416th Air Expeditionary Wing
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The 416th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) is a provisional unit assigned to the Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force to activate or inactivate as needed.
A 416th Air Expeditionary Group airman positions a fire bottle while preparing a C-17 Globemaster III for parking
A-20 from the 416th Bomb Group making a bomb run on D-Day, 6 June 1944
Flight of A-20 from the 416th Bomb Group making a bomb run
416th Bombardment Group Douglas A-26 Invader, Laon/Athies Airfield (A-69), France, 1945
III Tactical Air Command
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The III Tactical Air Command was a United States Army Air Forces formation. Its last assignment was with Third Air Force stationed at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. It was disbanded on 24 October 1945. The command was established in 1941 as the 3rd Air Support Command. It was responsible for training tactical units and aircrews for the Army Air Forces, except for the period from August 1943 through March 1944, when it specialized in training reconnaissance units.
A-20 Havoc light bomber from a training unit