Angkatan Udara Timur Jauh (Amerika Serikat)
Angkatan Udara Timur Jauh Far East Air Force | |
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![]() Pesawat-pesawat A-27 dari 17th Pursuit Squadron di Pangkalan Nichols, November 1941. | |
Aktif | 16 November 1941 – 5 Februari 1942 |
Negara | Amerika Serikat |
Cabang | Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat Korps Udara Angkatan Darat Filipina |
Peran | Pertahanan udara Persemakmuran Filipina |
Jumlah personel | S. 6,500 personil S. 300 pesawat |
Bagian dari | Pasukan Timur Jauh Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
Markas | Pangkalan Nielson, Luzon |
Tokoh | |
Tokoh berjasa | Lewis H. Brereton |
Angkatan Udara Timur Jauh (Far East Air Force, FEAF) adalah organisasi penerbangan militer Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat di Filipina yang dibentuk tepat sebelum dan permulaan Perang Dunia II. Dibentuk pada 16 November 1941, FEAF adalah pendahulu Fifth Air Force dari Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat dan Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat.
Referensi
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Pranala luar
- Unit History of the 27th Bomb Group