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498th Bombardment Group
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498th may refer to: *498th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit *498th Nuclear Systems Wing (498 NSW), wing of the United States Air Force based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico * 498th paratroopers battalion, Romanian Land Forces brigade formed on 25 October 2011 See also * 498 (number) *498, the year 498 (CDXCVIII) of the Julian calendar *498 BC __NOTOC__ Year 498 BC was a year of the Roman calendar, pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Siculus and Flavus (or, less frequently, year 256 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 498 BC for thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
498th Bombardment Squadron
The 498th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 345th Bombardment Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, where it was inactivated on 25 June 1959. The squadron was first activated in 1942. After training in the United States as a medium bomber unit, it deployed to the Southwest Pacific Theater, where it engaged in combat, advancing from Australia, through New Guinea and the Philippines, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its combat actions. Following V-J Day, the squadron remained on Okinawa Island, Okinawa until December 1945, when it returned to the United States for inactivation. The squadron was activated again in 1954 as a tactical bomber unit. History World War II The squadron (aviation), squadron was first organized at Columbia Army Air Base, South Carolina in September 1942 as one of the four original squadrons of the 345th Bombardment Group.Maurer, ''Combat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
The 498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command stationed at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. It was inactivated on 30 September 1968. History World War II it was established in early 1942 as a III Fighter Command Operational Training Unit (OTU), and equipped with a mixture of second-line single engine training aircraft. The squadron upgraded in 1943 with P-47 Thunderbolts for Replacement Crew Training (RTU). It was inactivated in April 1944. Air Defense of the Pacific Northwest The squadron was reactivated in August 1955 as a United States Air Force Air Defense Command interceptor squadron, and assigned to Geiger Field, Washington. Its mission was to provide air defense for the Pacific Northwest. It was equipped with F-86D Sabres, and then upgraded to F-102s in 1957 and then to F-106s in 1959. It was the first operational squadron to receive the Delta Dart. On 22 October 1962, befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
498th Nuclear Systems Wing
The 498th Nuclear Systems Wing was a wing (air force unit), wing of the United States Air Force based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. World War II The wing was initially established as the 498th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy on 19 November 1943. The group remained unmanned until it was activated on 20 November 1943. The group was established at Clovis Army Air Field, New Mexico, and assigned to Second Air Force. It was to be a B-29 Superfortress group. The unit was formed with four bomb squadrons (873d Tactical Missile Squadron, 873d, 874th Tactical Missile Squadron, 874th, 875th Bombardment Squadron, 875th and 876th Bombardment Squadron, 876th), all being newly constituted. It moved to Great Bend Army Air Field, Kansas in December 1943 to begin training. Because of a shortage of B-29s, the group was equipped with former II Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortresses already at Great Bend which were previously used for training heavy bomber replacement personnel. In the sprin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
498th Paratroopers Battalion
The Romanian Special Operations Forces Command () is the special forces command of the Romanian Army formed on 01 March 2018 from the former 6th Special Operations Brigade. The Special Forces Command is headquartered in Târgu Mureș, and it is the structure through which the Chief of the General Staff exercises the control over all Special Forces units. History In the late 1990s, the Romanian Armed Forces considered the possibility of creating a unified special operations force. The Romanian Joint Chiefs of Staff had discussions in which they sought to decide whether to keep the existing orders of battle of elite units incorporated into each separate category of forces (ground forces, the air force and the navy), or to create a new, integrated unit. They decided on the latter plan, especially considering the (at that time) future integration of Romania into NATO. Rapid changes took place soon after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when the decision was made to create this new un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
498 (number)
400 (four hundred) is the natural number following 399 and preceding 401. Mathematical properties A circle is divided into 400 grads. Integers from 401 to 499 400s 401 401 is a prime number, tetranacci number, Chen prime, prime index prime * Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part * Sum of seven consecutive primes (43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71) * Sum of nine consecutive primes (29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61) * Mertens function returns 0, * Member of the Mian–Chowla sequence. 402 402 = 2 × 3 × 67, sphenic number, nontotient, Harshad number, number of graphs with 8 nodes and 9 edges * HTTP status code for "Payment Required". *The area code for Nebraska. 403 403 = 13 × 31, heptagonal number, Mertens function returns 0. * First number that is the product of an emirp pair. * HTTP 403, the status code for "Forbidden" * Also in the name of a retirement plan in the United States, 403(b). * The area code for southern Alberta. 404 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
