Korean War (APS); Vietnam War (APS-SPS); Terrorist Wars (SFS, Iraq, Afghanistan) Legacy:No Air Base Guarded by USAF APS/SPS/SFS Squadrons has ever been overran or conquered by an enemy! Bases & Squadrons K-9 Growl Pad Rosters
Use of Agent Purple, Agent Orange and Agent Blue on Royal Thai Air Force Base Perimeters in Thailand during the Vietnam War Seven Royal Thai Air Force bases in Thailand were used by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Vietnam War as staging hubs for operations in Laos ... KR...
The 310th and 311th AS were later deployed to other bases in Vietnam as part of the 315th Special Operations Wing. The 604th ACS was later renamed the 604th Special Operations Squadron. The 604th was redesignated as the 8th Special Operations Squadron on 30 September 1970 and continued ...
The Air Force also inactivated many proud wings and squadrons, closed once valuable bases, and downsized from more than 600,000 military personnel in the late 1980s to under 388,000 in 1996. Although smaller in size, the post-Cold War Air Force has been called upon for increased ...
Vietnam warCheco(Contemporary historical evaluation of combat operations)This initial CHECO report on Civic Action in Thailand provides the first objective study of USAF's only professional Military Civic Action unit, the Civic Action Center of the 606th Special Operations Squadron. 'Civic Action, ...
In conclusion There can be little doubt that the Airlift was a success on many levels. It saved millions of lives and preserved the freedom of the city of Berlin. Veterans’ groups world over still celebrate the victory by gathering around the bases of the monuments and laying wreathes and ...
The modernized Mustang was first conceived during the late Vietnam War-era as a low-cost, low-level ground attack aircraft.Piperhoped the tried and tested P-51 airframe, when retrofitted with newerLycoming T55 turboprop engines, would make a formidable weapon in tree-...
deployed at RAF Upper Heyford, England, 14 Sep-3 Nov 1954. It photographed numerous Air Force bases and American cities, 1954-1958, and participated regularly in SAC exercises, but was not operational, 15 Apr-l Jul 1958. As the 3d Air Commando Squadron in South Vietnam, it ...
Use of Agent Purple, Agent Orange and Agent Blue on Royal Thai Air Force Base Perimeters in Thailand during the Vietnam War Seven Royal Thai Air Force bases in Thailand were used by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the Vietnam War as staging hubs for operations in Laos ... KR...