1st Air Commando Group

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The 1st Air Commando Group was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Forces special operations unit in World War II, noted for its innovative air support, transport, and rescue missions in the China-Burma-India theater.

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1st Air Commando Group canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army Air Forces unit ⓘ
special operations unit ⓘ
aircraftUsed C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
CG-4A Waco glider ⓘ
linked to: Waco CG-4 glider

L-1 Vigilant ⓘ
L-5 Sentinel ⓘ
P-51 Mustang ⓘ
UC-64 Norseman ⓘ
allegiance United States Army ⓘ
basedIn Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

India ⓘ
branch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
commandStructure United States Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
decoratedFor operations in Burma ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
formed 1943 ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest dedicated air commando organizations in U.S. military history ⓘ
innovation integrated use of fighters, transports, gliders, and liaison aircraft in special operations ⓘ
legacy precursor to modern U.S. Air Force special operations forces ⓘ
missionType aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
airborne assault support ⓘ
covert operations support ⓘ
notableFor pioneering special operations aviation tactics ⓘ
support of long-range penetration operations in Burma ⓘ
operation aerial resupply missions in Burma ⓘ
air evacuation of wounded personnel ⓘ
close air support for special operations forces ⓘ
glider operations in support of ground forces ⓘ
insertion and extraction of special operations troops ⓘ
partOf Tenth Air Force ⓘ
primaryObjective support of Allied long-range penetration groups behind Japanese lines ⓘ
role air commando operations ⓘ
air rescue ⓘ
air support ⓘ
air transport ⓘ
supportedCommander Orde Wingate ⓘ
supportedUnit Chindits ⓘ
theater China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
usedTactic airlanding of troops by glider into jungle clearings ⓘ
night supply drops to isolated ground forces ⓘ
short takeoff and landing operations on improvised airstrips ⓘ

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Chindits → supportedBy → 1st Air Commando Group ⓘ
Operation Thursday → supportedBy → 1st Air Commando Group ⓘ