Squadrons also found themselves on tiring defensive patrols as small formations of FW-190s started to fly ' hit and run ' nuisance raids all along the South Coast, though Fighter Command's new Hawker Typhoon units proved capable of catching these fighter-bomber interdictions.

The objective of the raids, Fighter Command's airfields, remained unscathed.

Australians took part in all of Bomber Command's major offensives and suffered heavy losses during raids on German cities and targets in France.

IX Troop Carrier Command's transport aircraft had to tow gliders and drop paratroopers, duties that could not be performed simultaneously.

General Norman Schwarzkopf expressed the position over Israel more frankly in his 1992 autobiography: ' European Command also kept Israel, which from my viewpoint was a help: I'd have had difficulty impressing the Arabs with Central Command's grasp of geopolitical nuance if one of the stops on my itinerary had been Tel Aviv.

In order for such a large formation to be successful, not only should it be well planned and rehearsed, but its leadership had to be disciplined within Fighter Command's overall battle plan.

The United States Air Force had unofficially sanctioned the return of the pin-up ( albeit fully clothed ) with the Strategic Air Command permitting nose art on its bomber force in the Command's last years.

Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign on Germany had thus begun.

The Command's operational area was the north Atlantic, and its responsibility was to bring the larger aircraft that had the range to do the trip over the ocean from American and Canadian factories to the RAF home Commands.

Josiah Tungamirai, the ZANLA High Command's political commissar relates that on the night of the fatality, he and Tongogara had been travelling with others in two vehicles from Maputo to Chimoio.

Josiah Tungamirai, the ZANLA High Command's political commissar, relates that on the night of the fatality, he and Tongogara had been travelling with others in two vehicles from Maputo to Chimoio.

The United States Air Force Air Combat Command's F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team had made the first trans-Atlantic flight for the new stealth aircraft to participate in the show.

On 1 June 1942, ground around the airport was cleared and tents set up for RAF Ferry Command's Trans-Atlantic Training Unit.

On 1 January 1994, the Air Mobility Command's 6th Air Base Wing ( 6 ABW ) stood up at MacDill to operate the base and provide support services for CENTCOM, SOCOM, and the large and growing number of other tenant units, as well as to provide services for transient air units.

In 1944 Miller, by then an air commodore, was posted to England and on September 19 he took up command of RAF Bomber Command's No. 61 Base in North Yorkshire.

The role of these aircraft is to augment the Air Mobility Command's long-range intertheater C-5s and C-17s during periods of increased airlift needs, from minor contingencies up through full national defense emergencies.

During most of 1942, however, Bomber Command's priority was attacking Germany's U-boat ports as part of Britain's effort to win the Battle of the Atlantic.

At the start of the war RAF Bomber Command's doctrine was based on tight formations of heavily armed bombers attacking during daylight and fending off attacks by fighters with their defensive guns.

At the time, he was the Number 8 on the Central Command's list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis, and was the highest-ranking person on the list of 55 to have been taken into custody to that time.

For the duration of the war, except for a brief period to have concrete runways laid in 1943, RAF Mildenhall was involved in most of RAF Bomber Command's many offensives against Germany.

Operationally during the Cold War the Director UKWMO would have been located at the United Kingdom Regional Air Operations Command ( UK RAOC ) within Strike Command's Operations Centre nuclear bunker at RAF High Wycombe to instigate the national Four minute air raid warnings, with the Deputy Director located at a standby UK RAOC, described at the time as being " elsewhere in the UK ", but has since been revealed as being at Goosnargh near Preston within the UKWMO Western Sector nuclear bunker.

Finningley's participation in RAF Bomber Command's offensive may have been short but the station played a vital part in finishing crews with operational training for the bombing role.

As part of the IX Troop Carrier Command's desire to have its C-47 groups commence training with paratroops of the 101st Airborne Division deployed in the Salisbury Plain area, the squadrons of the 435th Troop Carrier Group arrived at Welford on 25 January 1944 from RAF Langar flying C-47s and C-53s.

