Cactus Air Force

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Allied air formation military air unit

Cactus Air Force was the informal name for the composite Allied air units that defended Guadalcanal from Henderson Field during the critical early stages of the Pacific War in World War II.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cactus Air Force canonical	4

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied air formation ⓘ military air unit ⓘ
baseCondition	austere forward airfield ⓘ
codeNameOfLocation	Guadalcanal ⓘ
commandStructure	1st Marine Aircraft Wing ⓘ surface form: First Marine Aircraft Wing
composedOf	Royal New Zealand Air Force units ⓘ United States Army Air Forces units ⓘ United States Marine Corps aviation units ⓘ United States Navy aviation units ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1943-02 ⓘ
facedOpponent	Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
hasAlias	CAF ⓘ Cactus ⓘ
locatedIn	Guadalcanal ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
namedAfter	code name Cactus ⓘ
notableCommander	John S. McCain Sr. ⓘ Roy Geiger ⓘ
notableFor	air defense of Guadalcanal ⓘ defense of Henderson Field ⓘ interdicting Japanese reinforcement convoys ⓘ participation in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ participation in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ participation in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ supporting U.S. Marine ground forces ⓘ
operatedAircraft	Bell P-39 Airacobra ⓘ Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ surface form: Bell P-400 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ Douglas SBD Dauntless ⓘ Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ Grumman TBF Avenger ⓘ Lockheed P-38 Lightning ⓘ Martin B-26 Marauder ⓘ
operatedFrom	Henderson Field ⓘ
partOf	Allied forces ⓘ
primaryMission	air superiority ⓘ close air support ⓘ maritime strike ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ
startTime	1942-08 ⓘ
supportedOperation	U.S. 1st Marine Division landings on Guadalcanal ⓘ defense of the Lunga perimeter ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	South Pacific Area command ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Area

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henderson Field → airUnitsBasedAt → Cactus Air Force ⓘ

Cactus → relatedCodename → Cactus Air Force ⓘ

CAF → standsFor → Cactus Air Force ⓘ

Henderson Field (World War II airfield) → associatedWith → Cactus Air Force ⓘ