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It may be employed by the 427th Special Operations Squadron</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1944–1945, 1970–1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a 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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Squadron</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations">Special Operations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Field" title="Pope Field">Pope Field</a>, NC<sup id="cite_ref-AFMAPR23-11_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFMAPR23-11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/150px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/225px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br />World War II EAME Theater</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png/150px-Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png/225px-Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png/300px-Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br />World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </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;">427th Special Operations Squadron emblem</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg/165px-427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg/248px-427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg/330px-427th_special_operations_sq-patch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="456" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">427th Night Fighter Squadron emblem<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png/165px-427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png/248px-427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png/330px-427_Night_Fighter_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="381" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>427th Special Operations Squadron</b> is a specialized, covert unit of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. After reporter Andreas Parsch filed a Freedom of Information Act request, the Air Force told him the unit "support[s] training requirements ... for infiltration and exfiltration."<sup id="cite_ref-427thSOS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That is, it prepares troops for secretly slipping into and out of dangerous territory. The squadron is not listed by the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Haulman_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haulman-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is reported by the press to be stationed at <a href="/wiki/Pope_Field" title="Pope Field">Pope Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-427thSOS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron was originally formed during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as the <b>427th Night Fighter Squadron</b>. Its planned mission to defend United States Army Air Forces bases in the Soviet Union was cancelled when the Soviets did not allow the unit to be based in Ukraine SSR during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Frantic" title="Operation Frantic">Operation Frantic</a> shuttle bombing missions that took place in 1944. It later served in Italy, India, Southern China and Burma as a <a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">Northrop P-61 Black Widow</a> night fighter interceptor squadron. </p><p>The squadron was reactivated during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> to train <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Air Force">Republic of Vietnam Air Force</a> pilots in using the <a href="/wiki/Cessna_A-37_Dragonfly" title="Cessna A-37 Dragonfly">Cessna A-37 Dragonfly</a> in <a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">counterinsurgency</a> operations. Its most recent activation may involve counterinsurgency and counter-terrorist operations as part of <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">Air Force Special Operations Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-427thSOS_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 427th is a clandestine unit which the Air Force discloses little information about. According to news reports, it may provide <a href="/wiki/Short_Takeoff_and_Landing" class="mw-redirect" title="Short Takeoff and Landing">Short Takeoff and Landing</a> and tactically qualified crews to support training requirements for the US Army <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations Forces">Special Operations Forces</a> (SOF) community. It may support the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Special Operations Command">United States Army Special Operations Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Special Forces Command">United States Army Special Forces Command</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Special_Warfare_Center_and_School" title="John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School">John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-427thSOS_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is believed that the 427th provides US Army SOF personnel the opportunity to train on various types of aircraft for infiltration and exfiltration that they may encounter in the lesser developed countries in which they provide training. If this is factual, then 427th <a href="/wiki/Aircrew" title="Aircrew">aircrews</a> must be proficient in smaller types of aircraft in order to familiarize US Army personnel with their characteristics, peculiarities, and capabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-427thSOS_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Army's <a href="/wiki/160th_Special_Operations_Aviation_Regiment_(Airborne)" title="160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)">160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)</a> (A) uses rotary wing platforms (<a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_MH-60_Black_Hawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky MH-60 Black Hawk">Sikorsky MH-60 Black Hawk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_MH-47" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing MH-47">Boeing MH-47</a>, <a href="/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MH-6_Little_Bird" title="MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird">MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird</a>/AH-6). <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">Air Force Special Operations Command</a> primarily uses fixed-wing aircraft (<a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">Lockheed MC-130</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">Lockheed AC-130</a>, <a href="/wiki/CASA_C-212_Aviocar" title="CASA C-212 Aviocar">CASA C-212 Aviocar</a> (C-41A)) with the exception of its <a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_CV-22_Osprey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey">Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey</a>'s. The 427th likely uses non-standard airframes that are usually found in third world or former eastern bloc nations.