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Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron
Active	1941–1943; 1944; 1944–1946; 1965–1973; 1973–1991; 1992–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Advanced planning
Part of	Air Education and Training Command
Garrison/HQ	Joint Base San Antonio - Randolph
Motto(s)	Hit My Smoke (1964-1973) Truth Shall Be Found (1992-1994) Vincit Omnia Veritas Latin Truth Conquers All (2001-present)
Engagements	American Theater Antisubmarine Campaign Pacific Theater of Operations Vietnam War
Decorations	Distinguished Unit Citation Presidential Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air Force Organizational Excellence Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Insignia
AETC Studies & Analysis Squadron emblem
21st Tactical Air Support Squadron emblem (approved 17 September 1990)
21st Tactical Air Support Squadron emblem (1970s)
Patch with unofficial 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron emblem (Vietnam)
Unofficial 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) emblem

The Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where it reports directly to the headquarters of Air Education and Training Command, evaluating training programs and systems.

The squadron's first two predecessor units served in combat during World War II. The 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) flew Consolidated B-24 Liberators in the Aleutian Campaign, where it participated in one of the earliest direct attacks against Japan. The 21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy flew Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in the strategic bombing campaign against Japan, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for attacks on the Japanese petroleum industry.

The squadron's other predecessor, the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron served in combat in the Vietnam War from spring 1965 until the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973, earning several combat decorations. One squadron member, Captain Hilliard A. Wilbanks, was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions that helped rescue Vietnamese Rangers that had been ambushed by Viet Cong forces. The squadron served in the tactical air support role in the United States from 1973 through 1991. During this service, the three squadrons were consolidated as a single unit in September 1985.

The squadron assumed its current role in 1992, when, as the 21st Test and Evaluation Squadron, it replaced the 3307th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Randolph.

Mission

The Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron mission is to minimize training costs while meeting Air Force mission goals. It evaluates the long-term impact of changes to training or curriculum of courses offered by Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and predicts Air Force resource requirements for more than five years into the future. It uses analytics to enhance command decision making that impacts numbers or categories of personnel, combining essential modeling, optimization and scheduling environments.

History

World War II

Antisubmarine and Alaskan service

The first predecessor of the squadron was activated at March Field, California in January 1941 as the 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), one of the original squadrons of the 30th Bombardment Group. The 21st was equipped with a mix of Douglas B-18 Bolo, Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress, and Lockheed A-29 Hudson aircraft. In May, the squadron moved to New Orleans Airport, where it continued training as a bomber unit.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the squadron began antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico and dispatched a detachment to Savannah Army Air Base, Georgia to hunt for U-boats off the Atlantic Coast. By the end of the month, though, the squadron was patrolling the Pacific Coast with its Hudsons, the 30th Group having returned to March Field after a brief stay at Muroc Army Air Field, California. From May through June 1942, the squadron operated through detachments at McChord Field, Washington and Hamilton Field as well as at civilian airports in Southern California.

in June 1942, the Japanese attacked Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The squadron's air echelon moved to Fort Glenn Army Air Base, on Umnak Island, Alaska to reinforce the 28th Composite Group in the Aleutian Islands, using the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the LB-30 model of the Liberator. By September, the rest of the squadron had joined it in Alaska. The squadron frequently operated from advanced bases in the Aleutian Chain. On 14 September, along with the 404th Bombardment Squadron of the 28th Group, it conducted the first raid from Adak Army Air Field, an attack on Japanese naval forces at Kiska. By February 1943, American forces had occupied Amchitka, and the squadron began operating from Amchitka Army Air Field. On 18 July, the squadron provided planes that, along with planes from the 36th and 404th Squadrons, attacked Shimushu and Paramushiru in the Kuril Islands. Although the attack caused little damage, it was the first attack on Japan itself after the Doolittle Raid.

Although the squadron spent fifteen months operating under the control of the 28th Group in Alaska, it remained formally assigned to the 30th Group at March Field. By September 1943, when the Aleutian Campaign had ended and the squadron was released to return to the United States, the 30th Group and its remaining squadrons had departed for the Pacific, and the squadron was disbanded at Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas on 1 November.

Strategic bombing of Japan

The second predecessor of the squadron was the 21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy, which was activated at Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas as one of the original four squadrons of the 16th Bombardment Group. However, before the squadron could be manned or equipped, groups flying the Boeing B-29 Superfortress were reorganized from four bombardment squadrons with seven aircraft each to three bombardment squadrons with ten aircraft each and the squadron was inactivated on 10 May 1944.

