The United States 1st Air Commando Group operated in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II as part of the U.S. Tenth Air Force in support of the British Fourteenth Army in the Burma Campaign. The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was the name given to the campaigns of the Pacific War in India, Burma, Thailand, Malaya and Singapore. ... The Tenth Air Force was created for air combat operations in India and Burma during World War II. In the years since World War II, the Tenth Air Force has served the air defense and reserve training programs. ... The British Fourteenth Army, in spite of its name, was a multinational force: most of its units were from the Indian Army and there were also significant contributions from East African divisions within the British Army. ... The Burma Campaign was a campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II. It was fought primarily between Commonwealth, Chinese and American forces against the Empire of Japan. ...

After the Quebec Conference in August 1943, the 5318th Air Unit was redesignated "Provisonal Composite No. 1 Air Commandos" and tasked with supporting the Chindits. Eventually they were designated the 1st Air Commando Group. The group consisted primarily of C-47 air transports but it also contained gliders, fighter, fighter bomber, bomber and liason aircraft. Several meetings held at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, are called the Quebec Conference. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British jungle Special Forces unit that served in Burma from 1943 until 1945 as part of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long... Douglas DC-3 VH-AES at Avalon in 2003. ...

Later in the campaign under the designation of the 1st Air Commando Force, they supported other units of the British Fourteenth Army during their victorious drive to Rangoon. Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ...

After a glider training accident, the Commander of the Chindits General Orde Wingate sent the 1st Air Commando a message: Major General Charles Orde Wingate (1903-1944) was a British major general and creator of two special military units during the World War II. Beginnings Charles Orde Wingate was born February 23 1903 in India to a military family. ...

"Please be assured that we will go with your boys, any place, any time, any where."

It was adopted by the 1st Air Commando as their motto, and in an abbreviated form this is still used as the motto of the USAF Special Operations Command. Seal of the Air Force. ... AFSOC emblem Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is the major command charged with overseeing the United States Air Forces Special Operations Forces (SOF). ...

External Links

• USAF website to the Memorial of 1st Air Commando Group
• 1st Air Commando Group