<sup id="cite_ref-427thSOS_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>427th Night Fighter Squadron</b> was formed at <a href="/wiki/Hammer_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammer Field">Hammer Field</a>, California, where its crews were trained. The squadron also flew training missions in the <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakersfield">Bakersfield</a> area. With their training as a unit completed, personnel of the 427th packed their bags and left California's sunny <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley" title="San Joaquin Valley">San Joaquin Valley</a> in mid-July 1944. Initially traveling by ship from the east coast to <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, French Morocco. Once the squadron's planes were assembled and checked out, the unit flew east to <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, Egypt, where they expected orders for <a href="/wiki/Poltava_Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Poltava Airbase">Poltava Airfield</a>, Ukraine on the Soviet Eastern Front.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Russian_Front_and_the_Mediterranean">The Russian Front and the Mediterranean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Russian Front and the Mediterranean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The expected mission on the Russian Front was to provide night fighter escort and air defense for <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress</a> bombers on "shuttle" missions from their bases in England and Italy to targets in Eastern Europe as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Frantic" title="Operation Frantic">Operation Frantic</a>. However, a <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> night attack on the Soviet Air Force bases where the bombers landed in Ukraine on 21 June 1944 created mass havoc and destroyed many aircraft on the ground. The Soviets refused to allow American night fighters to defend the bomber bases, insisting that air defense was their responsibility, the 427th's orders to Poltava were scrubbed.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instead, the 427th was to join the four <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> equipped night fighter squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> area. After about a week's stay in Cairo, the air echelon departed and arrived at the 19th Replacement Depot outside <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy. Their new assignment was to provide night air defense from <a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano Airfield</a>, which started upon their arrival on 3 September. Their stay was short, as on 20 September the 427th was given orders to relocate to the <a href="/wiki/China-Burma-India_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="China-Burma-India Theater of Operations">China-Burma-India Theater of Operations</a> and join the <a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth Air Force</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the 427th was in operation in the Naples area for less than three weeks, it was able to fly a number of missions and had contacts with Luftwaffe <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance aircraft</a> from northern Italy. On one of these missions, a radar malfunction experienced just before coming into firing range prevented possible destruction of the German aircraft. On the other mission in which contact was made, the attack was cut short when the Naples antiaircraft defenses tried to help and nearly shot down the 427th's <a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">Northrop P-61 Black Widow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China-Burma-India_Theater">China-Burma-India Theater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: China-Burma-India Theater"><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:427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png/220px-427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png/330px-427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png/440px-427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61s_arriving_at_Calcutta_India.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="463" /></a><figcaption>427th Night Fighter Squadron P-61 Black Widows arriving at Calcutta, India, 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>Arriving in India, the squadron cooperated closely with the <a href="/wiki/426th_Night_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="426th Night Fighter Squadron">426th Night Fighter Squadron</a>. The 426th, with only four operational Black Widows, needed additional aircraft for their <a href="/wiki/Chengtu_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Chengtu Airfield">Chengtu Airfield</a>, China operations. A deal was struck between the commanding officers of the two squadrons in which the 427th would give the 426th eight of its twelve aircraft in exchange for the 426th's aircraft at the depot at <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>, where two were assembled and six were being assembled. At this time, the 427th was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Pandaveswar_Airfield" title="Pandaveswar Airfield">Pandaveswar Airfield</a> in West Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 November, another contingent of the 427th arrived at <a href="/wiki/Myitkyina_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Myitkyina Airfield">Myitkyina Airfield</a>, Burma. More of the squadron arrived during December, basically by truck over the <a href="/wiki/Ledo_Road" title="Ledo Road">Ledo Road</a> from their headquarters in India, to prepare Myitkyina as the squadron's new headquarters where they would remain until May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During December, the 427th's small detachment of three P-61s at Myitkyina saw all there was of aerial "action." They participated in seventeen combat missions. Three were patrols ordered by higher headquarters, two were due to enemy aircraft in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png/220px-427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png/330px-427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png/440px-427th_Night_Fighter_Squadron_P-61A-10-NO_Black_Widow_42-5628.