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  • Eighteenth Air Force Fact Sheet

    EIGHTEENTH AIR FORCEThe Eighteenth Air Force (18 AF), headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., was first activated on March 28, 1951 to execute Tactical Air Command's troop carrier responsibilities and became operational as the Eighteenth Air Force on June 26, 1951. Based on budgetary

  • History of the Eighteenth Air Force

    Organized on March 28, 1951, at Donaldson AFB, S.C., and assigned to Tactical Air Command, the primary mission of the Eighteenth Air Force (Troop Carrier), was the training of troop carrier crews. Immediately after activation, it began to provide trained troop carrier crews and other personnel for