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4 unusual facts about Air Combat Command


361st Fighter Group

Today, the 127th Wing is a part of the USA's national defense, being part of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command's First Air Force.

Air Combat Command

Provide Promise offered humanitarian relief airlift support to the city of Sarajevo, while Deny Flight enforced the "no-fly" zone against Serb air attacks on Bosnian civilians.

Upon activation, ACC assumed control of all fighter resources based in the continental United States, all bombers, reconnaissance platforms, battle management resources, and Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing

Ordnance is tackled as well as the creation of the Air Combat Command.


71st Fighter Squadron

In the 2007 movie Transformers, the Decepticon Starscream, disguised as an F-22 Raptor, bears the fuselage and tail markings of the Air Combat Command, the 1st Fighter Wing and the 71st; however, as previously noted, the 71st has not switched to the F-22.

Dane County Regional Airport

Conveyed to local civil authorities, the Madison Municipal Airport became the home of the Wisconsin Air National Guard and its present day 115th Fighter Wing (115 FW), an Air National Guard fighter wing operationally-gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC) and which still operates from the base, flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

George P. Taylor

He served as the Command Surgeon for Air Combat Command where he molded the Air Force medical support for the response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, and for Operation Noble Eagle and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Maryland Air National Guard

The 175 WG has two active USAF gaining commands: the Air Combat Command for its fighter aircraft and United States Air Forces in Europe for its 235th Civil Engineer Flight.

Rosecrans Memorial Airport

AATTC is made up of full-time Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel dedicated to increasing the warfighting effectiveness and survivability of air mobility forces, providing advanced tactics training to tactical airlift crews and support personnel from the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, the United States Marine Corps, and twelve Allied nations.


see also

405th

405th Air Expeditionary Wing, provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Combat Command

457th

457th Air Expeditionary Group, provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command

486th

486th Air Expeditionary Wing, provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command

Ubon Ratchathani

As well as being a commercial facility, Ubon Ratchathani Airport is also an active Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) base, the home of 2nd Air Division/21st Wing Air Combat Command.