J. Nazzaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_K._Holloway" title="Bruce K. Holloway">Bruce K. Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Meyer" title="John C. Meyer">John C. Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_E._Dougherty" title="Russell E. Dougherty">Russell E. Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Ellis" title="Richard H. Ellis">Richard H. Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_L._Davis" title="Bennie L. Davis">Bennie L. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_T._Chain,_Jr,&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John T. Chain, Jr, (page does not exist)">John T. 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title="Borj El Amri Airport">Massicault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudna_Airfield" title="Oudna Airfield">Oudna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pont_du_Fahs_Airfield" title="Pont du Fahs Airfield">Pont du Fahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte_Marie_du_Zit_Airfield" title="Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield">Sainte Marie du Zit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soliman_Airfield" title="Soliman Airfield">Soliman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Amendola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Castelltuccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattolica_Airfield" title="Cattolica Airfield">Cattolica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Celone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Cerignola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Fano Airport">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Foggia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioia_del_Colle_Air_Base" title="Gioia del Colle Air Base">Gioia del Colle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport" title="Taranto-Grottaglie Airport">Grottaglie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Giulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Lesina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Lucera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Madna</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Air_Division" title="49th Air Division">49th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">55th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/304th_Air_Division" title="304th Air Division">304th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Division" title="305th Air Division">305th Fighter (P)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" 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