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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Casualties_and_awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Casualties and awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Casualties_and_awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Victory_in_Europe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Victory_in_Europe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Victory in Europe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Victory_in_Europe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Redeployment_to_Pacific_Theater" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Redeployment_to_Pacific_Theater"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Redeployment to Pacific Theater</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Redeployment_to_Pacific_Theater-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Strategic_Air_Command" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Strategic_Air_Command"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Strategic Air Command</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Strategic_Air_Command-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Bomb_units" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bomb_units"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11.1</span> <span>Bomb units</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bomb_units-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fighter_units" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fighter_units"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11.2</span> <span>Fighter units</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fighter_units-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Korean_War" class="vector-toc-list-item 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.15</span> <span>Operations over Iraq</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operations_over_Iraq-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reorganisation_June_1992" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reorganisation_June_1992"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16</span> <span>Reorganisation June 1992</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reorganisation_June_1992-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>Air Force Global Strike Command</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lineage,_assignments,_components,_and_stations" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osm%C3%A1_leteck%C3%A1_arm%C3%A1da" title="Osmá letecká armáda – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Osmá letecká armáda" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Eighth Air Force" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%85" title="نیروی هوایی هشتم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیروی هوایی هشتم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Air_Force" title="8th Air Force – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="8th Air Force" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C8%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0" title="제8공군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="제8공군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eighth Air Force" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA" title="חיל האוויר השמיני של ארצות הברית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חיל האוויר השמיני של ארצות הברית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC8%E7%A9%BA%E8%BB%8D_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E8%BB%8D)" title="第8空軍 (アメリカ軍) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="第8空軍 (アメリカ軍)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Air_Force" title="8th Air Force – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="8th Air Force" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Armia_Lotnicza_(USA)" title="8 Armia Lotnicza (USA) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="8 Armia Lotnicza (USA)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oitava_For%C3%A7a_A%C3%A9rea_dos_Estados_Unidos" title="Oitava Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Oitava Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Português" 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png/220px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png/330px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png/440px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="968" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Shield of the Eighth Air Force</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">3 June 2008 – present (as Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic))<br />22 February 1944 – 3 June 2008 (as Eighth Air Force)<br />19 January 1942 – 22 February 1944 (as VIII Bomber Command)<br />(82 years, 10 months)<sup id="cite_ref-af.mil_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-af.mil-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;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (18 September 1947 – present)<br /> <span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg/23px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg/35px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg/46px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Strategic_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Strategic_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Strategic Command">U.S. Strategic Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bossier_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Bossier Parish, Louisiana">Bossier Parish, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"The Mighty Eighth"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Peace Through Strength"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/200px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/300px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg/400px-European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">World War II – European-African-Middle Eastern Theater</a><br /><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/200px-Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png/300px-Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png/400px-Asiatic-Pacific_Streamer.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">World War II – Asiatic-Pacific Theater</a><sup id="cite_ref-af.mil_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-af.mil-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;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg/200px-AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg/300px-AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg/400px-AFOUA_with_Valor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="38" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/200px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/300px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg/400px-US_Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award_-_Stremer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg/200px-Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg/300px-Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg/400px-Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_-_Streamer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="35" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Gallantry_Cross_(Vietnam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)">Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm</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%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (United States)">Maj. Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Armagost" title="Jason Armagost">Jason Armagost</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Mobilization Assistant to the Commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General (United States)">Brig. Gen.</a> Scheid P. Hodges</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Command Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Master Sergeant">CCM</a> Ronnie J. Woods</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">James Doolittle</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Carl_Andrew_Spaatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Andrew Spaatz">Carl "Tooey" Spaatz</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Samuel_E._Anderson" title="Samuel E. Anderson">Samuel E. Anderson</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic)</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Numbered_air_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Numbered air force">numbered air force</a> (NAF) of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a> (AFGSC). It is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a>, Louisiana. The command serves as <b>Air Forces Strategic – Global Strike</b>, one of the air components of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">United States Strategic Command</a> (USSTRATCOM). The Eighth Air Force includes the heart of America's heavy bomber force: the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a> stealth bomber, the <a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</a> supersonic bomber, and the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a> heavy bomber aircraft. </p><p><b>VIII Bomber Command</b> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> was established early in 1942. The first combat units arrived in the United Kingdom in June and combat operations began in July with first heavy bomber operations in August. Its bomber units were deployed in the UK, chiefly around <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>. From June 1943 it was the daylight bombing part of the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive</a> against Germany. </p><p>VIII Bomber Command was redesignated as Eighth Air Force on 22 February 1944. the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> combat air force in the <a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theater of World War II</a> (1939/41–1945), engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe <a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">area of responsibility</a>; carrying out <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">strategic bombing</a> of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> (1945–1991), 8 AF was one of three Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force's <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC), with a three-star general headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Westover_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Westover Air Force Base">Westover Air Force Base</a>, Massachusetts commanding USAF strategic bombers and missiles on a global scale. Elements of 8 AF engaged in combat operations during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> (1950–1953); <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> (1961–1975), as well as the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> (Operation Desert Storm), (1990–1991) over Iraq and occupied Kuwait in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">First Persian Gulf War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eighth Air Force is one of two active duty numbered air forces in the Air Force Global Strike Command. Eighth Air Force, with headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bossier_Parish,_Louisiana" title="Bossier Parish, Louisiana">Bossier Parish, Louisiana</a>, supports U.S. Strategic Command, and is designated as U.S. Strategic Command's Task Force 204, providing on-alert, combat-ready forces to the president. The mission of "The Mighty Eighth" is to safeguard America's interests through strategic deterrence and global combat power. Eighth Air Force controls long-range nuclear-capable bomber assets throughout the United States and overseas locations. Its flexible, conventional and nuclear deterrence mission provides the capability to deploy forces and engage enemy threats from home station or forward positioned, anywhere, any time. The 8th Air Force motto is "Peace Through Strength." </p><p>The Eighth Air Force team consists of more than 16,000 Regular Air Force (e.g., active duty), <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> professionals operating and maintaining a variety of aircraft capable of deploying air power to any area of the world. This air power includes the heart of America's heavy bomber force, deploying the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. The Mighty Eighth's B-52 force consists of 76 bombers assigned to two active duty wings, the <a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d Bomb Wing</a> at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana and the <a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th Bomb Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot Air Force Base</a>, North Dakota, and one reserve wing, the <a href="/wiki/307th_Bomb_Wing" title="307th Bomb Wing">307th Bomb Wing</a> at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The B-2 force consists of 20 bombers assigned to the active duty <a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bomb Wing</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Air_National_Guard" title="Missouri Air National Guard">Missouri Air National Guard</a>'s associate <a href="/wiki/131st_Bomb_Wing" title="131st Bomb Wing">131st Bomb Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Whiteman_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Whiteman AFB">Whiteman AFB</a>, Missouri. The B-1 force consists of 62 bombers assigned to the active duty <a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th Bomb Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dyess_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyess AFB">Dyess AFB</a>, Texas and the <a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th Bomb Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellsworth AFB">Ellsworth AFB</a>, South Dakota. The 131st Bomb Wing is operationally-gained by AFGSC and 8 AF from the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>, while the 307th Bomb Wing is operationally-gained from <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/10th_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Air Force">10th Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major General Mark E. Weatherington assumed command of 8th Air Force on 12 June 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History:_World_War_II_to_today">History: World War II to today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History: World War II to today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For additional history and lineage, see <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>.</div> <p>Eighth Air Force was established as VIII Bomber Command on 19 January 1942 and activated at <a href="/wiki/Langley_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley Field">Langley Field</a>, Virginia on 1 February. It was reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Savannah_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah Army Air Base">Savannah Army Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> on 10 February 1942. An advanced detachment of VIII Bomber Command was established at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Daws_Hill" title="RAF Daws Hill">RAF Daws Hill</a>, near <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a> Headquarters at <a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a>, on 23 February in preparation for its units to arrive in the United Kingdom from the United States. The first combat group of VIII Bomber Command to arrive in the United Kingdom was the ground echelon of the <a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="97th Bombardment Group">97th Bombardment Group</a>, which arrived at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">RAF Polebrook</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Grafton_Underwood" title="RAF Grafton Underwood">RAF Grafton Underwood</a> on 9 June 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Start_of_offensive_operations_against_German-occupied_territory">Start of offensive operations against German-occupied territory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Start of offensive operations against German-occupied territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg/220px-B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg/330px-B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg/440px-B-17_Flying_Fortress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortresses</a> over <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></figcaption></figure> <p>VIII Bomber Command launched its first raid in North-western Europe on 4 July 1942, when six RAF <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">Douglas Boston (A-20 Havoc)</a> bombers flown by crews of the <a href="/wiki/15th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Bombardment Squadron">15th Bombardment Squadron (Light)</a>, accompanied by another six Bostons from the more experienced <a href="/wiki/No._226_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 226 Squadron RAF">No. 226 Squadron RAF</a>, commanded by Captain Charles C. Kegelman attacked four airfields<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FirstRaid_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FirstRaid-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alerted to the attack, the airfield defences were prepared for the raid when it arrived. The right propeller of Kegelman's Boston was shot away by flak while over the target at <a href="/wiki/De_Kooy_Airfield" title="De Kooy Airfield">De Kooy Airfield</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<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. (September 2021)">self-published source?</span></a></i>]</sup> Further ground fire caused damage to his right wing, and the engine caught fire. Kegelman's aircraft lost altitude and even bounced off the ground, but he was able to bring the damaged bomber home and received the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a> (DSC) from General <a href="/wiki/Carl_Spaatz" title="Carl Spaatz">Carl Spaatz</a> on 11 July. This was the first DSC earned by a member of the Eighth Air Force in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The other American-flown Boston had been shot down over De Kooy.<sup id="cite_ref-FirstRaid_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FirstRaid-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regular combat operations by the VIII Bomber Command began on 17 August 1942, when the <a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="97th Bombardment Group">97th Bombardment Group</a> flew twelve <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing B-17E Flying Fortresses</a> on the first VIII Bomber Command heavy bomber mission of the war from RAF Grafton Underwood, attacking the <a href="/wiki/Sotteville-l%C3%A8s-Rouen" title="Sotteville-lès-Rouen">Rouen-Sotteville</a> <a href="/wiki/Marshalling_yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalling yard">marshalling yards</a> in France. Colonel <a href="/wiki/Frank_A._Armstrong" title="Frank A. Armstrong">Frank A. Armstrong</a> may have been the commander of the 97th, but at the time of the raid, not yet left seat qualified. On this mission, he sat in the co-pilot's seat of the lead B-17, <i>Butcher Shop</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<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="This reference citation appears to be to a self-published source. (September 2021)">self-published source</span></a></i>]</sup> The pilot in command and leader of this historic mission was <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tibbets" title="Paul Tibbets">Paul Tibbets</a>, who on 6 August 1945, dropped the first Atomic Bomb, <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Boy" title="Little Boy">Little Boy</a></i>, on <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Enola_Gay" title="Enola Gay">Enola Gay</a>.</i> </p><p>During World War II, the offensive air forces of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) came to be classified as strategic or tactical. A strategic air force was that with a mission to attack an enemy's war effort beyond his front-line forces, predominantly production and supply facilities, whereas a tactical air force supported ground campaigns, usually with objectives selected through co-operation with the armies. </p><p>In Europe, Eighth Air Force was the first USAAF strategic air force, with a mission to support an invasion of continental Europe from the <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a>. Eighth Air Force carried out strategic daytime bombing operations in Western Europe from <a href="/wiki/Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfield">airfields</a> in eastern England as part of the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Bomber_Offensive" title="Combined Bomber Offensive">Combined Bomber Offensive</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pointblank_directive" title="Pointblank directive">Pointblank directive</a> of June 1943 redirected the Allied strategic bombing effort against the German air force in order to reduce it to the point where it could not oppose the planned invasion of France in mid-1944. Also in June 1943, two groups of the Eight Air Force from England began training for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tidal_Wave" title="Operation Tidal Wave">Operation Tidal Wave</a>, a low-level raid on the <a href="/wiki/Ploie%C8%99ti" title="Ploiești">Ploiești</a> refineries in Romania. A third group, the <a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a>, which was originally scheduled to deploy to England, was also assigned to the mission. The groups were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> in July, where together with the Ninth Air Force attacked targets in support of the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a>. A few weeks after Tidal Wave, the Eighth Air Force groups returned to England.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reorganization">Reorganization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reorganization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_(World_War_II).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png/125px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png/188px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png/250px-Eighth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.png 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Living_Legends.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Living_Legends.jpg/220px-Living_Legends.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Living_Legends.jpg/330px-Living_Legends.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Living_Legends.jpg/440px-Living_Legends.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1432" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortresses</a> from the <a href="/wiki/398th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="398th Air Expeditionary Group">398th Air Expeditionary Group</a> fly a bombing run to <a href="/wiki/Neum%C3%BCnster" title="Neumünster">Neumünster</a>, Germany, on 13 April 1945; three weeks later, on 8 May, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> surrendered, and <a href="/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" title="Victory in Europe Day">Victory in Europe Day</a> was declared.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9klkEF7Y7g&t"><span class="plainlinks">Target For Today – 1943 VIII Bomber Command film</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On 4 January 1944, the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberators</a> and B-17s based in England flew their last mission as a subordinate part of VIII Bomber Command. On 22 February 1944, a massive reorganization of American airpower took place in Europe. The original Eighth Air Force was redesignated as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_Europe" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe">United States Strategic Air Forces</a> (USSTAF). VIII Bomber Command, re-designated as Eighth Air Force, and <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> were assigned to (USSTAF). </p><p>VIII Bomber Command, after redesignation as Eighth Air Force, was assigned VIII Fighter and VIII Air Support Commands under its command. This is from where the present-day Eighth Air Force's history, lineage and honors derive. </p><p>General Carl Spaatz returned to England to command the USSTAF. Major General <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Jimmy Doolittle</a> relinquished command of the Fifteenth Air Force to Major General <a href="/wiki/Nathan_F._Twining" title="Nathan F. Twining">Nathan F. Twining</a> and on January 6, 1944, took over command of the Eighth Air Force from <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a> at RAF Daws Hill.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doolittle was well known to American airmen as the famous "Tokyo Raider" and former air racer. His directive was simple: "Win the air war and isolate the battlefield."<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 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Spaatz and Doolittle's plan was to use the US Strategic Air Forces in a series of co-ordinated raids, code-named Operation 'Argument' (popularly known as '<a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a>' ) and supported by RAF night bombing, on the German aircraft industry at the earliest possible date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_Week">Big Week</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Big Week"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a></div> <p>Cold and clear weather was predicted for the last week of February 1944. On the night of 19–20 February, the RAF <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Leipzig_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Leipzig in World War II">bombed Leipzig</a> with 823 aircraft. The Eighth Air Force's effort was over 1,000 B-17s and B-24s and over 800 fighters. The RAF provided sixteen squadrons of <a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American P-51 Mustangs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Supermarine Spitfires</a>. In all, twelve aircraft factories were attacked, with the B-17s heading to <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a> – <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88</a> production and – <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">Messerschmitt Bf 109</a> fighters), <a href="/wiki/Bernburg" title="Bernburg">Bernburg</a>-Strenzfeld (<a href="/wiki/Junkers" title="Junkers">Junkers</a> <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Ju 88</a> plant) and <a href="/wiki/Oschersleben" title="Oschersleben">Oschersleben</a> (<a href="/wiki/AGO_Flugzeugwerke" title="AGO Flugzeugwerke">AGO</a> plant making <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Focke Wulf Fw 190A</a> fighters). </p><p>The B-24s hit the <a href="/wiki/Gothaer_Waggonfabrik" title="Gothaer Waggonfabrik">Gothaer Waggonfabrik</a> (production of <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Messerschmitt Bf 110</a> heavy fighters), the Fw 190 <a href="/wiki/Arado_Flugzeugwerke" title="Arado Flugzeugwerke">Arado Flugzeugwerke</a> plant at <a href="/wiki/Tutow" title="Tutow">Tutow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heinkel" title="Heinkel">Heinkel</a>'s <i>"Heinkel-Nord"</i> headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>, which produced <a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_111" title="Heinkel He 111">He 111</a> bombers. The <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>, conversely, was undertaking the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Steinbock#20/21_February" title="Operation Steinbock">sixth major raid of the "Baby Blitz"</a> the following night (20/21 February), with only some 165 German aircraft sortieing against British targets. </p><p>The raids on the German aircraft industry comprising much of "Big Week" caused so much damage that the Germans were forced to disperse aircraft manufacturing eastward, to safer parts of the Reich. </p><p>The next day, over 900 bombers and 700 fighters of Eighth Air Force hit more aircraft factories in the <a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Braunschweig</a> area. Over 60 Luftwaffe fighters were shot down, with a loss of 19 US bombers and 5 US fighters. On 24 February, with the weather clearing over central Germany, the Eighth Air Force sent over 800 bombers, hitting <a href="/wiki/Schweinfurt" title="Schweinfurt">Schweinfurt</a> and attacks on the Baltic coast, with a total of 11 B-17s being lost. Some 230 B-24s hit the Messerschmitt Bf 110 assembly plant at <a href="/wiki/Gotha_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotha (town)">Gotha</a> with a loss of 24 aircraft. </p><p>On 22 February 1944, due to many mistakes, <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a> was <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Nijmegen" title="Bombing of Nijmegen">bombed</a> by twelve aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/446th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="446th Bombardment Group">446th Bombardment Group</a> and two aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/453rd_Bombardment_Group" title="453rd Bombardment Group">453rd</a>. They did not realize that they were over Dutch territory. 850 civilians, including children on their way to school, were among the casualties.<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. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 25 February, both the Eighth and <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Forces</a> hit numerous targets at <a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrth" title="Fürth">Fürth</a> airfield, <a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regensburg" title="Regensburg">Regensburg</a>, attacking Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Bf 109 plants. The 8th lost 31 bombers, the 15th lost 33. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Berlin">Berlin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Berlin"><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:Molesw-hellsangels.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Molesw-hellsangels.jpg/220px-Molesw-hellsangels.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Molesw-hellsangels.jpg/330px-Molesw-hellsangels.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Molesw-hellsangels.jpg/440px-Molesw-hellsangels.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="771" /></a><figcaption>Aircraft and ground crew of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">B-17 Flying Fortress</a> of the <a href="/wiki/358th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="358th Bombardment Squadron">358th Bombardment Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/303rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="303rd Bombardment Group">303rd Bombardment Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">RAF Molesworth</a>, known as the "Hell's Angels". This was the first B-17 to complete 25 combat missions in the Eighth Air Force, on 13 May 1943; after completing 48 missions, the aircraft returned to the United States on 20 January 1944, for a publicity tour.</figcaption></figure> <p>Less than a week after "Big Week", Eighth Air Force made its first attack on the Reich's capital, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> had been making night raids on Berlin <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Berlin in World War II">since 1940</a> with <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin_(air)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Berlin (air)">heavy raids in 1943</a> and nuisance <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> raids in daylight, but this was the first major daylight bombing raid on the German capital. On 6 March 1944, over 700 heavy bombers along with 800 escort fighters of the Eighth Air Force hit numerous targets within Berlin, dropping the first American bombs on the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Reich" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Reich">Third Reich</a>. On 8 March, another raid of 600 bombers and 200 fighters hit the Berlin area again, destroying the VKF ball-bearing plant at <a href="/wiki/Erkner" title="Erkner">Erkner</a>. The following day, on 9 March, <a href="/wiki/H2X_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="H2X radar">H2X radar</a>-equipped B-17s mounted a third attack on the Reich capital through clouds. Altogether, the Eighth Air Force dropped over 4,800 tons of high explosive on Berlin during the first week of March. The photograph shows housing destroyed by the RAF during night raids. </p><p>On 22 March, over 800 bombers, led by H2X radar equipped bombers hit Berlin yet again, bombing targets through a thick rainy overcast causing more destruction to various industries. Because of the thick clouds and rain over the area the Luftwaffe did not attack the American bomber fleet, as the Germans believed that because of the weather the American bombers would be incapable of attacking their targets. Even so, the "pathfinder" bombers of the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a>-based 482d Bomb Group proved very capable of finding the targets and guiding the bombers to them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prelude_to_Operation_Overlord">Prelude to Operation Overlord</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Prelude to Operation Overlord"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Transport_Plan" title="Transport Plan">Transport Plan</a></div> <p>In a prelude to the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">invasion of France</a>, Allied strategic bomber forces were switched from industry to the transport network to isolate Normandy from enemy reinforcement routes. Air attacks by American forces against railroad junctions, airfields, ports and bridges in northern France and along the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> coastline began in February 1944. Fighters from both Eighth and Ninth Air Forces made wide sweeps over the area, mounting strafing missions at airfields and rail networks. By 6 June, Allied fighter pilots had succeeded in damaging or destroying hundreds of locomotives, thousands of motorized vehicles, and many bridges. In addition, German airfields in France and Belgium were attacked. </p><p>On 1 May, over 1,300 Eighth Air Force heavy bombers made an all-out attack on the enemy's rail network, striking at targets in France and Belgium. On 7 May, another 1,000 bombers hit additional targets along the English Channel coast, hitting fortifications, bridges and marshaling areas. </p><p>On D-Day, over 2,300 sorties were flown by Eighth Air Force heavy bombers in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherbourg" title="Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a> invasion areas, all aimed at neutralizing enemy coastal defenses and front-line troops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defeat_of_the_Luftwaffe">Defeat of the Luftwaffe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Defeat of the Luftwaffe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Pointblank_directive" title="Pointblank directive">Pointblank directive</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bott4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bott4.jpg/220px-Bott4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bott4.jpg/330px-Bott4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bott4.jpg/440px-Bott4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="611" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American P-51 Mustangs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/172nd_Attack_Squadron" title="172nd Attack Squadron">375th Fighter Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/461st_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="461st Flight Test Squadron">361st Fighter Squadron</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in July 1944</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Destroyed-FW-190.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Destroyed-FW-190.jpg/220px-Destroyed-FW-190.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Destroyed-FW-190.jpg/330px-Destroyed-FW-190.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Destroyed-FW-190.jpg/440px-Destroyed-FW-190.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="499" /></a><figcaption>A destroyed <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Focke-Wulf Fw 190</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> in 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>The North American P-51 Mustang<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first entered squadron service in Europe with the British in early 1942; having much success with the RAF, although it found the <a href="/wiki/Allison_V-1710" title="Allison V-1710">Allison V-1710</a>-engined aircraft's performance inadequate at higher altitudes. In mid-42 <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Limited" title="Rolls-Royce Limited">Rolls-Royce</a> engineers rapidly realized that <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Mustang_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolls-Royce Mustang X">equipping the Mustang with a Rolls-Royce Merlin</a> engine with its two speed, two stage supercharger would substantially improve performance. Also, by using a four-bladed propeller, rather than the three-bladed one used on the P-51A, the performance was greatly improved<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. </p><p>The USAAF now finally had an aircraft that could compete on equal terms with the <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Focke-Wulf Fw 190</a> and the later models of the Messerschmitt Bf 109. The USAAF was finally fully sold on the Mustang, and a letter contract for 2,200 P-51Bs was issued. The engine was to be the <a href="/wiki/Packard_V-1650_Merlin" title="Packard V-1650 Merlin">Packard V-1650-3</a>, based on the <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin" title="Rolls-Royce Merlin">Rolls-Royce Merlin Mk68</a>. </p><p>In late 1943, the P-51B Mustang was introduced to the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater">European Theater</a> by the USAAF. It could fly as far on its internal fuel tanks as the P-47 could with drop tanks. However, the P-51B was introduced as a tactical fighter, so the first deliveries of the P-51B in November 1943 were assigned to three groups in the tactical <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a> at the expense of <a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a>, whose need for a long range escort fighter was critical. The first escort mission for the bombers was not flown until 5 December. </p><p>As the new commander of the Eighth Air Force since January 1944, Major General <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Jimmy Doolittle</a>'s major influence on the European air war occurred early that year when he made a critical change to the policy requiring escorting fighters to remain with the bombers at all times. With Doolittle's permission, American fighter pilots on bomber defense missions would primarily be flying far ahead of the bombers' <a href="/wiki/Combat_box" title="Combat box">combat box</a> formations in <a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy" title="Air supremacy">air supremacy</a> mode, literally "clearing the skies" of any <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> fighter opposition heading towards the target. This strategy fatally disabled the twin-engined <i>Zerstörergeschwader</i> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_fighter" title="Heavy fighter">heavy fighter</a> wings and their replacement, single-engined <i>Sturmgruppen</i> of <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_operational_history#The_Sturmböcke" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190 operational history">heavily armed Fw 190As</a>, clearing each force of <a href="/wiki/Bomber_destroyer" title="Bomber destroyer">bomber destroyers</a> in their turn from Germany's skies throughout most of 1944. As part of this game-changing strategy, especially after the bombers had hit their targets, the USAAF's fighters were then free to strafe German airfields and transport while returning to base, contributing significantly to the achievement of air superiority by Allied air forces over Europe. </p><p>The effect of the Mustangs, fully operating as an air supremacy fighter force, on the Luftwaffe defenders was arguably swift and decisive. The result was that the Luftwaffe was notable by its absence over the skies of Europe after <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a> and the Allies were starting to achieve air superiority over the continent. Although the Luftwaffe could, and did, mount effective attacks on the ever-larger formations of Allied heavy bombers, the sheer numbers of B-17s and B-24s attacking enemy targets was overwhelming the German fighter force, which simply could not sustain the losses the Eighth Air Force bombers and fighters were inflicting on it. In order to quickly assemble these formations, specially outfitted <a href="/wiki/Assembly_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Assembly ships">assembly ships</a> were created from older bombers. </p><p>By mid-1944, Eighth Air Force had reached a total strength of more than 200,000 people (it is estimated that more than 350,000 Americans served in Eighth Air Force during the war in Europe). At peak strength, Eighth Air Force had forty heavy bomber groups, fifteen fighter groups, and four specialized support groups. It could, and often did, dispatch more than 2,000 four-engine bombers and more than 1,000 fighters on a single mission to multiple targets. </p><p>By 1945, all but one of the Eighth Air Force fighter groups were equipped with the P-51D. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Destroying_the_German_oil_industry">Destroying the German oil industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Destroying the German oil industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Oil_campaign_of_World_War_II" title="Oil campaign of World War II">Oil campaign of World War II</a></div> <p>Eighth Air Force did not strike at oil industry targets until 13 May 1944 when 749 bombers, escorted by almost 740 fighters, pounded oil targets in the <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a> area and at <a href="/wiki/Most_(city)" title="Most (city)">Brüx</a> in <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>. At the same time, a smaller force hit an <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 190">Fw 190</a> repair depot at <a href="/wiki/Zwickau" title="Zwickau">Zwickau</a>. Over 300 German fighters attacked the bomber forces, losing almost half its aircraft, with claims of upwards of 47 <i>Luftwaffe</i> fighters by American fighter pilots. However, the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> was successful in shooting down 46 bombers in a very unequal fight.