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US Airforce Homepage                                                               
The Official web page of the United States Airforce. This site includes airforce history and general information.

Air Force One
Air Force One is a Boeing 747-200B aircraft that was extensively modified to meet presidential requirements. The original paint scheme was designed at the request of President John F. Kennedy, who wanted the airplane to reflect the spirit of the national character.

History of Willow Run
By the late 1930's, American complacency was being shaken by Nazi aggression in Europe. The 1939 Hitler-Stalin Pact brought many of the American workers, who had been sympathetic to Russia and against entering the war, over to the side of those who favored involvement.

Air Force Link
the official World Wide Web site of the United States Air Force. The Mission of the U.S. Air Force is to defend the United States through control and exploitation of air and space

12th Tactical Fighter Wing
This web page is dedicated to the men and women veterans of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing. Some of these 12th Tactical Fighter Wing veterans have formed an independent association which includes organizations such as bomb groups and other units that once or still had/have a designation including the number "12" associated with their unit. While this web page does not sanction organizations and/or their objectives other than 12th Tactical Fighter Wing entities,

Special Tactics .com

1st Fighter Squadron
Information on the 1st Fighter Squadron--the Fighting Furies .

Air Combat Command
This is a fact sheet published by the US Air Force. It describes the command, its different units, and taskings.

Air Force Fact Sheets
These fact sheets contain information on various Air Force missiles, aircraft, and selected high-interest subjects. Many excellent images are also provided.

Air Force Flight Test Center
The Air Force Flight Test Center is located at Edwards Air Force Base in California. "From America's first jet airplane to the landings of the Space Shuttle, this historic base has been the scene of more major milestones in flight than any other place on earth." Murphy's Law was supposedly born here (if anything can go wrong it will). You can also see other historical tidbits, as well as information on the Center's testing facilities with everything you need to know about testing at Edwards, and the technology partnership between the Air Force and local government, small business & academia.

Air Force News Agency
This Agency communicates news, information and entertainment through print and electronic media, which keeps families and the American public informed during peace and war. There are many other services this Agency provides, and you can learn about them at this site.

Air Force Reserve Command Home Page
The Command's home page includes a brief history, information on joining, and publications.

Air Force Research Laboratory
The Laboratory's mission is to 'lead the discovery, development, and transition of affordable, integrated technologies for our air and space forces -- to keep our Air Force the best in the world.' They accomplish this by the use of their nine technology directorates located throughout the US and are in partnership with universities and industry with whom they invest almost 80 percent of their budget.

Air Force Space Command Link
This site contains fact sheets, photos, news articles, and general information about the Air Force Space Command.

Air Force Special Operations Command
Contains general information and images pertaining to this command.

Hurricane Hunters Home Page
The Hurricane Hunters are actually the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve - the only Department of Defense organization flying into tropical storms and hurricanes on a routine basis. Be sure and take the Cyberflight into the Eye of Hurricane Opal, and check out their photo gallery.

United States Air Force Museum
Take a virtual tour of the USAF Museum. There are some really great pictures available for viewing at this site

US Air Force Academy
Home page of the Air Force Academy.

Kunsan Air Base
 

• 10th Air Force - tribute to those who served in this unit in the China-Burma-India theater during WW II.
   
• 15th Army Air Force
   
• 22nd Bomb Groop, 5th Air Force
   
• 341st Bomb Group - narrative and photo information about the men, aircraft and activities of this China, Burma, and India based USAAF unit.
   
• 381st Bomb Group - stationed in Ridgewell, England during WWII.
   
• 390th Bomb Group
   
• 457th Bomb Group Page - pictures and stories of one man's bomber crew flying B-17 Flying Fortresses in WW II.
   
• 467th Bombardment Group - dedicated to the men who flew and maintained the B-24 Bomber with the 467th, 8th Air Force, 2nd Air Division.
   
• 4th Fighter Group Resource Page - including personnel, planes and links.
• 5th AAF, 43rd BG - learn about the men and their planes while listening to music from the 40s.
   
• 777th Bombardment Squadron & 464th Bombardment Group - history, photos and mission records of J. D. Waldrop, tail gunner on a B-24.
   
• 82nd Airborne Division - information on the troopers, the battles, and more.
   
• 8th Army Air Force (6)  
   
• 91st Bomb Group (H) - historical aspects of the B-17 Flying Fortress in WWII.
   
• 94th Bomb Group Memorial Association - dedicated to all who served with the 94th BG, Bury St Edmunds, Rougham, England 1942-1945.
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• American Aircraft of World War II
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• Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force - AVG and CATF that served in WWII under the direction of Gen.Chennault.
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• Flying Tigers: American Volunteer Group - about their operations in the defense of China from Japan.
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• Heavy Bombers - on-line resource and research guide to the USAAF Heavy Bomber Groups: B-17, B-24, and B-29.
  
• Lost Squadron - details the story of Glacier Girl, the P-38 recovered from the Greenland glacier.
  
• U.S.A.A.F Resource Page - devoted to the keeping and dissemination of the history of those who served with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

• A-Bomb Science Project - pictures, movies, mushroom cloud, effects, and scientific principles.
  
• A-Bomb WWW Museum-includes a description of the first atomic bomb, photos from the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, and interviews with A­bomb survivors.
  
• Anno Atomi: Growing Up with the Atom - press releases and images document the atomic weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site in 1957.
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• Atom Bomb - information about the atom bomb including why they dropped the bomb, Manhattan Project and deaths by the bomb compared to other deaths during the war.
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• Atomic Archive - explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb.
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• Atomic Bomb: Decision-archive of documents relating to the atomic bomb project and the decision to employ it against Japan.
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• Bombshell - book by Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel that exposes previously unknown American physicist turned Soviet spy, who now relates how/why he passed atomic bomb secrets. Download once secret FBI and KGB files. Great Links.
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• Chronological Table of Nuclear Weapons - timeline in the development of the destructive power of the atom.
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• Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb - debate over the use of the bomb, using Gar Alperovitz's book as a starting point.
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• Enola Gay 
• Enola Gay - Former Exhibition Information
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki - exploration of the domestic, military and foreign policy pressures on President Truman to drop the bombs and an analysis of alternatives that could/should have been attempted.
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• Hiroshima: Was it Necessary? - why dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was probably unnecessary. Includes a bibliography, and the historians' letter to the Smithsonian on Enola Gay exhibit.
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• Infinity City - art by Ann Rosenthal and Stephen Moore that explores life in the atomic age. Included are works in observance of the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima a Nagasaki bombings.
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• Nuclear Arms and the Human Race - an NHK-TV Internet forum.

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