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="824" /></a><figcaption>P-61A Black Widow of the 427th Night Fighter Squadron in flight over Northern Burma, 1944<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>On 25 December 1944, a detachment of the 427th arrived at <a href="/wiki/Kunming_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunming Airport">Kunming Airport</a>, China, relieving the 426th's detachment, although the bulk of the squadron remained in Burma. During January 1945, they flew patrols over Myitkyina and <a href="/wiki/Bhamo" title="Bhamo">Bhamo</a> and twelve local tactical interceptions. No enemy aircraft was encountered. Unfortunately for the 427th, one of those misfortunes of war occurred. On 22 January, one of its aircraft in the China detachment operating out of <a href="/wiki/Suichwan_Airfield" title="Suichwan Airfield">Suichwan Airfield</a> in southeast China shot down a US <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express" title="Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express">Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express</a> (a transport version of the Liberator bomber) with a crew of nine. The C-87 was in a prohibited area and made no radio calls, which led to the conclusion that it was hostile.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From this point on, Japanese night flying nearly ceased. The 427th flew more and more night intruder missions. It modified its aircraft to carry a three-tube bazooka-type rocket launcher under each wing. With its rocket-carrying P-61s, it operated against Japanese forces from its bases at Myitkyina in Burma as well as Kunming in China.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 427th intruder missions started on 22 February with a sweep of the road network south of <a href="/wiki/Lashio" title="Lashio">Lashio</a>, Burma. The squadron flew seven night intruder sorties that month. In mid-March, day and night offensive reconnaissance missions covered Pangkeyhtu/Loi-lem/Ho-pong/Namsang road network. Thirty-three-day and night patrols were accomplished that month. Missions planned to originate from Kunming and <a href="/wiki/Chihkiang_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Chihkiang Airfield">Chihkiang Airfield</a> were curtailed in April because of a shortage of fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Squadron headquarters moved from Burma to Kisselbarri, near <a href="/wiki/Dinjan" title="Dinjan">Dinjan</a>, India, in late May. The detachment at Kunming China remained there, operating elements from <a href="/wiki/Dinjan_Airfield" title="Dinjan Airfield">Dinjan Airfield</a>, India; Chengkung Airfield and <a href="/wiki/Nanning_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanning Airport">Nanning Airport</a> in China until the war's end. Activity increased in July, with the squadron claiming 155 sampans destroyed and fifty-two damaged in addition to numerous warehouses, barges, trains and trucks destroyed. Besides flying day and night intruder sorties, two special medical supply airdrop sorties were flown in a <a href="/wiki/Vultee_BT-13_Valiant" title="Vultee BT-13 Valiant">Vultee BT-13 Valiant</a> aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 August 1945, the 427th was ordered to move to <a href="/wiki/Liuchow_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Liuchow Airfield">Liuchow Airfield</a>, China. The air echelon flew there immediately while the ground echelon began the movement by road. With the war over, the air echelon was ordered to fly to <a href="/wiki/Yangkai_Airfield" title="Yangkai Airfield">Yangkai Airfield</a>, China, to turn in their aircraft for 'pickling' (preparation for storage) and start processing home. All aircraft were turned in at Yangkai, on 29 August. The 427th Night Fighter Squadron was inactivated on 13 October 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pape_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OA-37B-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/OA-37B-1.jpg/220px-OA-37B-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/OA-37B-1.jpg/330px-OA-37B-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/OA-37B-1.jpg/440px-OA-37B-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>Cessna OA-37B</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>427th Special Operations Training Squadron</b> was with <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/England_Air_Force_Base" title="England Air Force Base">England Air Force Base</a>, Louisiana on 1 July 1970. The squadron's mission was to provide transition training to <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Air Force">Republic of Vietnam Air Force</a> pilots for the <a href="/wiki/Cessna_OA-37B_Dragonfly" class="mw-redirect" title="Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly">Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly</a> counterinsurgency aircraft to combat guerrilla type activity. The standard A-37 aircraft was fitted with a refueling probe in the nose; reticulated foam was added to the self-sealing fuel tanks to protect against fire or explosions if hit by incendiary anti-aircraft rounds. The cockpit was armor-plated, and the undercarriage was strengthened to carry greater weight and to enable the aircraft to operate off rough remote airstrips.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on a self-published source. (February 2020)">self-published source?