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  • Air Proving Ground Command

    The AAF Proving Ground Command, responsible for testing aircraft weapon systems and munitions, was established in 1942 at Orlando, Florida, and moved in 1946 to Eglin Field, Florida. It replaced another AAF Proving Ground Command that was discontinued and disbanded. Lineage Established as Army Air

  • Air Force Systems Command

    Functional antecedents of Air Force Systems Command date at least to the establishment of the Airplane Engineering Department by the Chief Signal Officer, U.S. Army, on October 13, 1917. The department was located in the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, where its successor, the Engineering Division, became

  • Air Force Intelligence Command

    The Air Force Security Group, established under the direct command of the USAF Chief of Staff on July 1, 1948, took over functions that had been performed within the Directorate of Intelligence, HQ USAF. The Air Force Security Service took over the functions of the Air Force Security Group. The

  • Air Defense Command

    The War Department established an Air Defense Command on February 26, 1940. This command, operating under the control of the First Army Commander from March 2, 1940, to September 9, 1941, engaged in planning for air defense. Before the United States entered World War II, air defense was divided

  • Types of USAF Organizations

    Organizational echelons of the Air Force, beginning at the top and proceeding down the chain of command to operating locations, the lowest echelon existing in the Air Force, are defined and discussed below. This review of the types of organizations of the Air Force cannot answer all of the questions

  • The Birth of the United States Air Force

    This brief history surveys the beginning of the United States Army's air arm and the birth of the Air Service in World War I. It traces the evolution of the Army's air combat branch between World War I and World War II and its tremendous organizational growth during World War II. Following the war

  • 9 Bomb Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. Organized as 9 Aero Squadron on 14 Jun 1917. Redesignated 9 Squadron on 14 Mar 1921. Inactivated on 29 Jun 1922. Redesignated: 9 Observation Squadron on 25 Jan 1923; 9 Bombardment Squadron on 24 Mar 1923. Activated on 1 Apr 1931. Redesignated: 9 Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 6 Dec 1939; 9

  • 9 Airlift Squadron

    Lineage. Constituted 9th Transport Squadron on 1 Jan 1938. Activated on 1 Dec 1940. Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron on 4 Jul 1942. Inactivated on 15 Oct 1946. Redesignated 9th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium, on 10 May 1949. Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949. Ordered to active service

  • 8 Weapons Squadron (ACC)

    Lineage. The 8 Ferrying Squadron (constituted 8 Air Corps Ferrying Squadron on 18 Feb 1942; activated on 24 Mar 1942; redesignated 8 Ferrying Squadron on 12 May 1943; disbanded on 31 Mar 1944; reconstituted on 19 Sep 1985) consolidated (19 Sep 1985) with: 8 Combat Cargo Squadron (constituted on 25

  • Heraldry Guide Glossary

    Abased - Lowered Addorser - Back to back; said of beasts, etc., and of wings so placed; also Endorsed Affronte - Of a beast or object so placed to show its full front to the observer; sometimes used as a synonym for guardant (q.v.) Ambulant - Walking Annulet - A ring Arched - In the form of an arch;