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style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">Battle honours</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theater of World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Col. Raymond A. Smith, JR.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">445th Operations Group Emblem</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:445th_Operations_Group.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/445th_Operations_Group.png/175px-445th_Operations_Group.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/445th_Operations_Group.png/263px-445th_Operations_Group.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/445th_Operations_Group.png/350px-445th_Operations_Group.png 2x" data-file-width="1824" data-file-height="1804" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>445th Operations Group (445 OG)</b> is the flying component of the <a href="/wiki/445th_Airlift_Wing" title="445th Airlift Wing">445th Airlift Wing</a>, assigned to <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth Air Force</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Force Reserve">United States Air Force Reserve</a>. The group is stationed at <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson Air Force Base</a>, Ohio. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was first activated during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as the <b>445th Bombardment Group</b>, a <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> unit stationed in England with <a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a>. The 445th was stationed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">RAF Tibenham</a> in late 1943. The group earned a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> on 24 February 1944 for attacking an aircraft assembly plant at <a href="/wiki/Gotha_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotha (town)">Gotha</a>, in Central Germany, losing thirteen aircraft. The 445th also earned the <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre" title="Croix de Guerre">French Croix de Guerre with Palm</a> for its operations supporting the liberation of France. The 445th was actor <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">Jimmy Stewart</a>'s original <a href="/wiki/Bombardment_group" title="Bombardment group">bombardment group</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) reactivated the group in the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> in 1947. In June 1949 it was inactivated when <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> reorganized its reserve units under the <a href="/wiki/Hobson_Plan" title="Hobson Plan">wing base reorganization plan</a>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the group was again active at as the <b>445th Fighter-Bomber Group</b>, the operational element of the <a href="/wiki/445th_Fighter-Bomber_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="445th Fighter-Bomber Wing">445th Fighter-Bomber Wing</a> near <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>. In 1957 the group moved to <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Municipal_Airport" title="Memphis Municipal Airport">Memphis Municipal Airport</a>, where it replaced the <a href="/wiki/319th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Fighter-Bomber Group">319th Fighter-Bomber Group</a> and converted to a troop carrier mission when USAF decided to concentrate its reserve fighter resources in the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>. The group was inactivated a year later when its parent wing converted to the dual deputy organization and its operational squadrons were assigned directly to the <a href="/wiki/445th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="445th Troop Carrier Wing">445th Troop Carrier Wing</a>. </p><p>In 1992 the group once again assumed its role as the operational element of the <b>445th Airlift Wing</b> under the USAF objective wing organization and became an associate unit of the active duty <a href="/wiki/63d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Operations Group">63d Operations Group</a>. The following year, the group moved to <a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March Air Reserve Base</a>, California when <a href="/wiki/Norton_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Norton AFB">Norton AFB</a> closed. In the spring of 1994 the active duty <a href="/wiki/63d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Airlift Wing">63d Airlift Wing</a> and its elements inactivated and reserve <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> units joined with the <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">air refueling</a> units already assigned to the <a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d Air Mobility Wing</a> or inactivated. The 445th was activated again later that year at Wright-Patterson as a stand-alone <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">Lockheed C-141 Starlifter</a> organization. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>445th Operations Group</b> is a unit of <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve Command</a> that in the event of mobilization would be gained by <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a>. it is currently assigned nine <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-17_Globemaster_III" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III">McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III</a> aircraft. The 445 Operation Group's mission is to attain and maintain operational readiness; provide strategic transport of personnel and equipment; provide aeromedical evacuation; and recruit and train toward these goals.<sup id="cite_ref-AFRC445facts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFRC445facts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assigned_units">Assigned units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Assigned units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/89th_Airlift_Squadron" title="89th Airlift Squadron">89th Airlift Squadron</a></li> <li>445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron</li> <li>445th Operations Support Squadron</li> <li>445th Airlift Control Flight</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>For additional history and lineage, see <a href="/wiki/445th_Airlift_Wing" title="445th Airlift Wing">445th Airlift Wing</a></i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:445bg-b-24.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/445bg-b-24.jpg/220px-445bg-b-24.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/445bg-b-24.jpg/330px-445bg-b-24.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/445bg-b-24.jpg/440px-445bg-b-24.