{"id":81,"date":"2008-02-01T20:43:57","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T20:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dallas111.arvixeshared.com\/~grandpa\/military\/2008\/02\/01\/15th-usaaf\/"},"modified":"2015-09-27T18:54:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T18:54:39","slug":"15th-usaaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"15th Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F81&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png?w=640\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F81&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lotsastuff.info\/military\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png?w=640\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p> Constituted as Fifteenth AF on 30 Oct 1943. Activated in the Mediterranean theater on 1 Nov 1943. Began operations on 2 Nov and engaged primarily in strategic bombardment of targets in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans until the end of the war. Inactivated in Italy on 15 Sep 1945. Activated in the US on 31 Mar 1946. Assigned to Strategic Air Command.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Wings<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div> \t5th Bombardment: 1943-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t42d Bombardment: 1943.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t47th Bombardment: 1944-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t49th Bombardment: 1944-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t55th Bombardment: 1944-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t304th Bombardment: 1943-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t305th Bombardment: 1943-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t306th Fighter: 1944-1945.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \t307th Bombardment: 1944.  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <strong>Stations<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div> \tTunis, Tunisia, 1 Nov 1943  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tBari, Italy, 1 Dec 1943-15 Sep 1945  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tColorado Springs, Colo, 31 Mar 1946  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tMarch AFB, Calif, 7 Nov 1949-. \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <strong>Commanders<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div> \tMaj Gen James H Doolittle, 1 Nov 1943  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tMaj Gen Nathan F Twining, 3 Jan 1944  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tBrig Gen James A Mollison, 26 May 1945  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tBrig Gen William L Lee, 3 Aug 1945  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tCol Elmer J Rogers Jr, 31 Aug-15 Sep 1945  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tMaj Gen Charles F Born, 31 Mar 1946  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tBrig Gen Leon W Johnson, 24 Apr 1947  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tMaj Gen Emmett O&#8217;Donnell Jr, 6 Oct 1948  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tMaj Gen Walter C Sweeney Jr, 20 Apr 1953  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tMaj Gen Archie J Old Jr, c. 20 Aug 1955 \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <strong>Campaigns<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div> \tAir Combat, EAME Theater  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tAir Offensive, Europe  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tNaples-Foggia  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tAnzio  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tRome-Arno  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tNormandy  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tNorthern France  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tSouthern France  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tNorth Apennines  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tRhineland  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tCentral Europe  \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div> \tPo Valley. \t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Decorations. None  <\/p>\n<p> Insigne. On a blue disc a white star charged with a red disc in the center and with golden orange stylized wings below a golden orange Arabic numeral &quot;15&quot;, all within a golden orange annulet. (Approved 19 Feb 1944.)  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constituted as Fifteenth AF on 30 Oct 1943. Activated in the Mediterranean theater on 1 Nov 1943. Began operations on 2 Nov and engaged primarily in strategic bombardment of targets in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans until the end of the war. 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