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>, attacks on the German oil industry assumed top priority which was widely dispersed around the Reich. Vast fleets of B-24s and B-17s escorted by P-51Ds and long-range <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">P-38Ls</a> hit refineries in Germany and Czechoslovakia in late 1944 and early 1945. Having almost total air superiority throughout the collapsing German Reich, Eighth Air Force hit targets as far east as Hungary, while <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a> hit oil industry facilities in <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, Romania, and northeastern Italy. On at least eighteen occasions, the Merseburg refineries in <a href="/wiki/Leuna" title="Leuna">Leuna</a>, where the majority of Germany's synthetic fuel for jet aircraft was refined, was hit. By the end of 1944, only three out of ninety-one refineries in the Reich were still working normally, twenty-nine were partially functional, and the remainder were completely destroyed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casualties_and_awards">Casualties and awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Casualties and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg/220px-24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg/330px-24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg/440px-24-01-098-eighth-air-force.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2819" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Memorial at <a href="/wiki/Andersonville_National_Historic_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Andersonville National Historic Site">Andersonville NHS</a></figcaption></figure> <p>These missions, however, carried a high price. Half of the U.S. Army Air Forces' casualties in World War II were suffered by Eighth Air Force (more than 47,000 casualties, with more than 26,000 dead). Seventeen <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medals of Honor</a> went to Eighth Air Force personnel during the war. By war's end, they had been awarded a number of other medals to include 220 <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Crosses</a>, and 442,000 <a href="/wiki/Air_Medal" title="Air Medal">Air Medals</a>. Many more awards were made to Eighth Air Force veterans after the war that remain uncounted. There were 261 fighter aces in the Eighth Air Force during World War II. Thirty-one of these aces had 15 or more aircraft kills apiece. Another 305 enlisted gunners were also recognized as aces. </p><p>One notable Eighth Air Force casualty was Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Arthur_W._Vanaman" title="Arthur W. Vanaman">Arthur W. Vanaman</a>, Chief of Intelligence, who was captured by the Germans in northern France on 27 June 1944, becoming the highest-ranked American POW captured in Europe during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiller2007_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMiller2007-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victory_in_Europe">Victory in Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Victory in Europe"><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:Berlin-1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Berlin-1945.jpg/220px-Berlin-1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Berlin-1945.jpg/330px-Berlin-1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Berlin-1945.jpg/440px-Berlin-1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="502" /></a><figcaption>A destroyed <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> following <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> bombing of it near the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in May 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1945, the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> attempted one last major air offensive against the Allied Air Forces. Over 950 fighters had been sent west from the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a> for <a href="/wiki/Unternehmen_Bodenplatte" class="mw-redirect" title="Unternehmen Bodenplatte">"Operation Bodenplatte"</a>. On 1 January, the entire German fighter force in the West, comprising combat aircraft from some eleven <i><a href="/wiki/Jagdgeschwader" title="Jagdgeschwader">Jagdgeschwader</a></i> day fighter wings, took off and attacked 27 Allied airfields in northern France, Belgium and the southern part of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> in an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> air forces in the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> of Europe. It was a last-ditch effort to keep up the momentum of the German forces during the stagnant stage of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge"><i>Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein</i></a>). The operation was a failure for the <i>Luftwaffe</i> as the losses suffered by the German air arm were irreplaceable and over 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were shot down, mostly by Allied anti-aircraft guns. The losses of the Allied Air Forces were replaced within weeks. The operation failed to achieve <a href="/wiki/Air_superiority" class="mw-redirect" title="Air superiority">air superiority</a>, even temporarily, and the German Army continued to be exposed to air attack. </p><p>First seen by Allied airmen during the late summer of 1944, it wasn't until March 1945 that German <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jet aircraft</a> started to attack Allied bomber formations in earnest. On 2 March, when Eighth Air Force bombers were dispatched to attack the synthetic oil refineries at <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262" title="Messerschmitt Me 262">Messerschmitt Me 262</a>As attacked the formation near <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>. The next day, the largest formation of German jets ever seen, most likely from the Luftwaffe's specialist 7th Fighter Wing, <i><a href="/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_7" title="Jagdgeschwader 7">Jagdgeschwader 7</a></i> <i>Nowotny</i>, made attacks on Eighth Air Force bomber formations over Dresden and the oil targets at <a href="/wiki/Essen" title="Essen">Essen</a>, shooting down a total of three bombers. </p><p>However, the Luftwaffe jets were simply too few and too late to have any serious effect on the Allied air armadas now sweeping over the Reich with near-impunity. A lack of fuel and available pilots for the new jets greatly reduced their effectiveness. The Me 262A was a difficult foe for the P-47s and P-51s, possessing a distinct speed advantage. Allied bomber escort fighters would fly high above the bombers – diving from this height gave them extra speed, thus reducing the speed difference. The Me 262 was also less maneuverable than the P-51 and so trained Allied pilots could turn tighter than an Me 262A. However, the only reliable way of dealing with the jets, as with the even faster <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet" title="Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet">Me 163B Komet rocket fighters</a>, was to attack them on the ground and during takeoff and landing. Luftwaffe airfields that were identified as jet and rocket bases, such as <a href="/wiki/Parchim" title="Parchim">Parchim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bad_Zwischenahn" title="Bad Zwischenahn">Bad Zwischenahn</a>, were frequently bombed, and Allied fighters patrolled over the fields to attack jets trying to land. The Luftwaffe countered by installing flak alleys along the approach lines in order to protect the Me 262s from the ground and providing top cover with conventional fighters during takeoff and landing. Nevertheless, in March and April 1945, Allied fighter patrol patterns over Me 262 airfields resulted in numerous losses of jets and serious attrition of the force. </p><p>On 7 April 1945, the Luftwaffe flew its most desperate and deadliest mission, with the dedicated aerial ramming unit <i><a href="/wiki/Sonderkommando_Elbe" title="Sonderkommando Elbe">Sonderkommando Elbe</a></i>. This operation involved German pilots of the unit ramming their worn-out <a href="/wiki/Bf_109G" class="mw-redirect" title="Bf 109G">Bf 109Gs</a>, each barely armed with only one <a href="/wiki/MG_131_machine_gun" title="MG 131 machine gun">MG 131 machine gun</a> and 50 rounds of ammunition, into American bombers in order to get the Allies to suspend bombing raids long enough for the Germans to make a significant amount of Me 262A jet fighters. The 8th Air Force was targeted in this operation. Fifteen Allied bombers were attacked, eight were successfully destroyed. </p><p>On 7 April, Eighth Air Force dispatched thirty-two B-17 and B-24 groups and fourteen Mustang groups (the sheer numbers of attacking Allied aircraft were so large in 1945 that they were now counted by the group) to targets in the small area of Germany still controlled by the Nazis, hitting the remaining airfields where the Luftwaffe jets were stationed. In addition, almost 300 German aircraft of all types were destroyed in strafing attacks. On 16 April, this record was broken when over 700 German aircraft were destroyed on the ground. </p><p>Eighth Air Force flew its last full-scale mission of the European War on 25 April 1945 when its B-17s hit the Skoda armaments factory at <a href="/wiki/Plze%C5%88" title="Plzeň">Pilsen</a> in Czechoslovakia, and B-24s bombed rail complexes in <a href="/wiki/Bad_Reichenhall" title="Bad Reichenhall">Bad Reichenhall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freilassing" title="Freilassing">Freilassing</a>, surrounding <a href="/wiki/Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitler">Hitler</a>'s mountain retreat at <a href="/wiki/Berchtesgaden" title="Berchtesgaden">Berchtesgaden</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redeployment_to_Pacific_Theater">Redeployment to Pacific Theater</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Redeployment to Pacific Theater"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Downfall</a></div> <p>Following the end of the war in Europe in May 1945 plans were made to transfer some of the B-17/B-24 heavy bomber groups of Eighth Air Force to the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific Theater of Operations</a> and upgrade them to <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a> Very Heavy (VH) bomb groups. As part of this plan, Eighth Air Force headquarters was reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Sakugawa (Kadena Airfield)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, on 16 July 1945, being assigned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_the_Pacific" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific">United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific</a> without personnel or equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-usafhra1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usafhra1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Okinawa, Eighth Air Force derived its headquarters personnel from the inactivated <a href="/wiki/XX_Bomber_Command" title="XX Bomber Command">XX Bomber Command</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle</a> assumed command, being reassigned from England on 19 July. The command controlled three airfields on Okinawa, <a href="/wiki/Bolo_Airfield" title="Bolo Airfield">Bolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Futenma">Futema</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Airfield</a>. The Eighth received its first B-29 Superfortress on 8 August 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-usafhra1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usafhra1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eighth Air Force's mission in the Pacific was initially to organize and train new bomber groups for combat against Japan. In the planned <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">invasion of Japan</a>, the mission of Eighth Air Force would be to conduct B-29 Superfortress raids from Okinawa in coordination with <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a> operating from airfields in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-usafhra1_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usafhra1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Units assigned to Eighth Air Force in the Pacific were: </p> <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>Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/301st_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Fighter Wing (World War II)">301st Fighter Wing</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima Airfield</a>, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 November 1945</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/318th_Fighter_Group" title="318th Fighter Group">318th Fighter Group</a> (<a href="/wiki/P-47" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47">P-47N Thunderbolt</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima Airfield</a>, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 November 1945</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/413th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="413th Fighter Group">413th Fighter Group</a> (<a href="/wiki/P-47" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47">P-47N Thunderbolt</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima Airfield</a>, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 November 1945</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th Fighter Group</a> (<a href="/wiki/P-47" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47">P-47N Thunderbolt</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima Airfield</a>, Okinawa, 31 July – 29 January 1946</dd></dl></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Headquarters, <a href="/wiki/316th_Air_Division" title="316th Air Division">316th Bombardment Wing</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Airfield</a> Okinawa, 5 September 1945 – 7 June 1946</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Air Refueling Wing">22d Bombardment Group</a>, (B-29 Superfortress) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Airfield</a> Okinawa, 15 August – 23 November 1945</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/333d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333d Bombardment Group">333d Bombardment Group</a>, (B-29 Superfortress) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Airfield</a>, Okinawa, 5 August 1945 – 28 May 1946</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th Bombardment Group</a>, (B-29 Superfortress) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena Airfield</a>, Okinawa, 7 August 1945 – 30 June 1946</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/382d_Bombardment_Group" title="382d Bombardment Group">382d Bombardment Group</a>, (B-29 Superfortress <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Field_(Guam)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest Field (Guam)">Northwest Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, 8 September – 16 December 1945</dd> <dd>Note: Only 420th Bombardment Squadron of group arrived with B-29 Aircraft, 464th and 872d Bomb Squadrons only ground echelons arrived. Air Echelon of squadrons with assigned aircraft remained in United States until inactivation.</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/383d_Bombardment_Group" title="383d Bombardment Group">383d Bombardment Group</a>, (B-29 Superfortress) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Tinian_International_Airport" title="Tinian International Airport">West Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tinian">Tinian</a>, 12 September – 19 December 1945</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Hiroshima" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombings of Japan</a> led to the Japanese surrender before Eighth Air Force saw action in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific theater</a>. Eighth Air Force remained in Okinawa until 7 June 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strategic_Air_Command">Strategic Air Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Strategic Air 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:Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/220px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/330px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/440px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="618" /></a><figcaption>The shield of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1947_8th_AF_OC.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1947_8th_AF_OC.gif/220px-1947_8th_AF_OC.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1947_8th_AF_OC.gif/330px-1947_8th_AF_OC.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/1947_8th_AF_OC.gif/440px-1947_8th_AF_OC.gif 2x" data-file-width="2204" data-file-height="2552" /></a><figcaption>A 1947 organizational chart of the Eighth Air Force</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-29-509-walker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/B-29-509-walker.jpg/220px-B-29-509-walker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/B-29-509-walker.jpg/330px-B-29-509-walker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/B-29-509-walker.jpg/440px-B-29-509-walker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="348" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortress</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Artiste" title="The Great Artiste">The Great Artiste</a></i> of the <a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bomb Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico" title="Roswell, New Mexico">Roswell, New Mexico</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> proved what the proponents of air power had been championing for the previous two decades – the great value of strategic forces in bombing an enemy's industrial complex and of tactical forces in controlling the skies above a battlefield. As a result, Eighth Air Force was incorporated into the new SAC. </p><p>On 7 June 1946, Headquarters Eighth Air Force was reassigned without personnel or equipment from Okinawa to <a href="/wiki/MacDill_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill Field">MacDill Field</a> in Florida, becoming SAC's second numbered air force. At MacDill, Eighth Air Force headquarters were manned chiefly by personnel from the <a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy</a>, stationed at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Fort Worth Army Air Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>. The organization reported administratively to the <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a>. That base assignment lasted until 1 November 1946, when SAC transferred the Eighth to Fort Worth (later renamed Carswell AFB). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bomb_units">Bomb units</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bomb units"><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:523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg/220px-523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg/330px-523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg/440px-523d_FES_North_American_F-82E_Twin_Mustang_46-332.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1606" data-file-height="844" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> 8th Air Force <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">North American F-82 Twin Mustang</a> of the <a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th Special Operations Wing</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kearney_Air_Force_Base" title="Kearney Air Force Base">Kearney Air Force Base</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kearney,_Nebraska" title="Kearney, Nebraska">Kearney, Nebraska</a> in 1948 with serial number "46-322" identifiable</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg/220px-Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg/330px-Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg/440px-Republic_P-47N-5_three_ship_formation_061020-F-1234P-037.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="305" /></a><figcaption>A three ship formation of <a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">Republic P-47 Thunderbolts</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Both <a href="/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Base" title="Davis–Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan</a> and Fort Worth Army Airfields were B-29 training bases during World War II, and the Eighth Air Force Bomb Groups were simply activated at the same field and on the same day as the original Army Air Force <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Forces" title="Continental Air Forces">Continental Air Forces</a> training bomb groups were inactivated. The assets of the former training units were simply assigned to Eighth Air Force. This was largely so that the Air Force could perpetuate the names of groups that had distinguished themselves in World War II. </p><p>These bomb wings were drastically undermanned and under equipped. At the close of 1946, they shared only a handful of operational bombers, all B-29 Superfortresses. Although there were many available which were returned from <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific Theater</a> they were war-weary from the many long combat missions flown during the war. However, it was believed that a strong strategic air arm equipped with B-29s would deter a possible aggressor from attacking the United States for fear of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons. </p><p>By the late 1940s, the B-17 Flying Fortresses and <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberators</a> used in the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater">European Theater</a> of the war were thoroughly obsolete as combat aircraft and were mostly sent to the smelters. A handful remained in service performing non-combat duties through the mid-1950s as air-sea rescue aircraft (SB-17, SB-24); photo-reconnaissance aircraft (RB-17, RB-24), and as unmanned target drones (QB-17) and their controllers (DB-17). </p><p>The Eighth Air Force under SAC initially consisted of the following: </p> <ul><li>Fort Worth Army Air Field (Later Carswell Air Force Base), Texas</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/58th_Air_Division" title="58th Air Division">58th Bombardment Wing (later Air Division)</a> <dl><dd>Moved from <a href="/wiki/March_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="March Field">March Field</a>, California 8 May 1946</dd> <dd>Moved to <a href="/wiki/Andrews_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrews AFB">Andrews AFB</a>, Maryland 1 March 1948 (Inactivated 16 October 1948)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th Bombardment Group</a> <dl><dd>Moved from <a href="/wiki/McCook_Army_Air_Field" title="McCook Army Air Field">McCook Army Air Field</a>, Nebraska December 1945 (McCook AAF Closed)</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 4 August 1946</dd></dl></dd> <dd>7th Bombardment Group <dl><dd>Activated on 1 October 1946</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th Bombardment Wing</a> established on 17 November 1947. 