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="462" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberators</a> of the 445th Bomb Group on a mission over enemy-occupied territory</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>445th Bombardment Group</b> was activated 1 April 1943 at Gowen Field in Idaho, where initial organization took place while key personnel traveled to <a href="/wiki/Orlando_AAB" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando AAB">Orlando AAB</a>, Florida for training with the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces_School_of_Applied_Tactics" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics">Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic11_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its original components were the <a href="/wiki/700th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="700th Bombardment Squadron">700th</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer706_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer706-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/701st_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="701st Bombardment Squadron">701st</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer707_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer707-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/702d_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Bombardment Squadron">702d</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer708_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer708-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/703d_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Bombardment Squadron">703d Bombardment Squadrons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer709_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer709-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both elements met at <a href="/wiki/Wendover_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Wendover Army Air Field">Wendover Army Air Field</a>, Utah on 8 June 1943, where initial training with the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> took place. While the group was at Wendover, it was joined by actor <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">Jimmy Stewart</a> as the operations officer, then the <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">commander</a> of the 703d Bombardment Squadron. The group moved to <a href="/wiki/Sioux_City_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux City Army Air Base">Sioux City Army Air Base</a>, Iowa in July 1943 to complete training. In late August and early September, the group lost three B-24s to training accidents. In September the group began to receive B-24H aircraft, the model of the Liberator they would fly in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic11_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 October 1943 the ground echelon moved to Camp Shanks, New York and embarked on the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary" title="RMS Queen Mary">RMS <i>Queen Mary</i></a> on 26 October 1943, sailing next day. The unit arrived in the <a href="/wiki/Firth_of_Clyde" title="Firth of Clyde">Firth of Clyde</a>, Scotland on 2 November 1943 and disembarked at <a href="/wiki/Gourock" title="Gourock">Gourock</a>. The air echelon departed Sioux City late in October 1943 and flew to the United Kingdom via the southern route: Florida, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and West Africa, although one plane was lost en route.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon arrival in England, the group was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="2nd Combat Bombardment Wing">2nd Combat Bombardment Wing</a> and stationed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">RAF Tibenham</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was initially given a tail code of "Circle-F".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 445th entered combat on 13 December 1943 by attacking <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> installations at <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a>. Only fifteen crews were considered fit for this mission which was heavily defended area. It suffered its first combat loss on 20 December in an attack against <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit operated primarily as a strategic bombardment organization until the war ended, striking such targets as industries in <a href="/wiki/Osnabr%C3%BCck" title="Osnabrück">Osnabrück</a>, synthetic oil plants in Lutzendorf, chemical works in <a href="/wiki/Ludwigshafen" title="Ludwigshafen">Ludwigshafen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshalling_yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalling yards">marshalling yards</a> at Hamm, an <a href="/wiki/Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfield">airfield</a> at <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, an ammunition plant at Duneberg, underground oil storage facilities at Ehmen, and factories at <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg/220px-701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg/330px-701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg/440px-701st_Bombardment_Squadron_-_B-24_Liberator.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1284" /></a><figcaption>B-24 of <a href="/wiki/701st_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="701st Bombardment Squadron">701st Bombardment Squadron</a> Showing Group Circle F tail marking</figcaption></figure> <p>The group participated in the Allied campaign against the German aircraft industry during <a href="/wiki/Big_Week" title="Big Week">Big Week</a>, from 20 to 25 February 1944, being awarded a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> for attacking a <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Bf 110</a> aircraft assembly plant at <a href="/wiki/Gotha_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gotha (town)">Gotha</a> on 24 February.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirteen of the group's twenty-five attacking aircraft were lost along with 122 <a href="/wiki/Aircrew" title="Aircrew">aircrew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic24_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic24-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the longest running, continuous air battle of World War II – some two and a half hours of fighter attacks and flak en route and leaving the target area.