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class="infobox-caption">31 TES F-35A Lightning II<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1942–1947, 1955–1960, 1988–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, 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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;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Test and evaluation</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/Nellis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellis AFB">Nellis AFB</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Occupation_Medal" title="Army of Occupation Medal">World War II Army of Occupation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Organizational_Excellence_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Organizational Excellence Award">Air Force Organizational Excellence Award</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">53rd Wing Emblem<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:53d_Wing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/53d_Wing.png/150px-53d_Wing.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/53d_Wing.png/225px-53d_Wing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/53d_Wing.png/300px-53d_Wing.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="590" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">79th Fighter Group emblem<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:79fg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/79fg.jpg/125px-79fg.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/79fg.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="250" /></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%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">Attack</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-10 Thunderbolt II">A-10</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bomber</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B-1_Lancer" class="mw-redirect" title="B-1 Lancer">B-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="B-2 Spirit">B-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/B-52_Stratofortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-52 Stratofortress">B-52</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/F-15_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="F-15 Eagle">F-15C & E</a>, <a href="/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a>, <a href="/wiki/F-22_Raptor" class="mw-redirect" title="F-22 Raptor">F-22</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Multirole_helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Multirole helicopter">Multirole helicopter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/HH-60_Pave_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="HH-60 Pave Hawk">HH-60</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft" title="Surveillance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MQ-1_Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="MQ-1 Predator">MQ-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="RQ-4 Global Hawk">RQ-4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">U-2</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>53rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Group_(air_force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (air force)">group</a> of the United States <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>. It is a part of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Wing" title="53rd Wing">53rd Wing</a>, and is <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquartered</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nellis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellis AFB">Nellis AFB</a>, Nevada.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Group was originally activated in 1942 as the <b>79th Pursuit Group</b> (Interceptor), becoming the <b>79th Fighter Group</b> (Single Engine) a few months later. Later that year it moved overseas to Egypt, where it was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> and participated in combat in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a> in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Italy until April 1945. After the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, it became part of the Army of Occupation until it was inactivated in 1947. </p><p>The group was activated again in 1955 as the <b>79th Fighter Group</b> (Air Defense) as part of a program of <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a> (ADC) to replace its air defense groups with fighter units with distinguished records in World War II. It provided <a href="/wiki/Air_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Air defense">air defense</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> region until it was inactivated in 1960. </p><p>In 1988, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> activated the 4443rd Test and Evaluation Group as an operational test unit at Eglin AFB, an <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Force Systems Command</a> (AFSC) base that was home to AFSC's <a href="/w/index.php?title=Armament_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armament Center (page does not exist)">Armament Center</a>. In December 1991, as the USAF eliminated its Major Command controlled (MAJCON) four-digit units, the 79th was consolidated with the 4443rd, and the combined unit was designated the <b>79th Test and Evaluation Group</b>. In 1998, as a result of USAF policy that subordinate groups carry the same number as their parent wing, the 79th TEG was inactivated and replaced by the newly constituted <b>53rd Test and Evaluation Group</b>. In 1999, the unit moved from Eglin AFB to Nellis AFB, Less than two years later, USAF consolidated the 79th and 53rd TEGs to provide one continuous history to its weapons test and evaluation group. </p><p>The unit consists of seven squadrons, two detachments, and a named flight. Its mission is to manage the flying activities of the 53rd wing at <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Barksdale AFB">Barksdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beale_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Beale AFB">Beale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creech_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Creech AFB">Creech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dyess_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyess AFB">Dyess</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edwards_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwards AFB">Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eglin_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eglin AFB">Eglin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nellis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellis AFB">Nellis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Whiteman_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Whiteman AFB">Whiteman</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force base">Air Force bases</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group consists of seven squadrons, two direct detachments, and a named flight. These units perform tactical development, operational tests, and evaluations for <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the group assists the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a> with testing and operating the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1" title="Boeing YAL-1">YAL-1 Airborne Laser</a>, <a href="/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper" class="mw-redirect" title="MQ-9 Reaper">MQ-9</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fighter_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Strike Fighter Program">F-35A</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Squadrons">Squadrons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Squadrons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/31st_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="31st Test and Evaluation Squadron">31st Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="49th Test and Evaluation Squadron">49th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Test and Evaluation Squadron">72d Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="85th Test and Evaluation Squadron">85th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=88th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="88th Test and Evaluation Squadron (page does not exist)">88th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/337th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="337th Test and Evaluation Squadron">337th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/417th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="417th Fighter Squadron">417th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="418th Test and Evaluation Squadron">418th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/422d_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="422d Test and Evaluation Squadron">422d Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/556th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="556th Test and Evaluation Squadron">556th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Detachments">Detachments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Detachments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group includes three detachments which are not part of the regular squadron structure: </p> <ul><li>Detachment 1 – Based at Edwards AFB, Detachment 1 performs operational test.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Detachment 2 – Based at Beale AFB, Detachment 2 performs evaluations of the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a> and <a href="/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="RQ-4 Global Hawk">RQ-4 Global Hawk</a> and train personnel in the operation of the equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Detachment 3 – Based at Nellis AFB, Detachment 3 trains and evaluates <a href="/wiki/Aircrew" title="Aircrew">aircrews</a> in the use of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Foreign_Materiel_Exploitation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Foreign Materiel Exploitation (page does not exist)">Foreign Materiel Exploitations</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">Air Force Materiel Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Named_flights">Named flights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Named flights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group includes one named flight: </p> <ul><li>Combat Search and Rescue Combined Test Force – Based at Nellis AFB, the CSAR Combined Test Force currently operates the <a href="/wiki/HH-60_Pave_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="HH-60 Pave Hawk">HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter</a> and Guardian Angel Weapons System in an attempt to consolidate all combat search and rescue operation efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-factsheet_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was constituted as <b>79th Pursuit Group</b> (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942 and activated at <a href="/wiki/Dale_Mabry_Field" title="Dale Mabry Field">Dale Mabry Field</a>, Florida on 9 February 1942, drawing its personnel from the <a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="56th Fighter Group">56th</a> and <a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Fighter Group">81st Fighter Groups</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79FG_42-43_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79FG_42-43-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its original squadrons were the <a href="/wiki/85th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Fighter Squadron">85th</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-m_cs239_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m_cs239-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">86th</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/87th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Fighter Squadron">87th Pursuit Squadrons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was redesignated the <b>79th Fighter Group</b> (Single Engine) in May 1942. The group trained in the United States, then moved to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> by sea via Brazil in October–November 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-79FG_42-43_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79FG_42-43-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it became part of <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group trained with <a href="/wiki/P-40_Warhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="P-40 Warhawk">P-40 Warhawks</a>'s while moving westward in the wake of the British drive across Egypt and <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although many of the group's pilots flew combat missions with other organizations, the 79th group itself did not begin combat operations until March 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By escorting bombers, attacking enemy shipping, and supporting ground forces, the 79th took part in the Allied operations that defeated Axis forces in <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, captured <a href="/wiki/Pantelleria" title="Pantelleria">Pantelleria</a>, and conquered <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> (DUC) for its support of British Eighth Army during that period, March–August 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> in August 1943 and continued to support the <a href="/wiki/British_Eighth_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="British Eighth Army">British Eighth Army</a> by attacking troop concentrations, gun positions, bridges, roads, and rail lines in southern <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It operated in the area of the <a href="/wiki/Anzio" title="Anzio">Anzio</a> beachhead, from January to March 1944. The group participated in the drive on <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, from March to June 1944, and converted to <a href="/wiki/P-47_Thunderbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47 Thunderbolt">P-47 Thunderbolts</a> during that time.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It flew escort and strafing missions in southern <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> during August and September 1944, and afterward returned to Italy and engaged in interdictory and close support operations in northern Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group received a second DUC for numerous missions flown at minimum altitude in intense flak to help pierce the enemy line at the <a href="/wiki/Santerno_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Santerno River">Santerno River</a> in Italy in April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>79th Ftr Gp</b> </p> <table border="10"> <tbody><tr> <th>Aerial Victories</th> <th>Number</th> <th>Note </th></tr> <tr> <td>Group Hq</td> <td>1</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>85th Fighter Squadron</td> <td>28</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>86th Fighter Squadron</td> <td>26</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>87th Fighter Squadron</td> <td>41.5</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Group Total</td> <td>96.5</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The group remained overseas as part of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> after the war as part of the occupation force.