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During Operation Arc Light (sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States Air Force deployed B-52 Stratofortresses from bases in the U.S. Territory of Guam to provide battlefield air interdiction during the Vietnam War. This included strikes at enemy bases, supply routes, and behind the lines troop concentrations, as well as ...
Bergstrom Air Force Base (IATA: BSM, ICAO: KBSM, FAA LID: BSM) was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. In its later years it was a major base for the United States Air Force (USAF) RF-4C Phantom reconnaissance fighter fleet. Bergstrom Air Force Base blueprint, 1957. A British Airways Concorde on base.
Open 1942 – closed 1977. Webb Air Force Base (IATA: BGS[1]), previously named Big Spring Air Force Base, was a United States Air Force facility of the Air Training Command that operated from 1951 to 1977 in West Texas within the current city limits of Big Spring. Webb AFB was a major undergraduate pilot training (UPT) facility for the Air ...
San Antonio. Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio. Camp Bullis. San Antonio. Martindale Army Air Field. San Antonio. Dyess Air Force Base. Abilene.
Lackland Air Force Base CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the permanent residential population of the Lackland Air Force Base in Bexar County, Texas, United States. [22] It first appeared as an unincorporated community in the 1970 U.S. Census [ 23 ] and then as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. Census . [ 24 ]
1973: Operation Nickel Grass, a strategic airlift operation conducted by the United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel during the Yom Kippur War. 1974: Evacuation from Cyprus: United States naval forces evacuated U.S. civilians during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
147th Reconnaissance Wing 187th Fighter Wing. Controversy over George W. Bush's military service in the Air National Guard was an issue that first gained widespread public attention during the 2004 presidential campaign. The controversy centered on Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, why he lost his flight status, and whether he ...
Categories: Military history of the United States during the Vietnam War. Vietnam War military installations. Military installations of the United States.