The squadron's inactivation lasted only three weeks, however, and on 1 June it was again activated at Dalhart, this time as a component of the 501st Bombardment Group. In August, the squadron moved to Harvard Army Air Field, Nebraska, where it trained for combat with the Superfortress. It left Harvard in March 1945 after completing its training and arrived at its combat station, Northwest Field, Guam, on 14 April. The squadron flew its first combat mission against Truk Island on 19 June, and eight days later made its first attack on Japan. The unit's missions focused on Japan's petroleum facilities on Honshu. In July 1945, it received a Distinguished Unit Citation for attacks on the Maruzen oil refinery at Shimotso, the Utsobo oil refinery at Yokkaichi and storage facilities at Kawasaki.

After VJ Day, the squadron dropped food and supplies to prisoners of war in Japan, China, Korea and Manchuria. The squadron remained on Guam until it was inactivated in June 1946.

Vietnam War

The 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron was organized at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam on 8 May 1965, as one of three squadrons activated to augment the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, which had been operating in the forward air control mission in South Vietnam since 1963. It initially flew Cessna O-1 Bird Dog aircraft in the forward air control mission. However, it was not until August that the squadron became operational. The 21st operated primarily in the II Corps Area, with its aircraft dispersed to support United States Army, ARVN and Korean units. While initially organizing, it directed air strikes during the Battle of Duc Co

The squadron performed visual reconnaissance with light aircraft, flying slowly at low altitude. By patrolling the same area regularly, squadron forward air controllers grew familiar with the terrain and learned to detect changes that could indicate enemy forces hiding below. The controller called in fighter-bombers and marked targets with smoke grenades or white phosphorus rockets. After the attacks, controllers flew low over the target to assess the damage. In September 1966, the 21st moved from the highlands of Pleiku to the coastal base of Nha Trang Air Base.

On 27 February 1967, Captain Hilliard A. Wilbanks, one of the squadron's forward air controllers, was flying visual reconnaissance in his Cessna O-1 ahead of a South Vietnamese ranger battalion. He located a well-concealed numerically superior Viet Cong (VC) force poised to ambush the rangers. The enemy immediately fired on his plane and advanced on the ranger force, which was pinned down by devastating fire. Capt. Wilbanks recognized that close air support would not be able to arrive soon enough to help the rangers to withstand the advancing enemy. Flying through withering fire at treetop level, he flew over the VC and inflicted many casualties by firing his rifle out the side window of his Bird Dog. Despite increasingly intense antiaircraft fire, he made repeated low passes over the VC. His tactics interrupted the VC's advance and allowed the rangers to withdraw to safety. During his final attack, Capt. Wilbanks was mortally wounded and his aircraft crashed between the opposing forces. He saved numerous friendly personnel from certain injury or death. For his action that day, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

The single engine of the O-1 Bird Dog made it particularly vulnerable to ground fire and it lacked radio equipment that would permit it to communicate with ground troops and attacking aircraft at the same time. Its low speed and endurance, in addition to making it more vulnerable, sometimes delayed its arrival in areas of operation and the time it could operate. In 1968, the squadron began equipping with twin engined, faster Cessna O-2 Skymasters that had higher speed, greater endurance and better communications equipment, although the O-1 would not be completely phased out of squadron operations until 1971. The 21st moved to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam in September 1969, and to Phan Rang Air Base two years later. As the United States withdrew forces from Vietnam, the squadron moved to Tan Son Nhut Air Base in January 1972 and was inactivated there on 21 February 1973. Aircraft losses during the war included 41 O-1s, 16 O-2s and an OV-10, while 29 crewmembers lost their lives in combat.

Cold War

The squadron was again activated at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, at the end of August 1973. At MacDill, it was equipped with the Cessna OT-37 Tweet and was assigned to the 68th Tactical Air Support Group, which was located at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Little less than a year later, on 1 July 1974, it moved to Shaw, where it joined its parent 507th Tactical Air Control Group, which assumed the mission of the 68th Group when the 68th was inactivated in June 1974. At Shaw, the squadron converted from the OT-37 to the OV-10 Bronco in 1988. It re-equipped with the Fairchild Republic OA-10 Thunderbolt II in 1991, shortly before being inactivated and transferring its mission, equipment and personnel to the 21st Tactical Fighter Squadron in November 1991.

Testing, evaluation and analysis

The squadron was redesignated the 21st Test and Evaluation Squadron and activated on 15 September 1992 at Randolph Air Force Base, where it was assigned to the 12th Operations Group. It absorbed the resources of the 3307th Test and Evaluation Squadron, which had been activated on 15 September 1991 and assigned to the 3300th Training Support Group, and which was simultaneously inactivated. Air Training Command (ATC) had established the 3307th Squadron to perform tests and evaluations of new ATC systems including aircraft, simulators and software to determine if these acquisitions met operational requirements.

