Eighth Air Force | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-21

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00:02:14 1 Overview
00:05:13 2 History
00:07:39 2.1 Start of offensive operations against Nazi-occupied territory
00:09:01 2.2 World War II (1944–1945)
00:10:54 2.2.1 Big Week
00:14:02 2.2.2 Berlin
00:16:04 2.2.3 Prelude to Overlord
00:17:28 2.2.4 Defeat of the Luftwaffe
00:22:33 2.2.5 Destroying the German oil industry
00:24:27 2.2.6 Casualties and awards
00:25:31 2.2.7 Victory in Europe
00:31:06 2.2.8 Pacific Theater
00:32:57 2.3 Strategic Air Command
00:34:13 2.3.1 Bomb units
00:40:06 2.3.2 Fighter units
00:44:01 2.3.3 Korean War
00:46:03 2.3.4 Cold War
00:48:05 2.3.5 Vietnam War
00:49:46 2.3.6 Operations over Iraq
00:50:43 2.4 History from June 1992
00:54:56 2.4.1 Air Force Global Strike Command
00:56:45 3 Lineage, assignments, components, and stations
00:56:57 3.1 Lineage
00:57:32 3.2 Assignments
00:58:22 3.3 Major components
00:58:58 3.3.1 Divisions during World War II
01:09:05 3.3.2 Divisions (Strategic Air Command)
01:09:15 3.3.3 Wings
01:10:18 3.3.4 Groups
01:10:44 3.3.5 Centers
01:11:10 3.4 Stations
01:11:19 4 See also



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The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (8 AF) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's  Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forces Strategic – Global Strike, one of the air components of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). The Eighth Air Force includes the heart of America's heavy bomber force: the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, the B-1 Lancer supersonic bomber, and the B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber aircraft.
Established on 22 February 1944 by the redesignation of VIII Bomber Command at RAF Daws Hill in High Wycombe, England, the Eighth Army Air Force (8 AAF) was a United States Army Air Forces combat air force in the European Theater of World War II (1939/41–1945), engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe AOR; carrying out strategic bombing of enemy targets in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; and engaging in air-to-air fighter combat against enemy aircraft until the German capitulation in May 1945. It was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment.
During the Cold War (1945–1991), 8 AF was one of three Numbered Air Forces of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC), with a three-star general headquartered at Westover AFB, Massachusetts commanding USAF strategic bombers and missiles on a global scale. Elements of 8 AF engaged in combat operations during the Korean War (1950–1953); Vietnam War (1961–1975),  as well as Operation Desert Storm (1990–1991) over Iraq and occupied Kuwait in the First Persian Gulf War.