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was transferred, without personnel and equipment, to the US in June 1947 and inactivated on 15 July 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Defense_Command">Air Defense Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Air Defense Command"><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:86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg/220px-86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg/330px-86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg/440px-86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron_Convair_TF-102A-36-CO_Delta_Dagger_55-4052_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1447" data-file-height="677" /></a><figcaption>TF-102 of the 86th FIS at Youngstown MAP</figcaption></figure> <p>The group was redesignated the <b>79th Fighter Group</b> (Air Defense), assigned to ADC and activated on 18 August 1955 at Youngstown MAP, Ohio<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Youngstown, the group assumed the personnel and equipment of the <a href="/wiki/502nd_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="502nd Air Defense Group">502nd Air Defense Group</a>, which was simultaneously inactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-cj81_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj81-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group provided air defense over eastern Ohio as part of <a href="/wiki/30th_Air_Division" title="30th Air Division">30th Air Division</a> of ADC's <a href="/wiki/Central_Air_Defense_Force" title="Central Air Defense Force">Central Air Defense Force</a> and acted as the host unit for the Air Force portion of Youngstown MAP. The 79th was assigned several support organizations to fulfill this responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-79MWfacts_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79MWfacts-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cj137_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj137-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cj145_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj145-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the group's original components, the <a href="/wiki/86th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron" title="86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron">86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron</a> (FIS), flying <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> equipped and <a href="/wiki/Rocket_(weapon)" title="Rocket (weapon)">rocket</a> armed <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">North American F-86D Sabres</a> was already stationed at Youngstown and transferred from the 502nd.<sup id="cite_ref-cj120_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj120-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 1957 the 86th FIS traded its Sabres for <a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger</a> aircraft equipped with <a href="/wiki/Data_link" title="Data link">data link</a> for interception control through the <a href="/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment" title="Semi-Automatic Ground Environment">Semi-Automatic Ground Environment</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-cj120_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj120-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Air Force transferred command of Youngstown MAP from ADC to <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> on 1 March 1960 and the 79th Fighter Group and its components inactivated that date.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>79th Test and Evaluation Group</b> </p> <ul><li>Constituted as <b>79th Pursuit Group</b> (Interceptor) on 13 January 1942</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 9 February 1942</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>79th Fighter Group</b> (Single Engine) in May 1942</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 15 July 1947</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated as <b>79th Fighter Group</b> (Air Defense) on 20 June 1955</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 18 August 1955</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 1 March 1960<sup id="cite_ref-cj81_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj81-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>79th Tactical Fighter Group</b> on 31 July 1985<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (remained inactive)</li> <li>Redesignated <b>79th Test and Evaluation Group</b> on 1 December 1991</li> <li>Consolidated with <b>4443rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> on 15 December 1991</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 20 November 1998</dd></dl> <ul><li>Consolidated on 25 June 2000 with <b>53rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> as <b>53rd Test and Evaluation Group</b></li></ul> <p><b>4443rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> </p> <ul><li>Designated as <b>4443rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> and activated on 1 July 1988</li> <li>Consolidated with <b>79th Test and Evaluation Group</b> on 15 December 1991 as <b>79th Test and Evaluation Group</b></li></ul> <p><b>53rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> </p> <ul><li>Constituted as <b>53rd Test and Evaluation Group</b> and activated on 20 November 1998</li> <li>Consolidated on 25 June 2000 with <b>79th Test and Evaluation Group</b></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=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, 9 February 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Fighter_Command" title="I Fighter Command">I Fighter Command</a>, 22 June 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Fighter Wing">Boston Fighter Wing</a>, 1 August 1942 – 28 September 1942<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_Central_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces Central Command">Ninth Air Force</a>, 18 November 1942 (attached to No. 7 Wing, <a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South African Air Force</a> (SAAF) from 21 February 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter Command</a>, 24 February 1943 (remained attached to No. 7 Wing, SAAF until <i>ca</i>. 2 June 1943, attached to XII Air Support Command to 14 June 1943, No. 7 Wing SAAF)<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, 21 August 1943 (attached to <a href="/wiki/Northwest_African_Tactical_Air_Force" title="Northwest African Tactical Air Force">Northwest African Tactical Air Force</a> (NWATAF))<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Air_Support_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Air Support Command">XII Air Support Command</a>, 1 September 1943 (remained attached to NWATAF)<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="57th Bombardment Wing">57th Bombardment Wing</a>, 1 November 1943 – 1 January 1944<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (remained attached to NWATAF until 17 January 1944, attached to <a href="/wiki/64th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="64th Fighter Wing">64th Fighter Wing</a> 18 January 1944 – 10 February 1944 and 27 February 1944 – 20 April 1944, <a href="/wiki/87th_Fighter_Wing" title="87th Fighter Wing">87th Fighter Wing</a> 11 June 1944 – 19 September 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Fighter_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="XII Fighter Command">XII Fighter Command</a>, 20 September 1944 (attached to 64th Fighter Wing 20 September 1944 – 30 September 1944<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Twelfth Air Force, 1 October 1944 (attached to <a href="/wiki/Desert_Air_Force" title="Desert Air Force">Desert Air Force</a> 1 October 1944 – 9 May 1945, <a href="/wiki/XXII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XXII Tactical Air Command">XXII Tactical Air Command</a>, 12 May 1945 – 7 June 1945<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Fighter_Wing" title="70th Fighter Wing">70th Fighter Wing</a>, 31 July 1945<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, 25 June 1947 – 15 July 1947<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4708th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4708th Air Defense Wing">4708th Air Defense Wing</a>, 18 August 1955<sup id="cite_ref-cj73_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj73-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Air_Division" title="30th Air Division">30th Air Division</a>, 8 July 1956<sup id="cite_ref-cj73_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj73-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Detroit Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1959 – 1 March 1960<sup id="cite_ref-cj73_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj73-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Wing" title="53rd Wing">USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center (later USAF Air Warfare Center, 53rd Wing)</a>, 1 July 1988 – 20 November 1998, 20 November 1998 – present</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=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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 .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>85th Pursuit Squadron (later 85th Fighter Squadron, 4485th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron): 9 February 1942 – 15 July 1947, 1 August 1988 – present<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>86th Pursuit Squadron (later 86th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron): 9 February 1942 – 15 July 1947; 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960</li> <li>87th Pursuit Squadron (later 87th Fighter Squadron): 9 February 1942 – 15 July 1947<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="99th Fighter Squadron">99th Fighter Squadron</a>: 16 October 1943 – 1 April 1944 (Attached)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Fighter_Squadron" title="316th Fighter Squadron">316th Fighter Squadron</a>: 15 March 1943 – 21 May 1943 (Attached)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <p><b>Support Units</b> </p> <ul><li>79th USAF Infirmary (later 79th USAF Dispensary), 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960<sup id="cite_ref-79MWfacts_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79MWfacts-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79th Air Base Squadron, 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, <i>ca</i>. 8 July 1957 – 1 March 1960<sup id="cite_ref-cj137_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj137-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>79th Materiel Squadron, 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960<sup id="cite_ref-cj145_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj145-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Test Units</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/31st_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="31st Test and Evaluation Squadron">31st Test and Evaluation Squadron</a>, 15 April 1993 – present</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, California</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/49th_Test_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Test Squadron">49th Test Squadron</a> (later 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron), 15 April 1993 – present<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>, Louisiana</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron">72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron</a>, 20 November 1998 – present<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman Air Force Base</a>, Missouri</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/417th_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="417th Fighter Squadron">417th Test and Evaluation Squadron</a>, 24 April 2018 – present</li></ul> <dl><dd>Edwards Air Force Base, California</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/422nd_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron">422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron</a>, 1 August 1997 – present</li></ul> <dl><dd>Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4486th_Fighter_Weapons_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="4486th Fighter Weapons Squadron">4486th Fighter Weapons Squadron</a>, 1 October 1988 - 30 November 1991</li> <li>HH-60G Combined Test Force (later 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron), 1 October 2002 – present</li></ul> <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=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Mabry_Field" title="Dale Mabry Field">Dale Mabry Field</a>, Florida, 9 February 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Field">Morris Field</a>, North Carolina c. 1 May 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsgrove_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillsgrove Army Air Field">Hillsgrove Army Air Field</a>, Rhode Island <i>ca</i>. 22 June 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford Army Air Field">Bedford Army Air Field</a>, Massachusetts 2 July – 28 September 1942</li> <li>Egypt 18 November 1942<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Amiriya" title="RAF El Amiriya">Al Amirya</a> (Landing Ground LG-174), Egypt 19 November 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazala" title="Gazala">Gazala</a>, Libya (Landing Ground LG-150), 14 January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Daraugh North Landing Ground Libya, 7 February 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castel_Benito" title="Castel Benito">Castel Benito</a> Airdrome, Libya, 27 March 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Causeway Airdrome, Tunisia 13 March 1943<sup id="cite_ref-79FG_42-43_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79FG_42-43-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_El_Hani" title="Sidi El Hani">Sidi El Hani</a> Landing Ground, Tunisia, 17 April 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Haouaria_Airfield" title="El Haouaria Airfield">El Haouaria Airfield</a>, Tunisia, 2 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bou_Grara_Airfield" title="Bou Grara Airfield">Bou Grara Airfield</a>, Tunisia, 6 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Causeway Airdrome, Tunisia 14 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-79FG_42-43_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79FG_42-43-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse, Sicily</a>, Italy 16 July 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassibile_(village)" title="Cassibile (village)">Cassibile Landing Ground</a>, Sicily, Italy, 26 July 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palagonia" title="Palagonia">Palagonia</a> Landing Ground, Sicily, Italy, 30 July 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isola_delle_Femmine" title="Isola delle Femmine">Isole</a> Landing Ground, Sicily, Italy, 13 September 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pisticci" title="Pisticci">Pisticci</a> Landing Ground, Italy, 24 September 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Penny Post Landing Ground, Italy 26 September 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salsola_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Salsola Airfield">Salsola Airfield</a> (Foggia No. 3), Italy 4 October 1943<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Madna Airfield, Italy 19 November 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capodichino_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Capodichino Airport">Capodichino Airport</a>, Naples, Italy, 15 January 1944<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano Airfield</a>, Italy 1 May 1944 – 17 June 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serragia_Airfield" title="Serragia Airfield">Serragia Airfield</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> 20 June 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Raphael/Frejus_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Raphael/Frejus Airfield">St. Raphael/Frejus Airfield</a> (Y-12),<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France c. 25 August 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valance_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Valance Airfield">Valance Airfield</a> (Y-23),<sup id="cite_ref-Johnson_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johnson-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, 30 September 1944<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iesi_Airfield" title="Iesi Airfield">Iesi Airfield</a>, Italy c. 4 October 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airfield" title="Fano Airfield">Fano Airfield</a>, Italy c. 5 December 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesenatico_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Cesenatico Airfield">Cesenatico Airfield</a>, Italy 20 March 1945<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAF_Station_Hoersching" class="mw-redirect" title="AAF Station Hoersching">AAF Station Hoersching</a> (later Hoersching Air Base),<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Austria, 22 July 1945 – 25 June 1947<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley Field">Langley Field</a>, Virginia, 25 June 1947 – 15 July 1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngstown-Warren_Air_Reserve_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station">Youngstown Municipal Airport</a>, Ohio, 18 August 1955 – 1 March 1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Eglin AFB">Eglin AFB</a>, Florida, 1 July 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nellis AFB">Nellis AFB</a>, Nevada, 17 June 1999 – present</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_Campaigns">Awards and Campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and Campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award streamer</th> <th>Award</th> <th>Dates</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/200px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/300px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/400px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a></td> <td>March 1943-17 August 1943</td> <td>79th Fighter Group, North Africa and Sicily<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/200px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/300px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG/400px-Streamer_PUC_Army.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Distinguished Unit Citation</td> <td>16 April 1945–20 April 1945</td> <td>79th Fighter Group, Italy<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a></td> <td>1 April 1989-31 March 1991</td> <td>4443rd Test & Evaluation Group (later 79th Test & Evaluation Group)<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 June 1994-31 May 1996</td> <td>79th Test & Evaluation Group<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/200px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/300px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg/400px-Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</td> <td>1 June 1998-31 May 2000</td> <td>79th Test & Evaluation Group (later 53rd Test & Evaluation Group)<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFOEA_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/200px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/300px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/AFOEA_Streamer.jpg/400px-AFOEA_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Organizational_Excellence_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Organizational Excellence Award">Air Force Organizational Excellence Award</a></td> <td>1 January 1992-31 December 1993</td> <td>79th Test and Evaluation Group<sup id="cite_ref-53TEGfacts_27-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53TEGfacts-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Campaign Streamer </th> <th>Campaign </th> <th>Dates </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Air Combat, EAME Theater</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Egypt-Libya</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Tunisia</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Sicily</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Naples-Foggia</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Anzio</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Rome-Arno</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Southern France</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Northern Apennines</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal_streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span></td> <td>Po Valley</td> <td></td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Streamer_NOS_E.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Streamer_NOS_E.JPG/200px-Streamer_NOS_E.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Streamer_NOS_E.JPG/300px-Streamer_NOS_E.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Streamer_NOS_E.JPG/400px-Streamer_NOS_E.JPG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="37" /></a></span></td> <td>World War II Army of Occupation</td> <td>2 May 1945 – 25 June 1947</td> <td>79th Fighter Group<sup id="cite_ref-M_CU_145_11-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M_CU_145-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1942</li> <li>Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1942–1945</li> <li>North American F-86D Sabre, 1955</li> <li>Convair F-102A Delta Dagger, 1955–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II" title="Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II">Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</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/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle</a> C & E</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_HH-60_Pave_Hawk" title="Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk">Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">General Atomics MQ-1 Predator</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Additionally, the group has flying hours assigned to the <a href="/wiki/B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="B-2 Spirit">B-2 Spirit</a> bomber, <a href="/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="RQ-4 Global Hawk">RQ-4 Global Hawk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Wing" title="53rd Wing">53rd Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">List of United States Air Force Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Defense_Command_Fighter_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons">Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons</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=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <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">Aircraft is Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II, serial 09-5005, taken at <a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis Air Force Base</a>, Nevada.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The group uses this emblem with the group designation on the scroll when assigned to the 53rd Wing Bailey, Factsheet 53 Test & Evaluation Group.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Apparently, never officially approved. Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, p. 145. The blue stripe at top represent the sky, the hieroglyphic numbers display the group's number and the falcon headed Egyptian god, <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> is the central figure. Lind, Frontispiece.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This remains the group emblem, but is not used while assigned to the 53rd Wing. Bailey, Factsheet 53 Test 7 Evaluation Group.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Newton & Senning gives figure as 25.99 due to one victory shared by three pilots credited as .33 to each</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Located at Alexandria by 1 January 1943 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://airforcehistoryindex.org/data/000/080/713.xml">Abstract, History of 79th Ftr Gp CY 1943</a>. Retrieved 13 May 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of the group remained behind at Madna.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The group history identifies this field as "Bron Airdrome".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Watkins-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Watkins, pp. 30–31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-factsheet-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-factsheet_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><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><cite id="CITEREFUSAF" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090226215718/http://www.53wg.acc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080502-032.pdf">"Eglin AFB 53rd Test and Evaluation Group Fact Sheet"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Atglen,PA: Shiffer Publishing, Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-3401-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-3401-6"><bdi>978-0-7643-3401-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Insignia+and+Aircraft+Markings+of+the+U.S.+Army+Air+Force+in+World+War+II&rft.place=Atglen%2CPA&rft.pub=Shiffer+Publishing%2C+Ltd.&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-7643-3401-6&rft.aulast=Watkins&rft.aufirst=Robert+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A53rd+Test+and+Evaluation+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Coles, Harry C., (1945) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/1-50/AFD-090602-067.pdf">Ninth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign to 23 January 1943, USAF Historical Study No. 30</a></li> <li>Coles, Harry C., (1945) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/Portals/16/documents/Studies/1-50/AFD-090602-085.pdf">Participation by the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, USAF Historical Study No. 37</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeonard2009" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Leonard, Barry (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191216135402/https://history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf"><i>History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Vol. II, 1955–1972. Fort McNair, DC: Center for Military History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-43792-131-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-43792-131-1"><bdi>978-1-43792-131-1</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/bmd/BMDV2.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 16 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 February</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Strategic+Air+and+Ballistic+Missile+Defense&rft.place=Fort+McNair%2C+DC&rft.pub=Center+for+Military+History&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-43792-131-1&rft.aulast=Leonard&rft.aufirst=Barry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.army.mil%2Fhtml%2Fbooks%2Fbmd%2FBMDV2.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A53rd+Test+and+Evaluation+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Woerpel, Don. <i>The 79th Fighter Group: Over Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy in World War II</i>. 