563rd Electronic Warfare Squadron

A T-43 Bobcat from Randolph AFB, the last assigned aircraft of the unit

Active| 1942–1945; 1947–1949; 1953–1957; 1962–1972; 1975–1989; 1993–1996; 1999–2010; 2024-
Country|  United States
Branch|  United States Air Force
Role| Spectrum Warfare
Part of| Air Combat Command
Engagements| European Theater of Operations
Vietnam War
Decorations| Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
563rd Electronic Warfare Squadron emblem[1]|
563rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron emblem[a][2]|
563rd Bombardment Squadron emblem[b][3]|

Military unit

The 563rd Electronic Warfare Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It was redesignated and activated and redesignated for electronic warfare in April 2024. It is part of the 850th Spectrum Warfare Group of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing.

The squadron was originally activated during World War II as the 563d Bombardment Squadron. After training in the United States, it deployed to the European Theater of Operations, where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany. The squadron was twice awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for its combat actions. Following V-E Day, it returned to the United States and was inactivated. The squadron was briefly active in the Air Force Reserve in the late 1940s, but does not appear to have been fully manned or equipped.

The squadron was redesignated the 563d Fighter-Bomber Squadron and activated in 1953. It moved to Europe, but was inactivated in 1957, when it was replaced by another unit. It was activated again as the 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron in 1962. It conducted frequent deployments, but focused on training pilots for operations in Southeast Asia. Elements of the squadron participated in combat there, although the squadron remained in the United States. From 1973, it conducted Wild Weasel training. It deployed elements for Desert Storm before inactivating in 1992. It was reactivated in 1992 and was part of the 12th Flying Training Wing at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where it operated the Boeing T-43 Bobcat conducting navigator training until inactivating on 19 November 2010.

## Mission

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The squadron researches, builds, ships, tests, and maintains software applications to support mission essential functions. These functions include rapid electronic warfare integrated reprogramming, electromagnetic spectrum operations assessment, and target and waveform capability development. Its Detachment 1 serves as a software development training arm to enable others by prioritizing a data-first, test driven approach to secure electromagnetic spectrum operations superiority.[1]

## History

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### World War II

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#### Initial training and deployment

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The 563d was first activated as the 563d Bombardment Squadron at Gowen Field, Idaho, one of the four original squadrons of the 388th Bombardment Group, in December 1942.[4][5] The cadre that formed at Gowen moved to Wendover Field, Utah in February 1943, where the unit was fully manned and squadron training with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers began. Training continued until June 1943, when it deployed to England. The air echelon ferried its B-17s to England via the northern ferry route, while the ground echelon departed for Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, the port of embarkation, sailing in the RMS Queen Elizabeth on 1 July.[6]

#### Combat in Europe

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388th Group B-17 in England[c]

The squadron assembled at RAF Knettishall, its combat station, and flew its first combat mission on 17 July, when it attacked an aircraft factory in Amsterdam. The squadron primarily engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, attacking industrial sites, oil refineries and storage facilities, communications centers and naval targets on the European Continent.[5]

The squadron was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for attacking an aircraft factory at Regensburg, Germany, on 17 August 1943, withstanding heavy resistance to reach the target. It was awarded a second DUC for three separate missions: an earlier attack on a tire and rubber factory in Hanover, Germany on 26 July 1943 and two missions in 1944, one against synthetic oil refineries near Brüx, Germany[d] on 12 May and at Ruhland, Germany on 21 June. This last attack was on a shuttle bombing mission from England to Germany to Poltava, USSR,[e] to Foggia, Italy, and back to England.[5] Other strategic targets included aircraft factories at Brunswick, Kassel, and Reims; airfields at Paris, Berlin and in Bordeaux; naval installations at Emden, Kiel and La Pallice, chemical works in Ludwigshafen; ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt and rail marshalling yards in Bielefeld, Brussels, and Osnabruck.[5]

The squadron was occasionally diverted from the strategic campaign to perform air support and air interdiction missions. It attacked military installations in France in early 1944 to help prepare the way for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, and on D Day hit coastal defenses, artillery batteries and transportation targets. It attacked troop concentrations and supply depots. In July 1944, it supported Operation Cobra at Saint Lo and the following month attacked targets in Caen. It struck military installations and airfields near Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, the unsuccessful attempt to secure a bridgehead across the Rhine in the Netherlands. It attacked transportation targets to support the final drive through Germany in early 1945.[5]