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bomb damage assessment photographs showed that the plant was knocked out of production indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic24_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic24-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group occasionally flew <a href="/wiki/Air_interdiction" title="Air interdiction">air interdiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Close_Air_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="Close Air Support">air support</a> missions. It helped to prepare for the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> by bombing airfields, <a href="/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb" title="V-1 flying bomb">V-1</a> and <a href="/wiki/V-2_rocket" title="V-2 rocket">V-2</a> launch sites, and other targets. The unit attacked shore installations on <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a>, 6 June 1944 with 81 sorties<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and supported ground forces at <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a> by striking enemy defenses in July 1944. During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>, between December 1944 and January 1945 it bombed German communications. Early on 24 March 1945 the 445th dropped food, medical supplies, and ammunition to troops that landed near <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">airborne assault across the Rhine</a> and that afternoon flew a bombing mission to the same area, hitting a landing ground at Stormede.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On occasion the unit dropped <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a> leaflets and hauled fuel to France. It was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre" title="Croix de Guerre">Croix de Guerre</a> with Palm by the French government for operations in the theater from December 1943 to February 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> supplying the resistance. </p><p>By far, the 445th's most tragic mission is the <a href="/wiki/Kassel_Mission" title="Kassel Mission">attack on Kassel</a><sup id="cite_ref-kasselmission_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kasselmission-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 27 September 1944. In cloud, the navigator of the lead bomber miscalculated and the 35 planes left the bomber stream of the 2d Air Division and proceeded to <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6ttingen" title="Göttingen">Göttingen</a> some 35 miles (56 km) from the primary target. After the bomb run, the group was alone in the skies and was attacked from the rear by an estimated 150 <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> planes, resulting in the most concentrated air battle in history. The Luftwaffe unit was a <i>Sturmgruppe</i>, a special unit intended to attack bombers by flying in tight formations of up to ten fighters in line abreast. This was intended to break the bomber formation at a single pass. The <a href="/wiki/361st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="361st Fighter Group">361st Fighter Group</a> intervened, preventing complete destruction of the Group. Twenty-nine German and 25 American planes went down in a 15-mile (24 km) radius. Only four 445th planes made it back to the base – two crashing in France, one in Belgium, another at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Old_Buckenham" title="RAF Old Buckenham">RAF Old Buckenham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kasselmission_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kasselmission-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two landed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a>. Only one of the 35 attacking aircraft was fit to fly next day, but 445th sent 10 planes to the same target, Kassel.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the end of the air war in Europe, the 445th flew low level "Trolley" missions over Germany carrying ground personnel so they could see the result of their efforts during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic42_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic42-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's air echelon departed Tibenham on 17 May 1945, and departed the United Kingdom on 20 May 1945. The 703rd BS ground echelon sailed on <a href="/wiki/USAT_Argentina" class="mw-redirect" title="USAT Argentina">USAT <i>Argentina</i></a> from Southampton and the other squadrons on the USAT <i>Cristobal</i> from Bristol.<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic42_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic42-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both ships arrived at New York on 8 June 1945. Personnel were given 30 days R&R. The group reestablished at Fort Dix, New Jersey, with the exception of the air echelon, which had flown to <a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux Falls Army Air Field">Sioux Falls Army Air Field</a>, South Dakota. Most personnel were discharged or transferred to other units, and only a handful were left<sup id="cite_ref-Birsic42_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birsic42-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when the group was inactivated on 12 September 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During World War II, the group flew 280 missions, losing 138 B-24s.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG/220px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG/330px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG/440px-Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_USAF.JPG 2x" data-file-width="561" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortress</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>445th Bombardment Group</b> was activated again in the Reserve during the summer of 1947 at <a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord Field</a>, Washington as a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a> very heavy bombardment group<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and assigned two of its World War II squadrons, the 700th<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer706_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer706-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 701st.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer707_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer707-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the summer it added two additional squadrons located at <a href="/wiki/Hill_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill Field">Hill Field</a>, Utah,<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer708_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer708-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer83_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer83-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/15th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Bombardment Squadron">15th</a> and 702d Bombardment Squadrons. At the beginning of 1948 it added a third squadron at McChord, the 703d, although the squadron moved away in May and was reassigned.