The 5th Interceptor Command was a temporary organization of the United States Army Air Forces. It was wiped out in the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)...
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I. B. Donalson (category Air Command and Staff College alumni)
Second Lieutenant), U.S Army Air Corps 21st Pursuit Squadron, 5th Interceptor Command, Far East Air Forces Date of Action: February 1942 Headquarters...
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Far East Air Force (United States) (redirect from Far East Air Forces Bomber Command)
Clagett was placed in command of the provisional 5th Interceptor Command and Churchill made commander of Far East Air Service Command. When a war warning...
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Harold Huston George (category United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni)
distinguish him from Harold L. George ("Bomber" George), commanded the 5th Interceptor Command (Provisional) on Luzon following the attack by Japan on...
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Philippines as part of the Battle of the Philippines under the command of 5th Interceptor Command.[citation needed] Orders were soon received from Far East...
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Fourth Air Force. The First and Fourth Air Forces, through their interceptor commands, managed the civilian Aircraft Warning Service on the East and West...
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Philippines, leaving their ground echelons in Bataan as part of the 5th Interceptor Command to fight as infantry units. Later in 1942 and 1943, additional...
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MIM-104 Patriot (redirect from Patriot interceptor missile)
The MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several...
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28th Bomb Squadron (section Strategic Air Command)
the ground echelon were pressed into service as infantry under 5th Interceptor Command. On Christmas Eve of 1941, the 28th evacuated Clark Field and went...
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ground echelon were pressed into service as infantry under the 5th Interceptor Command. On Christmas Eve of 1941, the 17th's ground echelon evacuated...
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150 mi (240 km). On 15 November the AWS was integrated into the new 5th Interceptor Command, plans for the fixed-location radar sites were only five percent...
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The 5th Flying Training Squadron is part of the United States Air Force's Air Force Reserve Command serving as a reserve associate squadron operating...
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The V Fighter Command is a disbanded United States Air Force headquarters. It was established as the 2nd Interceptor Command in June 1941, with responsibility...
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1942 .** Unneeded Ground Echelon personnel were assigned to the 5th Interceptor Command and fought as a ground infantry unit during the Battle of Bataan...
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forces were being withdrawn to Bataan. Colonel Harold H. George, of 5th Interceptor Command assumed control of all Air Corps units remaining in the Philippines...
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system grew steadily throughout the Cold War era. Interceptors used by Air/Aerospace Defense Command were: Republic F-47D/N Thunderbolt North American...
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Army Air Forces Tactical Center (category United States Army Air Force Commands)
became the Air Service Department. 5th Interceptor Command moved from San Francisco and became the Interceptor Command School. The other two departments...
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Australia with B-17's. The ground echelon was attached to the 5th Interceptor Command (Provisional) and sent to fight as infantry on Luzon and Mindanao...
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WS-201 (redirect from 1954 Interceptor Project)
WS-201A, informally known as the 1954 Interceptor, was a United States Air Force project to develop a dedicated interceptor aircraft that would enter service...
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Assigned 14 August 1941 – 7 November 1945 Ground echelon attached to: 5th Interceptor Command as infantry unit: 2 January – 9 April 1942 27th Fighter (later...
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technique for bombing when opposed by enemy interceptors and antiaircraft fire. After the war the command became part of the occupation force for Japan...
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93rd Bomb Squadron (section Strategic Air Command)
Reserve. It is assigned to the 307th Operations Group of Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The squadron is equipped...
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such speeds. These aircraft were typically aimed at the air-superiority interceptor role. Notable types which took part in the Korean War of 1950–1953 include...
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50th Operations Group (redirect from 50th Fighter-Interceptor Group)
26 March. A few days later this was renamed the Interceptor Command School, then the Fighter Command School. As part of its mission, the group furnished...
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Fifth-generation fighter (redirect from 5th generation jet fighter)
new MiG-41 aircraft may be developed on the basis of MiG-31 fighter-interceptor". RU aviation. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved...
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Larson Air Force Base (category Installations of Strategic Air Command)
7 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine USAF Aerospace Defense Command publication, The Interceptor, January 1979 (Volume 21, Number 1) USAFHRA Organizational...
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McChord Field (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in North America)
the new Air Defense Command, with a mission of air defense of the United States. During the Cold War, numerous fighter-interceptor squadrons were stationed...
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95th Fighter Squadron (redirect from 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron)
the squadron, now designated the 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, was activated under Air Defense Command (ADC) and assigned to the 4710th Defense Wing...
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under Air Defense Command and designated the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. It was equipped with Northrop F-89C Scorpion interceptors, and assigned to...
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interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was designed in response to the 1954 interceptor program...
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