#### Return and inactivation

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The squadron flew its last combat mission in April 1945. After V-E Day, the squadron flew missions to the Netherlands to drop food in flooded areas. It then began redeploying to the United States. Its aircraft left Knettishall between 9 June and 5 July 1945. The ground echelon sailed again on the Queen Elizabeth on 5 August. The squadron inactivated at Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota on 28 August 1945.[4][5][6][7]

### Air Force reserve

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The squadron was activated in the reserves at Orchard Place Airport, Illinois on 12 June 1947 and assigned to the 338th Bombardment Group. The squadron trained under the supervision of Air Defense Command (ADC)'s 141st AAF Base Unit (Reserve Training) (later the 2471st Air Force Reserve Flying Training Center), although it does not appear that it was fully manned or equipped.[4][8] Although nominally a bombardment unit, the squadron was equipped with North American AT-6 Texan and Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan trainers.[9]

In July 1948 Continental Air Command (ConAC) assumed responsibility for managing reserve and Air National Guard units from ADC.[10] In 1949, the 563nd began to fly a few Curtiss C-46 Commando and Douglas C-47 Skytrain troop carriers and Douglas B-26 Invader light bombers, but it was inactivated in June when ConAC reorganized its reserve units under the wing base organization system. President Truman's reduced 1949 defense budget also required reductions in the number of units in the Air Force,[11] At O'Hare, the 338th Group and its squadrons were inactivated, and most of its personnel transferred to the 437th Troop Carrier Wing.[8][12]

### Fighter operations in Europe

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563rd F-86F Sabre[f]

The squadron was redesignated the 563d Fighter-Bomber Squadron and activated at Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico in November 1953.[4] The squadron was equipped with North American F-86F Sabres, with a capability of carrying nuclear weapons.[13] A year after activation, in November 1954, the squadron was transferred to United States Air Forces Europe and departed, along with other elements of the 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing, for Étain-Rouvres Air Base, France. However, construction at Etain was not far enough advanced to permit it to accept fighter aircraft, and only the wing headquarters settled in to the base.[14][15] Instead, the squadron ferried their Sabres to Bitburg Air Base, Germany, arriving the following month.[4][16]

Little flying was done in the squadron's first winter in Europe due to weather. It deployed to Wheelus Air Base, Libya in April 1955, where it was able to train in gunnery and bombing for the first time since arriving in Europe. The squadron rejoined the wing at its permanent base in France in July 1955, the first of the wing's squadrons to arrive. Starting in November 1955, it began deployments to Detachment 1 of the 388th Wing at Hahn Air Base, Germany to stand nuclear alert. The detachment moved to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany in February 1956.[17]

The unit flew support for the Suez Canal and Hungarian crises. In August 1956, the squadron began training to convert to the North American F-100 Super Sabre. The conversion was completed by 2 April 1957.[7][18] However, the squadron flew the "Hun" for less than a year. On 10 December 1957, the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing moved from Japan on paper to replace the 388th Wing, The 563d was inactivated and its mission, personnel and aircraft transferred to the 9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron.[4][19][20]

### F-105 fighter operations

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563rd TFS F-105 Thunderchief at Yokota AB[g]

The squadron was redesignated the 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron, organized at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas in October 1962 and assigned to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing. The 563d was equipped with the Republic F-105 Thunderchief, although it initially flew F-100s as well until becoming an all Thunderchief unit. In February 1964, the 388th was replaced at McConnell by the 23d Tactical Fighter Wing.[21] The squadron conducted tactical operations and training in preparation for global deployment. In April 1965, the 563d deployed to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where it participated in combat operations in the Vietnam War under the control of the 6235th Tactical Fighter Wing[h][7][22] On 27 July 1965, the unit participated in the first destruction of a surface-to-air missile site in North Vietnam in Operation Iron Hand. It participated in the first increment of Operation Rolling Thunder, and in several attempts to destroy the Thanh Hoa and Paul Doumer Bridges.[7]

