This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons. Thirty-oneP-36s with pilots and crew chiefs left San Diego on the carrier Enterprise for the Territory of Hawaii. John Rodgers Airport was renamed Honolulu Airport upon the approval of Act 31, Session Laws of Hawaii 1947, entitled An Act to Officially Establish the Name of Honolulu Airport changed the name of John Rodgers Airport and Keehi Lagoon Seaplane Harbor to Honolulu Airport. (Pursuit and Bombardment) in Jun 1922, and 5th Group (Composite) in Jul 38th: 1947-1949. Paving of a 2,500-foot runway at Port Allen Airport began, along with an aircraft parking apron and connecting taxiway. Two Hawaiian Airlines transports were damaged on the ground during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Its mission is to manage and operate B-52H Stratofortress bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force. A year later, it became the 5th Group (Pursuit and Bombardment) with its crews flying DeHaviland DH-4 aircraft. Operational squadrons were 23d, 31st and 72d Strategic Reconnaissance flying Boeing RB-17G/F-2/F-9/F-13 aircraft (194749) and beginning in 1948, Boeing RB-29 aircraft until 1951. The 14th Bomb Sq. Clark Field, Luzon, Dec 1945-6 May 1949; Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 26 Molokai Airport was located on land belonging to the Territory and was leased to the Army during the war. Each airline had its own terminal facilities. Then struck enemy bases and installations on Bougainville, New Britain, and New Ireland. with Thirteenth AF during the Allied drive from the Solomons to the The buildings and other facilities were constructed by the Navy during the War. Its mission is to manage and operate B-52H Stratofortress bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force. The Air Force, created out of the Army, became a separate service in 1947. The Navy determined that Puunene Airport was not adequate and found it necessary to establish another large air station on Maui. Moved to the US in May 1949. Flights took 16 hours and the cost was $278. Plans were being developed for a new airport in the Hana District. Bellows Field and Haleiwa Airfield went into operation. No known nickname or nose art. The book follows the Squadron through the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941 and the ensuing four years as it played a vital role in the United States' island hopping campaign in the Pacific Theatre. 86th Observation Squadron at Bellows Field. 69th Observation Group 31st Observation Squadron (O-49, O-52) 82d Observation Squadron (O-46, O-47, O-49, O-52) Sherwood Field, Paso Robles Morse Field was an Army air field located on the south tip of the Island of Hawaii andwas controlled by the Territory on a temporary permit basis pending final transfer. Hawaiian Airlines started it first scheduled air freight service between the islands. 31st Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy | American Battle The Civil Aeronautics Administration contributed $314,000 of national defense funds to Hilo Airport. Authorized as 2nd Group (Observation) on 15 Aug 1919 and organized web pages William A. Patterson, president of United Air Lines arrived atJohn RodgersAirport in the first DC-6 to be put in overseas service. 1927-1938, 1939-1946. The 7th Air Force was renamed the Pacific Air Command in 1947 but was inactivated in 1949. Morse Field at South Point on the Big Island was provided to the Territory from the Army. All the active Bomb Squadrons are in Bold. Assigned to Seventh AF in Feb 1942. (38th and 88thReconnaissance Squadrons.). the theater as part of Far East Air Forces after the war, but all It hadfour paved landplane runways 200-feet wide with lengths varying from 6,200 linear feet to 7,650 linear feet. 5th Bomb Group: 335th Bomb Squadron: 5th Bomb Squadron: 335th Fighter Squadron: 5th Combat Cargo Squadron: . Remanned in Mar 1947, equipped with FB-17's and Canadian Pacific Airlines inaugurated air service to Honolulu. The Hawaiian Air Force moved to Hickam Field as construction had progressed sufficiently to accommodate them. The airportwas located on land owned by the Territory. Hilo Airport was dedicated. The airport comprised 2,317.969 acres of land. Morse Fieldwas declared surplus by the military. Operation of the control tower at General Lyman Field was taken over by the Air Force when that organization was formed from the Army Air Corps, and continued until October 1948 when it was turned over to the Hawaii Aeronautics Commission which funded tower operation by Civil Aeronautics Administration personnel. In 1935, the group helped save the city of Hilo, Hawaii, during the eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano. John Rodgers Airport; 