7th Bomb Group assigned as subordinate unit.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Personnel and equipment from the inactivated 449th Bomb Group were reassigned to the 7th Bomb Group (later 7th Bomb Wing). The command staff and all personnel of the 58th Bomb wing were eliminated on 1 November 1946 and the organization was reduced to a paper unit. For two years, the wing remained in this status until the 58th Bomb Wing was inactivated on 16 October 1948. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan AAF</a> (Later Davis-Monthan Air Force Base), Arizona</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th Bombardment Group</a> <dl><dd>Moved from March Field, California, 8 May 1946</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 1 October 1946</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th Bombardment Group</a> <dl><dd>Moved from <a href="/wiki/Castle_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle AFB">Merced AAF</a>, California 6 May 1945</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 1 October 1946</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">43rd Bombardment Group</a> <dl><dd>Activated on 4 October 1946</dd> <dd>43d Bombardment Wing established on 3 November 1947. 43d Bomb Group assigned as subordinate unit.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Personnel and equipment from the inactivated 40th and 444th Bomb Groups were reassigned to the 43d Bomb Group </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walker_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker AFB">Roswell AAF</a> (Later Walker Air Force Base), New Mexico</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Bombardment Group</a> <dl><dd>Reassigned from North Field, <a href="/wiki/Tinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tinian">Tinian</a> on 8 November 1946</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/509th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="509th Bombardment Wing">509th Bombardment Wing</a> established on 3 November 1947. 509th Bombardment Group assigned as subordinate unit.</dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The Eighth Air Force was specifically charged with the atomic mission; however, only the 509th Composite Group at <a href="/wiki/Walker_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker AFB">Roswell AAF</a> had B-29s that had the capability to drop nuclear weapons – the 7th Bomb Group at Fort Worth AAF was modifying their aircraft to carry the atomic bomb. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salina_Municipal_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Salina Municipal Airport">Smoky Hill AAF</a> (Later Smoky Hill Air Force Base), Kansas Transferred from Fifteenth Air Force, 16 May 1948</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st Bombardment Wing</a></dd> <dd>Moved to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 August 1949. Smoky Hill AFB Inactivated.</dd></dl> <p>From 1946 through 1949, what little money became available was used to buy new planes (<a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a>, <a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a>) for SAC, and as the newer aircraft became available, the older B-29s were sent to storage depots or sent to <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> units for training missions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fighter_units">Fighter units</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fighter units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SAC was founded by the men who fought in World War II, who knew the importance of fighter escorts. In its early days, SAC had fighter wings for the escorting its aircraft equipped with the new <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82E Twin Mustang</a> along with long range F-51H Mustangs and <a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47N Thunderbolts</a>, all of which were designed late in World War II for use in the planned invasion of Japan. SAC fighter wings assigned to Eighth Air Force were: </p> <ul><li>27th Fighter Wing (F-82E Twin Mustang)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Kearney_Regional_Airport" title="Kearney Regional Airport">Kearney AFB</a>, Nebraska on 27 July 1947</dd> <dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergstrom AFB">Bergstrom AFB</a>, Texas on 16 March 1949 (Base Closed)</dd></dl> <ul><li>31st Fighter Wing (F-47N Thunderbolt)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Albany#Turner_Air_Force_Base_(1947-66)" title="Naval Air Station Albany">Turner AFB</a>, Georgia on 25 June 1947</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 16 June 1952</dd></dl> <ul><li>33d Fighter Wing (F-51H Mustang, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">F-80C Shooting Star</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Attached to 509th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, Walker AFB, New Mexico 17 November 1947</dd> <dd>Reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Otis_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Otis AFB">Otis AFB</a>, Massachusetts, 15 November 1948</dd></dl> <ul><li>82d Fighter Wing (F-51D Mustang)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Grenier_AFB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grenier AFB (page does not exist)">Grenier AFB</a>, New Hampshire on 12 April 1947</dd> <dd>Inactivated 2 October 1949</dd></dl> <p>Fighter escorts were no longer needed once SAC was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a> jet bombers carrying nuclear bombs. As the nuclear weapons carried by the bombers were so powerful that only one plane was assigned to a target that might have previously needed a whole bomb group of aircraft. Although SAC fighter squadrons upgraded to <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a> jet fighters in the early 1950s, the new jet bombers flew so high and so fast there was little danger of them being intercepted by enemy fighters.<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. (March 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> By 1955, SAC no longer needed its fighters and these fighter units were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> and utilized in a tactical role. </p><p>In 1949, a realignment of responsibilities for SAC's two air forces occurred. <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a> relocated to March Air Force Base, California. As part of this realignment, most SAC bomber forces west of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> were reassigned to 15th AF. Those east of the Mississippi were assigned to SAC's other strategic air force, Eighth Air Force, which moved to Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it commanded all SAC bases in the eastern United States. </p><p>Several events in the late 1940s reversed the drawdown of United States strategic forces. The 1948 <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Blockade" title="Berlin Blockade">blockade of West Berlin by the Eastern bloc</a> and the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> caused the United States to deploy SAC's B-29 bomber force back to the United Kingdom and West Germany. Communist victories in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> in 1949 and the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> in 1950 meant that the United States would have to expand SAC to address these potential threats both in Europe as well as Asia. </p><p>By the time of the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, Eighth Air Force consisted of the following units: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Carswell Air Force Base, Texas</li></ul> <dl><dd>7th Bombardment Wing (B-36 Peacekeeper)</dd> <dd>11th Bombardment Wing (inactive)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield#Biggs_Air_Force_Base_(1947-66)" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs AFB</a>, Texas</li></ul> <dl><dd>97th Bombardment Wing (B-29 Superfortress)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan AFB">Davis-Monthan AFB</a>, Arizona</li></ul> <dl><dd>43d Bombardment Wing (B-29, B-50 Superfortress)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellsworth AFB">Ellsworth AFB</a>, South Dakota</li></ul> <dl><dd>28th Bombardment Wing (B-36 Peacekeeper)</dd></dl> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walker_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker AFB">Walker AFB</a>, New Mexico</li></ul> <dl><dd>6th Bombardment Wing (B-36 Peacekeeper)</dd> <dd>509th Bombardment Wing (B-29, B-50 Superfortress)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Chatham AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>2d Bombardment Wing (B-29, KB-50 Superfortress)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergstrom AFB">Bergstrom AFB</a> Texas</li></ul> <dl><dd>27th Fighter-Escort Wing (F-84 Thunderstreak)</dd></dl> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 June 1950, the armed forces of the <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. On 27 June, the United Nations <a href="/wiki/Security_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Security Council">Security Council</a> voted to assist the South Koreans in resisting the invasion. Although Eighth Air Force's strategic bomber force was not committed to combat in Korea, the Eighth deployed the <a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th Fighter Escort Wing</a> for combat action in Korea and earned numerous honors and awards for their combat record during the Korean War. </p><p>On 21 January 1951, Lt. Col. William Bertram, commander of the 523rd Fighter-Escort Squadron, shot down the first <a href="/wiki/MiG-15" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-15">MiG-15</a> for the wing and became the first F-84 pilot with a confirmed MiG kill. Two days later, on 23 January, the 27th FEW participated in the raid on <a href="/wiki/Sinuiju_Airport" title="Sinuiju Airport">Sinuju Airfield</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> and shot down four more MiG-15s. By the time the group rotated back to the United States, they had flown more than 23,000 combat hours in more than 12,000 sorties. </p><p>For its Korean War service, the 27th Fighter-Escort Wing received the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Distinguished Unit Citation</a>, covering the period of 26 January through 21 April 1951, for their actions in Korea. </p><p>The 27th was relieved of its duties supporting U.N. forces in Korea and returned to Bergstrom AFB on 31 July 1951, but was redeployed to <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base" title="Misawa Air Base">Misawa AB</a>, Japan during 6 October 1952 – 13 February 1953 to provide air defense. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg/220px-Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg/330px-Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg/440px-Usaf-b-47-usafmuseum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="381" /></a><figcaption>Eighth Air Force's <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a> in flight during the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg/220px-8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg/330px-8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg/440px-8af-b52-kc135-usafmuseum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="234" /></a><figcaption>Eighth Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (left), being refueled by Boeing KC-135A tanker </figcaption></figure> <p>With the end of fighting in Korea, President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, who had taken office in January 1953, called for a "new look" at national defense. The result: a greater reliance on <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a> and air power to deter war. His administration chose to invest in the Air Force, especially Strategic Air Command. The <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race" title="Nuclear arms race">nuclear arms race</a> shifted into high gear. The Air Force retired nearly all of its piston-engined B-29/B-50s and they were replaced by new <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a> aircraft. By 1955 the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a> would be entering the inventory in substantial numbers, as prop B-36s were phased out of heavy bombardment units rapidly. </p><p>Also after the deployment of forces to Far East Air Force to engage in combat over Korea, the history of Eighth Air Force becomes indistinguishable from that of SAC. The Eighth's weapons inventory also changed to include <a href="/wiki/KC-135" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135">KC-135</a> air refuelers and intercontinental ballistic missiles, the <a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">Atlas</a>, <a href="/wiki/HGM-25A_Titan_I" title="HGM-25A Titan I">Titan I</a> and <a href="/wiki/LGM-25C_Titan_II" title="LGM-25C Titan II">Titan II</a>, and all <a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">Minuteman</a> models. </p><p>At the same time, aerial refueling techniques were improved to the extent that Eighth Air Force bombers could still reach targets in Europe and Asia even if overseas bases were destroyed by an enemy attack. To reduce the risk to its bomber fleet in the United States, Eighth Air Force aircraft stood nuclear alert, providing a deterrent against an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union. It dispersed its planes to a large number of bases across the United States so as not to have too many concentrated at a single location. </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=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965, Eighth Air Force entered combat again, this time in Southeast Asia. At first, the Eighth deployed its B-52 bomber and KC-135 tanker units from the U.S. to operating bases in <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, Okinawa and Thailand. Then in April 1970, SAC moved the Eighth without personnel or equipment to <a href="/wiki/Andersen_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Andersen AFB">Andersen AFB</a> <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, absorbing resources of the 3d Air Division. At Andersen AFB, the Eighth took over the direction of all bombing and refueling operations in Southeast Asia. The intensive bombing of <a href="/wiki/Hanoi" title="Hanoi">Hanoi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haiphong" title="Haiphong">Haiphong</a> during 11 days in December 1972, known as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II" title="Operation Linebacker II">Operation Linebacker II</a>, was a notable operation during the war. Importantly, the Eighth's bombing effectiveness influenced the North Vietnamese to end hostilities. With the end of combat in Southeast Asia, the Eighth Air Force moved without personnel or equipment to Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana on 1 January 1975, absorbing the resources of Second Air Force. </p><p>In the 1980s, the Eighth participated in several key operations such as running the tanker task force for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Urgent_Fury" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Urgent Fury">Operation Urgent Fury</a> in 1983 and directing all air refueling operations for <a href="/wiki/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation El Dorado Canyon">Operation El Dorado Canyon</a> in 1986 and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Just_Cause" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Just Cause">Operation Just Cause</a> in 1989. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations_over_Iraq">Operations over Iraq</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Operations over Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eighth's units played a key role in the 42-day <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> in 1991. An Eighth Air Force unit, the 2d Bomb Wing, spearheaded the air campaign by dispatching B-52s from Barksdale to launch conventional air-launched cruise missiles against Iraqi targets. Eighth Air Force bomb wings, stationed in the Persian Gulf region, also attacked Iraq's Republican Guard forces and numerous key strategic targets, while other units provided air refueling and tactical reconnaissance throughout the conflict. As a headquarters, the Eighth had another important role in victory over Iraqi forces – operating the logistics supply and air refueling bridge between the U.S. and gulf region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reorganisation_June_1992">Reorganisation June 1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Reorganisation June 1992"><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:ACC_Shield.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ACC_Shield.svg/220px-ACC_Shield.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ACC_Shield.svg/330px-ACC_Shield.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/ACC_Shield.svg/440px-ACC_Shield.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Fifteen months after Operation Desert Storm, the Air Force reorganized. Eighth Air Force was relieved from assignment to Strategic Air Command and assigned to the new <a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a> (ACC) on 1 June 1992. </p><p>Under ACC, Eighth Air Force provides command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C2ISR); long-range attack; and information operations forces to Air Force components and warfighting commands. Eighth Air Force trains, tests, exercises and demonstrates combat-ready forces for rapid employment worldwide. </p><p>Eighth Air Force also provides conventional forces to U.S. Joint Forces Command and provides nuclear capable bombers, specified Global Strike assets, and C2ISR capabilities to U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). Eighth Air Force also supports STRATCOM's Joint Force Headquarters – Information Operations and serves as the command element for Air Force wide computer network operations. </p><p>Under ACC, the Eighth received control over active duty, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> units in the central U.S. and two overseas locations. Then in January 1994, ACC reorganized Eighth Air Force as a general purpose Numbered Air Force (NAF) with a warfighting mission to support the U.S. Joint Forces and U.S. Strategic Commands. Support to the latter command included the operation of Task Force 204 (bombers). </p><p>Since 1994, the Eighth has participated in a string of contingency operations, such as the 1996 Operation "Desert Strike" against Iraq] the 1998 Operation "Desert Fox" (similarly named but in no way associated with Field Marshal Erwin Rommel) against Iraq, which featured the B-1 Lancer in its combat debut, and 1999 Operation "Allied Force" against the Federal Republic of <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, which involved the B-2A Spirit. The "Allied Force" campaign also marked the Eighth's return to Europe and the participation of U.S. bombers in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (<a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>) first combat operation. Altogether, the Eighth's bombers flew 325 sorties to drop over 7 million pounds of ordnance on a nation slightly smaller than the state of Colorado. </p><p>In 2000, the Air Force decided to integrate information operations into Eighth Air Force. The integration process started on 1 February 2001, when the Air Force realigned the Air Intelligence Agency (AIA) under ACC and assigned the 67th Information Operations Wing and the 70th Intelligence Wing to the Eighth. The reorganization transformed the Eighth into the only information operations and bomber NAF in the Air Force. For the Mighty Eighth, that change heralded an interesting future, one that bring further restructuring, different aircraft system purchases, and a new challenging mission to the NAF. </p><p>While posturing itself for that mission change, the Eighth also supported <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> in which the Air Force operates against targets in Afghanistan, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Noble_Eagle" title="Operation Noble Eagle">Operation Noble Eagle</a> for the defense of North American airspace. Throughout the first six months of Enduring Freedom, the Mighty Eighth's bombers were instrumental in the eradication of many targets and opposing combatants in Afghanistan. </p><p>Major General <a href="/wiki/James_C._Dawkins_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James C. Dawkins Jr.">James C. Dawkins Jr.