The squadron returned to McConnell after earning two Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards with Combat "V" Device during its combat tour in Thailand.[4][23] It had flown more than 1500 sorties over North Vietnam and Laos and lost ten of the F-105Ds it originally deployed with. Two squadron pilots were killed in action and three became Prisoners of War.[7] In 1966, the squadron focused on training replacement F-105 pilots for units in Southeast Asia. It continued this mission until August 1970, when the need for "Thud Drivers" diminished with the withdrawal of the United States from Southeast Asia. The squadron continued to fly the F-105 until inactivated in July 1972.[9][7]

### Wild Weasel

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563rd TFS F-4E Phantom II[i]

On 31 July 1975, the 563rd was again activated at George Air Force Base, California as the 563d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron and assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing. It initially flew Thunderstick II aircraft but replaced them with McDonnell F-4 Phantom IIs in September 1975. In October 1978, the 563rd received new aircraft from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and was the first operational squadron to fly the advanced F-4G Wild Weasel. The unit served with this electronic warfare aircraft in many exercises until it was inactivated in October 1989.[9][7]

### Flying training

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On 14 May 1993, the 563rd was redesigned the 563d Flying Training Squadron and activated at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron was assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing under Air Education and Training Command. In conjunction with the 562nd Flying Training Squadron, it operated the Boeing T-43 Bobcat aircraft conducting electronic warfare officer and combat systems officer training in electronic attack, threat reaction, and electronic surveillance. The 563rd also operated the T-25 Simulator.[7] In 1996, its mission transferred to Pensacola Naval Air Station and Corry Station, Florida as the Air Force and the Navy combined their training activities and the squadron was inactivated in June 1996.[24] The Air Force resumed training electronic warfare officers in 1999 and the squadron was reactivated in April.[25] This training moved again to Pensacola and became the responsibility of the 479th Flying Training Group[26] and the squadron was inactivated in November 2010.[27]

### Electronic warfare

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The squadron was redesignated 563rd Electronic Warfare Squadron and activated at Joint Base San Antonio in April 2024.[4]

## Lineage

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* Constituted as the 563rd Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 19 December 1942

Activated on 24 December 1942
Redesignated 563rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 20 August 1943
Inactivated on 28 August 1945

* Redesignated 563rd Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 5 May 1947

Activated in the reserve on 12 June 1947
Inactivated on 27 June 1949

* Redesignated 563rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 November 1953

Activated on 23 November 1953
Inactivated on 10 December 1957

* Redesignated 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron and activated on 1 May 1962 (not organized)

Organized on 1 October 1962
Inactivated on 31 July 1972

* Redesignated 563rd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 15 July 1975

Activated on 31 July 1975
Redesignated 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron on 1 July 1977
Inactivated on 5 October 1989

* Redesignated 563rd Flying Training Squadron on 14 December 1992

Activated on 14 May 1993
Inactivated on 3 June 1996

* Activated on 30 April 1999

Inactivated on 19 November 2010

* Redesignated/Activated 563rd Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 2024

Activated on 25 April 2024[4][28]

### Assignments

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* 388th Bombardment Group, 24 December 1942 – 28 August 1945
* 338th Bombardment Group, 12 June 1947 – 27 June 1949
* 388th Fighter-Bomber Group, 23 November 1953 – 10 December 1957 (attached to 388th Fighter-Bomber Wing after 1 July 1957)
* Tactical Air Command, 1 May 1962 (not organized)
* 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 October 1962
* 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, 8 February 1964 (attached to 2nd Air Division, 8–9 April 1965; 6235th Tactical Fighter Wing [Provisional], 10 April-15 August 1965)
* 832nd Air Division, 1–31 July 1972
* 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 31 July 1975
* 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 March 1981 – 5 October 1989
* 12th Operations Group, 14 May 1993 – 3 June 1996
* 12th Operations Group, 30 April 1999 – 19 November 2010
* 850th Spectrum Warfare Group, 25 April 2024 - present[4][28]

### Stations

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* Gowen Field, Idaho, 24 December 1942
* Wendover Field, Utah, c. 1 February 1943
* Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, 1 May-7 June 1943
* RAF Knettishall (AAF-136),[29] England, June 1943 – c. 6 August 1945
* Sioux Falls Army Air Field, South Dakota, c. 13–28 August 1945
* Orchard Place Airport, Illinois, 12 June 1947 – 27 June 1949
* Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico, 23 November 1953 – 28 November 1954
* Bitburg Air Base, Germany, 12 December 1954
* Étain-Rouvres Air Base, France, 7 July 1955 – 10 December 1957
* McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1 October 1962 – 31 July 1972 (deployed to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand 8 April-15 August 1965; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida 22 April-3 June 1971)
* George Air Force Base, California, 31 July 1975 – 5 October 1989.
* Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, 14 May 1993 – 3 June 1996
* Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, 30 April 1999 - 19 November 2010
* Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland 25 April 2024 - present[30]