</span></a></i>]</sup> The squadron was inactivated on 15 July 1972 </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=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>427th Night Fighter Squadron</b> on 19 January 1944</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 February 1944</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 29 October 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated as the <b>427th Special Operations Training Squadron</b> and activated on 1 July 1970</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated 15 July 1972</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>427th Special Operations Squadron</b> and activated, undetermined</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IV_Fighter_Command" title="IV Fighter Command">IV Fighter Command</a> (attached to <a href="/wiki/481st_Night_Fighter_Operational_Training_Group" title="481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group">481st Night Fighter Operational Training Group</a>, 1 February 1944</li> <li>Tenth Air Force, 11 June 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, September 1944 (attached to <a href="/wiki/62nd_Fighter_Wing" title="62nd Fighter Wing">62nd Fighter Wing</a>)</li> <li>Army Air Forces India-Burma Sector, 2 October 1944</li> <li>Tenth Air Force, 13 December 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Air_Force" title="Fourteenth Air Force">Fourteenth Air Force</a>, 24 August – 29 October 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>4410th Special Operations Training Group, 1 July 1970 – 15 July 1972</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">Air Force Special Operations Command</a>, (date undetermined)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano Airfield</a>, Italy, 12 August – 20 September 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandaveswar_Airfield" title="Pandaveswar Airfield">Pandaveswar Airfield</a>, India, 31 October 1944 (detachments at Myitkyina Airfield, Burma after 13 November 1944) (detachment at Kunming Airport, China, after 18 December 1944)</li> <li>Myitkyina Airfield, Burma, c. 23 December 1944 (detachment at Kunming Airport, China)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Dinjan Airfield, India, 25 May 1945 (detachment at Kunming Airport, China until 28 June 1945, Chengkung Airfield, China from 29 June 1945)</li> <li>Nanning airport, China, 26 July 1945 (detachments at Kunming Airport, China, Chengkung Airfield, China)</li> <li>Liuchow Airfield, China, 13 August 1945 (detachment at Chengkung Airfield, China until c. 16 August 1945)</li> <li>India (Undetermined location), September–October 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Kilmer" title="Camp Kilmer">Camp Kilmer</a>, New Jersey, 28–29 October 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>England Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 July 1970 – 15 July 1972</li> <li>Pope Field, undetermined - present<sup id="cite_ref-AFMAPR23-11_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFMAPR23-11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_P-70_Havoc" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas P-70 Havoc">Douglas P-70 Havoc</a>, 1944</li> <li>Northrop P-61 Black Widow, 1944–1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer427FS2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cessna OA-37B Dragonfly, 1970–1972</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASA/IPTN_CN-235" title="CASA/IPTN CN-235">CASA/IPTN CN-235</a>M-100, undetermined - present<sup id="cite_ref-AFMAPR23-11_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFMAPR23-11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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April 2023. p. 11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=AirForces+Monthly&rft.place=Stamford%2C+Lincolnshire%2C+England&rft.pages=11&rft.pub=Key+Publishing+Ltd&rft.date=2023-04&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A427th+Special+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: year (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_year" title="Category:CS1 maint: year">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer427FS-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 525</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-427thSOS-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-427thSOS_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-427thSOS_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-427thSOS_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-427thSOS_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-427thSOS_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-427thSOS_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-u-s-air-forces-most-secretive-squadron-c6bacc520562">The USAF's Most Secretive Squadron 427th Special Operations Squadron</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Haulman-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Haulman_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Email from AFHRA 2 June 2014 stating their office has no record of the 427th Special Operations Squadron</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pape-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pape_6-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pape, Campbell & Donna Campbell<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (September 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Darling<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (September 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer427FS2-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer427FS2_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Linage information through May 1963 in Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 525</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=427th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDarling2005" class="citation book cs1">Darling, Kevin (2005). <i>Tweet and the Dragonfly: the Story of the Cessna A-37 and T-37</i>. Morrisville,NC: Lulu.com. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1411647483" title="Special:BookSources/1411647483"><bdi>1411647483</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tweet+and+the+Dragonfly%3A+the+Story+of+the+Cessna+A-37+and+T-37&rft.place=Morrisville%2CNC&rft.pub=Lulu.com&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1411647483&rft.aulast=Darling&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A427th+Special+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. 