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer709_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer709-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group was inactivated in June 1949<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer319_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> reorganized to the <a href="/wiki/Hobson_Plan" title="Hobson Plan">wing base organizational model</a>. It was replaced at McChord by the <a href="/wiki/302d_Troop_Carrier_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="302d Troop Carrier Group">302d Troop Carrier Group</a> of the <a href="/wiki/302d_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="302d Troop Carrier Wing">302d Troop Carrier Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It does not appear that the squadrons at Hill were ever equipped with aircraft<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer708_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer708-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer83_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer83-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reserve training at Hill was continued by the 9013th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Wing.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group was activated again in the reserves as the <b>445th Fighter-Bomber Group</b>, an element of the <a href="/wiki/445th_Fighter-Bomber_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="445th Fighter-Bomber Wing">445th Fighter-Bomber Wing</a> in 1952 at <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Niagara_International_Airport" title="Buffalo Niagara International Airport">Buffalo Municipal Airport</a>, New York with the 700th, 701st and 702d Fighter-Bomber Squadrons assigned. Although designated as a fighter unit, until 1955 the group primarily flew <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6" class="mw-redirect" title="North American T-6">North American T-6</a> aircraft,<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it was equipped with a few <a href="/wiki/North_American_F-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="North American F-51 Mustang">North American F-51 Mustangs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-80_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star">Lockheed F-80 Shooting Stars</a>. In 1955 the group moved a few miles to <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_Air_Reserve_Station" title="Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station">Niagara Falls Municipal Airport</a> and converted to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">Republic F-84 Thunderjet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg/220px-US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg/330px-US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg/440px-US_Air_Force_061010-F-9999R-001_C-119_a_big_player_in_%27Chutes_and_Cargo%27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1253" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild C-119">Fairchild C-119</a> of the Air Force Reserve</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1957 the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> realigned its reserve forces, transferring all <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> organizations flew <a href="/wiki/Tactical_airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Tactical airlift">tactical airlift</a> aircraft. As a result, the 445th redesignated as the <b>445th Troop Carrier Group</b> in September and its remaining squadron began training in <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a> aircraft. In July 1957 reserve operations at Niagara Falls had been reduced to a single squadron when the 701st and 702d squadrons inactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer707_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer707-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer708_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer708-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid-November 1957 the 445th Group moved to <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Municipal_Airport" title="Memphis Municipal Airport">Memphis Municipal Airport</a>, Tennessee,<sup id="cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it replaced the <a href="/wiki/319th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Fighter-Bomber Group">319th Fighter-Bomber Group</a> and reserve operations at Niagara Falls were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/64th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="64th Troop Carrier Squadron">64th Troop Carrier Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 445th wing and the 700th squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/Dobbins_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dobbins AFB">Dobbins AFB</a>, Georgia at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer706_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer706-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simultaneously, the 701st and 702d Troop Carrier Squadrons were reactivated and joined the group at its new station, while the <a href="/wiki/357th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="357th Troop Carrier Squadron">357th Troop Carrier Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/Donaldson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Donaldson AFB">Donaldson AFB</a>, South Carolina was reassigned to the group.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer445_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer445-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a> reorganized under the dual deputy system. The group was inactivated,<sup id="cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its squadrons transferred directly to the 445th Troop Carrier Wing.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg/220px-445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg/330px-445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg/440px-445operationsgroup-c5A-70-0457.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="665" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5A_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed C-5A Galaxy">Lockheed C-5A Galaxy</a> 70-0457, "City of Fairborn" of the <a href="/wiki/89th_Airlift_Squadron" title="89th Airlift Squadron">89th Airlift Squadron</a> was the first C-5 transferred to <a href="/wiki/Wright_Patterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright Patterson AFB">Wright Patterson AFB</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1992 the group once again assumed its role as the operational element of the 445th Airlift Wing under the USAF Objective Wing organization. The 445th wing had been a reserve associate of the active duty <a href="/wiki/63d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Airlift Wing">63d Airlift Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Norton_Air_Force_Base" title="Norton Air Force Base">Norton Air Force Base</a>, California since 1973. Under the reserve associate concept, the 445th wing had no aircraft of its own, but its reservists flew and maintained the 63d wing's aircraft alongside the regular airman assigned to the 63d.