Lockheed EC-130H-LM Hercules " Compass Call " aircraft, AF Serial No. 73-1581 of the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, July 1982

On 1 September 1982, the headquarters of the 602nd Tactical Air Control Wing ( TAIRCW ) and its subordinate 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron ( TASS ), a unit responsible for the Air Force's tactical air control system west of the Mississippi River transferred from Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, and stood up at D-M, bringing 16 OA-37B aircraft and numerous new personnel to the base.

In 1982 the USAF Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron suffered a crash at the base.

After being awarded his " Wings ", he moved onto more advanced training on the Sea King helicopter, and conducted operational flying training until 1982, when he joined his first front-line unit, 820 Naval Air Squadron, serving aboard the aircraft carrier, HMS Invincible.

Birmingham, Alabama: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron Association, 1982.

* Squadron ( TV series ), a 1982 BBC TV series

* Larry Davis and Don Greer, Gunships, A Pictorial History of Spooky-Specials series ( 6032 ), Squadron / Signal Publications, 1982.

Huyton is also home to the 55th ( Merseyside ) HQ Squadron of the 33rd ( Lancashire and Cheshire ) Signal Regiment, British Territorial Army, Royal Corps of Signals, as well as an Air Training Corps, the 1982 ( Huyton ) Squadron.

* Consolidated ( October 1, 1992 ) with the 3247th Test Squadron, which was designated, and activated, on June 25, 1982.

During the 1982 Falklands War, Operations Black Buck 1 to Black Buck 7 were a series of seven extremely long-range ground attack missions by Royal Air Force Vulcan bombers of 44 Squadron planned against Argentine positions in the Falkland Islands, of which five were actually flown.

After the conflict ended, the runway was repaired and extended to allow the deployment of a detachment of Phantom FGR. 2 fighters from No. 29 Squadron on 17 October 1982.

However, in 1982, the local economy suffered when 409 Squadron was transferred to CFB Cold Lake in Alberta, resulting in sizeable transfer of personnel and their families, and a resultant loss of service industry jobs.

Charles Kitchener, had died in 1982, and the line of Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Kitchener had failed on the death of his younger son, Squadron Leader Henry Kitchener, in 1984.

In 1982, Chilton attended the USAF Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and finished as the number one graduate for the year, receiving the Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award.

Hammond returned to Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1982, where he managed several projects in the 6512 Test Squadron until being assigned as an instructor at the USAF Test Pilot School.

After earning her Naval Flight Officer wings in October 1982, Hire conducted worldwide airborne oceanographic research missions with Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight ( VXN-8 ) based at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.

IX ( B ) Squadron reformed in August 1982, becoming the world's first operational Tornado squadron at RAF Honington with the Panavia Tornado GR1, again equipped with WE. 177 nuclear laydown bombs, handed down from the Vulcan force, before moving to RAF Bruggen in 1986.

In 1982 he returned to flying, upgrading in the F-16 and serving as executive officer for the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing Deputy Commander for Operations, and as flight commander in the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, until his selection as an astronaut candidate.

These productions include Patriotic Squadron Dai-Nippon ( 1983 ), Swift Hero Noutenki ( 1982 ), Return of Ultraman ( 1983 ) and The Eight-Headed Giant Serpent Strikes Back ( 1985 ).

From 1979 to 1982, Walz was responsible for analysis of radioactive samples from the Atomic Energy Detection System at the 1155th Technical Operations Squadron, McClellan Air Force Base, California.

Wildcat's origin is chronicled in Sensation Comics # 1 as well as Secret Origins # 3 ( 1973 ) and All-Star Squadron Annual # 1 ( 1982 ).

IX ( B ) Squadron reformed at RAF Honington in August 1982, becoming the world's first Panavia Tornado GR1 squadron.

No. 39 reformed the next day by renumbering 69 Squadron, flying reconnaissance Canberras, moving to RAF Wyton in September 1970, disbanding on 1 June 1982.