</a> assumed command of 8th Air Force on 20 August 2018, after having served as the Deputy Director for Nuclear, Homeland Defense, and Current Operations on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 June 2020, he was succeeded by Major General <a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Weatherington" title="Mark E. Weatherington">Mark E. Weatherington</a>, who had previously served as deputy commander of <a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Education and Training Command</a> at <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_San_Antonio" title="Joint Base San Antonio">Joint Base San Antonio</a> in Randolph, Texas.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Air Force Global Strike Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png/100px-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png/150px-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png/200px-Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="911" data-file-height="899" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Under <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a> since 1 Feb 2010, Eighth Air Force controls strategic bomber (e.g., B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress, and B-1 Lancer) forces throughout the United States and overseas locations. Eighth Air Force carries out its warfighting missions under U.S. Strategic Command and the air component commands of the other regional <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_commands" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified combatant commands">Unified combatant commands</a>. Eighth Air Force has five Regular Air Force bomb wings, two Air Reserve Total Force Integration bomb wings (one in <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> and one in the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>), and one detachment in the continental United States. </p><p>Bomber wings of the 8th Air Force include: </p> <ul><li>Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d Bomb Wing</a>, B-52H</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/307th_Bomb_Wing" title="307th Bomb Wing">307th Bomb Wing</a>, B-52H (AFRC)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base" title="Dyess Air Force Base">Dyess Air Force Base</a>, Texas</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th Bomb Wing</a>, B-1B</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth Air Force Base</a>, South Dakota</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th Bomb Wing</a>, B-1B</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot Air Force Base</a>, North Dakota</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th Bomb Wing</a>, B-52H</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman Air Force Base</a>, Missouri</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bomb Wing</a>, B-2A</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/131st_Bomb_Wing" title="131st Bomb Wing">131st Bomb Wing</a> (Associate), B-2A (ANG)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Reporting_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Reporting Unit">AFGSC Direct Reporting Units (DRU)</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/576th_Flight_Test_Squadron" title="576th Flight Test Squadron">576th Flight Test Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a>, California</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/595th_Command_and_Control_Group" title="595th Command and Control Group">595th Command and Control Group</a> – Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage,_assignments,_components,_and_stations"><span id="Lineage.2C_assignments.2C_components.2C_and_stations"></span>Lineage, assignments, components, and stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Lineage, assignments, components, and stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lineage">Lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Established as <b>VIII Bomber Command</b> on 19 January 1942 and activated 1 February 1942.</li> <li>Redesignated the <b>Eighth Air Force</b> on 22 February 1944.</li> <li>Redesignated: <b>Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic – Global Strike)</b> on 3 June 2008.</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=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">Eighth Air Force</a> (later United States Strategic Air Forces), 22 February 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_the_Pacific" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific">United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific</a>, 16 July 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">Pacific Air Command, United States Army</a>, 6 December 1945 (redesignation of U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific)</li> <li>Strategic Air Command, 7 June 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a>, 1 June 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">Air Force Global Strike Command</a>, 1 August 2010</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_components">Major components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Major components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Commands</b> </p> <ul><li>VIII Air Force Composite Command: 22 Feb 1944 – 1 Feb 1945</li> <li>VIII Air Force Service Command: 22 Feb 1944 – 16 Jul 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>: 22 Feb 1944 – 16 Jul 1945</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Divisions_during_World_War_II">Divisions during World War II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Divisions during World War II"><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:1stbombdivision-8thaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/1stbombdivision-8thaf.jpg/220px-1stbombdivision-8thaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/1stbombdivision-8thaf.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Emblem of the 1st Air Division</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg/220px-B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg/330px-B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg/440px-B-17-231503-bassingborne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>A restored B-17G in the livery of <i><a href="/wiki/Nine-O-Nine" title="Nine-O-Nine">Nine-O-Nine</a> (</i>a bomber of the 323rd BS, 91st BG, that completed 140 missions without crew loss). with 1st Combat Bomb Wing "Triangle-A" tail code</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/2dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg/220px-2dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/2dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="291" data-file-height="329" /></a><figcaption>Emblem of the 2nd Air Division</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:448bg-b24-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/448bg-b24-1.jpg/220px-448bg-b24-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/448bg-b24-1.jpg/330px-448bg-b24-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/448bg-b24-1.jpg/440px-448bg-b24-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>B-24H Liberator "Do Bunny" of 713 BS, 448 BG; it was shot down by a Me 262 jet over <a href="/wiki/Soltau" title="Soltau">Soltau</a>, Germany on 25 March 1945</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/3dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg/220px-3dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/3dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg/330px-3dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/3dtbombdivision-8thaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="331" data-file-height="330" /></a><figcaption>The emblem of the 3rd Air Division</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England,_WW2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England%2C_WW2.jpg/220px-B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England%2C_WW2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England%2C_WW2.jpg/330px-B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England%2C_WW2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England%2C_WW2.jpg/440px-B-17G-70-BO_Fortress_Serial_43-37683_in_England%2C_WW2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption>A Boeing B-17G Fortress of the 339th BS, 96th BG at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">RAF Snetterton Heath</a></figcaption></figure><p>. </p><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Bombardment Division">1st Bombardment (later, 1st Air) Division</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Operated the B-17F/G Flying Fortress with "Triangle" tail codes between 22 February 1944 and 16 July 1945</dd> <dd>Headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Grange_Hotel,_Brampton" class="mw-redirect" title="Grange Hotel, Brampton">Brampton Grange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton,_Cambridgeshire" title="Brampton, Cambridgeshire">Brampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a></dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/1st_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Combat Bombardment Wing">1st Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a> (Call sign: Goonchild/Swordfish) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/91st_Bombardment_Group" title="91st Bombardment Group">91st Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-A), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/381st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Bombardment Group">381st Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-L), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ridgewell" title="RAF Ridgewell">RAF Ridgewell</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/398th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="398th Bombardment Group">398th Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-W), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Nuthampstead" title="RAF Nuthampstead">RAF Nuthampstead</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/482d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="482d Bombardment Group">482d Bombardment Group</a> (No Tail Code), (B-17, B-24) <a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a> <dl><dd>Radar-equipped pathfinder group. Attached to: VIII Composite Command, 14 Feb 1944 – 1 Jan 1945</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/40th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Combat Bombardment Wing">40th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">RAF Thurleigh</a> (Call sign: Bullpen/Foxhole) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/92d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Bombardment Group">92d Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-B), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Podington" title="RAF Podington">RAF Podington</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/305th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="305th Bombardment Group">305th Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-G), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">RAF Chelveston</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/306th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="306th Bombardment Group">306th Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-H), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">RAF Thurleigh</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/41st_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="41st Combat Bombardment Wing">41st Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">RAF Molesworth</a> (Call sign: Fatgal/Cowboy) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/303d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Bombardment Group">303d Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-C), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">RAF Molesworth</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/379th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="379th Bombardment Group">379th Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-K), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kimbolton" title="RAF Kimbolton">RAF Kimbolton</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/384th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="384th Bombardment Group">384th Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-P), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Grafton_Underwood" title="RAF Grafton Underwood">RAF Grafton Underwood</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/94th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="94th Combat Bombardment Wing">94th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">RAF Polebrook</a> (Call sign: Ragweed/Woodcraft) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/351st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Bombardment Group">351st Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-J), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">RAF Polebrook</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/401st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="401st Bombardment Group">401st Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-S), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Deenethorpe" title="RAF Deenethorpe">RAF Deenethorpe</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/457th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="457th Bombardment Group">457th Bombardment Group</a> (Triangle-U), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Glatton" title="RAF Glatton">RAF Glatton</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/67th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Fighter Wing (World War II)">67th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walcot_Hall,_Northamptonshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Walcot Hall, Northamptonshire">Walcot Hall, Northamptonshire</a> (Attached from <a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>) (<a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51D/K Mustang</a>) (Call sign: Mohair) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/20th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Fighter Group">20th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kings_Cliffe" title="RAF Kings Cliffe">RAF Kings Cliffe</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/352d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="352d Fighter Group">352d Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bodney" title="RAF Bodney">RAF Bodney</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/356th_Fighter_Group" title="356th Fighter Group">356th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">RAF Martlesham Heath</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/359th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="359th Fighter Group">359th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_East_Wretham" title="RAF East Wretham">RAF East Wretham</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/364th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="364th Fighter Group">364th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">RAF Honington</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1st_Scouting_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Scouting Force">1st Scouting Force</a>, (Attached to: 364th FG), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">RAF Honington</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bombardment Division">2d Bombardment (later, 2d Air) Division</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Operated B-24D/H/J/L/M Liberator with "Circle" tail codes until early February, 1944. Later designation was by various color vertical tail fins with contrasting horizontal, vertical, or diagonal stripes designating a specific bomb group between 22 February 1944 and 25 June 1945</dd> <dd>Headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Ketteringham" title="Ketteringham">Ketteringham</a> Hall<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a>, Norfolk</dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/2d_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Combat Bombardment Wing">2d Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hethel" title="RAF Hethel">RAF Hethel</a> (Call sign: Winston/Bourbon) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/389th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="389th Bombardment Group">389th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-C, Black/White Vertical ), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hethel" title="RAF Hethel">RAF Hethel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/445th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="445th Bombardment Group">445th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-F, Black/White Horizontal<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">RAF Tibenham</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/453d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="453d Bombardment Group">453d Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-J, Black/White Diagonal), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">RAF Old Buckenham</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Combat Bombardment Wing">14th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">RAF Shipdham</a> (Call sign: Hambone/Hardtack) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/44th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Bombardment Group">44th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-A), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">RAF Shipdham</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/392d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="392d Bombardment Group">392d Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-D), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wendling" title="RAF Wendling">RAF Wendling</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-Z), <a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">RAF North Pickenham</a> (Aug 1944 – 16 Jul 1945)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/20th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">20th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">RAF Hardwick</a> (Call sign: Pinestreet/Bigbear) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/93d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Bombardment Group">93d Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-B), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">RAF Hardwick</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/446th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="446th Bombardment Group">446th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-H), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bungay" title="RAF Bungay">RAF Bungay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/448th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Bombardment Group">448th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-I), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Seething" title="RAF Seething">RAF Seething</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-W), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">RAF Halesworth</a> (Aug 1944 – 16 Jul 1945)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/95th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="95th Combat Bombardment Wing">95th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">RAF Halesworth</a> (May–Aug 1944) (Call sign: Shamrock) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-W), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">RAF Halesworth</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-Z), <a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">RAF North Pickenham</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Division" title="96th Air Division">96th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St_Faith" title="RAF Horsham St Faith">RAF Horsham St Faith</a> (Call sign: Redstar/Lincoln) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/458th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="458th Bombardment Group">458th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-K), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St._Faith" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horsham St. Faith">RAF Horsham St. Faith</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/466th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="466th Bombardment Group">466th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-L), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Attlebridge" title="RAF Attlebridge">RAF Attlebridge</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th Bombardment Group</a> (Circle-P), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Rackheath" title="RAF Rackheath">RAF Rackheath</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/65th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="65th Fighter Wing">65th Fighter Wing</a> (Attached from <a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>), <a href="/wiki/Saffron_Walden" title="Saffron Walden">Saffron Walden</a> (<a href="/wiki/P-51" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51">P-51D/K Mustang</a>) (Call sign: Colgate) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Group" title="4th Fighter Group">4th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Debden" title="RAF Debden">RAF Debden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="56th Fighter Group">56th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Boxted" title="RAF Boxted">RAF Boxted</a> (<a