The 42nd Air Division was a unit of the United States Air Force. It was established as the 42 Bombardment Wing (Dive) on 8 February 1943. The wing first saw combat in September 1943. It was inactivated in 1991.
B-52G as flown by division wings in the 1980s
Image: 42d Air Division crest
The Twelfth Air Force (12 AF; Air Forces Southern, (AFSOUTH)) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
Units and Organization of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces in January 1944.
Spitfire V of the 309th Fighter Squadron 31st Fighter Group
Boeing B-17F of 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment Group
Image: Lt Gen Norman R. Seip (2)