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516th Signal Group
516th may refer to: *516th Aeronautical Systems Wing, wing of the United States Air Force assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio *516th Air Defense Group, disbanded United States Air Force organization *516th Infantry Regiment (United States) ("Bastogne Bulldogs"), a glider-borne regiment of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division *516th Signal Brigade (United States), forward based major subordinate operations and maintenance command of the 311th Signal Command *516th Strategic Fighter Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit See also *516 (number) 500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501. Mathematical properties 500 = 22 × 53. It is an Achilles number and a Harshad number, meaning it is divisible by the sum of its digits. It is the number of ... * 516, the year 516 (DXVI) of the Julian calendar * 516 BC {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
516th Aeronautical Systems Wing
The 516th Aeronautical Systems Wing is an inactive wing (air force unit), wing of the United States Air Force. It was last assigned to the Aeronautical Systems Center of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The 516th was responsible for modernization, development, test, production, deployment and sustainment of new and existing aircraft systems to meet Air Mobility Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, and special operations forces in global mobility mission areas. The wing executed a $16.9 billion budget. The wing was first activated at Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee in the military reserve force, reserve in June 1949. In 1951, it was mobilization, mobilized for the Korean War. In January 1953, the wing was inactivated and its resources were transferred to the regular 463d Troop Carrier Wing, which was simultaneously activated and assumed its personnel and equipment. The wing was again organized in 1963, when it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
516th Air Defense Group
The 516th Air Defense Group is a disbanded United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 35th Air Division at McGhee Tyson Airport, Tennessee. It was inactivated on 18 August 1955. The group was originally activated as a support unit for the 460th Bombardment Group at the end of World War II in Italy and then redeployed to the Caribbean, where it supported units redeploying from the European Theater until it was inactivated in 1945. The group was activated once again in 1953, when ADC established it as the headquarters for a dispersed fighter-interceptor squadron and the medical, maintenance, and administrative squadrons supporting it. It was replaced in 1955 when ADC transferred its mission, equipment, and personnel to the 355th Fighter Group in a project that replaced air defense groups commanding fighter squadrons with fighter groups with distinguished records during World War II. History World War II The group was first activated shortly before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
516th Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 327th Infantry Regiment (Bastogne Bulldogs) is an infantry regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army. During World War II, the 327th was a glider-borne regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. It fought during World War I as part of the 82nd Division. It has also been deployed in the Vietnam War, Gulf War, and most recently to Iraq and Afghanistan. The song "Glider Rider" describes (humorously) some of the slights that glider-borne troops felt they received from the Army during World War II; though the regiment's public fame rose with the 1949 movie ''Battleground'' about the Siege of Bastogne in late 1944. World War I In WWI the 327th Infantry Regiment served as part of the 164th Infantry Brigade in the 82nd Infantry Division. The 327th Infantry was organized on 15 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. After training, the regiment embarked to northern France, arriving in early spring 1918. Elements of the 327th Infantry moved u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
516th Signal Brigade (United States)
The 516th Signal Brigade (Tactical Theater Signal Brigade) is a forward based major subordinate operations and maintenance command of the 311th Signal Command(Theater). The Brigade supports the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). The Brigade has four signal battalions, located in Alaska, Hawaii, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, Japan. The brigade mission is to provide and defend the Pacific LandWarNet and expeditionary communications capabilities as part of U.S. Pacific Command's Theater Information Grid and the Army Enterprise in support of Joint, Combined, and Army Forces, enabling the battle command and information superiority to the Warfighter. History The 516th Signal Brigade and its battalions were reactivated on 16 October 1992, assuming the former missions of the 1106th Signal Brigade and its battalions, which were discontinued 15 October 1992. The 516th is a Modified Table of Organization and Equipment, or MTOE command, while the 1106th was a Table of Distribution and All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
516th Strategic Fighter Squadron
The 516th Strategic Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 407th Strategic Fighter Wing at Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana, where it was inactivated on 1 July 1957. The squadron was first activated in March 1943 as the 633d Bombardment Squadron and equipped with light ground attack aircraft. In July 1943, the air echelon of the squadron deployed to the Aleutian Islands to defend against the Japanese attacks there. It returned to the United States the following month and was redesignated the 516th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, while continuing to train for combat with the same mission. It became a Replacement Training Unit, but was disbanded in the spring of 1944 in a general reorganization of Army Air Forces training units. The squadron was reactivated in 1953 as part of Strategic Air Command (SAC), flying escort fighters and a few air reconnaissance aircraft. In 1954, the squadron deployed to Japan and provided air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
516 (number)
500 (five hundred) is the natural number following 499 and preceding 501. Mathematical properties 500 = 22 × 53. It is an Achilles number and a Harshad number, meaning it is divisible by the sum of its digits. It is the number of planar partitions of 10. Other fields Five hundred is also *the number that many NASCAR races often use at the end of their race names (e.g., Daytona 500), to denote the length of the race (in miles, kilometers or laps). *the longest advertised distance (in miles) of the IndyCar Series and its premier race, the Indianapolis 500. Slang names * Monkey (UK slang for £500; US slang for $500) Integers from 501 to 599 500s 501 501 = 3 × 167. It is: * the sum of the first 18 primes (a term of the sequence ). * palindromic in bases 9 (6169) and 20 (15120). 502 * 502 = 2 × 251 * vertically symmetric number 503 503 is: * a prime number. * a safe prime. * the sum of three consecutive primes (163 + 167 + 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