href="/wiki/P-47_Thunderbolt" class="mw-redirect" title="P-47 Thunderbolt">P-47D Thunderbolt</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/355th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="355th Fighter Group">355th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">RAF Steeple Morden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/361st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="361st Fighter Group">361st Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bottisham" title="RAF Bottisham">RAF Bottisham</a> then <a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">RAF Little Walden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2d_Scouting_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Scouting Force">2d Scouting Force</a>, (Attached to: 355th FG), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">RAF Steeple Morden</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Bombardment Division">3d Bombardment (later, 3d Air) Division</a></li></ul> <dl><dd>Operated B-17F/G Flying Fortress with Square tail codes between 22 February 1944 and 16 July 1945</dd> <dd>Headquartered at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">RAF Honington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thetford" title="Thetford">Thetford</a>, Norfolk</dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/4th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Combat Bombardment Wing">4th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bury_St_Edmunds" title="RAF Bury St Edmunds">RAF Bury St Edmunds</a> (Call sign: Franklin/Hotshot) <dl><dd><dl><dd>Redesignated from: 92d Combat Bombardment Wing, 22 November 1944</dd> <dd>Redesignated from: 4th Bombardment Wing (Provisional), 16 February 1945</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/94th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="94th Bombardment Group">94th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-A), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bury_St._Edmunds" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Bury St. Edmunds">RAF Bury St. Edmunds</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/447th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="447th Bombardment Group">447th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-K), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Rattlesden" title="RAF Rattlesden">RAF Rattlesden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/486th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="486th Bombardment Group">486th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-O/W), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Sudbury" title="RAF Sudbury">RAF Sudbury</a> <dl><dd>(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/487th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="487th Bombardment Group">487th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-P), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lavenham" title="RAF Lavenham">RAF Lavenham</a> <dl><dd>(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944)</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/13th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Combat Bombardment Wing">13th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Horham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horham">RAF Horham</a> (Call sign: Zootsuit/Fireball) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/95th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="95th Bombardment Group">95th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-B), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Horham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horham">RAF Horham</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/100th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="100th Bombardment Group">100th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-D), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">RAF Thorpe Abbotts</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/390th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="390th Bombardment Group">390th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-J), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Framlingham" title="RAF Framlingham">RAF Framlingham</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/45th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="45th Combat Bombardment Wing">45th Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">RAF Snetterton Heath</a> (Call sign: Zootsuit/Fireball) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/96th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Bombardment Group">96th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-C), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">RAF Snetterton Heath</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/388th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="388th Bombardment Group">388th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-H), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Knettishall" title="RAF Knettishall">RAF Knettishall</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/452d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Bombardment Group">452d Bombardment Group</a> (Square-L), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Deopham_Green" title="RAF Deopham Green">RAF Deopham Green</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/93d_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Combat Bombardment Wing">93d Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mendlesham" title="RAF Mendlesham">RAF Mendlesham</a>, (Call sign: Zootsuit/Fireball) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/34th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="34th Bombardment Group">34th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-S), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mendlesham" title="RAF Mendlesham">RAF Mendlesham</a> <dl><dd>(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/385th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Bombardment Group">385th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-G), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Ashfield" title="RAF Great Ashfield">RAF Great Ashfield</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th Bombardment Group</a> (Square-T), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Eye" title="RAF Eye">RAF Eye</a> <dl><dd>(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/493d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="493d Bombardment Group">493d Bombardment Group</a> (Square-S), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Debach" title="RAF Debach">RAF Debach</a> <dl><dd>(Converted from B-24s to B-17s, Summer 1944)</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/66th_Fighter_Wing" title="66th Fighter Wing">66th Fighter Wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sawston_Hall" title="Sawston Hall">Sawston Hall</a>, (Attached from <a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>) (<a href="/wiki/P-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="P-51 Mustang">P-51D/K Mustang</a>) (Call sign: Oilskin) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/55th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="55th Fighter Group">55th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">RAF Wormingford</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/78th_Fighter_Group" title="78th Fighter Group">78th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Duxford" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Duxford">RAF Duxford</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/339th_Fighter_Group" title="339th Fighter Group">339th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fowlmere" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fowlmere">RAF Fowlmere</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/353d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="353d Fighter Group">353d Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">RAF Raydon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/357th_Fighter_Group" title="357th Fighter Group">357th Fighter Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Leiston" title="RAF Leiston">RAF Leiston</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/3d_Scouting_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Scouting Force">3d Scouting Force</a>, (Attached to: 55th FG), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">RAF Wormingford</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Special Groups: as of 1 Jan 1945</li></ul> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/36th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="36th Bombardment Squadron">36th Bombardment Squadron</a>, (B-24H/J)</dd> <dd>Radar/Electronic-countermeasure operations: August 1944 – April 1945 <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cheddington" title="RAF Cheddington">RAF Cheddington</a></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Divisions_(Strategic_Air_Command)"><span id="Divisions_.28Strategic_Air_Command.29"></span>Divisions (Strategic Air Command)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Divisions (Strategic Air Command)"><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/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th Air Division</a>: 1 Jan 1959 – 2 Jul 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th Strategic Missile Division</a>: 1 Jul 1963 – 1 Jul 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Strategic Aerospace Division">17th Strategic Aerospace Division</a>: 1 Jul 1963 – 31 Mar 1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">19th Air Division</a>: 16 Feb 1951 – 1 Jul 1955; 1 Jan 1975 – 30 Sep 1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st Air Division</a>: 1 Jul 1955 – 1 Jan 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Air_Division" title="38th Air Division">38th Air Division</a>: 1 Jan 1959 – 1 Nov 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d Air Division</a>: 10 Mar 1951 – 1 Apr 1955; 15 Jul 1959 – 9 Jul 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Air_Division" title="45th Air Division">45th Air Division</a>: 8 Oct 1954 – 18 Jan 1958; 20 Nov 1958 – 31 Mar 1970; 1 Jan 1975 – 15 Jun 1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th Air Division</a>: 10 Feb 1951 – 1 Apr 1955</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th Air Division</a>: 4 Sep 1956 – 2 Jul 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Air_Division" title="801st Air Division">801st Air Division</a>: 1 Jul 1955 – 15 Mar 1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d Air Division</a>: 1 Jul 1955 – 1 Jan 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="810th Air Division">810th Air Division</a>: 16 Jun 1952 – 1 Apr 1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/817th_Air_Division" title="817th Air Division">817th Air Division</a>: 1 Feb 1956 – 31 Mar 1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="818th Air Division">818th Air Division</a>: 1 Jul 1955 – 1 Jan 1959</li> <li><a href="/wiki/820th_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="820th Air Division">820th Air (later, 820 Strategic Aerospace) Division</a>: 1 Feb 1956 – 25 Jun 1965.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/822d_Air_Division" title="822d Air Division">822d Air Division</a>: 1 Jan 1959 – 2 Sep 1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/823d_Air_Division" title="823d Air Division">823d Air Division</a>: 1 Jan 1959 – 31 Mar 1970</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wings">Wings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Wings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Bomb_Wing" title="2nd Bomb Wing">2nd Bomb Wing</a>, 16 Jun 1988 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th Bomb Wing</a>, 1 Jun 1991 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th Bomb Wing</a>, 1 Oct 2015 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th Reconnaissance Wing</a>, 1 Oct 2002 – 1 October 2009</li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th Bomb Wing</a>, 1 Oct 2015 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Network_Warfare_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Network Warfare Wing">67th Information Operations (later, 67th Network Warfare) Wing</a>, 1 Feb 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bombardment (later, 509th Bomb) Wing</a>, 29 Mar 1989 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/552d_Air_Control_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="552d Air Control Wing">552d Air Control Wing</a>, 1 Oct 2002 – 1 Oct 2009<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Groups">Groups</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/92d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Bombardment Group">92d Bombardment Group</a>: August 1942 – Spring 1943<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="94th Bombardment Group">94th Bombardment Group</a>: 19–25 May 1943<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="95th Bombardment Group">95th Bombardment Group</a>: 19–25 May 1943<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="97th Bombardment Group">97th Bombardment Group</a>: 20 May – 14 September 1942<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="100th Bombardment Group">100th Bombardment Group</a>: c. 4 June 1943 – 4 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Bombardment Group">301st Bombardment Group</a>: c. 9 August 1942 – 14 September 1942<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="305th Bombardment Group">305th Bombardment Group</a>: 10 September–c. 12 September 1942<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="322d Bombardment Group">322d Bombardment Group</a>: c. 15 November – c. 1 December 1942<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Bombardment Group">385th Bombardment Group</a>: c. 8−13 July 1943<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="386th Bombardment Group">386th Bombardment Group</a>: 4–15 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/388th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="388th Bombardment Group">388th Bombardment Group</a>, 10–13 6 July 1943<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="389th Bombardment Group">389th Bombardment Group</a>, 29 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/445th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="445th Bombardment Group">445th Bombardment Group</a>: 5–9 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/446th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="446th Bombardment Group">446th Bombardment Group</a>, 5–9 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452d_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Bombardment Group">452d Bombardment Group</a>: January 1944<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/479th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="479th Fighter Group">479th Fighter Group</a>: 15–16 May 1944; c. 4−16 July 1945<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/492nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="492nd Bombardment Group">492nd Bombardment Group</a>: April 1944<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Centers">Centers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Centers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>608th Air Operations Center (formerly 608th Air Operations Group and 608th Air and Space Operations Center), 1 Jan 1994 – present</li> <li>Air Force Information Operations: 1 May 2007 – present</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=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=31" 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/RAF_Daws_Hill" title="RAF Daws Hill">RAF Daws Hill</a>, England, 22 Feb 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Sakugawa (Kadena Airfield)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, 16 Jul 1945</li> <li>MacDill Field, Florida, 7 Jun 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Worth Army Air Field">Fort Worth Army Air Field</a> (later, Griffiss Air Force Base; Carswell Air Force Base), Texas, 1 Nov 1946</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 13 Jun 1955 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-Attack_Command_and_Control_System_Facility,_Hadley" title="Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley">Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley</a>, 1958–1970</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base" title="Andersen Air Force Base">Andersen Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, 1 Apr 1970</li> <li>Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 Jan 1975 – present</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_commanders">List of commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: List of commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th colspan="2">Commander </th> <th colspan="3">Term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Term length </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ira C. Eaker"><img alt="Ira C. Eaker" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Lieutenant general<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 December 1942</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._General_James_Doolittle,_head_and_shoulders.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jimmy Doolittle"><img alt="Jimmy Doolittle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg/100px-Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg/150px-Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg/200px-Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2490" data-file-height="3254" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Lieutenant general<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle" title="Jimmy Doolittle">Jimmy Doolittle</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">January 1944</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">September 1945</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 year 9 months</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RobertJElder.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Robert J. Elder Jr."><img alt="Robert J. Elder Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/RobertJElder.jpg/100px-RobertJElder.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/RobertJElder.jpg/150px-RobertJElder.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/RobertJElder.jpg/200px-RobertJElder.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2328" data-file-height="2838" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Lieutenant General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Elder_Jr." title="Robert J. Elder Jr.">Robert J. Elder Jr.</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 June 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 June 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003108400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 353 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Floyd L. Carpenter"><img alt="Floyd L. Carpenter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Floyd_L._Carpenter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_L._Carpenter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Floyd L. Carpenter (page does not exist)">Floyd L. Carpenter</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 June 2009</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002732000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 2 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen W. Wilson"><img alt="Stephen W. Wilson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg/100px-Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg/150px-Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg/200px-Stephen_W._Wilson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Wilson" title="Stephen W. Wilson">Stephen W. Wilson</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 June 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 October 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002873000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 142 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Scott A. Vander Hamm"><img alt="Scott A. Vander Hamm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_%282%29.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_%282%29.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_%282%29.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Scott_A._Vander_Hamm_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="251" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_A._Vander_Hamm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott A. Vander Hamm (page does not exist)">Scott A. Vander Hamm</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 October 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 April 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002541000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 176 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_M._Clark_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Richard M. Clark"><img alt="Richard M. Clark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Richard_M._Clark_%282%29.jpg/100px-Richard_M._Clark_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Richard_M._Clark_%282%29.jpg/150px-Richard_M._Clark_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Richard_M._Clark_%282%29.jpg/200px-Richard_M._Clark_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Clark" title="Richard M. Clark">Richard M. Clark</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 April 2015</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 October 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002536000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 170 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_A._Bussiere_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas A. Bussiere"><img alt="Thomas A. Bussiere" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thomas_A._Bussiere_%282%29.jpg/100px-Thomas_A._Bussiere_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thomas_A._Bussiere_%282%29.jpg/150px-Thomas_A._Bussiere_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thomas_A._Bussiere_%282%29.jpg/200px-Thomas_A._Bussiere_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Bussiere" title="Thomas A. Bussiere">Thomas A. Bussiere</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 October 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002685000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 320 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="James C. Dawkins Jr."