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Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6"><bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Combat+Squadrons+of+the+Air+Force%2C+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F72556&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F70605402&rft.isbn=0-405-12194-6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F02%2F2001329899%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101202-002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A427th+Special+Operations+Squadron" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPapeCampbellCampbell1991" class="citation book cs1">Pape, Garry R.; Campbell, John M.; Campbell, Donna (1991). <i>Northrop P-61 Black Widow: The Complete History and Combat Record</i>. 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(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 href="/wiki/Monastir_Habib_Bourguiba_International_Airport" title="Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport">Monastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudna_Airfield" title="Oudna Airfield">Oudna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pont_du_Fahs_Airfield" title="Pont du Fahs Airfield">Pont du Fahs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protville_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protville Airfield (page does not exist)">Protville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte_Marie_du_Zit_Airfield" title="Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield">Sainte Marie du Zit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Arba_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Arba Airfield">Souk-el-Arba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Khemis_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Khemis Airfield">Souk-el-Khemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soliman_Airfield" title="Soliman Airfield">Soliman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sousse_Airfield" title="Sousse Airfield">Sousse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelepte_Airfield" title="Thelepte 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> <li><a href="/wiki/Nettuno_Airfield" title="Nettuno Airfield">Nettuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salerno_Costa_d%27Amalfi_Airport" title="Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport">Montecorvino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ombrene_Airfield" title="Ombrene Airfield">Ombrene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbetello_Airfield" title="Orbetello Airfield">Orbetello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paestum_Airfield" title="Paestum Airfield">Paestum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisa_International_Airport" title="Pisa International Airport">Pisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria_Airport" title="Pantelleria Airport">Pantelleria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pignataro_Maggiore_Airfield" title="Pignataro Maggiore Airfield">Pignataro Maggiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piombino_Airfield" title="Piombino Airfield">Piombino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Galeria_Airfield" title="Ponte Galeria Airfield">Ponte Galeria</a></li> <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 href="/wiki/Tarquinia_Airfield" title="Tarquinia Airfield">Tarquinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Termini_Airfield" title="Termini Airfield">Termini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortorella_Airfield" title="Tortorella Airfield">Tortorella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrente_Comunelli_Airfield" title="Torrente Comunelli Airfield">Torrente Comunelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tre_Cancello_Landing_Strip" title="Tre Cancello Landing Strip">Tre Cancello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voltone_Airfield" title="Voltone Airfield">Voltone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesuvius_Airfield" title="Vesuvius Airfield">Vesuvius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">France</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/Aghione_Airfield" title="Aghione Airfield">Aghione (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a 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 href="/wiki/Tantonville_Airfield" title="Tantonville Airfield">Tantonville (Y-1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_-_Ochey_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy - Ochey Air Base">Toul-Ochey (A-96)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Units" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Units</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="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: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 Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Operations_Group" title="319th Operations Group">319th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Air Expeditionary Group">321st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a 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 href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="79th Fighter Group">79th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Bomber_Group" title="81st Fighter-Bomber Group">81st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Operations Group">82d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Operations_Group" title="86th Operations Group">86th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/324th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="324th Fighter Group">324th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Operations_Group" title="325th Operations Group">325th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/332d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="332d Fighter Group">332d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/350th_Fighter_Group" title="350th Fighter Group">350th Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Reconnaissance</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/3d_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Reconnaissance Group">3d Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">5th Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th Reconnaissance</a></li></ul> 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