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href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Argentia" title="Naval Station Argentia">McAndrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepperrell_Air_Force_Base" title="Pepperrell Air Force Base">Pepperrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base" title="Pituffik Space Base">Thule</a></li></ul> </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:USAF_-_Aerospace_Defense_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/USAF_-_Aerospace_Defense_Command.svg/70px-USAF_-_Aerospace_Defense_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/USAF_-_Aerospace_Defense_Command.svg/105px-USAF_-_Aerospace_Defense_Command.svg.png 1.5x, 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Force Station">Almaden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpena_Combat_Readiness_Training_Center" title="Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center">Alpena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigo_Air_Force_Station" title="Antigo Air Force Station">Antigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Heights_Air_Force_Station" title="Arlington Heights Air Force Station">Arlington Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baker_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baker Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_Air_Force_Station" title="Bedford Air Force Station">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellefontaine_Air_Force_Station" title="Bellefontaine Air Force Station">Bellefontaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belleville_Air_Force_Station" title="Belleville Air Force Station">Belleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Benton Air Force Station">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Air_Force_Station" title="Blaine Air Force Station">Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brookfield_Air_Force_Station" title="Brookfield Air Force Station">Brookfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Air_Force_Station" title="Brunswick Air Force Station">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bucks_Harbor_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bucks Harbor Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Bucks Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burns_Air_Force_Station" title="Burns Air Force Station">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Air_Force_Station" title="Calumet Air Force Station">Calumet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambria_Air_Force_Station" title="Cambria Air Force Station">Cambria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Charles_Air_Force_Station" title="Cape Charles Air Force Station">Cape Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Cod Space Force Station">Cape Cod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmi_Air_Force_Station" title="Carmi Air Force Station">Carmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caswell_Air_Force_Station" title="Caswell Air Force Station">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler_Air_Force_Station" title="Chandler Air Force Station">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Air_Force_Station" title="Charleston Air Force Station">Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_Mountain_Space_Force_Station" title="Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station">Cheyenne Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claysburg_Air_Force_Station" title="Claysburg Air Force Station">Claysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Air Force Station">Clear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colville_Air_Force_Station" title="Colville Air Force Station">Colville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condon_Air_Force_Station" title="Condon Air Force Station">Condon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Divide_Air_Force_Station" title="Continental Divide Air Force Station">Continental Divide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_Air_Force_Station" title="Cottonwood Air Force Station">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Cross City Air Force Station">Cross City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Springs_Air_Force_Station" title="Crystal Springs Air Force Station">Crystal Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curlew_Air_Force_Station" title="Curlew Air Force Station">Curlew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_Air_Force_Station" title="Custer Air Force Station">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_Bank_Air_Force_Station" title="Cut Bank Air Force Station">Cut Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Center_Air_Force_Station" title="Dallas Center Air Force Station">Dallas Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dauphin_Island_Air_Force_Station" title="Dauphin Island Air Force Station">Dauphin Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Air_Force_Station" title="Dickinson Air Force Station">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncanville_Air_Force_Station" title="Duncanville Air Force Station">Duncanville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldorado_Air_Force_Station" title="Eldorado Air Force Station">Eldorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_Air_Force_Station" title="Empire Air Force Station">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_Air_Force_Station" title="Finland Air Force Station">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finley_Air_Force_Station" title="Finley Air Force Station">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flintstone_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flintstone Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Flintstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fordland_Air_Force_Station" title="Fordland Air Force Station">Fordland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Fisher_Air_Force_Station" title="Fort Fisher Air Force Station">Fort Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lee_Air_Force_Station" title="Fort Lee Air Force Station">Fort Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortuna_Air_Force_Station" title="Fortuna Air Force Station">Fortuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Air_Force_Station" title="Gettysburg Air Force Station">Gettysburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Marais_Air_Force_Station" title="Grand Marais Air Force Station">Grand Marais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Air_Force_Station" title="Grand Rapids Air Force Station">Grand Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guthrie_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Guthrie Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Hanna City Air Force Station">Hanna City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havre_Air_Force_Station" title="Havre Air Force Station">Havre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_Air_Force_Station" title="Highlands Air Force Station">Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houma_Air_Force_Station" title="Houma Air Force Station">Houma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson_Air_Force_Station" title="Hutchinson Air Force Station">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joelton_Air_Force_Station" title="Joelton Air Force Station">Joelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keno_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Keno Air Force Station">Keno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killeen_Air_Force_Station" title="Killeen Air Force Station">Killeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingman_Air_Force_Station" title="Kingman Air Force Station">Kingman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirksville_Air_Force_Station" title="Kirksville Air Force Station">Kirksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamath_Air_Force_Station" title="Klamath Air Force Station">Klamath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles_Air_Force_Station" title="Lake Charles Air Force Station">Lake Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Lake City Air Force Station">Lake City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Cruces_Air_Force_Station" title="Las Cruces Air Force Station">Las Cruces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Air_Force_Station" title="Las Vegas Air Force Station">Las Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewistown_Air_Force_Station" title="Lewistown Air Force Station">Lewistown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lockport_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lockport Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Lockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lufkin_Air_Force_Station" title="Lufkin Air Force Station">Lufkin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lyndonville_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lyndonville Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Lyndonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madera_Air_Force_Station" title="Madera Air Force Station">Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makah_Air_Force_Station" title="Makah Air Force Station">Makah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mica_Peak_Air_Force_Station" title="Mica Peak Air Force Station">Mica Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miles_City_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miles City Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Miles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Mill Valley Air Force Station">Mill Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Station" title="Minot Air Force Station">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montauk_Air_Force_Station" title="Montauk Air Force Station">Montauk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moriarty_Air_Force_Station" title="Moriarty Air Force Station">Moriarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hebo_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Hebo Air Force Station">Mount Hebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Laguna_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Laguna Air Force Station">Mount Laguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Lemmon_Air_Force_Station" title="Mount Lemmon Air Force Station">Mount Lemmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naselle_Air_Force_Station" title="Naselle Air Force Station">Naselle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bend_Air_Force_Station" title="North Bend Air Force Station">North Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Charleston_Air_Force_Station" title="North Charleston Air Force Station">North Charleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Truro_Air_Force_Station" title="North Truro Air Force Station">North Truro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Force_Station" title="Oklahoma City Air Force Station">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olathe_Air_Force_Station" title="Olathe Air Force Station">Olathe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha_Air_Force_Station" title="Omaha Air Force Station">Omaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opheim_Air_Force_Station" title="Opheim Air Force Station">Opheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osceola_Air_Force_Station" title="Osceola Air Force Station">Osceola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Othello_Air_Force_Station" title="Othello Air Force Station">Othello</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owingsville_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Owingsville Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Owingsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozona_Air_Force_Station" title="Ozona Air Force Station">Ozona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo_Air_Force_Station" title="Palermo Air Force Station">Palermo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Arena_Air_Force_Station" title="Point Arena Air Force Station">Point Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Austin_Air_Force_Station" title="Port Austin Air Force Station">Port Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Isabel_Air_Force_Station" title="Port Isabel Air Force Station">Port Isabel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyote_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyote Air Force Station">Pyote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Bluff_Air_Force_Station" title="Red Bluff Air Force Station">Red Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_Air_Force_Station" title="Rochester Air Force Station">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockport_Air_Force_Station" title="Rockport Air Force Station">Rockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Air_Force_Station" title="Rockville Air Force Station">Rockville (Indiana)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roslyn_Air_National_Guard_Station" title="Roslyn Air National Guard Station">Roslyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rye_Air_Force_Station" title="Rye Air Force Station">Rye</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Albans_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Albans Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Saint Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Clemente_Island_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="San Clemente Island Air Force Station">San Clemente Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Island_Air_Force_Station" title="Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station">Santa Rosa Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratoga_Springs_Air_Force_Station" title="Saratoga Springs Air Force Station">Saratoga Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sault_Sainte_Marie_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sault Sainte Marie Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Sault Ste Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eareckson_Air_Station" title="Eareckson Air Station">Shemya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Snelling" title="Fort Snelling">Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Mountain_Air_Force_Station" title="Snow Mountain Air Force Station">Snow Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetwater_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweetwater Air Force Station">Sweetwater</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texarkana_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Texarkana Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tierra_Amarilla_Air_Force_Station" title="Tierra Amarilla Air Force Station">Tierra Amarilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville_Air_Force_Station" title="Thomasville Air Force Station">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonopah_Air_Force_Station" title="Tonopah Air Force Station">Tonopah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topsham_Air_Force_Station" title="Topsham Air Force Station">Topsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Creeks_Air_Force_Station" title="Two Creeks Air Force Station">Two Creeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadena_Air_Force_Station" title="Wadena Air Force Station">Wadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut_Ridge_Air_Force_Station" title="Walnut Ridge Air Force Station">Walnut Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watertown_Air_Force_Station" title="Watertown Air Force Station">Watertown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Waverly_Air_Force_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waverly Air Force Station (page does not exist)">Waverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Mesa_Air_Force_Station" title="West Mesa Air Force Station">West Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Run_Air_Force_Station" title="Willow Run Air Force Station">Willow Run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnemucca_Air_Force_Station" title="Winnemucca Air Force Station">Winnemucca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winslow_Air_Force_Station" title="Winslow Air Force Station">Winslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_Air_Force_Station" title="Winston-Salem Air Force Station">Winston-Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Woomera_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Woomera Airfield">Woomera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaak_Air_Force_Station" title="Yaak Air Force Station">Yaak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zapata_Air_Force_Station" title="Zapata Air Force Station">Zapata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Overseas</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/CFS_Armstrong" title="CFS Armstrong">Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Baldy_Hughes" title="CFS Baldy Hughes">Baldy Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Beausejour" title="CFS Beausejour">Beausejour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Makkovik_Air_Station" title="Cape Makkovik Air Station">Cape Makkovik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartwright_Air_Station" title="Cartwright Air Station">Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_Throat_Island_Air_Station" title="Cut Throat Island Air Station">Cut Throat Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliston_Ridge_Air_Station" title="Elliston Ridge Air Station">Elliston Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Harbour_Air_Station" title="Fox Harbour Air Station">Fox Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hofn_Air_Station" title="Hofn Air Station">Hofn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopedale_Air_Station" title="Hopedale Air Station">Hopedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Kamloops" title="CFS Kamloops">Kamloops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Scie_Air_Station" title="La Scie Air Station">La Scie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langanes_Air_Station" title="Langanes Air Station">Langanes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latrar_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Latrar Air Station">Latrar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_Air_Station" title="Melville Air Station">Melville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCAF_Station_Puntzi_Mountain" title="RCAF Station Puntzi Mountain">Puntzi Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Ramore" title="CFS Ramore">Ramore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cliff_Air_Station" title="Red Cliff Air Station">Red Cliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockville_Air_Station_(Iceland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockville Air Station (Iceland)">Rockville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Saglek" title="CFS Saglek">Saglek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Air_Station" title="Saint Anthony Air Station">St. Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Beaverlodge" title="CFS Beaverlodge">Saskatoon Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Sioux_Lookout" title="CFS Sioux Lookout">Sioux Lookout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotted_Island_Air_Station" title="Spotted Island Air Station">Spotted Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephenville_Air_Station" title="Stephenville Air Station">Stephenville</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;">Air<br />Defense<br />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:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Forces</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/Central_Air_Defense_Force" title="Central Air Defense Force">Central Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Defense_Force" title="Eastern Air Defense Force">Eastern Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Group" title="85th Group">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Air_Defense_Force" title="Western Air Defense Force">Western Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air<br />Divisions</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/8th_Air_Division" title="8th Air Division">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Space_Division" title="9th Space Division">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Air_Division" title="20th Air Division">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Air_Division_(United_States)" title="23rd Air Division (United States)">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Air_Division" title="24th Air Division">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Air_Division" title="25th Air Division">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Air_Division" title="26th Air Division">26th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Air_Division" title="27th Air Division">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Air_Division" title="28th Air Division">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Air_Division" title="29th Air Division">29th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Air_Division" title="30th Air Division">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Air_Division" title="31st Air Division">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Division">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="33rd Air Division">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Air_Division" title="34th Air Division">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Air_Division" title="35th Air Division">35th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Air_Division" title="37th Air Division">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Division" title="64th Air Division">64th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Air Division">73d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Air_Division" title="85th Air Division">85th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sectors</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/Albuquerque_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Albuquerque Air Defense Sector">Albuquerque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Bangor Air Defense Sector">Bangor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Boston Air Defense Sector">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Chicago Air Defense Sector">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Detroit Air Defense Sector">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duluth_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Duluth Air Defense Sector">Duluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goose_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Goose Air Defense Sector">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Grand Forks Air Defense Sector">Grand Forks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Falls_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Great Falls Air Defense Sector">Great Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Kansas City Air Defense Sector">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Air Defense Sector">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Minot Air Defense Sector">Minot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Montgomery Air Defense Sector">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Air Defense Sector">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Phoenix Air Defense Sector">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Portland Air Defense Sector">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reno_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Reno Air Defense Sector">Reno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sault_Sainte_Marie_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Sault Sainte Marie Air Defense Sector">Sault Sainte Marie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Air_Defense_Sector" title="San Francisco Air Defense Sector">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle Air Defense Sector">Seattle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Sioux City Air Defense Sector">Sioux City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Spokane Air Defense Sector">Spokane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Air_Defense_Sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Stewart Air Defense Sector">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Syracuse Air Defense Sector">Syracuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Air_Defense_Sector" title="Washington Air Defense Sector">Washington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Fighter <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/23d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Wing">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Expeditionary Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Space_Wing" title="50th Space Wing">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Fighter Wing">52d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="78th Fighter Wing">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Interceptor_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="81st Fighter-Interceptor Wing">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Fighter_Wing" title="325th Fighter Wing">325th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="328th Fighter Wing">328th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="507th Fighter Wing">507th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Detection and Control <a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73d_Space_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="73d Space Group">73d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/551st_Electronic_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="551st Electronic Systems Wing">551st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/552d_Air_Control_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="552d Air Control Wing">552d</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Air Defense <a href="/wiki/46th_Test_Wing" title="46th Test Wing">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4620th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4620th Air Defense Wing">4620th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4621st_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4621st Air Defense Wing">4621st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4622d_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4622d Air Defense Wing">4622d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4624th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4624th Air Defense Wing">4624th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4625th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4625th Air Defense Wing">4625th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4627th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4627th Air Defense Wing">4627th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4628th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4628th Air Defense Wing">4628th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4683d_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4683d Air Defense Wing">4683d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4700th_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4700th Air Defense Wing">4700th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4702d_Defense_Wing" title="4702d Defense Wing">4702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4703d_Defense_Wing" title="4703d Defense Wing">4703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4704th_Defense_Wing" title="4704th Defense Wing">4704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4705th_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4705th Defense Wing">4705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4706th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4706th Air Defense Wing">4706th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4707th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4707th Air Defense Wing">4707th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4708th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4708th Air Defense Wing">4708th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4709th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4709th Air Defense Wing">4709th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4710th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4710th Air Defense Wing">4710th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4711th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4711th Air Defense Wing">4711th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4750th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4750th Air Defense Wing">4750th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4751st_Air_Defense_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4751st Air Defense Missile Wing">4751st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4752d_Air_Defense_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4752d Air Defense Wing">4752d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4756th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4756th Air Defense Wing">4756th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4780th_Air_Defense_Wing" title="4780th Air Defense Wing">4780th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Fighter <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Fighter Group">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Group" title="4th Fighter Group">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Wing" title="15th Wing">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="23d Fighter Group">23d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="32d Air Expeditionary Group">32d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Operations Group">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Operations_Group" title="50th Operations Group">50th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Operations Group">52d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Wing">53d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Fighter-Interceptor Group">54th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Operations_Group" title="56th Operations Group">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group" title="78th Fighter Group">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="79th Fighter Group">79th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Bomber_Group" title="81st Fighter-Bomber Group">81st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Operations Group">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="84th Fighter Group">84th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Operations_Group" title="325th Operations Group">325th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/326th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="326th Fighter Group">326th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/327th_Aircraft_Sustainment_Wing" title="327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing">327th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Armament_Systems_Wing" title="328th Armament Systems Wing">328th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/329th_Fighter-Interceptor_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="329th Fighter-Interceptor Group">329th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/337th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="337th Fighter Group">337th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/343d_Wing" title="343d Wing">343d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Wing">355th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="408th Fighter Group">408th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412th_Test_Wing" title="412th Test Wing">412th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414th_Fighter_Group" title="414th Fighter Group">414th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/473d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="473d Fighter Group">473d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Weapons_Evaluation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Weapons