><img alt="James C. Dawkins Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_James_C._Dawkins_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3369" data-file-height="4212" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/James_C._Dawkins_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James C. Dawkins Jr.">James C. Dawkins Jr.</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 June 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002662000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 297 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_E._Weatherington_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark E. Weatherington"><img alt="Mark E. Weatherington" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mark_E._Weatherington_%284%29.jpg/100px-Mark_E._Weatherington_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mark_E._Weatherington_%284%29.jpg/150px-Mark_E._Weatherington_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Mark_E._Weatherington_%284%29.jpg/200px-Mark_E._Weatherington_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3142" data-file-height="3928" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Weatherington" title="Mark E. Weatherington">Mark E. Weatherington</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 June 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 August 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002430000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 65 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_J._Gebara_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Andrew J. Gebara"><img alt="Andrew J. Gebara" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Andrew_J._Gebara_%285%29.jpg/100px-Andrew_J._Gebara_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Andrew_J._Gebara_%285%29.jpg/150px-Andrew_J._Gebara_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Andrew_J._Gebara_%285%29.jpg/200px-Andrew_J._Gebara_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3016" data-file-height="4223" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_J._Gebara" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew J. Gebara">Andrew J. Gebara</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 August 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002739000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 9 days</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jason Armagost"><img alt="Jason Armagost" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_%282%29.jpg/100px-Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_%282%29.jpg/150px-Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_%282%29.jpg/200px-Maj_Gen_Jason_R._Armagost_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1629" data-file-height="2279" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Major General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jason_Armagost" title="Jason Armagost">Jason Armagost</a></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 August 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002455000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 89 days</td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Target_for_Today" title="Target for Today">Target for Today</a></i> – ninety-four-minute depiction of an <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pointblank" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pointblank">Operation Pointblank</a> mission from 1944.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Eighth_Air_Force_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum">Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighth Air Force Museum">Eighth Air Force Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wade_(Louisiana_general)" title="David Wade (Louisiana general)">David Wade</a>, past commander</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eighth_Air_Force&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Eighth Air Force's now commonly-accepted nickname, "The Mighty Eighth", derives from the title of British farmer and life-long Eighth Air Force historian <a href="/wiki/Roger_A._Freeman" title="Roger A. Freeman">Roger A. Freeman</a>'s seminal <i>History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force</i> (Doubleday and Company, 1970).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">two American-crewed and one RAF-crewed Bostons against each target</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The P-51A variant known in RAF service as Mustang I (Mustang Mark I)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">the XP-51B achieved a level speed of 441 mph at 29,800 ft (9,100 m), over 100 mph (160 km/h) faster than the Allison-engined P-51A at that altitude. 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Republished 1992.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines – A History of the US 8th Air Force</i>. 1970. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87938-638-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87938-638-X">0-87938-638-X</a>. <ul><li>Revised as <i>The Mighty Eighth: a History of the Units, Men and Machines of the Us 8th Air Force</i>. Cassell & Co., 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85409-035-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85409-035-6">1-85409-035-6</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. et al. <i>The Mighty Eighth War Diary</i>. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1981.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. (Ed.) <i>The Mighty Eighth in Art</i>. London: Arms & Armour, 1995.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth in Colour</i>. London: Arms & Armour, 1991. <ul><li>New Edition as <i>The Mighty Eighth: The Colour Record</i>. London: Cassell & Co., 2001.</li></ul></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth War Diary</i>. 1990. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87938-495-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-87938-495-6">0-87938-495-6</a>.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>Mighty Eighth War Manual</i>. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1984.</li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. <i>The Mighty Eighth: Warpaint and Heraldry</i>. London: Arms & Armour, 1997.</li> <li>Lambert, John W. <i>The 8th Air Force: Victory and Sacrifice: A World War II Photo History</i>. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2006. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-2534-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-2534-5">0-7643-2534-5</a>.</li> <li>McLachlan, Ian and Russell J. Zorn. <i>Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories: Eye-Witness Accounts from American Airmen and British Civilians of the Perils of War</i>. Yeovil, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1991.</li> <li>McLaughlin, (Brigadier General) J. Kemp. <i>The Mighty Eighth in World War II: A Memoir</i>. Kentucky University Press, 2000.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller2007" class="citation book cs1">Miller, Donald L. (2007). <i>Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany</i>. 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Maurer, Maurer (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a 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title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical 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<ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Eighth (Strategic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth (Strategic)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">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:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">Air Base</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/377th_Air_Base_Wing" title="377th Air Base Wing">377th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Bomb</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/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">Missile</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/90th_Missile_Wing" title="90th Missile Wing">90th</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">Helicopter</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/582d_Helicopter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="582d Helicopter Group">582d</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">Operations</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</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Operations_Group" title="5th Operations Group">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Operations_Group" title="28th Operations Group">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Operations_Group" title="90th Operations Group">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Operations_Group" title="91st Operations Group">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/341st_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="341st Operations Group">341st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Operations_Group" title="509th Operations Group">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">Squadrons</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:6em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:right;">Bomb</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/9th_Bomb_Squadron" title="9th Bomb Squadron">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Bomb_Squadron" title="11th Bomb Squadron">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Bomb_Squadron" title="13th Bomb Squadron">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Bomb_Squadron" title="20th Bomb Squadron">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Bomb_Squadron" title="23rd Bomb Squadron">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Squadron" title="28th Bomb Squadron">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Bomb_Squadron" title="34th Bomb Squadron">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Bomb_Squadron" title="37th Bomb Squadron">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Bomb_Squadron" title="69th Bomb Squadron">69th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Bomb_Squadron" title="93rd Bomb Squadron">93rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Bomb_Squadron" title="96th Bomb Squadron">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/343d_Bomb_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="343d Bomb Squadron">343d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/393rd_Bomb_Squadron" title="393rd Bomb Squadron">393rd</a></li></ul> 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Warren Air Force Base">F. E. Warren</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Field Air National Guard Base">Forbes</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Force_Base" title="Grand Forks Air Force Base">Grand Forks</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Grissom</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Air National Guard Base">Lincoln</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Air_Force_Base" title="Little Rock Air Force Base">Little Rock</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pease_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Pease Air National Guard Base">Pease</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Rickenbacker</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base" title="Sheppard Air Force Base">Sheppard</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Westover Air Reserve Base">Westover</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson</a> (AFMC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Support_Facility_Diego_Garcia" title="Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia">Diego Garcia</a> (USN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a> (USAFE)</li> <li><a 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title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Air_Force_Station" title="Calumet Air Force Station">Calumet Air Force Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Carswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Air_Force_Base" title="Castle Air Force Base">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennault_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennault Air Force Base">Chennault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton-Sherman_Air_Force_Base" title="Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base">Clinton-Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaker Air Force Base">Eaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Air_Force_Base" title="Glasgow Air Force Base">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Island_Army_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Island Army Airfield">Grand Island</a> (AAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffiss_Air_Force_Base" title="Griffiss Air Force Base">Griffiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base" title="K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K. I. Sawyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearney_Air_Force_Base" title="Kearney Air Force Base">Kearney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincheloe_Air_Force_Base" title="Kincheloe Air Force Base">Kincheloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base" title="Larson Air Force Base">Larson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loring_Air_Force_Base" title="Loring Air Force Base">Loring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowry_Air_Force_Base" title="Lowry Air Force Base">Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mather_Air_Force_Base" title="Mather Air Force Base">Mather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCoy_Air_Force_Base" title="McCoy Air Force Base">McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plattsburgh_Air_Force_Base" title="Plattsburgh Air Force Base">Plattsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presque_Isle_Air_Force_Base" title="Presque Isle Air Force Base">Presque Isle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramey_Air_Force_Base" title="Ramey Air Force Base">Ramey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.I._Bong_Air_Force_Base" title="R.I. 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Bong</a> (unbuilt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schilling Air Force Base">Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Air Force Base">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurtsmith_Air_Force_Base" title="Wurtsmith Air Force Base">Wurtsmith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom">Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Guerir_Air_Base" title="Ben Guerir Air Base">Ben Guerir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boulhaut_Air_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boulhaut Air Base (page does not exist)">Boulhaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton" title="RAF Brize Norton">RAF Brize Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruntingthorpe_Aerodrome" title="Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome">RAF Bruntingthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">RAF Burtonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">RAF Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay" title="CFB Goose Bay">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Harmon_Air_Force_Base" title="Ernest Harmon Air Force Base">Ernest Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upper_Heyford" title="RAF Upper Heyford">RAF Upper Heyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrej%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Torrejón Air Base">Torrejón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouasseur_Air_Base" title="Nouasseur Air Base">Nouasseur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9_Airport" title="Rabat–Salé Airport">Rabat-Salé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scampton" title="RAF Scampton">RAF Scampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculthorpe_Training_Area" title="Sculthorpe Training Area">RAF Sculthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Slimane_Air_Base" title="Sidi Slimane Air Base">Sidi Slimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_South_Ruislip" title="RAF South Ruislip">RAF South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield" title="U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield">U-Tapao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodbridge" title="RAF Woodbridge">RAF Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_Airport" title="Zaragoza Airport">Zaragoza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Strategic Air Command"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/100px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/150px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/200px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Eighth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Air Expeditionary Task Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Air Division">3d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Division" title="7th Air Division">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Division" title="14th Air Division">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Division" title="40th Air Division">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Air_Division" title="45th Air Division">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Air_Division" title="801st Air Division">801st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/806th_Air_Division" title="806th Air Division">806th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/817th_Air_Division" title="817th Air Division">817th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822d_Air_Division" title="822d Air Division">822d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823d_Air_Division" title="823d Air Division">823d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4310th_Air_Division" title="4310th Air Division">4310th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic<br />aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="18th Strategic Aerospace Division">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Strategic Aerospace Division">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="810th Strategic Aerospace Division">810th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="813th Strategic Aerospace Division">813th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/816th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="816th Strategic Aerospace Division">816th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="818th Strategic Aerospace Division">818th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="819th Strategic Aerospace Division">819th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="820th Strategic Aerospace Division">820th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="821st Strategic Aerospace Division">821st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="825th Strategic Aerospace Division">825th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic missile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_wings" title="Strategic Air Command wings">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Bombardment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Wing" title="17th Training Wing">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Airlift_Wing" title="19th Airlift Wing">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Air Refueling Wing">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Bombardment Wing">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Bombardment Wing">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Base Wing">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">43d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Air Base Wing">72d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Wing">92d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air_Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air Ground Operations Wing">93d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303d_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Aeronautical Systems Wing">303d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Air Refueling Wing">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="379th Air Expeditionary Wing">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/380th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="380th Air Expeditionary Wing">380th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Bombardment Wing">416th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Bombardment_Wing" title="450th Bombardment Wing">450th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Wing" title="456th Bombardment Wing">456th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/465th_Bombardment_Wing" title="465th Bombardment