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The 33rd Fighter Wing, sometimes written 33d Fighter Wing, (33 FW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Education and Training Command's Nineteenth Air Force.[1]

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  1. 86 relations: Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award, Air Combat Command, Air Education and Training Command, Air show, Boston Air Defense Sector, Carrol Chandler, Chief master sergeant, Colonel, Combat air patrol, Eastern Air Defense Force, Eglin Air Force Base, Eighth Air Force, First Air Force, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Gregory S. Martin, Grenada, Headquarters, Iceland, Jamaica, John P. Jumper, Kadena Air Base, Khobar Towers bombing, Korea, List of United States Navy aircraft wings, Lockheed F-94 Starfire, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Luke Air Force Base, Marine Aircraft Group 31, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Military tactics, Nineteenth Air Force, Ninth Air Force, NORAD, North America, North American F-86 Sabre, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop F-89 Scorpion, Operation Noble Eagle, Otis Air National Guard Base, Pacific Air Forces, Panama, Puerto Rico, Republic F-84 Thunderjet, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Royal Air Force, September 11 attacks, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Space Shuttle, ... Expand index (36 more) »

Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award

The Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award (ASOUA) is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

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Air Combat Command

The Air Combat Command (ACC) is one of nine Major Commands (MAJCOMs) in the United States Air Force, reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force (HAF) at the Pentagon.

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Air Education and Training Command

The Air Education and Training Command (AETC) is one of the nine Major Commands (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF), reporting to Headquarters, United States Air Force.

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Air show

An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited.

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Boston Air Defense Sector

The Boston Air Defense Sector (BADS) is an inactive United States Air Force Air Defense Command (ADC) organization. 33rd Fighter Wing and Boston Air Defense Sector are aerospace Defense Command units.

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Carrol Chandler

Carrol Howard "Howie" Chandler (born March 16, 1952), is a retired United States Air Force four-star general.

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Chief master sergeant

A chief master sergeant is the military rank for a senior non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Combat air patrol

Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft.

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Eastern Air Defense Force

The Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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Eglin Air Force Base

Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County.

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Eighth Air Force

The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

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First Air Force

The First Air Force (Air Forces Northern & Air Forces Space; 1 AF-AFNORTH & AFSPACE) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC). 33rd Fighter Wing and First Air Force are military units and formations in Florida.

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Gregory S. Martin

General Gregory Stuart Martin (born April 24, 1948) is a retired U.S. Air Force general and Commander, Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

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Grenada

Grenada (Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Headquarters

Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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John P. Jumper

John Phillip Jumper (born February 4, 1945) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general, who served as 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005.

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Kadena Air Base

(IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Khobar Towers bombing

The Khobar Towers bombing was a terrorist attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran and nearby King Abdulaziz Air Base on 25 June 1996.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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List of United States Navy aircraft wings

This is a list of United States Navy aircraft wings.

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Lockheed F-94 Starfire

The Lockheed F-94 Starfire is a first-generation jet powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed Corporation.

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.

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Luke Air Force Base

Luke Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

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Marine Aircraft Group 31

Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) is a United States Marine Corps aviation group based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina that is currently composed of two F/A-18C Hornet squadrons, one F/A-18A++ Hornet squadron, two F/A-18D Hornet squadrons, one F-35B Lightning II training squadron, and an aviation logistics squadron.

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McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing).

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

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Military tactics

Military tactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield.

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Nineteenth Air Force

The Nineteenth Air Force (19 AF) is an active Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force.

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Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint Department of Defense combatant command responsible for U.S.

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NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Canada and the continental United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North American F-86 Sabre

The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft.

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North American P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

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Northrop F-89 Scorpion

The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is an all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation.

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Operation Noble Eagle

Operation Noble Eagle (ONE) is the United States and Canadian military operation related to homeland security and support to federal, state, and local agencies.

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Otis Air National Guard Base

Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Pacific Air Forces

The Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Puerto Rico

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Republic F-84 Thunderjet

The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Southwest Asia Service Medal

The Southwest Asia Service Medal (SASM or SWASM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was created by order of President George H.W. Bush on March 12, 1991.

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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

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Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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Tyndall Air Force Base

Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located east of Panama City, Florida.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. 33rd Fighter Wing and United States Air Force are military units and formations established in 1947.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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VFA-101

Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101), also known as the "Grim Reapers", was a United States Navy Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) based at Eglin AFB, Florida.

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VFA-125

Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125), also known as the "Rough Raiders", is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California.

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VMFAT-501

Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) is a training squadron in the United States Marine Corps, consisting of 27 F-35B Lightning II aircraft and serves as the Fleet Replacement Squadron.

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Walker Air Force Base

Walker Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Roswell, New Mexico.