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 1992, the group was again activated as the <b>445th Operations Group</b> and became an associate unit of the active duty <a href="/wiki/63d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Operations Group">63d Operations Group</a>. The <a href="/wiki/729th_Airlift_Squadron" title="729th Airlift Squadron">729th</a> and <a href="/wiki/730th_Airlift_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="730th Airlift Squadron">730th Airlift Squadrons</a> were reassigned from the wing to the group,<sup id="cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <b>445th Operations Support Flight</b> was activated under the group. </p><p>The following year both wings and their subordinate elements moved to <a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March Air Reserve Base</a>, California as <a href="/wiki/Norton_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Norton AFB">Norton AFB</a> closed.<sup id="cite_ref-445AWfacts_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445AWfacts-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> had combined <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">air refueling</a> units at a number of locations into what were designated "Air Mobility Wings." In the spring of 1994 the active duty <a href="/wiki/63d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Airlift Wing">63d Airlift Wing</a> and its elements inactivated at March and reserve <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> units were joined with the <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">air refueling</a> units already assigned to the <a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d Air Mobility Wing</a>, while the 445th wing and group inactivated.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 445th was activated again later that year at <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright-Patterson AFB">Wright-Patterson AFB</a>, Ohio as a stand-alone <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">Lockheed C-141 Starlifter</a> organization. It absorbed two squadrons already stationed at Wright-Patterson, the <a href="/wiki/89th_Airlift_Squadron" title="89th Airlift Squadron">89th Airlift Squadron</a> from the 906th Operations Group<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/356th_Airlift_Squadron" title="356th Airlift Squadron">356th Airlift Squadron</a> from the 907th Operations Group<b>.</b><sup id="cite_ref-356ASfacts_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-356ASfacts-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, the 356th inactivated<sup id="cite_ref-356ASfacts_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-356ASfacts-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the 89th and the 445th converted to <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">Lockheed C-5 Galaxys</a> and in 2011 to <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-17" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas C-17">McDonnell Douglas C-17s</a>. The group trained for and flew strategic airlift missions worldwide, performing channel flights and special assignment airlift missions. It participated in various contingency and humanitarian operations and training exercises. The group also tested and calibrated the laser detection and ranging (<a href="/wiki/Lidar#Military" title="Lidar">LADAR</a>) system.<sup id="cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lineage">Lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Established as <b>445 Bombardment Group</b> (Heavy) on 20 March 1943</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 April 1943</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>445 Bombardment Group</b>, Heavy on 20 August 1943</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 12 September 1945</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>445 Bombardment Group</b>, Very Heavy on 13 May 1947</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in the Reserve on 12 July 1947</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 27 June 1949</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>445 Fighter-Bomber Group</b> on 24 June 1952</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated in the Reserve on 8 July 1952</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>445 Troop Carrier Group</b>, Medium on 6 September 1957</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 25 September 1958</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated: <b>445 Military Airlift Group</b> on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive)</li> <li>Redesignated: <b>445 Operations Group</b> and activated in the Reserve on 1 August 1992</li></ul> <dl><dd>Inactivated on 1 May 1994</dd></dl> <ul><li>Activated in the Reserve on 1 October 1994<sup id="cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGlineage-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/II_Bomber_Command" title="II Bomber Command">II Bomber Command</a>, 1 April 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 6 October 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, c. 2 November 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a>, 5 November 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bombardment Division">2d Bombardment Division</a>, 9 November 1943</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Combat Bombardment Wing">2d Combat Bombardment Wing</a>, November 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command" title="Air Transport Command">Air Transport Command</a>, 9 June – 12 September 1945</li> <li>305th Bombardment Wing (later <a href="/w/index.php?title=305_Air_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="305 Air Division (page does not exist)">305 Air Division</a>), 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949</li> <li>445th Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 445 Troop Carrier Wing), 8 July 1952 – 25 September 1958</li> <li>445th Airlift Wing, 1 August 1992 – 1 May 1994</li> <li>445th Airlift Wing, 1 October 1994 – present<sup id="cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>15th Bombardment Squadron: 1 August 1947 – 27 June 1949</li></ul> <dl><dd>Located at Hill Field (later Hill AFB), Utah<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer83_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer83-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>89th Airlift Squadron: 1 October 1994 – present</li> <li>356th Airlift Squadron: 1 October 1994 – 30 June 2006</li> <li>357th Troop Carrier Squadron: 16 November 1957 – 25 March 1958</li></ul> <dl><dd>Located at Donaldson AFB, South Carolina<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer445_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer445-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron: 1 October 1994 – present</li> <li>700th Bombardment Squadron (later Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Troop Carrier Squadron, Airlift Squadron): 1 April 1943 – 12 September 1945; 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949; 8 July 1952 – 25 September 1958 (detached to 445th Troop Carrier Wing after 16 November 1957)</li> <li>701st Bombardment Squadron (later Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Troop Carrier Squadron, Airlift Squadron): 1 April 1943 – 12 September 1945; 