Wing">465th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/494th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Wing">494th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Fighter_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Fighter Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Fighter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Training Wing">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/506th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="506th Air Expeditionary Group">506th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing" title="508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing">508th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_missile_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of missile wings of the United States Air Force">Missile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/44th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Strategic Missile Wing">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing" title="90th Missile Wing">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Missile_Wing" title="91st Missile Wing">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="308th Strategic Missile Wing">308th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Strategic Missile Wing">321st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/341st_Missile_Wing" title="341st Missile Wing">341st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Strategic Missile Wing">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Strategic Missile Wing">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392d Strategic Missile Wing">392d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Strategic Missile Wing">451st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Strategic Missile Wing">702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Strategic Missile Wing">703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="705th Strategic Missile Wing">705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Strategic Missile Wing">706th</a></li> <li>4320th Strategic Wing (Missile)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Air Mobility Wing">6th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">26th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Group" title="544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group">544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_air_refueling_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Air Force air refueling wings">Refueling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Air Refueling Wing">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="305th Air Mobility Wing">305th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="384th Air Refueling Wing">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/497th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="497th Air Refueling Wing">497th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/499th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="499th Air Refueling Wing">499th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="500th Air Refueling Wing">500th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Strategic_Wings_assigned_to_the_Strategic_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USAF Strategic Wings assigned to the Strategic Air Command">Strategic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462d_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462d Strategic Aerospace Wing">462d</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">AFCON</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Range_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Range Wing">98th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Strategic_Wing" title="306th Strategic Wing">306th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Strategic Wing">307th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MAJCOM_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force">MAJCOM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3918th_Strategic_Wing" title="3918th Strategic Wing">3918th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3920th_Strategic_Wing" title="3920th Strategic Wing">3920th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">3960th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3970th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3970th Strategic Wing">3970th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3973d_Strategic_Wing" title="3973d Strategic Wing">3973d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4026th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4026th Strategic Wing">4026th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4038th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4038th Strategic Wing">4038th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4039th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4039th Strategic Wing">4039th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4042d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4042d Strategic Wing">4042d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4043d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4043d Strategic Wing">4043d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4047th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4047th Strategic Wing">4047th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">4080th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4081st_Strategic_Wing" title="4081st Strategic Wing">4081st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4082d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4082d Strategic Wing">4082d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4083d_Strategic_Wing" title="4083d Strategic Wing">4083d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4123d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4123d Strategic Wing">4123d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4126th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4126th Strategic Wing">4126th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4128th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4130th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4130th Strategic Wing">4130th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4133rd_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4133rd Strategic Wing">4133d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4134th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4134th Strategic Wing">4134th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4135th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4135th Strategic Wing">4135th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4136th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4136th Strategic Wing">4136th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4137th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4137th Strategic Wing">4137th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4138th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4141st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4141st Strategic Wing">4141st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4158th_Strategic_Wing" title="4158th Strategic Wing">4158th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4170th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4170th Strategic Wing">4170th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4228th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4228th Strategic Wing">4228th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4238th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4238th Strategic Wing">4238th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4239th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4239th Strategic Wing">4239th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4241st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4241st Strategic Wing">4241st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4245th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4245th Strategic Wing">4245th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="376th Strategic Wing">4252nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4258th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4258th Strategic Wing">4258th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4321st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4321st Strategic Wing">4321st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">USAAF<br />Groups<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>*</big>= initial assigned<br />unit upon SAC's<br />activation</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Operations_Group" title="28th Operations Group">28th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Operations Group">43rd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Operations Group">93d</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/498th_Tactical_Missile_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="498th Tactical Missile Group">498th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Composite</a> (3/46*)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th</a> (6/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a> (2/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Operations_Group" title="91st Operations Group">91st Strategic Reconnaissance</a> (1/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Equipment_of_Strategic_Air_Command" title="Equipment of Strategic Air Command">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bomber_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomber aircraft">Bombers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">North American B-45 Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">Convair B-58 Hustler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command<br />& Control</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">Lockheed DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">Boeing E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American F-2 Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">North American F-82 Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">North American F-86 Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">AGM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">AGM-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">AGM-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-129_ACM" title="AGM-129 ACM">AGM-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">HGM-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30A/B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper" title="LGM-118 Peacekeeper">LGM-118A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">SM-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">PGM-17A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">PGM-19A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#U-2R/S_details" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed TR-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_RB-57D_Canberra" title="Martin RB-57D Canberra">Martin RB-57D Canberra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing RB-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing RB-29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">Boeing KB-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing KB-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">Lockheed Martin KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">Fairchild C-82 Packet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">Convair C-131 Samaritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">Boeing C-135 Stratolifter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commanders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Kenney" title="George Kenney">George Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Power" title="Thomas S. Power">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dale_Ryan" title="John Dale Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Nazzaro" title="Joseph J. Nazzaro">Joseph J. Nazzaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_K._Holloway" title="Bruce K. Holloway">Bruce K. Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Meyer" title="John C. Meyer">John C. Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_E._Dougherty" title="Russell E. Dougherty">Russell E. Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Ellis" title="Richard H. Ellis">Richard H. Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_L._Davis" title="Bennie L. Davis">Bennie L. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_T._Chain,_Jr,&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John T. Chain, Jr, (page does not exist)">John T. Chain, Jr,</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lee_Butler" title="George Lee Butler">George Lee Butler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Emblems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span> <a 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Force</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></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 mw-collapsible expanded 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="Stations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Stations</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:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">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_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">Alconbury</a></li> 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Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalgrove_Airfield" title="Chalgrove Airfield">Chalgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cheddington" title="RAF Cheddington">Cheddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chipping_Ongar" title="RAF Chipping Ongar">Chipping Ongar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Daws_Hill" title="RAF Daws Hill">Daws Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Debach" title="RAF Debach">Debach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Debden" title="RAF Debden">Debden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Deenethorpe" title="RAF Deenethorpe">Deenethorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Deopham_Green" title="RAF Deopham Green">Deopham Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duxford_Aerodrome" title="Duxford Aerodrome">Duxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_East_Wretham" title="RAF East Wretham">East Wretham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Eye" title="RAF Eye">Eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fersfield" title="RAF Fersfield">Fersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fowlmere" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fowlmere">Fowlmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Framlingham" title="RAF Framlingham">Framlingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Glatton" title="RAF Glatton">Glatton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Goxhill" title="RAF Goxhill">Goxhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Grafton_Underwood" title="RAF Grafton Underwood">Grafton Underwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Ashfield" title="RAF Great Ashfield">Great Ashfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Halesworth" title="RAF Halesworth">Halesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hardwick" title="RAF Hardwick">Hardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hethel" title="RAF Hethel">Hethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Honington" title="RAF Honington">Honington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Horham" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Horham">Horham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Horsham_St_Faith" title="RAF Horsham St Faith">Horsham St. Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Keevil" title="RAF Keevil">Keevil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kimbolton" title="RAF Kimbolton">Kimbolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kings_Cliffe" title="RAF Kings Cliffe">Kings Cliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kirton_in_Lindsey" title="RAF Kirton in Lindsey">Kirton In Lindsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Knettishall" title="RAF Knettishall">Knettishall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lavenham" title="RAF Lavenham">Lavenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leiston" title="RAF Leiston">Leiston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Martlesham_Heath" title="RAF Martlesham Heath">Martlesham Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mendlesham" title="RAF Mendlesham">Mendlesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Metfield" title="RAF Metfield">Metfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Molesworth" title="RAF Molesworth">Molesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mount_Farm" title="RAF Mount Farm">Mount Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">North Pickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Nuthampstead" title="RAF Nuthampstead">Nuthampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">Old Buckenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Podington" title="RAF Podington">Podington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">Polebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rackheath" title="RAF Rackheath">Rackheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rattlesden" title="RAF Rattlesden">Rattlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ridgewell" title="RAF Ridgewell">Ridgewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Seething" title="RAF Seething">Seething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">Shipdham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">Snetterton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">Steeple Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sudbury" title="RAF Sudbury">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">Thorpe Abbots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">Thurleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">Tibenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wattisham" title="RAF Wattisham">Wattisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Watton" title="RAF Watton">Watton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wendling" title="RAF Wendling">Wendling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Westhampnett" title="RAF Westhampnett">Westhampnett</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;"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</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/Bolo_Airfield" title="Bolo Airfield">Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Futenma">Futenma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yontan_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Yontan Airfield">Yontan</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 expanded 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:10em;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/VIII_Air_Support_Command" title="VIII Air Support Command">VIII Air Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air 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/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Division" title="2nd Air Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Division" title="3rd Air Division">3rdf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">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;">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/1st_Bombardment_Wing" title="1st Bombardment Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="2nd Combat Bombardment Wing">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Bombardment Wing">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Air_Division" title="316th Air Division">316th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;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/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Air_Division" title="65th Air Division">65th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Fighter_Wing" title="66th Fighter Wing">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Fighter Wing (World War II)">67th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Fighter Wing (World War II)">301st</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;">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;">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/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Bomb_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Bomb Group">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Operations_Group" title="93rd Operations Group">93rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Operations_Group" title="94th Operations Group">94th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="323rd Air Expeditionary Wing">323rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="333rd Bombardment Group">333rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Bombardment_Group" title="346th Bombardment Group">346th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Operations_Group" title="351st Operations Group">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="379th Operations Group">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Training Group">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/382nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="382nd Bombardment Group">382nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/383rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="383rd Bombardment Group">383rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="384th Air Expeditionary Group">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic 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