Evaluation Group">475th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/476th_Fighter_Group" title="476th Fighter Group">476th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/478th_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" title="478th Aeronautical Systems Wing">478th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Air Defense <a href="/wiki/10th_Aerospace_Defense_Group" title="10th Aerospace Defense Group">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Defense_Group" title="500th Air Defense Group">500th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/501st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="501st Air Defense Group">501st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/502d_Air_Defense_Group" title="502d Air Defense Group">502d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/503d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Air Defense Group">503d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/514th_Air_Defense_Group" title="514th Air Defense Group">514th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/515th_Air_Defense_Group" title="515th Air Defense Group">515th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/516th_Air_Defense_Group" title="516th Air Defense Group">516th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/517th_Air_Defense_Group" title="517th Air Defense Group">517th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/518th_Air_Defense_Group" title="518th Air Defense Group">518th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/519th_Air_Defense_Group" title="519th Air Defense Group">519th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/520th_Air_Defense_Group" title="520th Air Defense Group">520th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/521st_Air_Defense_Group" title="521st Air Defense Group">521st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/525th_Air_Defense_Group" title="525th Air Defense Group">525th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/527th_Air_Defense_Group" title="527th Air Defense Group">527th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/528th_Air_Defense_Group" title="528th Air Defense Group">528th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/529th_Air_Defense_Group" title="529th Air Defense Group">529th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/530th_Air_Defense_Group" title="530th Air Defense Group">530th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/533d_Air_Defense_Group" title="533d Air Defense Group">533d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/534th_Air_Defense_Group" title="534th Air Defense Group">534th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Air_Defense_Group" title="564th Air Defense Group">564th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/566th_Air_Defense_Group" title="566th Air Defense Group">566th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/567th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="567th Air Defense Group">567th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/568th_Air_Defense_Group" title="568th Air Defense Group">568th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/575th_Air_Defense_Group" title="575th Air Defense Group">575th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/637th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="637th Air Defense Group">637th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/665th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="665th Air Defense Group">665th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/678th_Air_Defense_Group" title="678th Air Defense Group">678th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/692d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="692d Air Defense Group">692d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/701st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="701st Air Defense Group">701st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/751st_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="751st Air Defense Group">751st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/762d_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="762d Air Defense Group">762d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/765th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="765th Air Defense Group">765th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/778th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="778th Air Defense Group">778th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/780th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="780th Air Defense Group">780th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/827th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="827th Air Defense Group">827th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/858th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="858th Air Defense Group">858th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4606th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4606th Air Defense Group">4606th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4620th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4620th Air Defense Group">4620th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4676th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4676th Air Defense Group">4676th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4700th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4700th Air Defense Group">4700th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4721st_Air_Defense_Group" title="4721st Air Defense Group">4721st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4722d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4722d Air Defense Group">4722d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4727th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4727th Air Defense Group">4727th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4728th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4728th Air Defense Group">4728th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4729th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4729th Air Defense Group">4729th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4730th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4730th Air Defense Group">4730th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4731st_Air_Defense_Group" title="4731st Air Defense Group">4731st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4732d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4732d Air Defense Group">4732d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4733d_Air_Defense_Group" title="4733d Air Defense Group">4733d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4734th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4734th Air Defense Group">4734th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4735th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4735th Air Defense Group">4735th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4750th_Air_Defense_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="4750th Air Defense Group">4750th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4756th_Air_Defense_Group" title="4756th Air Defense Group">4756th</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Aircraft Control & Warning <a href="/wiki/503d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="503d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">503d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/505th_Command_and_Control_Wing" title="505th Command and Control Wing">505th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/540th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="540th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">540th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/541st_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group">541st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/542d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="542d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">542d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/543d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">543d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">544th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/545th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="545th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">545th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/546th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" title="546th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">546th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/563d_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="563d Aircraft Control and Warning Group">563d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="564th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">564th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/565th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="565th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">565th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/566th_Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="566th Aircraft Control and Warning Group">566th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</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/Aerospace_Defense_Command_Fighter_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons">Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_Control_and_Warning_Squadrons" class="mw-redirect" title="Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons">Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons</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;">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</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:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Electronic</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/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_variants" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants">TB-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-57_Canberra" title="Martin B-57 Canberra">EB-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star" title="Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star">EC-121</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Propeller:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">P-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin 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title="Naval Air Station Port Lyautey">Port Lyautey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angads_Airport" title="Angads Airport">Oujda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Royal_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="First Royal Air Force Base">Rabat Sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ras_el_Ma_Airfield" title="Ras el Ma Airfield">Ras el Ma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Algeria</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/Ain_M%27lila_Airfield" title="Ain M'lila Airfield">Ain M'lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berteaux_Airfield" title="Berteaux Airfield">Berteaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biskra_Airport" title="Biskra Airport">Biskra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canrobert_Airfield" title="Canrobert Airfield">Canrobert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield">Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Boudiaf_International_Airport" title="Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport">Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Es_S%C3%A9nia_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Oran Es Sénia Airport">Es Sénia (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houari_Boumediene_Airport" title="Houari Boumediene Airport">Maison Blanche (Algiers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostaganem_Airport" title="Mostaganem Airport">Matemore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montesquieu_Airfield" title="Montesquieu Airfield">Montesquieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouvion_Airfield" title="Nouvion Airfield">Nouvion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orleansville_Airfield" title="Orleansville Airfield">Orleansville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skikda_Airport" title="Skikda Airport">Philippeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relizane_Airport" title="Relizane Airport">Relizane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rerhaia_Airfield" title="Rerhaia Airfield">Rerhaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Donat_Airfield" title="Saint-Donat Airfield">Saint-Donat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Leu_Airfield" title="Saint-Leu Airfield">Saint-Leu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ain_Beida_Airport" title="Ain Beida Airport">Sedrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte-Barbe_du_Tl%C3%A9lat_Airfield" title="Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat Airfield">Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Tafraoui_Airport" title="Oran Tafraoui Airport">Tafaraoui (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheikh_Larbi_T%C3%A9bessi_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheikh Larbi Tébessi Airport">Tébessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telergma_Airport" title="Telergma Airport">Telergma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghriss_Airport" title="Ghriss Airport">Thiersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youks-les-Bains_Airfield" title="Youks-les-Bains Airfield">Youks-les-Bains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Tunisia</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/Bizerte-Sidi_Ahmed_Air_Base" title="Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base">Bizerte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dar_el_Koudia_Airfield" title="Dar el Koudia Airfield">Dar el Koudia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depienne_Airfield" title="Depienne Airfield">Depienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedeida_Airfield" title="Djedeida Airfield">Djedeida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djilma_Airfield" title="Djilma Airfield">Djilma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebba_Ksour_Airfield" title="Ebba Ksour Airfield">Ebba Ksour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Bathan_Airfield" title="El Bathan Airfield">El Bathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfidaville_Airfield" title="Enfidaville Airfield">Enfidaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goubrine_Airfield" title="Goubrine Airfield">Goubrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grombalia_Airfield" title="Grombalia Airfield">Grombalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korba_Airfield" title="Korba Airfield">Korba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunis-Carthage_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunis-Carthage International Airport">La Marsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Sebala_Airfield" title="La Sebala Airfield">La Sebala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Sers_Airfield" title="Le Sers Airfield">Le Sers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borj_El_Amri_Airport" title="Borj El Amri Airport">Massicault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mateur_Airfield" title="Mateur Airfield">Mateur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Temime_Airfield" title="Menzel Temime Airfield">Menzel Temime</a></li> <li><a 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Airfield">Thelepte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">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/Agrigento_Airfield" title="Agrigento Airfield">Agrigento (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnoli_Airfield" title="Bagnoli Airfield">Bagnoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Barcelona Landing Ground">Barcelona LG (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo-Boccadifalco_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport">Boccadifalco (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borizzo_Airfield" title="Borizzo Airfield">Borizzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples Airport">Capodichino (Naples)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castel_Volturno_Airfield" title="Castel Volturno Airfield">Castel Volturno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelvetrano_Airfield" title="Castelvetrano Airfield">Castelvetrano (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassibile_Airfield" title="Cassibile Airfield">Cassibile (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattolica_Airfield" title="Cattolica Airfield">Cattolica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catania-Fontanarossa_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Catania-Fontanarossa Airport">Catania (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercola_Airfield" title="Cercola Airfield">Cercola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comiso_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Comiso Airfield">Comiso (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_Ciampino_Airport" title="Rome Ciampino Airport">Ciampino (Rome)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervia_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervia Air Force Base">Cesenatico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decimomannu_Air_Base" title="Decimomannu Air Base">Decimomannu (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagliari-Elmas_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cagliari-Elmas Airport">Elmas (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconara_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Falconara Airport">Falconara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Fano Airport">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Airport" title="Florence Airport">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Foggia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Follonica_Airfield" title="Follonica Airfield">Follonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudo_Airfield" title="Gaudo Airfield">Gaudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerbini_Airfield" title="Gerbini Airfield">Gerbini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioia_del_Colle_Air_Base" title="Gioia del Colle Air Base">Gioia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosseto_Airport" title="Grosseto Airport">Grosseto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport" title="Taranto-Grottaglie Airport">Grottaglie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iesi_Airfield" title="Iesi Airfield">Iesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Banca_Airfield" title="Le Banca Airfield">Le Banca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lecce_Airfield" title="Lecce Airfield">Lecce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licata_Airfield" title="Licata Airfield">Licata (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manduria_Airfield" title="Manduria Airfield">Manduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcianise_Airfield" title="Marcianise Airfield">Marcianise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siena-Ampugnano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Siena-Ampugnano Airport">Malignano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazzara_Airfield" title="Mazzara Airfield">Mazzara (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milazzo_Airfield" title="Milazzo Airfield">Milazzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina_Airfield" title="Messina Airfield">Messina (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montalto_Di_Castro_Airfield" title="Montalto Di Castro Airfield">Montalto Di Castro</a></li> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Pontedera_Airfield" title="Pontedera Airfield">Pontedera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompeii_Airfield" title="Pompeii Airfield">Pompeii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Olivo_Airfield" title="Ponte Olivo Airfield">Ponte Olivo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggio_Calabria_Airport" title="Reggio Calabria Airport">Reggio Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocca_Bernardo_Airfield" title="Rocca Bernardo Airfield">Rocca Bernardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosia_Airfield" title="Rosia Airfield">Rosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pancrazio_Airfield" title="San Pancrazio Airfield">San Pancrazio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airfield" title="Santa Maria Airfield">Santa Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scordia_Airfield" title="Scordia Airfield">Scordia (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sele_Airfield" title="Sele Airfield">Sele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serretella_Airfield" title="Serretella Airfield">Serretella</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Amb%C3%A9rieu-en-Bugey_Air_Base" title="Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base">Amberieu (Y-5)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiens-Glisy_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Amiens-Glisy Airport">Amiens (B-48)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Simon_-_Clastres_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Simon - Clastres Air Base">Clastres (A-71)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dijon_Bourgogne_-_Longvic_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dijon Bourgogne - Longvic Airport">Dijon (Y-9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B4le-Tavaux_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dôle-Tavaux Airport">Dôle-Tavaux (Y-7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghisonaccia_Alzitone_Airport" title="Ghisonaccia Alzitone Airport">Ghisonaccia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventiseri-Solenzara_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base">Gisonochia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istres-Le_Tub%C3%A9_Air_Base" title="Istres-Le Tubé Air Base">Istres (Y-17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Vallon_Airfield" title="La Vallon Airfield">La Vallon (Y-18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Luc_-_Le_Cannet_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Luc - Le Cannet Airport">Le Luc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lun%C3%A9ville-Croismare_Airport" title="Lunéville-Croismare Airport">Luneville (Y-2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyettes_Airfield" title="Loyettes Airfield">Loyettes (Y-25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastia_-_Poretta_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Bastia - Poretta Airport">Poretta (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Dizier_-_Robinson_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Dizier - Robinson Air Base">Saint-Dizier (A-64)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salon-de-Provence_Air_Base" title="Salon-de-Provence Air Base">Salon de Provence (Y-16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serragia_Airfield" title="Serragia Airfield">Serragia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solonzara_Airfield" title="Solonzara Airfield">Solonzara (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</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/XII_Bomber_Command" title="XII Bomber Command">XII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XII Tactical Air Command">XII Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XXII Tactical Air Command">XXII Tactical Air</a></li> <li>XII Troop Carrier (Provisional)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</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/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th Bombardment (7th Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)">51st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)">52d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62d_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="62d Fighter Wing (World War II)">62d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63d_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Fighter Wing (World War II)">63d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Division" title="64th Air Division">64th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Fighter Wing (World War II)">87th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Air_Division" title="90th Air Division">90th Photographic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="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:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</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/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Training Group">17th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Operations_Group" title="47th Operations Group">47th 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href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</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/1st_Operations_Group" title="1st Operations Group">1st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Operations_Group" title="31st Operations Group">31st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Operations Group">33d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Operations Group">52d Fighter</a></li> <li><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Stations</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:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine (Mand)</a></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/Lod_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lod Air Force Base">Lydda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muqeible_Airfield" title="Muqeible Airfield">Muqueibile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramat_David_Airbase" title="Ramat David Airbase">Ramat David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Jean" title="RAF St Jean">St Jean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></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/Abu_Suweir_Air_Base" title="Abu Suweir Air Base">Abu Sueir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismailia_Air_Base" title="Ismailia Air Base">Ismailia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Amiriya" title="RAF El Amiriya">El Amiriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Daba" title="RAF El Daba">Daba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deversoir_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Deversoir Air Base">Deversoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fayid" title="RAF Fayid">Fayid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kibrit_Air_Base" title="Kibrit Air Base">Kabrit</a></li> <li>* <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ground_174" title="Landing Ground 174">Landing Ground 174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport" title="Cairo International Airport">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Haneish_Airfield" title="Sidi Haneish Airfield">Sidi Haneish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></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/Baheira_Airfield" title="Baheira Airfield">Baheira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belandah_Airfield" title="Belandah Airfield">Belandah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benina_International_Airport" title="Benina International Airport">Benina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito" title="RAF Castel Benito">Castel Benito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berca_Airfield" title="Berca Airfield">Berca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanur_Airport" title="Nanur Airport">Darragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_Airbase" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase">El Adem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Assa_Airfield" title="El Assa Airfield">El Assa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gambut" title="RAF Gambut">Gambut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%27s_Lanuf_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra's Lanuf Airport">Hamraiet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lete_Airfield" title="Lete Airfield">Lete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuba_Airbase" title="Martuba Airbase">Martuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habit_Awlad_Muhammad_Airport" title="Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport">Tmed El Chel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobruk_Airport" title="Tobruk Airport">Tobruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitiga_International_Airport" title="Mitiga International Airport">Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Azeiz_Airfield" title="Sidi Azeiz Airfield">Sidi Azeiz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></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/Ben_Gardane_Airfield" title="Ben Gardane Airfield">Ben Gardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bou_Grara_Airfield" title="Bou Grara Airfield">Bou Grara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chekira_Airfield" title="Chekira Airfield">Chekira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hani_Airfield" title="Hani Airfield">Hani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hazbub_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hazbub Airfield (page does not exist)">Hazbub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Haouaria_Airfield" title="El Haouaria Airfield">El Haouaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medenine_Airfield" title="Medenine Airfield">Medenine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Heurr_Airfield" title="Menzel Heurr Airfield">Menzel Heurr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sfax%E2%80%93Thyna_International_Airport" title="Sfax–Thyna International Airport">Sfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soltane_Airfield" title="Soltane