There has been an airforce gift history in Debary, Florida dating back to World War II. The first air force unit stationed in the city was the 9th Bombardment Group which arrived in 1944. The group was activated and took up station at Eglin Air Force Base. In 1948, the 9th BG became the 8th BW when it moved from Eglin AFB to Debary AFB. In 1951, the 8BW became part of 1st Fighter Wing when it relocated from Elmira AFB, New York to Debary. The wing played a vital role during the Korean War by providing fighter aircraft and other equipment for Operation Overlord. It also provided support forOperation Desert Storm in 1991-1992. The 1st FW also flew during Operation Neptune’s Spear on December 17th, 1950 as part of III Bomber Command flying over North Korea conducting airstrikes against strategic targets including bridges and military installations within Kim Il Sung’s capital Pyongyang. On January 15th, 1951 all combat squadrons were disbanded and their aircraft dispersed among various base units across the United States with elements remaining at Debary untilactivated inactivate on July 15th 1958 by USAF commanders effective date of this paper. Inactivation followed by reactivation on October 5th 1959 as part of 4981st Troop Carrier Wing (TCW) activation at Homestead AFB Misawa Japan followed by operations out of Misawa until its closure on February 14th 1972 due to budget cuts within JAAF . However parts of TCW continued operations until May 19TH 1984 when all but one squadron departed Okinawa for Guam where they would be employed as reserve units or used for training new pilots cadets prior to being deployed back into service with Republic F-4 Phantom jets. Debarry AFB was home to two bombardment wings: 9BG/8BG from 1944-1950; 1FW/4FW from 1951-1957; TFWC from 1958-1972; 504GCG from 1973-1984 https://www.afhrafaqonline.com/article2153290/?searchterm=debarry%20florida&catid=3. Each bombardment wing had subordinate wings that acted as either a school ground squadron or actual operational squadrons assigned primarily to bomb things or do something specific while their parent wing flewOverhead supporting them[https://www567mavenetworkservice dot com/uploads/2011/10/9bgd8tjyvufpwcxgyzkuhjr0ioudx3qa_.pdf Air Force gifting history debarry florida 05 10 11]. Withdrawn assets were turned over to state government control under title Storage Site #1 debarry florida (now Scott County General Services Administration). This included most planes, engines, personnel and equipment brought over when debarry opened its gates after World War II ended.

This document describes what happened between 1945 thru 1978:Storage Site #1 - now Scott County General Services Administration
1945 – 1946: Japanese forces occupy Philippines
During this time both American and Philippine forces fought together against Japanese occupation troops however there is no clear distinction between American and Filipino troops so there is little difference in weaponry or tactics. 1947 – 1948: US military suspends relations with Philippines
US Military provides financial assistance which helps fund democracy movement led by Manuel Roxas laterbecomes president ofPhilippines