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949; 8 July 1952 – 1 July 1957; 16 November 1957 – 25 September 1958</li> <li>702d Bombardment Squadron (later Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Troop Carrier Squadron): 1 April 1943 – 12 September 1945; 1 August 1947 – 27 June 1949; 8 July 1952 – 1 July 1957; 16 November 1957 – 25 September 1958</li></ul> <dl><dd>Located at Hill Field (later Hill AFB), Utah from 1947 to 1949<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer708_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer708-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>703d Bombardment Squadron: 1 April 1943 – 12 September 1945; 1 January 1948 – 28 May 1948</li> <li>729th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 1 May 1994</li> <li>730th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 1 May 1994<sup id="cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGlineage-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>445th Airlift Support Flight:<sup id="cite_ref-445AW_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445AW-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 August 1992 – 1 May 1994; 1 October 1994 – present</li> <li>445th Operations Support Flight (later 445th Operations Support Squadron):<sup id="cite_ref-445AW_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445AW-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 August 1992 – 1 May 1994; 1 October 1994 – present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Gowen Field, Idaho, 1 April 1943</li> <li>Wendover Field, Utah, 8 June 1943</li> <li>Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, 8 July – 20 October 1943</li> <li>RAF Tibenham (AAF Station 124),<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, 4 November 1943 – 28 May 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Dix_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Dix Army Air Base">Fort Dix Army Air Base</a>, New Jersey, 9 June – 12 September 1945</li> <li>McChord Field (later McChord AFB), Washington, 12 July 1947 – 27 June 1949</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li>Buffalo Municipal Airport, New York, 8 July 1952</li> <li>Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, New York, 15 June 1955</li> <li>Memphis Municipal Airport, Tennessee, 16 November 1957 – 25 September 1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Norton AFB">Norton AFB</a>, California, 1 August 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="March AFB">March AFB</a>, California, 1 July 1993 – 1 May 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wright-Patterson AFB">Wright-Patterson AFB</a>, Ohio, 1 October 1994–present<sup id="cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGlineage-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a>, 1943–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortress</a>, 1947–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T-6_Texan" class="mw-redirect" title="T-6 Texan">T-6 Texan</a>, 1953–1955</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-51_Mustang" class="mw-redirect" title="F-51 Mustang">F-51 Mustang</a>, 1953–1954</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-80_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="F-80 Shooting Star">F-80 Shooting Star</a>, 1953–1956</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/F-84_Thunderjet" class="mw-redirect" title="F-84 Thunderjet">F-84 Thunderjet</a>, 1955–1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-119_Flying_Boxcar" class="mw-redirect" title="C-119 Flying Boxcar">C-119 Flying Boxcar</a>, 1957–1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-141_Starlifter" class="mw-redirect" title="C-141 Starlifter">C-141 Starlifter</a>, 1992–1994; 1994–2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-5_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="C-5 Galaxy">C-5 Galaxy</a>, 2006–2011<sup id="cite_ref-AFRC445facts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFRC445facts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445OGlineage-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-17_Globemaster_III" class="mw-redirect" title="C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster III</a>, 2011–present<sup id="cite_ref-AFRC445facts_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFRC445facts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AFRC445facts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFRC445facts_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFRC445facts_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFRC445facts_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.445aw.afrc.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/179851/445th-airlift-wing/">"445th Airlift Wing"</a>. 445th Airlift Wing Office of Public Affairs. 10 September 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=445th+Airlift+Wing&rft.pub=445th+Airlift+Wing+Office+of+Public+Affairs&rft.date=2012-09-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.445aw.afrc.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F179851%2F445th-airlift-wing%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Birsic11-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic11_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic11_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirsic1947" class="citation book cs1">Birsic, Rudolph J. (1947). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/98/#b.mon.tag"><i>The History of the 445th Bombardment Group (H) (unofficial)</i></a>. Bangor Public Library World War II Regimental Histories. Vol. 98. Glendale, CA: Griffin-Patterson Co. pp. 11–12. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9845301-0-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9845301-0-6"><bdi>978-0-9845301-0-6</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+445th+Bombardment+Group+%28H%29+%28unofficial%29&rft.place=Glendale%2C+CA&rft.series=Bangor+Public+Library+World+War+II+Regimental+Histories&rft.pages=11-12&rft.pub=Griffin-Patterson+Co.&rft.date=1947&rft.isbn=978-0-9845301-0-6&rft.aulast=Birsic&rft.aufirst=Rudolph+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdigicom.bpl.lib.me.us%2Fww_reg_his%2F98%2F%23b.mon.tag&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer706-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer706_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer706_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer706_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf"><i>Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 706–707. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6"><bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Combat+Squadrons+of+the+Air+Force%2C+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=706-707&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F72556&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F70605402&rft.isbn=0-405-12194-6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F02%2F2001329899%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101202-002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer707-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer707_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer707_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer707_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 707</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer708-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer708_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer708_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer708_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer708_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer708_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 707-708</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer709-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer709_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer709_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 708-709</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer319-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer319_7-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1983" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 319–320. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Units+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=319-320&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F61060979&rft.isbn=0-912799-02-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330256%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, pp. 14, 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatkins2008" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Watkins, Robert (2008). <i>Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II</i>. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. pp. 88–89. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7"><bdi>978-0-7643-1987-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battle+Colors%3A+Insignia+and+Markings+of+the+Eighth+Air+Force+in+World+War+II&rft.place=Atglen%2C+PA&rft.pages=88-89&rft.pub=Shiffer+Publishing+Ltd.&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7643-1987-7&rft.aulast=Watkins&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Birsic24-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic24_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic24_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 24</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 45 (Citation for Distinguished Unit Citation)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kasselmission-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kasselmission_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-kasselmission_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kasselmission.com/home.html">The Kassel Mission Historical Society: Dedicated to the 445th Bomb Group</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170510085032/http://www.kasselmission.com/home.html">Archived</a> 10 May 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (retrieved 16 August 2013)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, pp. 33–34</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Birsic42-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic42_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic42_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Birsic42_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 42</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birsic, p. 58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer83-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer83_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer83_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer83_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 83</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>See</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMueller1989" class="citation book cs1">Mueller, Robert (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330255/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-026.pdf"><i>Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. 391–396. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-53-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-53-6"><bdi>0-912799-53-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Bases%2C+Vol.+I%2C+Active+Air+Force+Bases+Within+the+United+States+of+America+on+17+September+1982&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=391-396&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-912799-53-6&rft.aulast=Mueller&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330255%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-026.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mueller, p. 242</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ravenstein-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRavenstein1984" class="citation book cs1">Ravenstein, Charles A. 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Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave/page/241">241–242</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9"><bdi>0-912799-12-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Wings%2C+Lineage+%26+Honors+Histories+1947%E2%80%931977&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=241-242&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-912799-12-9&rft.aulast=Ravenstein&rft.aufirst=Charles+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fairforcecombatwi0000rave%2Fpage%2F241&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-445OGfacts-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGfacts_23-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaulman2007" class="citation web cs1">Haulman, Daniel L. (28 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433981/445-operations-group-afrc/">"445 Operations Group (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=445+Operations+Group+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2007-12-28&rft.aulast=Haulman&rft.aufirst=Daniel+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433981%2F445-operations-group-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 245</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer445-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer445_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer445_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 445</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-445AWfacts-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-445AWfacts_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaulman2007" class="citation web cs1">Haulman, Daniel L. (28 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433982/445-airlift-wing-afrc/">"445 Airlift Wing (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=445+Airlift+Wing+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2007-12-28&rft.aulast=Haulman&rft.aufirst=Daniel+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433982%2F445-airlift-wing-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEndicott2007" class="citation web cs1">Endicott, Judy G. (28 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433980/452-air-mobility-wing-afrc/">"452 Air Mobility Wing (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=452+Air+Mobility+Wing+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2007-12-28&rft.aulast=Endicott&rft.aufirst=Judy+G.