The squadron became the Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Flight at the end of March 1994. In April 1997, it added the resources of the 602d Training Support Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, which developed training programs for new weapons systems as they were acquired by the Air Force and became a squadron again. Personnel at Edwards formed Detachment 1 of the squadron. The Edwards detachment later downgraded to Operating Location A in 2003, and its mission and personnel were absorbed by the squadron at Randolph in 2008. The squadron currently includes a technology innovation flight and a strategy analysis flight.

Lineage

21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)

• Constituted as the 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 20 November 1940

Activated on 15 January 1941

Disbanded on 1 November 1943

Reconstituted on 19 September 1985 and consolidated with the 21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy and the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron as the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron

21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy

• Constituted as the 21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 28 March 1944

Activated on 1 April 1944

Inactivated on 10 May 1944

• Activated on 1 June 1944

Inactivated on 10 June 1946

Consolidated with the 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) and the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron as the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron on 19 September 1985

Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron

• Constituted as the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron (Light) on 26 April 1965 and activated (not organized)

Organized on 8 May 1965

Inactivated on 21 February 1973

• Redesignated 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron on 17 July 1973

Activated on 31 August 1973

Consolidated with the 21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) and the 21st Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 19 September 1985

Inactivated on 1 November 1991

• Redesignated 21st Test and Evaluation Squadron on 1 September 1992

Activated 15 September 1992

Redesignated Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Flight on 31 March 1994

Redesignated Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron on 1 April 1997

Assignments

• 30th Bombardment Group, 15 January 1941 (under operational control of 28th Composite Group, 9 January 1942–September 1943)
• Second Air Force, 18 October 1943 – 1 November 1943
• 16th Bombardment Group, 1 April 1944 – 10 May 1944
• 501st Bombardment Group, 1 June 1944 – 10 June 1946
• Pacific Air Forces, 28 April 1965 (not organized)
• 2d Air Division, 8 May 1965 (attached to Tactical Air Support Group 6250th, Provisional after 1 August 65)
• 505th Tactical Control Group, 8 November 1965 (attached to Tactical Air Support Group, Provisional, 6250th 1–8 September 1966, Tactical Air Support Group, Provisional, 6253d after 9 September 1966)
• 504th Tactical Air Support Group, 8 December 1966
• 377th Air Base Wing, 15 November 1972 – 21 February 1973
• 68th Tactical Air Support Group, 31 August 1973
• 507th Tactical Air Control Group (later 507th Tactical Air Control Wing), 15 June 1974 – 1 November 1991
• 12th Operations Group, 15 September 1992
• Air Education and Training Command, 31 March 1994 – present

Stations

Aircraft

• Douglas B-18 Bolo, 1941
• Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress, 1941
• Lockheed A-29 Hudson, 1941-1942
• Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, 1942
• Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1942-1943
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1944-1946
• Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, 1965-1971
• Cessna O-2 Skymaster, 1968-1973
• North American OV-10 Bronco, 1971, 1973-1988, 1989-1991
• Sikorsky CH-3, 1975-1977
• Cessna OT-37 Dragonfly, 1986-1988
• Fairchild Republic OA-10 Thunderbolt II, 1991

Awards and campaigns

Award streamer	Award	Dates	Notes
	Distinguished Unit Citation	Japan, 6 July 1945-13 July 1945	21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy
	Presidential Unit Citation	8 August 1966-7 August 1967	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Presidential Unit Citation	8 August 1967-7 August 1968	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Presidential Unit Citation	1 August 1968-31 August 1969	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Presidential Unit Citation	1 January 1970-31 December 1970	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Presidential Unit Citation	30 January 1971-31 December 1971	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device	15 March 1972-21 February 1973	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	16 Jun 1975-31 May 1977	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 May 1981-30 April 1983	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 May 1985-30 April 1987	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	15 September 1992-30 June 1993	21st Test & Evaluation Squadron
	Air Force Outstanding Unit Award	1 July 1993-3 March 1994	21st Test & Evaluation Squadron
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award	1 January 2006-31 December 2007	AETC Studies & Analysis Squadron
	Air Force Organizational Excellence Award	1 January 2013-31 December 2014	AETC Studies & Analysis Squadron
	Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm	8 May 1965-21 February 1973	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron

Campaign Streamer	Campaign	Dates	Notes
	Antisubmarine	7 December 1941 – 7 June 1942	21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
	Air Offensive, Japan	7 June 1942 – 19 September 1943 14 April 1945 – 2 September 1945	21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy
	Aleutian Islands	7 June 1942 – 24 August 1943	21st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy)
	Eastern Mandates	14 Apr 1945	21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy
	Western Pacific	17 April 1945 – 2 September 1945	21st Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy
	Vietnam Defensive	8 May 1965 – 30 January 1966	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Air	31 January 1966 – 28 June 1966	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Air Offensive	29 June 1966 – 8 March 1967	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II	9 March 1967 – 31 March 1968	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Air/Ground	22 January 1968 – 7 July 1968	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III	1 April 1968 – 31 October 1968	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV	1 November 1968 – 22 February 1969	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Tet 1969/Counteroffensive	23 February 1969 – 8 June 1969	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969	9 June 1969 – 31 October 1969	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970	3 November 1969 – 30 April 1970	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Sanctuary Counteroffensive	1 May 1970 – 30 June 1970	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Southwest Monsoon	1 July 1970 – 30 November 1970	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Commando Hunt V	1 December 1970 – 14 May 1971	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Commando Hunt VI	15 May 1971 – 31 July 1971	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Commando Hunt VII	1 November 1971 – 29 March 1972	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron
	Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign	29 March 1972 – 28 January 1973	21st Tactical Air Support Squadron

See also

• List of United States Air Force test squadrons
• B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces
• B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces

References

Notes

Explanatory notes

1. Approved 5 June 2001. The emblem is described: Per fess azure and vert, in fess a mountain range gules overall rising out of sinister base a demi-raven, wings elevated and displayed proper, with an eye of the third (gules) radiating two electronics flashes sable, one terminating in front of a billet at nombril point celeste, the other terminates at a sword of the like hafted gules, extending point downwards from the sinister wing. The dexter wing points to a red triangle in dexter flank, in dexter chief, four light blue flight symbols descending bendwise sinister in tactical formation one, two and one, all within a narrow bordure yellow.
2. Rickard implies that the Savannah detachment conducted the squadron's first mission against submarines.
3. Ravenstein indicates this assignment started on 15 March 1972. Ravenstein, p. 202.
4. AF Pamphlet 900-2 lists four awards, the AFPC web site lists a single award.

Citations

1. "Approved insignia for: 21 Tactical Air Support Squadron". National Archives Catalog. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
2. Watkins, p. 74. No approved emblem. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 110
3. "US Air Force Trains for Long-Term Goals: Air Education and Training Command maximizes resources with SAS". SAS. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
4. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, p. 110
5. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 82-83
6. Rickard, J. (16 July 2008). "21st Bombardment Squadron". historyofwar.org. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
7. Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 80-81
8. Cate, p.122-123
9. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 110-111
10. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 367
11. Endicott, Judy G. (4 January 2008). "Factsheet 19 Weapons Squadron (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
12. ^ No byline (18 May 2015). "FAC in SEA: South Vietnam - "In-Country"". National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
13. ^ Initial Historical Report, 505th Tactical Control Group, reprinted at Dixon, Lee (2007). "505th Tactical Control Group". squawk-flash.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
14. ^ Haulman, Daniel L., Lineage and Honors History of the Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron (AETC), Air Force Historical Research Agency. January 6, 1998
15. "Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipients (M - Z)". Center for Military History. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
16. Walton, pp. 37-39
17. Hobson, pp. 51, 60, 73, 81, 87, 89, 93, 97, 117, 128, 133, 141, 149, 152, 167, 191, 205, 208, 212, 218, 225, 230, 237.
18. ^ Mueller, p. 354
19. ^ Robertson, Patsy (26 July 2010). "Factsheet 368 Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
20. "21st Tactical Air Support Squadron" (PDF). usafunithistory.com. 22 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
21. ^ Mueller, p. 533
22. 12th Flying Training Wing History, p. 39
23. ^ Robertson, Patsy (26 June 2017). "Factsheet 12 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
24. ^ Assignments and stations through 1946 in Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 110-111
25. Lester, p. 117
26. ^ AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol. I, p. 138
27. ^ AF Pamphlet 900-2, Vol. 2, p. 20
28. ^ "Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 12 July 2018. (search)
29. ^ "Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards". Air Force Personnel Center. Retrieved 13 July 2018. (search)

Bibliography

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

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External links

• "US Air Force Trains for Long-Term Goals". www.sas.com. SAS Institute Inc. Archived from the original (Web page) on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
• "A Dangerous Business: Forward Air Control in Southeast Asia". National Museum of the US Air Force. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