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West Asia

West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.

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William R. Looney III

General William R. Looney III, USAF (born March 5, 1949) was the 28th Commander, Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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133rd Air Refueling Squadron

The 133rd Air Refueling Squadron (133 ARS) is a unit of the New Hampshire Air National Guard 157th Air Refueling Wing located at Pease Air National Guard Base, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.

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16th Weapons Squadron

The 16th Weapons Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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18th Wing

The United States Air Force's 18th Wing is the host wing for Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan and is the Air Force's largest combat wing.

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25th Fighter Squadron

The 25th Fighter Squadron is part of the US Air Force's 51st Operations Group, 51st Fighter Wing, at Osan Air Base, South Korea. It operates the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducting close air support missions.

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26th Air Division

The 26th Air Division (26th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. 33rd Fighter Wing and 26th Air Division are aerospace Defense Command units.

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32nd Air Division

The 32d Air Division (32d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. 33rd Fighter Wing and 32nd Air Division are aerospace Defense Command units.

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337th Air Control Squadron

The 337th Air Control Squadron is part of the 33d Fighter Wing, an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) unit, based at the United States Air Force's Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. 33rd Fighter Wing and 337th Air Control Squadron are military units and formations in Florida.

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33rd Operations Group

The 33d Operations Group is the flying component of the 33d Fighter Wing, assigned to Air Education and Training Command of the United States Air Force. 33rd Fighter Wing and 33rd Operations Group are military units and formations in Florida.

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40th Flight Test Squadron

The 40th Flight Test Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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4707th Air Defense Wing

The 4707th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force organization.

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4th Fighter Squadron

The 4th Fighter Squadron, "Fighting Fuujins" is part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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509th Bomb Wing

The 509th Bomb Wing (509 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command, Eighth Air Force. 33rd Fighter Wing and 509th Bomb Wing are military units and formations established in 1947.

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50th Space Wing

The 50th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing.

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53rd Wing

The 53rd Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. 33rd Fighter Wing and 53rd Wing are military units and formations in Florida.

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56th Fighter Wing

The 56th Fighter Wing is a fighter wing in the United States Air Force. 33rd Fighter Wing and 56th Fighter Wing are fighter wings of the United States Air Force and military units and formations established in 1947.

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58th Fighter Squadron

The 58th Fighter Squadron is part of the 33d Fighter Wing, a joint graduate flying and maintenance training wing for the F-35A, B, and C, organized under Air Education and Training Command's 19th Air Force, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. 33rd Fighter Wing and 58th Fighter Squadron are military units and formations in Florida.

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59th Test and Evaluation Squadron

The 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron is a United States Air Force unit.

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60th Fighter Squadron

The 60th Fighter Squadron is a United States Air Force unit that is part of the 33d Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; It is tasked with training pilots on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II. 33rd Fighter Wing and 60th Fighter Squadron are military units and formations in Florida.

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728th Battle Management Control Squadron

The 728th Battle Management Control Squadron (formerly Air Control Squadron) is an active United States Air Force unit.

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786th Air Expeditionary Squadron

The 786th Air Expeditionary Squadron is a provisional unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) to activate or inactivate as needed.

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787th Air Expeditionary Squadron

The 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force unit, assigned to United States Air Forces Europe.

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788th Bombardment Squadron

The 788th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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789th Bombardment Squadron

The 789th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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836th Air Division

The 836th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization.

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85th Test and Evaluation Squadron

The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron is part of the 53d Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. 33rd Fighter Wing and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron are military units and formations in Florida.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Fighter_Wing

Also known as 33d Fighter Wing, 33d Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 33d Tactical Fighter Wing, 33nd Fighter Group, 33nd Fighter Wing, 33rd Fighter Interceptor Wing, 33rd Fighter Wing, (Air Defense), 33rd Fighter-Interceptor Wing, 33rd TFW, 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing.

, Tactical Air Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense, United States Marine Corps, VFA-101, VFA-125, VMFAT-501, Walker Air Force Base, West Asia, William R. Looney III, 133rd Air Refueling Squadron, 16th Weapons Squadron, 18th Wing, 25th Fighter Squadron, 26th Air Division, 32nd Air Division, 337th Air Control Squadron, 33rd Operations Group, 40th Flight Test Squadron, 4707th Air Defense Wing, 4th Fighter Squadron, 509th Bomb Wing, 50th Space Wing, 53rd Wing, 56th Fighter Wing, 58th Fighter Squadron, 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 60th Fighter Squadron, 728th Battle Management Control Squadron, 786th Air Expeditionary Squadron, 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron, 788th Bombardment Squadron, 789th Bombardment Squadron, 836th Air Division, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron.