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Its predecessor unit, the United States Army Air Forces 40th Bombardment Group (40th BG) was part of Twentieth Air Force during World War II. The unit served primarily in the Pacific Ocean theater and China Burma India Theater of World War II. The 40th Bomb Group's aircraft engaged in very heavy bombardment B-29 Superfortress operations against ...
Insignia. Patch with 40th Bombardment Squadron emblem [note 1] [1] The 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit. It was assigned to the 40th Air Expeditionary Wing, possibly stationed at Diego Garcia. Its current status is unknown.
The 22nd Bombardment Group was detached from 14 November 1949 to 20 February 1950, during which time the wing controlled only the attached fighters of the 1st Fighter Wing. The bomb group was detached again for combat in Korea, 4 July – c. 31 October 1950, and during this period the wing controlled no aircraft.
The 40th Bomb Wing was established on 15 January 1943 and officially activated on 21 January 1943. In May of that year, the Wing deployed to Brampton Grange , England. During the war, the wing went through a succession of name changes starting on 3 May 1943 when they were redesignated the 40 Bombardment Wing (Heavy).
The 5th BG was a prewar bomb group assigned to Hawaii at the time of the Pearl Harbor Attack; its B-17s largely destroyed on the ground at Hickam Field. The unit was reformed into a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb group after the attack and was assigned to Thirteenth AF during the war; the 32d Composite Wing flew RB-29s for Far East Air Forces in the ...
4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991. 2d Wing 1991–1992. 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1949–1951. 301st Bomb Wing 1949–1958. 311th Reconnaissance Group 1948–1949. 376th Bomb Wing 1951–1957. 4220th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1965–1966.
A Boeing B-17G in the markings of the 91st Bomb Group and displaying fuselage codes, tail symbols, and 1st Combat Bomb Wing color markings B-17G Flying Fortresses 44-46604 and 44-48676 of the 306th Bomb Group, in 40th CBW markings-RAF Thurleigh UK
The 92d Operations Group (92 OG) is the flying component of the 92d Air Refueling Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command Eighteenth Air Force. The group is stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington . During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 92d Bombardment Group was the first VIII Bomber Command ...