Airfield">Soltane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">United Kingdom</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/RAF_Aldermaston" title="RAF Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andrews_Field" title="RAF Andrews Field">Andrews Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ashford" title="RAF Ashford">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balderton" title="RAF Balderton">Balderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath" title="RAF Barkston Heath">Barkston Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Beaulieu" title="RAF Beaulieu">Beaulieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Birch" title="RAF Birch">Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bisterne" title="RAF Bisterne">Bisterne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boreham" title="RAF Boreham">Boreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bottesford" title="RAF Bottesford">Bottesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boxted" title="RAF Boxted">Boxted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down" title="RAF Charmy Down">Charmy Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalgrove_Airfield" title="Chalgrove Airfield">Chalgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chilbolton" title="RAF Chilbolton">Chilbolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chipping_Ongar" title="RAF Chipping Ongar">Chipping Ongar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Christchurch" title="RAF Christchurch">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cottesmore" title="RAF Cottesmore">Cottesmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Airport" title="Exeter Airport">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">Folkingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fulbeck" title="RAF Fulbeck">Fulbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gosfield" title="RAF Gosfield">Gosfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Grove" title="RAF Grove">Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Halden" title="RAF High Halden">High Halden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Headcorn" title="RAF Headcorn">Headcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Holmsley_South" title="RAF Holmsley South">Holmsley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hurn" title="RAF Hurn">Hurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kingsnorth_(World_War_II)" title="RAF Kingsnorth (World War II)">Kingsnorth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Langar" title="RAF Langar">Langar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headcorn_Aerodrome" title="Headcorn Aerodrome">Lashenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lymington" title="RAF Lymington">Lymington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Matching" title="RAF Matching">Matching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Merryfield" title="RAF Merryfield">Merryfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Witham" title="RAF North Witham">North Witham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rivenhall" title="RAF Rivenhall">Rivenhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Saltby" title="RAF Saltby">Saltby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scorton" title="RAF Scorton">Scorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Staplehurst" title="RAF Staplehurst">Staplehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Spanhoe" title="RAF Spanhoe">Spanhoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Stansted_Mountfitchet" title="RAF Stansted Mountfitchet">Stansted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Stoney_Cross" title="RAF Stoney Cross">Stoney Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thruxton" title="RAF Thruxton">Thruxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upottery" title="RAF Upottery">Upottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Warmwell" title="RAF Warmwell">Warmwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Welford" title="RAF Welford">Welford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Weston Zoyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MDP_Wethersfield" title="MDP Wethersfield">Wethersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Winkton" title="RAF Winkton">Winkton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodchurch" title="RAF Woodchurch">Woodchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">Wormingford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Europe</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/Advanced_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Landing Ground">Advanced Landing Grounds</a> (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_(World_War_II).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg/70px-Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg/105px-Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg/140px-Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">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:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Commands</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/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">9th Air Division (was IX Bomber Command)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Air_Defense_Command" title="IX Air Defense Command">IX Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="IX Troop Carrier Command">IX Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XIX Tactical Air Command">XIX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIX_Tactical_Air_Command_(Provisional)" title="XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional)">XXIX Tactical Air</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><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"></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;">Bombardment</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/97th_Bombardment_Wing_(U.S._Army_Air_Forces)" title="97th Bombardment Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)">97th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="98th Combat Bombardment Wing">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Air_Division" title="44th Air Division">99th Bombardment </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</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/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">8th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/348th_Tactical_Electronics_Group" title="348th Tactical Electronics Group">9th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Fighter_Wing" title="70th Fighter Wing">70th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Fighter_Wing" title="71st Fighter Wing">71st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" title="84th Fighter Wing (World War II)">84th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">100th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Fighter_Wing" title="303rd Fighter Wing">303d Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop carrier</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/50th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="50th Troop Carrier Wing">50th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="52nd Troop Carrier Wing">52d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Fighter_Wing" title="53rd Fighter Wing">53d Troop Carrier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="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:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</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/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="322d Air Expeditionary Group">322d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323d_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="323d Expeditionary Operations Group">323d Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/126th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="126th Air Refueling Wing">344th Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="376th Expeditionary Operations Group">376th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="387th Air Expeditionary Group">387th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/111th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Fighter Wing">391st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Rescue_Wing" title="106th Rescue Wing">394th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="409th Air Expeditionary Group">409th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="416th Air Expeditionary Wing">416th Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</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/36th_Operations_Group" title="36th Operations Group">36th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Operations_Group" title="50th Operations Group">50th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th Fighter</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">79th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="103d Airlift Wing">324th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Operations_Group" title="354th Operations Group">354th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="122d Fighter Wing">358th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/132nd_Wing" title="132nd Wing">365th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/128th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="128th Air Refueling Wing">362d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363rd_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">363d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/366th_Operations_Group" title="366th Operations Group">366th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/133d_Operations_Group" title="133d Operations Group">367th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/136th_Airlift_Wing" title="136th Airlift Wing">368th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/370th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="370th Air Expeditionary Wing">370th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/142nd_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="142nd Fighter Wing">371st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/373d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="373d Fighter Group">373d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/137th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="137th Special Operations Wing">404th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="405th Air Expeditionary Group">405th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="406th Air Expeditionary Group">406th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/474th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="474th Air Expeditionary Group">474th Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop carrier</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/61st_Air_Base_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="61st Air Base Group">61st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="64th Air Expeditionary Group">64th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="313th Expeditionary Operations Group">313th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Fighter_Wing" title="Philadelphia Fighter Wing">Philadelphia Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="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:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</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/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Bombardment Group">13th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Operations Group">22d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Operations Group">43d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="45th Bombardment Group">45th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/302d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="302d Operations Group">302d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/400th_Bombardment_Group" title="400th Bombardment Group">400th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402d_Fighter-Day_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="402d Fighter-Day Group">402d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/459th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="459th Air Refueling Wing">459th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/460th_Space_Wing" title="460th Space Wing">460th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/471st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="471st Bombardment Group">471st Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Combat Cargo</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/512th_Operations_Group" title="512th Operations Group">1st Combat Cargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2d_Combat_Cargo_Group" title="2d Combat Cargo Group">2d Combat Cargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Combat_Cargo_Group" title="4th Combat Cargo Group">4th Combat Cargo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</th><td 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</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 Commando</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/352nd_Special_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="352nd Special Operations Group">2nd Air Commando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/353rd_Special_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="353rd Special Operations Group">3rd Air Commando</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><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/3rd_Operations_Group" title="3rd Operations Group">3rd Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Training Group">17th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Operations Group">21st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="29th Flying Training Wing">29th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Operations_Group" title="30th Operations Group">30th Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Bombardment_Group" title="38th Bombardment Group">38th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="321st Air Expeditionary Group">321st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="322d Air Expeditionary Group">322d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323d_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="323d Air Expeditionary Wing">323d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/335th_Bombardment_Group" title="335th Bombardment Group">335th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/336th_Training_Group" title="336th Training Group">336th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/344th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="344th Bombardment Group">344th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/345th_Bombardment_Wing" title="345th Bombardment Wing">345th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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