23d Matriel Squadron. operations including raids on enemy bases and installations on Luzon, Air service to Lanai was stopped as the field was not large enough to handle the larger aircraft being used by Hawaiian Airlines. On November 27, 1947 Trans Air received a CAB Letter of Registration to fly a regular freight schedule between islands. Northwest Airlines began regularly scheduled service between Portland, Seattle and Honolulu. Equipped with 331st Bomb Squadron | American Air Museum It became NAS 14 and was intended to support four air carrier groups. The bombers dropped more than 3million pounds of weaponry, including conventional air-launched cruise missiles, joint direct attack munitions, gravity weapons, laser-guided bombs and leaflet dispensers. With no prior notice for aircrew, 12 B-52H bombers took off in rapid succession.[4]. Construction began at Barber Point Naval Air Station. Netherlands Indies Airlines inaugurated air service. The Hawaiian Islands were placed on alert. This page is not available in other languages. Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Puunene still served as Maui Airport. This amount was matched by the Civil Aeronautic Administration, providing a total of $300,00 for the project which included the acquisition of rights-of-way and lands. The Hawaiian Air Force was activated (General Order 37, October 28, 1940). The Secretary of the Navy redesignated the Naval Air Station, Keehi Lagoon as U.S. Trans Pacific Airlines received a CAB certificate for scheduled operations serving all major airports with 5 DC-3 28-passenger planes. Motto: Kiai O Ka Lewa Patrols from Hawaii, c. 14 Dec 1941-Nov 1942; combat in South, Southwest, and Western Pacific, 17 Jan 1943-12 Aug 1945. 5th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (B-18) Trinidad, Waller Field 9th Bombardment Group (Heavy) 1st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (B-18) . Uploaded by Col Joseph E Reddoch Jr, 21 Apr 1944; Col Thomas C Musgrave Jr, 15 Aug The land was donated to the Territory by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. B-17F 41-24457 "The Aztec's Curse" of the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, leaving the target after a strike against Japanese shipping off Gizo Island, Solomon Islands - PTO 1942 B-17E Flying Fortress of the 97th BG, 342nd Bomb Squadron - crew prepares for mission August 1942 Layout for the Seadrome as submitted by Mr. Robert Campbell in July 1941 was carried out by the U. S. Engineers and the Navy in the war development of John Rodgers Airport. variety of missions from Oct 1944 until the end of the war, these The Hawaii Aeronautics Commission held its organization meeting. Flying a mix of close air support and strike missions, 5th BW crews ensured success of ground combat units in meeting their objectives. Act 35, Session Laws of Hawaii 1941, appropriated $7,500 for the acquisition of lands in Kailua (Kona) for an airport. Pacific Skyways, Ltd., operated from Port Allen Airport, providing services for the island of Kauai. walika, 6 detector stations in operation. Central Pacific; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern The airfield had four runways, each 300-feet wide, with lengths varying from 2,900 feet to 5,000 feet. Today Bomb Squadrons are considered to be part of the Combat Air Force (CAF) along with fighter squadrons. Cockett Airlines started its non-scheduled charter operations using twin-engine Beechcraft airplanes. Small planes of other flying services received bullet holes but were able to return to Rodgers Airport without injury to pilots or passengers. The Army Corps of Engineers was about 10 percentcomplete on the dredging of three seaplane runways at Keehi Lagoon which were to be two to three miles long by 1,000 feet wide by 10 feet deep. (9 B-17D Flying Fortresses) under command of Major Emmett O Donnell Jr., with a crew of 75, left Hawaii for the Philippine islands via Midway, Wake, Port Moresby and Darwin. The aircraft repair station in Hickams Hangar 35 was completely gutted. The Civil Aeronautics Administrationprovided additional funds by matching the construction fund and 25 percentof the land acquisition costs. HyperWar: 7 December 1941: The Air Force Story [Appendix A] - ibiblio It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. The History of the 31st Bombardment Squadron (H) by Joanne Pfannenstiel Emerick: 5th BG Fifth Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II: 13th Air Force, USAAF by Ray Merriam: 5th BG History of the Fifth Bomb Group by Hillsborough House: 5th BG - SCOOTIN THUNDER B - 24 D1 - 30 - CO 42-40100 13 5 72 K-T Flying Service operated a charter service and flying school. All commercial overseas flights between the West Coast of the U.S., Australia, the Philippines and East Asiawere operating from the Overseas Terminal on the south side of the airport. 