A primary player in the test and evaluation mission has been the U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's Test and Experimentation Command ( now the U. S. Army Operational Test Command ), located at West Fort Hood.

Since then, both as U. S. Air Forces Korea, under the joint U. S. Forces Korea, and the U. S. Air Force component to the United States and Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command's Air Component Command, 7 AF has been an integral part of deterring aggression from North Korea.

After a period of reshuffling, Eastern Air Command's air operations began to show results.

The Command's position was comfortable for the first nine months of the war, the period known as the Phoney War.

Bomber Command used not only British aircraft but also American-built machines such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator ( although less than 2 % of Bomber Command's wartime sorties were flown by US-built aircraft ); in the case of the former they were the first to be put into battle and gave useful information on improvements before the US entered the war.

In 1940 ( and arguably the whole war ) Bomber Command was in no way capable of delivering a knock out blow to Germany so the pro bomber advocates were severely embarrassed by Fighter Command's success.

However if war broke out, the Command's area of responsibility would be extended to include British Somaliland, Aden, Iraq and the shores of the Persian Gulf.

Following the war, Hornchurch was home to Flying Training Command's Aircrew Selection Centre for 10 years before it moved to RAF Biggin Hill and the RAF station at Hornchurch closed in July 1962.

However, this was not the end of the High Command's questionable activities.

With the help of Archer, it was discovered that the High Command's illogical and often emotionally based actions were, in reality, the result of covert Romulan influence.

After the High Command's administrator, V ' Las, was revealed to be a Romulan agent, the High Command was disbanded, and a more traditional and human-friendly Vulcan government was formed.

Command's position was that the snipers could be of more assistance by continuing to provide air cover.

Command's position was that the snipers could be of more assistance by providing air cover.

Wurtsmith was the site of the Strategic Air Command's 379th Bombardment Wing consisting of one nuclear-armed B-52 bomber squadron and one air refueling squadron equipped with KC-135s.

After completing multi-engine flight training in November 1946, Allen was assigned to Strategic Air Command's 7th Bombardment Group at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, where he flew B-29 Superfortress bombers, and then the new and very long-range Convair B-36 bomber.

In April 1953 the Air Defense Command's ( ADC ) 15th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated with F-86A Sabres.

The DC-130s and U-2s remained at the Davis-Monthan until 1976, when the 100 SRW was inactivated, its DC-130s transferred to Tactical Air Command's 432d Tactical Drone Group, and its U-2s transferred to SAC's 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing ( 9 SRW ) at Beale Air Force Base, California, where U-2 Dragon Lady operations were consolidated with SR-71 Blackbird operations.

The station was built within the grounds of Hillingdon House, a 19th century mansion bought by the British Government in 1915, and became most famous for being the home of RAF Fighter Command's No. 11 Group Operations Room during the Battle of Britain.

In the 1950s, in the hills above Colville, was the Colville Air Force Station, part of the Air Defense Command's network of radar stations.

During the Dambuster Raids Royal Air Force missions in May 1943, the RAF Bomber Command's No. 5 Group and the operation HQ was in St Vincents, a building which was later owned by Aveling-Barford and housed a district council planning department.

Upon graduation he was assigned to the 2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska as an EC-135 pilot, flying the Strategic Air Command's airborne command post code-named “ Looking Glass ”.

However the conflict with Poland did not break out and the Soviet High Command's 12 January directive was to cease advance on the Neman-Bug rivers.

During the Cold War, military functions took a prominent role in Plattsburgh, which was home to Plattsburgh Air Force Base ( PAFB ) and was the location of the Strategic Air Command's primary wing on the U. S. East Coast due to its geographic desirability.

Many in the Haganah felt it was their High Command's natural role to become the leadership of the new army.

For example, No. 6 Group, which represented about one-sixth of Bomber Command's strength, was a Royal Canadian Air Force unit.