### Aircraft

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* Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1943–1945)
* North American AT-6 Texan (1947–1949)
* Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (1947–1949)
* Curtiss C-46 Commando (1949)
* Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1949)
* Douglas B-26 Marauder (1949)
* North American F-86 Sabre (1954–1956)
* North American F-100 Super Sabre (1957, 1963–1964)
* Republic F-105 Thunderchief (1963–1972)
* McDonnell F-4 Phantom II (1975–1989)
* Boeing T-43 Bobcat (1993–1996, 1999–2010)[9][27]

### Awards and campaigns

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Award streamer | Award | Dates | Notes

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| Distinguished Unit Citation | 17 August 1943 | Germany, 563d Bombardment Squadron[4]
| Distinguished Unit Citation | 26 July 1943, 12 May 1944, 21 June 1944 | Hannover, Brux, England to Soviet Union, 563d Bombardment Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device | 8 April 1965–8 June 1965 | 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award] with Combat "V" Device | 29 June 1965–15 August 1965 | 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 June 1970–15 June 1971 | 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 2 February 1976–31 March 1977 | 563d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 June 1985–31 May 1987 | 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 14 May 1993–30 June 1993 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1993–30 June 1994 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1995–3 June 1996 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 1996–30 June 1998 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 30 Apr 1999–30 June 2000[j] | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 2002–30 June 2004 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 2004–30 June 2006 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 2008–30 June 2009 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
| Air Force Outstanding Unit Award | 1 July 2009–19 November 2010 | 563d Flying Training Squadron[4]
Campaign Streamer  | Campaign  | Dates  | Notes

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| Air Offensive, Europe | July 1943–5 June 1944 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Air Combat, EAME Theater | July 1943–11 May 1945 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Normandy | 6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Northern France | 25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Rhineland | 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Ardennes-Alsace | 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Central Europe | 22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945 | 563d Bombardment Squadron[9]
| Vietnam Defensive | 8 April 1965 – 15 August 1965 | 563d Tactical Fighter Squadron[9]

## See also

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* B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces
* List of F-86 Sabre units
* List of F-100 units of the United States Air Force
* List of F-105 units of the United States Air Force
* List of F-4 Phantom II operators

## References

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### Notes

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Explanatory notes

1. ^ Approved 4 February 1955. Description: Over a red diamond, the black ace of spades playing card, a sabre piercing through the center of the card, blade silver, hilt and pommel gold and black.
2. ^ Approved 7 July 1944.
3. ^ Aircraft is Boeing B-17F-120-BO Flying Fortress, serial 42-30793, Tom Paine.
4. ^ Now Most, Czech Republic.
5. ^ Now in Ukraine.
6. ^ Aircraft is North American F-86F-35-NA Sabre, serial 53-1117. In 1957 this aircraft was transferred to the Norwegian Air Force.
7. ^ Aircraft is Republic F-105D-31-RE Thunderchief, serial 62-4386 in 1965.
8. ^ This was actually two different organizations. As the squadron arrived at Takhli, Pacific Air Forces formed the Tactical Fighter Wing, 6235th, Provisional. The provisional wing was replaced by a MAJCON wing with the same number on 8 July 1965, to which the squadron was attached until August, when it was relieved by the 562d Tactical Fighter Squadron.
9. ^ Aircraft is McDonnell Douglas F-4E-43-MC Phantom, serial 69-7254 in F-4G Wild Weasel configuration. It awaits its turn at Mojave for conversion to a 'Red Tail' target drone. The white fin cap indicates the aircraft was assigned to the 563rd TFS. Converted to QF-4G and expended 4 June 2002.
10. ^ Musser includes dates for this award when the squadron was not active. Factsheet 563 Flying Training Squadron.