5th Operations Group | Military Wiki | Fandom 13th AF Associations - 5thbomberbarons.info 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Hq & Hq Squadron 23d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 31st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 72d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) 4th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy) = Redesignated 394th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 22 April 1942 . 1922. 5th Bomb Group (H) Association 39685 Ramshorn Drive Murrieta, CA 92563. 55th Fighter Group: 31st Bomb Squadron: 55th Fighter Squadron: 31st Fighter Group: . It covers all squadrons that were constituted or redesignated as bombardment squadron sometime during their active service. This was in line with the Mainland practice in changing longstanding names of airports to that of the city where the airport was located. Grading and paving was completed in December 1950. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. Thirteenth Air Force began operations in November 1942 as an organization composed of many widely separated Seventh Air Force and independent units scattered in the South Central Pacific during the Solomon Islands campaign . Plans for future development of this airport were not made since negotiationswere under way with the Navy for a long-term lease on Kahului Naval Air Station which was considered much more desirable for commercial airline operation. Two operational bomb squadrons (23d and 31st) were formed. Total of 55 P-40s had arrived by carrier. Its mission is to manage and operate B-52H Stratofortress bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force. ), Redesignated 731st Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1957), Redesignated 332d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1952), Redesignated 333d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (1952), Inactivated 1994 & Redesignated 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron (2004), Inactivated 1963 & Redesignated 338th Combat Crew Training Squadron (1985), Inactivated 1992 & Redesignated 340th Weapons Squadron (2003), Redesignated 344th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1986), Inactivated 1972 & Redesignated 346th Test and Evaluation Squadron B-1/B-52H (19921995), Redesignated 349th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1966), Redesignated 350th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (1966), Redesignated 351st Air Refueling Squadron (1992), Redesignated 356th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1949), Redesignated 357th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1952), Redesignated 1st Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 18th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 19th Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) (1942), Redesignated 370th Flight Test Squadron (2001), Redesignated 373d Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 374th Strategic Missile Squadron (1961), Redesignated 376th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) (1949), Redesignated 377th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium) (1949), Redesignated 378th Troop Carrier Squadron (Assault, Fixed Wing) (1955), Inactivated 1965, Redesignated 380th Space Control Squadron (2008), Redesignated 528th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943), Redesignated 529th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943), Redesignated 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1943), Redesignated 386th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954), Redesignated 387th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954), Redesignated 388th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (1954), Inactivated 1945 & Consolidated with 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1985), Redesignated 394th Combat Training Squadron (1996), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 96th Air Refueling Squadron; Inactivated 2005, Inactivated 1944; Consolidated with 99th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1985), Redesignated 400th Strategic Missile Squadron (ICBM-Minuteman) (1963), Redesignated 405th Tactical Missile Squadron (1958), Redesignated 906th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1959), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron (1963), Consolidated with 911th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1985), Consolidated with 912th Air Refueling Squadron, Heavy (1985), Consolidated with 6513th Test Squadron and redesignated 413th Test