553d Fighter-Bomber Squadron
The 553d Fighter-Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 386th Fighter-Bomber Group at Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana, where it was inactivated on 8 July 1957.
F-86 Sabre as flown by the squadron
386th Bomb Group B-26s returning from a combat mission
Squadron A-26 Invader at Beaumont-sur-Oise Airfield
386th Air Expeditionary Wing
The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing (386 AEW) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to United States Air Forces Central. As a provisional unit, it may be activated or inactivated at any time. It is currently stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait in Southwest Asia. During World War II, the group's predecessor unit, the 386th Bombardment Group (Medium) was a B-26 Marauder bombardment group assigned to the Eighth and later Ninth Air Force. During the Battle of Normandy, it supported Allied forces at Caen, and participated in the massive blows against the enemy at Saint-Lô on 25 July 1944. The unit knocked out targets to help clear the Falaise pocket of German forces in August 1944 and hit strong points at Brest during September.
Martin B-26B Marauder 41-31737, 552d Bomb Squadron
Martin B-26B Marauder 41-17876, 552d Bomb Squadron
Martin B-26C Marauder 41-34946 555th Bomb Squadron
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Weeks, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals an EC-130H Compass Call on the flightline