Citations

1. ^ a b No byline. "350th Spectrum Warfare Wing: 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron". 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
2. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, 661-662
3. ^ Watkins, pp. 76-77
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Musser, James (12 November 2024). "Lineage and Honors History 563 Electronic Warfare Squadron (ACC)" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
5. ^ a b c d e f Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 275-276
6. ^ a b Freeman, p. 255
7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Fact Sheets: 563rd Flying Training Squadron History". 12 Flying Training Wing Public Affairs. 2 December 2006. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
8. ^ a b Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 217–218
9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Robertson, Patsy (7 May 2007). "Factsheet 563 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
10. ^ "Abstract, Mission Project Closeup, Continental Air Command". Air Force History Index. 27 December 1961. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
11. ^ Knaack, p. 25
12. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 233-234
13. ^ McAuliffe, p. 286
14. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 209-211
15. ^ McAuliffe, p. 283
16. ^ McAuliffe, p. 287
17. ^ McAuliffe, pp. 288, 290-291
18. ^ McAuliffe, pp. 291-292
19. ^ Ravenstein, p. 80
20. ^ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 52-53
21. ^ Ravenstein, pp. 44, 210
22. ^ Robertson, Patsy (19 March 2008). "Factsheet 562 Flying Training Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
23. ^ Ravenstein, p. 44
24. ^ Brief History of Randolph AFB, p. 17
25. ^ Brief History of Randolph AFB, p. 19
26. ^ Brief History of Randolph AFB, p. 22
27. ^ a b Brief History of Randolph AFB, p. 52
28. ^ a b 350 SWW Reactivates 563 EWS
29. ^ Station number in Anderson.
30. ^ Station information in Musser, except as noted

### Bibliography

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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

* Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II (PDF). Maxwell AFB, AL yes: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
* Freeman, Roger A. (1970). The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the US 8th Army Air Force). London, England, UK: Macdonald and Company. ISBN 978-0-87938-638-2.
* Knaack, Marcelle Size (1978). Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems (PDF). Vol. 2, Post-World War II Bombers 1945-1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-59-5. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
* Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
* McAuliffe, Lt Col Jerome J. (2005). U.S. Air Force in France 1950-1967. San Diego, CA: Milspec Press. ISBN 978-0-9770371-1-7.
* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
* Watkins, Robert (2008). Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force In World War II. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7643-1987-7.
* Anonymous. A Brief History of Randolph Air Force Base and the 12th Flying Training Wing (PDF). Randolph AFB, TX: 12th Flying Training Wing Office of History. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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* 363d TRW
* 405th TFTW
* 461st TBW
* 4505th ARW

Former
bases|

| Active
(MAJCOM)|

* Altus (AETC)
* Brooks (AFMC)
* Cannon (AFSOC)
* Charleston (AMC)
* Creech (ACC)
* Davis–Monthan (ACC)
* Dover (AMC)
* Dyess (ACC)
* Eglin (AFMC)
* Hill (AMFC)
* Holloman (ACC)
* Hurlburt Field (AFSOC)
* Langley (ACC)
* Little Rock (AETC)
* Luke (AETC)
* MacDill (AMC)
* McChord (AMC)
* McConnell (AMC)
* Moody (ACC)
* Mountain Home (ACC)
* Nellis (ACC)
* Pope (AMC) Seymour Johnson (ACC)
* Shaw (ACC)
* Tonopah (ACC)
* Tyndall (AETC)
* Whiteman (ACC)

|

Inactive|

* Bergstrom
* Blythville
* Donaldson
* England
* Forbes
* George
* Howard
* Grenier
* Myrtle Beach
* Orlando
* Sewart
* Turner
* Williams

Inactive,
but with a military presence|

* Bunker Hill
* Biggs
* Dow
* Godman
* Homestead
* Lockbourne
* March
* Otis

Aircraft|

* A-1
* A-7
* A-10
* A-37
* AC-47
* AC-119
* AC-130
* B-26
* B-57
* B-66
* C-7
* C-47
* C-82
* C-119
* C-123
* C-130
* E-3
* E-8
* EF-111
* EC-135
* F-4
* F-5
* F-15
* F-16
* F-47
* F-51
* F-80
* F-82
* F-84
* F-86
* F-89
* F-100
* F-101
* F-102
* F-104
* F-105
* F-106
* F-111
* F-117
* H-1
* H-5
* H-6
* H-19
* H-43
* H-60
* H-53
* KB-29
* KB-50
* KC-97
* O-1
* O-2
* OH-23
* OV-10
* P-40
* P-38
* R-4
* S-62
* T-6
* T-28
* T-29
* T-33
* T-38