Squadron (1992), Inactivated 1945; Redesignated 414th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (2011), Consolidated with 6515th Test Squadron and redesignated 415th Test Squadron (1992), Inactivated 1949; Consolidated with 6516th Test Squadron and redesignated 416th Test Squadron (1992), Consolidated with 6518th Test Squadron and redesignated 418th Test Squadron (1992), Consolidated with 6519th Test Squadron and redesignated 419th Test Squadron (1992), Redesignated 20th Antisubmarine Squadron (1942), Redesignated 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, Very Long Range, Photographic (1946), Redesignated 867th Bombardment Squadron (1943), Redesignated 436th Strategic Training Squadron (1986), Redesignated 168th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 180th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 114th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 117th Bombardment Squadron, Light and allocated to the Air National Guard (1946), Redesignated 446th Strategic Missile Squadron (1965), Redesignated 447th Strategic Missile Squadron (1965), Redesignated 448th Strategic Missile Squadron (1965), Redesignated 449th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 450th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 451st Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 452d Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 453d Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 454th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 455th Flying Training Squadron (1972), Redesignated 457th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1967), Redesignated 458th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium (1962), Redesignated 166th Liaison Squadron (Commando) (1944), Inactivated 1944, Consolidated with 68th Air Refueling Squadron (19 September 1985), Inactivated 1944, Consolidated with 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron (19 September 1985), Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Medium (1955), Redesignated 489th Reconnaissance Squadron (2011), Redesignated 490th Strategic Missile Squadron, Consolidated 19 September 1985 with the 93d Air Refueling Squadron (19?? Assigned to the 5th Bombardment Group (5th BG) "Bomber Barons", 72nd Bombardment Squadron (72nd BS). Naval Air Station, Kaneohe; The following airports were under the management of the Hawaii Aeronautics Commission: OahuHonolulu Airport, Bellows Field, Haleiwa Airport; KauaiPort Allen Airport; MolokaiKalaupapa Airport, Molokai (Homestead) Airport; MauiMaui Airport (Puunene), Kahului Airport, Hamoa Airport (Hana); LanaiLanai Airport; and HawaiiGeneral Lyman Field (Hilo Airport), Kamuela Airport, Upolu Airport; Morse Field (South Cape). direct to Kalaupapa. The annual exercise is designed to test the wing's combat readiness and ability to conduct conventional and nuclear-capable bomber operations. It was now called Dillingham Field. Units in this list are assigned to nearly every Major Command in the United States Air Force. Want to help? The convoy was diverted Dec. 12 to Australia. Trans-Air Hawaii, initiated four DC-3s in freight and express service and carried a total of 12 millionpounds during the year 1947. The main portion of the airport, including the runways and taxiways,was located within the boundaries of land owned by the Territory and consisted of 515.639 acres. Sergiy Popov - Head of Ukrainian sunflower experimentation - SOLTIS The Aeronautics Commission obtained the services, under contact, of CAA personnel to operate the control tower until Federal funds became available for this purpose. Land was acquired near Ahukini, Kauai for construction of Lihue Airport. The 11th Bombardment Group was activated at Hickam Field. Command. Dredging was intensified with as many as nine dredges working on the project which was usable by late 1943 and completed in September of 1944. The project consisted of one-paved runway 80-feet wide and 3,700 feet long, with necessary taxiways and parking aprons. The 5th Bombardment Group suffered devastating casualties and equipment damage during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field and other targets on the island of Oahu on 7 December 1941. Brig. Brooke E Allen, 1 Nov 1942; Col Marion D Unruh, 10 Aug 1943; Lt Col 2) 11th Bomb Group, activated Feb. 17, 1940. Air service to Lanai Airport was resumed by Hawaiian Airlines with Douglas DC-3s. However, the most important construction was four runways at John Rodgers Airport which would become Naval Air Station Honolulu (NAS 29) and home base for an Army and Navy Air Transport Command. Flew long patrol and photographic missions over the Solomon Islands and the Coral Sea, attacked Japanese shipping off