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Airfields	China Hsinching Airfield (A-1) Kwanghan Airfield (A-3) Kuinglai Airfield (A-5) Pengshan Airfield (A-7) India Chakulia Airfield Dudhkundi Airfield Piardoba Airfield Kalaikunda Airfield Ceylon RAF China Bay Marianas Harmon Airfield (Guam) Isely Airfield (Saipan) North Airfield (Guam) North Airfield (Tinian) Northwest Airfield (Guam) West Airfield (Tinian)
Units	Commands VII Fighter XX Bomber XXI Bomber Wings 58th Bombardment 73d Bombardment 313th Bombardment 314th Bombardment 315th Bombardment 301st Fighter Groups Bombardment 6th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 16th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 29th Bombardment 39th Bombardment 40th Bombardment 330th Bombardment 331st Bombardment 444th Bombardment 462d Bombardment 468th Bombardment 497th Bombardment 498th Bombardment 499th Bombardment 500th Bombardment 501st Bombardment 502d Bombardment 504th Bombardment 505th Bombardment 509th Composite Fighter 15th Fighter 21st Fighter 413th Fighter 414th Fighter 506th Fighter 507th Fighter
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Previously: Alaskan Air Force (1941-1942)
Bases	Combat airfields Adak/Davis Alexai Point Amchitka Elmendorf Fort Glenn Fort Morrow Fort Randall Shemya Support airfields Annette Island Cordova Gakona Juneau Kiska Ogliuga Island Yakutat Air Transport Command Northwest Staging Route (xfr to 11AF 1945) Bethel Big Delta Galena Gambell Ladd McGrath Marks Mile 26 Moses Point Naknek Northway Tanacross
Units	Commands XI Bomber XI Fighter Groups Bombardment 28th Bombardment Fighter 343d Fighter
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Airfields	Airfields
Units	Commands II Air Support Command II Bomber Command II Fighter Command IV Air Support Command XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command XXII Bomber Command Wings 5th Bombardment 15th Bombardment Training 16th Bombardment Operational Training 17th Bombardment Training 18th Replacement 21st Bombardment 46th Bombardment Operational Training 58th Bombardment 73rd Bombardment 315th Bombardment 316th Bombardment Groups Bombardment 2nd Bombardment 6th Bombardment 7th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 12th Bombardment 16th Bombardment 17th Bombardment 19th Bombardment 25th Bombardment 29th Bombardment 34th Bombardment 39th Bombardment 40th Bombardment 42nd Bombardment 46th Bombardment 47th Bombardment 48th Bombardment 85th Bombardment 86th Bombardment 86th Bombardment 88th Bombardment 94th Bombardment 95th Bombardment 96th Bombardment 99th Bombardment 100th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 302nd Bombardment 303rd Bombardment 304th Bombardment 305th Bombardment 306th Bombardment 307th Bombardment 308th Bombardment 312th Bombardment 330th Bombardment 331st Bombardment 333rd Bombardment 346th Bombardment 351st Bombardment 376th Bombardment 379th Bombardment 381st Bombardment 382nd Bombardment 383rd Bombardment 384th Bombardment 385th Bombardment 388th Bombardment 390th Bombardment 393rd Bombardment 395th Bombardment 396th Bombardment 398th Bombardment 399th Bombardment 400th Bombardment 401st Bombardment 407th Bombardment 415th Bombardment 418th Bombardment 444th Bombardment 445th Bombardment 446th Bombardment 447th Bombardment 448th Bombardment 449th Bombardment 450th Bombardment 451st Bombardment 452nd Bombardment 453rd Bombardment 454th Bombardment 455th Bombardment 456th Bombardment 457th Bombardment 458th Bombardment 459th Bombardment 460th Bombardment 461st Bombardment 462nd Bombardment 464th Bombardment 467th Bombardment 468th Bombardment 469th Bombardment 470th Bombardment 471st Bombardment 472nd Bombardment 484th Bombardment 485th Bombardment 486th Bombardment 487th Bombardment 488th Bombardment 489th Bombardment 490th Bombardment 491st Bombardment 493rd Bombardment 494th Bombardment 497th Bombardment 498th Bombardment 499th Bombardment 500th Bombardment 501st Bombardment 502nd Bombardment 504th Bombardment 505th Bombardment 509th Composite Fighter 20th Fighter 54th Fighter 84th Fighter 85th Fighter 507th Fighter 508th Fighter Reconnaissance 2nd Reconnaissance 3rd Reconnaissance 4th Reconnaissance 5th Reconnaissance 6th Reconnaissance 7th Reconnaissance 8th Reconnaissance 71st Reconnaissance 77th Reconnaissance Troop Carrier 443nd Troop Carrier
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