* v
* t
* e

United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)

Air Forces|

* Third (Europe)

Bases|

* Aviano Air Base
* Incirlik Air Base
* RAF Lakenheath
* RAF Mildenhall
* Ramstein Air Base
* Spangdahlem Air Base

Support facilities|

* Ämari Air Base
* Büchel Air Base
* Camp Lemonnier
* Câmpia Turzii Air Base
* Chabelley Airport
* Chièvres Air Base
* Ghedi Air Base
* Izmir Air Station
* Kleine Brogel Air Base
* Lajes Field
* Łask Air Base
* Morón Air Base
* RAF Akrotiri
* RAF Alconbury
* RAF Fairford
* RAF Menwith Hill
* RAF Molesworth
* RAF Welford
* Stuttgart Airport
* Volkel Air Base

Major units|

* 31st Fighter Wing
* 39th Air Base Wing
* 48th Fighter Wing
* 52nd Fighter Wing
* 86th Airlift Wing
* 100th Air Refueling Wing
* 406th Air Expeditionary Wing
* 435th Air Ground Operations Wing
* 501st Combat Support Wing

* v
* t
* e

USAAF Eighth Air Force in World War II

Stations

| United Kingdom|

* Alconbury
* Aldermaston
* Andrews Field
* Atcham
* Attlebridge
* Bassingbourn
* Bodney
* Bottisham
* Bovingdon
* Boxted
* Bungay
* Burtonwood Depot
* Bury St. Edmunds
* Bushey Hall
* Chalgrove
* Cheddington
* Chelveston
* Chipping Ongar
* Daws Hill
* Debach
* Debden
* Deenethorpe
* Deopham Green
* Duxford
* Earls Colne
* East Wretham
* Eye
* Fersfield
* Fowlmere
* Framlingham
* Glatton
* Goxhill
* Grafton Underwood
* Great Ashfield
* Great Dunmow
* Halesworth
* Hardwick
* Harrington
* Hethel
* Honington
* Horham
* Horsham St. Faith
* Ibsley
* Keevil
* Kimbolton
* Kings Cliffe
* Kirton In Lindsey
* Knettishall
* Lavenham
* Leiston
* Little Walden
* Martlesham Heath
* Membury
* Mendlesham
* Metfield
* Molesworth
* Mount Farm
* North Pickenham
* Nuthampstead
* Old Buckenham
* Podington
* Polebrook
* Rackheath
* Ramsbury
* Rattlesden
* Raydon
* Ridgewell
* Seething
* Shipdham
* Snetterton Heath
* Steeple Morden
* Sudbury
* Thorpe Abbots
* Thurleigh
* Tibenham
* Wattisham
* Watton
* Wendling
* Westhampnett
* Wormingford

|

Okinawa|

* Bolo
* Ie Shima
* Kadena
* Futenma
* Yontan

Units

| Commands|

* VIII Air Support
* VIII Bomber
* VIII

|

Air Divisions|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rdf

Wings|

| Bombardment|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 12th
* 316th

|

Fighter|

* 6th
* 65th
* 66th
* 67th
* 301st

Groups|

| Bombardment|

* 34th
* 44th
* 91st
* 92nd
* 93rd
* 94th
* 95th
* 96th
* 97th
* 100th
* 301st
* 303rd
* 305th
* 306th
* 310th
* 319th
* 320th
* 322nd
* 323rd
* 333rd
* 346th
* 351st
* 379th
* 381st
* 382nd
* 383rd
* 384th
* 385th
* 386th
* 387th
* 388th
* 389th
* 390th
* 392nd
* 398th
* 401st
* 445th
* 446th
* 447th
* 448th
* 452nd
* 453rd
* 457th
* 458th
* 466th
* 467th
* 482nd
* 486th
* 487th
* 489th
* 490th
* 491st
* 492nd
* 493rd
* 801st (Provisional)

|

Fighter|

* 1st
* 4th
* 14th
* 20th
* 31st
* 48th
* 55th
* 56th
* 78th
* 318th
* 339th
* 350th
* 352nd
* 353rd
* 354th
* 355th
* 356th
* 357th
* 358th
* 361st
* 362nd
* 364th
* 413th
* 479th
* 495th
* 496th
* 507th