Guadalcanal, and raided airfields in the northern Solomons until August 1943. Studieswere on-going as the community wanted to be able to fly to Honolulu. Completed a variety of missions from October 1944 until the end of the war, these operations including raids on enemy bases and installations on Luzon, Ceram, Halmahera, and Formosa; support for ground forces in the Philippines and Borneo; and patrols off the China coast. Engaged primarily in search and patrol missions off Hawaii from December 1941 to November 1942. to the neighbor islands. Thirty five B-17 Bombers were ferried through Hickam to the Philippines. Unkn, 1919-1938; Col Shepler W FitzGerald, c. Sep Only the Navy used the seaplane runways, operating an average of five flights per week with the Mars type seaplanes between Honolulu and California. The second wave consisted of 170 aircraft. The following aeronautical activities were available at Honolulu Airport: Scheduled Airlines (Overseas)Pan American Airways, United Air Lines, China National Aviation Corporation, British Commonwealth Pacific Airways and Philippine Airlines; Non-scheduled (Overseas)Trans-Ocean Airlines (Guam-USA, China USA), Pacific Overseas Airlines (Contract & Ferry); Scheduled InterislandHawaiian Airlines (Passenger and Freight); Trans-Air Hawaii (Temporary permit); Non-scheduled InterislandAndrew Flying Service, K-T Flying Service, Hawaiian Air Transport Service, Cockett Airlines, Island Flight Service; Trans-Pacific Airlines; Flying SchoolsAndrew Flying Service, K-T Flying Service, Hawaiian School of Aeronautics, Aero Service & Supply; Island Flight Service; Mechanics SchoolsHonolulu Vocational; Repair Shops (Light Plane)Andrew Flying Service, K-T Flying Service, Hawaiian School of Aeronautics, Leighton & Schriver Metal Shop, Aviation Radio Maintenance Company, Associated Aircraft Repair, Aero Service & Supply; Repair Shops (Heavy Planes)Hawaiian Airlines, Trans-Pacific Airlines, Trans-Air Hawaii, Hawaiian Air Transport Service, Cockett Airlines, Pan American Airways; Government PlanesMilitary Air Transport Service, Utility Flight Unit, Civil Aeronautics Administration. On the north side of the field, the Navy built the Naval Air Station Honolulu to support the Naval Air Transport operations and to house about 5,000 men. The commission hired a crash-fire crew to work with two pieces of equipment procured from the Navy and to function in coordination with Navy crash fire activity on the airport. Hickam Field Army Air Base was transferred to the Pacific Air Service Command and merged with the Hawaiian Air Depot. Central Pacific; Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Eastern Mandates; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; China Offensive; Air Combat, Asiatic-Pacific Theater. During the war, the wing's B-52s flew more than 120 combat missions and logged more than 1,600 combat flying hours. This was broken down to $51,000 Federal, $91,000 Territorial, and $113,000 by Inter-Island Airways. This field, because of its short runways, could not be used by the Army during the War and was plowed up to prevent its possible use by the enemy. Luke Field, TH, 15 Aug 1919; Hickam Field, TH, 1 Jan The new site is approximately four miles northwest of the village of Hana. New rules and regulations of the Territorial Airport System were approved by Acting Governor Oren E. Long. A master plan was prepared which showed one terminal building to be used jointly by all passenger carrying airlines, a freight terminal and areas for hangar facilities, aircraft parking, etc. Twenty-one B-17D aircraft were flown right from the Boeing assembly line to Oakland (Hamilton Field) and on to Hickam Field in 13 hours and 10 minutes. - Guardians of the Upper Regions. The total capacity of Oahu for aircraft is not recorded but must have been somewhere in the vicinity of 1,200. 1940 (April) and Southwest Pacific with B-17 and B-24 aircraft, served in combat -- Army Air Forces -- Air Force, 13th, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). GI Flight Training under the government vocational training program for veteranswas the main source of revenue for flight schools with GI contracts This federal expenditure was a great help to the struggling private flying industry. Tail of parked B-17E number 41-2648 clearly seen in one scene. Before the Korean War, the Air Force and Navy combined airlift operations into MATS, a single-manager concept. Redesignated 5th Group (Observation) in Mar 1921, 5th Group in Hawaii. The Civil Aeronautics Administration provided $2,500 toward the cost on a 75/25 basis. October 29, 2021 in WALIKA'S WWII ARMY AIR FORCES RELATED PATCHES, 31st Bombardment Squadron | 5th Bombardment Group | Thirteenth Air Force. Sergiy Popov