7 Sqn, flying Canberras, operated at RAF St. Mawgan as target tugs from 1970 until 1982, with 22 Squadron moving out in 1974.

* Rex Shard, a character in the TV series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

Although the aim of the Top Gear feature was to entertain UK TV license payers, it was also an opportunity for 847 Squadron ’ s pilots and door gunners, destined for deployment to Afghanistan, to practice tactical landings and trooping drills.

The name Black Sheep Squadron was used for the Marine Attack Squadron 214 of the United States Marine Corps from 1942 and the title Baa Baa Black Sheep was used for a book by its leader Colonel Gregory " Pappy " Boyington and was used for a TV series ( later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978.

* The name of a fictional robot in the TV series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

* For actor Tim Woodward, who played Squadron Leader Rex, this was the second TV series in which he played the role of a fighter pilot.

Although the core of the Squadron was stationed within Camp Warehouse, the Squadron had several outstations in allied locations throughout KMNB including Kabul International Airport and radio rebroadcast site on TV Tower Hill.

* SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron ( 1993 ) TV Series ( voice ) — Lt. Felina Feral

In addition, she also directed and / or cast the voices for various TV Cartoons, such as The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy ( and its spin-offs Evil Con Carne and Underfist ), Johnny Bravo, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, and The Jetsons ( for which she was a talent coordinator ).

In the film, Imperial stormtroopers from the infamous Black Sheep Squadron patrolling the Dune Sea on the planet Tatooine run into some very familiar characters while being filmed for the hit Imperial TV show Troops.

The first Blue Angel Flight Demonstration Squadron ( 1946 – 1947 ), assembled in front of one of their F6F Hellcat s ( l to r ): Lt. Al Taddeo, Solo ; Lt.

However dragoons had existed in Portugal since at least the early 18th century and, in 1719, units of this type of cavalry were sent to Brazil, initially to escort shipments of gold and diamonds and to guard the Viceroy who resided in Rio de Janeiro ( 1st Cavalry Regiment – Vice-Roy Guard Squadron ).

The Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade ' Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron – a unit from the 3rd Regiment of Cavalry – is known as the " Paratroopers Dragoons ".

* 1943 – World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams.

* 1941 – World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.

** No. 7 Air Superiority Squadron – Dassault Mirage 2000

** No. 11 Close Support Squadron – Dassault / Dornier Alpha Jet /

** No. 6 Close Support Squadron – Eurocopter SA342

** No. 8 Anti-Surface Vessel Squadron – Westland Sea King Commando Mk 3

** No. 9 Multi-Role Squadron – Westland Sea King Commando Mk 2

* 1899 – American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

* 1995 – The United States Navy disbands Fighter Squadron 84 ( VF-84 ), nicknamed the " Jolly Rogers ".

* April 2 – Indian Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched into space, aboard the Soyuz T-11.

* August 2 – Squadron Commander E. H. Dunning lands his aircraft on the ship in Scapa Flow, Orkney.

* February 1 – Squadron Leader James " Ginger " Lacey, the top scoring RAF fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain ( d. 1989 )

* September 10 – Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron ( WAFS ) begins operation.

* February 14 – Mirosław Ferić, Polish pilot of the No. 303 Squadron in Northolt ( b. 1915 )

* August 23 – Sino – French War: Battle of Fuzhou: French Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron virtually destroys China's Fujian Fleet.

Truman enlisted in the 100th Aero Squadron – 7th Squad of United States Army as a private on August 4, 1917, later surviving the torpedoing of the Tuscania on February 5, 1918, off the coast of Ireland.

* Jan Koniarek, Polish Air Force 1939 – 1945, Squadron / Signal Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-0-89747-324-8.

* SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron ( 1993 – 1996, TBS )

Near Mezzouna, his vehicle was part of a column strafed by Kittyhawk ( P-40 ) fighter bombers of the Desert Air Force – most likely from No. 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force – and he received severe, multiple wounds.