Troop Carrier|

* 60th
* 62nd
* 315th

Reconnaissance|

* 3rd
* 7th
* 25th
* 67th

* United States Army Air Forces

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* Second
* Third
* Fourth
* Fifth
* Sixth
* Seventh
* Eighth
* Ninth
* Tenth
* Eleventh
* Twelfth
* Thirteenth
* Fourteenth
* Fifteenth
* Twentieth

* v
* t
* e

USAAF Second Air Force in World War II

Airfields|

* Airfields

Units|

| Commands|

* II Air Support Command
* II Bomber Command
* II Fighter Command
* IV Air Support Command
* XX Bomber Command
* XXI Bomber Command
* XXII Bomber Command

|

Wings|

* 5th Bombardment
* 15th Bombardment Training
* 16th Bombardment Operational Training
* 17th Bombardment Training
* 18th Replacement
* 21st Bombardment
* 46th Bombardment Operational Training
* 58th Bombardment
* 73rd Bombardment
* 315th Bombardment
* 316th Bombardment

Groups|

| Bombardment|

* 2nd Bombardment
* 6th Bombardment
* 7th Bombardment
* 9th Bombardment
* 12th Bombardment
* 16th Bombardment
* 17th Bombardment
* 19th Bombardment
* 25th Bombardment
* 29th Bombardment
* 34th Bombardment
* 39th Bombardment
* 40th Bombardment
* 42nd Bombardment
* 46th Bombardment
* 47th Bombardment
* 48th Bombardment
* 85th Bombardment
* 86th Bombardment
* 86th Bombardment
* 88th Bombardment
* 94th Bombardment
* 95th Bombardment
* 96th Bombardment
* 99th Bombardment
* 100th Bombardment
* 301st Bombardment
* 302nd Bombardment
* 303rd Bombardment
* 304th Bombardment
* 305th Bombardment
* 306th Bombardment
* 307th Bombardment
* 308th Bombardment
* 312th Bombardment
* 330th Bombardment
* 331st Bombardment
* 333rd Bombardment
* 346th Bombardment
* 351st Bombardment
* 376th Bombardment
* 379th Bombardment
* 381st Bombardment
* 382nd Bombardment
* 383rd Bombardment
* 384th Bombardment
* 385th Bombardment
* 388th Bombardment
* 390th Bombardment
* 393rd Bombardment
* 395th Bombardment
* 396th Bombardment
* 398th Bombardment
* 399th Bombardment
* 400th Bombardment
* 401st Bombardment
* 407th Bombardment
* 415th Bombardment
* 418th Bombardment
* 444th Bombardment
* 445th Bombardment
* 446th Bombardment
* 447th Bombardment
* 448th Bombardment
* 449th Bombardment
* 450th Bombardment
* 451st Bombardment
* 452nd Bombardment
* 453rd Bombardment
* 454th Bombardment
* 455th Bombardment
* 456th Bombardment
* 457th Bombardment
* 458th Bombardment
* 459th Bombardment
* 460th Bombardment
* 461st Bombardment
* 462nd Bombardment
* 464th Bombardment
* 467th Bombardment
* 468th Bombardment
* 469th Bombardment
* 470th Bombardment
* 471st Bombardment
* 472nd Bombardment
* 484th Bombardment
* 485th Bombardment
* 486th Bombardment
* 487th Bombardment
* 488th Bombardment
* 489th Bombardment
* 490th Bombardment
* 491st Bombardment
* 493rd Bombardment
* 494th Bombardment
* 497th Bombardment
* 498th Bombardment
* 499th Bombardment
* 500th Bombardment
* 501st Bombardment
* 502nd Bombardment
* 504th Bombardment
* 505th Bombardment
* 509th Composite

|

Fighter|

* 20th Fighter
* 54th Fighter
* 84th Fighter
* 85th Fighter
* 507th Fighter
* 508th Fighter

Reconnaissance|

* 2nd Reconnaissance
* 3rd Reconnaissance
* 4th Reconnaissance
* 5th Reconnaissance
* 6th Reconnaissance
* 7th Reconnaissance
* 8th Reconnaissance
* 71st Reconnaissance
* 77th Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier|

* 443nd Troop Carrier

* United States Army Air Forces

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* Third
* Fourth
* Fifth
* Sixth
* Seventh
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* Ninth
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* Twelfth
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* Fifteenth
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