Sunflower experimentation at SOLTIS Slobozhanska selyshchna hromada, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Jack W. Fox, PFC: Frank J. Lango, Pvt: William M. Northway, Pvt: . The Hawaiian Air Force was set up with two base commands (General Order 41, November 2, 1940); 17th Air Base (at Hickam Field) with Brig. Group in Feb 1947. Three new airports were under construction to be added to the list on completion: Lihue Airport, Kailua (Kona Airport) and Hana Airport. Federal funds became available for the operation of the control tower at General Lyman Field. Every available foot of frontage for fixed base operators at John Rodgers Airport was optioned by mid-1946. Valley Isle Aviation operated from Kahului Airport, providing service on the island of Maui similar to that furnished by Maui Flying Academy. The first civilian casualty in Hawaii of the War was Robert Tyce, owner of the K-T Flying Service, who was killed by machine gun fire from Japanese torpedo planes as they flew over John Rodgers Airport on their way to Pearl Harbor. Insigne. $5 million was appropriated by Congress for the project. The airfieldwas owned by the U.S. Army Air Force and was developed extensively by the Army during the war. A simulated deck of an aircraft carrier was installed and air-group pilots completed their training by qualifying in day and night deck landings before going aboard the carriers for combat duty. There wasmajor damage to repair facilities in Hangars 11, 13 and 17. One of two B-24s equipped for high altitude photography of the Japanese-held Marshall Islands had reached Hawaii. Civilian aviation operations on Kauai were handled by the Army Air Corps at Barking Sands during the War. Act 153, Session Laws of Hawaii 1945, appropriated $115,000 for the acquisition of lands for Lihue Airport. This was later extended to 4,400 feet. Upolu Airport had one paved runway 4,000-feet long and was the only airport in that part of the island which met the requirements for scheduled airline operation. Congress appropriated $3.3M for the dredging of the seaplane harbor at Keehi Lagoon. Ten Keystone B-3 and B-4 bombers from the group's 23d and 72d Bombardment Squadrons dropped 20, 600-pound bombs around the volcano to divert molten lava away from the town. 1952. 31st Bombardment Squadron (H) Association 1701 Williamsburg Road Lexington, Kentucky 40504-2013. Defense plans included a system of SOPs for alerts: Since sabotage was considered most likely, aircraft were concentrated with extra guards. Layout was complete and the Army Corps of Engineers began dredging Keehi Lagoon for seaplane runways, using the spoil to augmentJohn RodgersAirport. The Hawaiian Air Force had plans to employ 72 B-17s to conduct daily surveillance flights 833 nautical miles from Hawaii, each covering a five degree slice. B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces The Japanese attack sunk 18 American ships and destroyed 188 American aircraft and caused 2,335 American military deaths while losing 29 Japanese planes, damaging 50 Japanese planes and suffering fewer than 100 Japanese deaths. Immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack all airports were taken over by the armed forces of the United States. The construction of Maui Airport beganin 1938 by the Department of Public Works and the development was continued by various agencies such as the U.S. District Engineers under the Civil Aeronautics Administration-Territorial airport program, then by a joint Army-Navy program and then completed by the Navy. Veterans' Experiences: Coming Soon. Ewa Field was established as a Marine Corps Air Station. Commanders. Be the first one to, The Story Of The Fifth Bombardment Group (Heavy), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, United States. The work was completed May 22, 1948. The only terminal facility belonged to Hawaiian Airlines. ), You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. 19th Pursuit: 1924-1927. United States Army Air Force, Dec 7 1941 - NavSource 5th Air Force. Naval Air Station, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, with the primary mission of maintaining and operating a base for Naval Air Transport Units, Pacific Wing. Within a few days, Hawaiian Air was approved by the Military Governor to make emergency flights under military direction, carrying engineers, medicines, munitions, etc. Kalaupapa Leper Settlement on Molokai was isolated and the Gambo Flying Service was authorized by the military to furnish emergency transportation of medical supplies, etc. With modern technology and advanced weapons like the JDAM and JASSM, the 5th's B-52 are expected to remain operational until the year 2040.
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