486th Air Expeditionary Wing
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The 486th Air Expeditionary Wing is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time.
B-24s (Square-O) of the 486th Bomb Group. Identifiable is Ford B-24M-5-FO Liberator Serial 44-50561 of the 833d Bomb Squadron. This aircraft survived the war and was sent to RFC Walnut Ridge Arizona on 3 January 1946 for scrapping.
B-17s (Square-W) of the 486th Bomb Group. Identifiable is Douglas-Long Beach B-17G-15-DL Fortress Serial 42-37891 of the 833d Bomb Squadron.
"A Fatal Tragedy" memorial plaque remembering an accident of the 486th Bomb Group that occurred on 15 October 1944 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Memorial at Barksdale Global Power Museum with a propeller from the B-17 that crashed in Sudbury (above)
501st Combat Support Wing
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The 501st Combat Support Wing is an administrative support wing of the United States Air Force, based at RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom. It is one of three wings located in the United Kingdom as components of the Third Air Force and United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE).
Airmen with the wing's 423rd Security Forces Squadron prepare to clear a building during an exercise at RAF Molesworth in 2020