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433980%2F452-air-mobility-wing-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaulman2007" class="citation web cs1">Haulman, Daniel L. (28 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/434024/89-airlift-squadron-afrc/">"89 Airlift Squadron (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=89+Airlift+Squadron+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2007-12-28&rft.aulast=Haulman&rft.aufirst=Daniel+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F434024%2F89-airlift-squadron-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-356ASfacts-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-356ASfacts_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-356ASfacts_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBailey2007" class="citation web cs1">Bailey, Carl E. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=356+Airlift+Squadron+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2007-12-10&rft.aulast=Bailey&rft.aufirst=Carl+E.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F434074%2F356-airlift-squadron-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-445OGlineage-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445OGlineage_30-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lineage, assignments, components, stations and aircraft in AFHRA Factsheet 445 Operations Group</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-445AW-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-445AW_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-445AW_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.445aw.afrc.af.mil/units/">445th Airlift Wing – Units</a> (retrieved 16 August 2013)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Station Number in Anderson</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates <a href="/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">public domain material</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.afhra.af.mil/">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnderson1985" class="citation book cs1">Anderson, Capt. Barry (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062523/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf"><i>Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Maxwell AFB, AL: Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Bangor Public Library World War II Regimental Histories. Vol. 98. Glendale, CA: Griffin-Patterson Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9845301-0-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9845301-0-6"><bdi>978-0-9845301-0-6</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 August</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+445th+Bombardment+Group+%28H%29+%28unofficial%29&rft.place=Glendale%2C+CA&rft.series=Bangor+Public+Library+World+War+II+Regimental+Histories&rft.pub=Griffin-Patterson+Co.&rft.date=1947&rft.isbn=978-0-9845301-0-6&rft.aulast=Birsic&rft.aufirst=Rudolph+J.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdigicom.bpl.lib.me.us%2Fww_reg_his%2F98%2F%23b.mon.tag&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span> (ISBN is for Revised edition published in 2010. The 1947 edition does not contain page numbers. Page numbers in citations are those in the online .pdf version)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1983" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf"><i>Air Force Combat Units of World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-02-1"><bdi>0-912799-02-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/61060979">61060979</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Units+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1983&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F61060979&rft.isbn=0-912799-02-1&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330256%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-044.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaurer,_Maurer1982" class="citation book cs1">Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf"><i>Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-12194-6"><bdi>0-405-12194-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/70605402">70605402</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/72556">72556</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Combat+Squadrons+of+the+Air+Force%2C+World+War+II&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.edition=reprint&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1982&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F72556&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F70605402&rft.isbn=0-405-12194-6&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FDec%2F02%2F2001329899%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-101202-002.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMueller1989" class="citation book cs1">Mueller, Robert (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330255/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-026.pdf"><i>Air Force Bases, Vol. I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-53-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-53-6"><bdi>0-912799-53-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Bases%2C+Vol.+I%2C+Active+Air+Force+Bases+Within+the+United+States+of+America+on+17+September+1982&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-912799-53-6&rft.aulast=Mueller&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.defense.gov%2F2010%2FSep%2F21%2F2001330255%2F-1%2F-1%2F0%2FAFD-100921-026.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRavenstein1984" class="citation book cs1">Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave"><i>Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977</i></a></span>. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-912799-12-9"><bdi>0-912799-12-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Combat+Wings%2C+Lineage+%26+Honors+Histories+1947%E2%80%931977&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pub=Office+of+Air+Force+History&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-912799-12-9&rft.aulast=Ravenstein&rft.aufirst=Charles+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fairforcecombatwi0000rave&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatkins2008" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Watkins, Robert (2008). <i>Battle Colors: Insignia and Markings of the Eighth Air Force in World War II</i>. Vol. I (VIII) Bomber Command. Atglen, PA: Shiffer Publishing Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-1987-7"><bdi>978-0-7643-1987-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Battle+Colors%3A+Insignia+and+Markings+of+the+Eighth+Air+Force+in+World+War+II&rft.place=Atglen%2C+PA&rft.pub=Shiffer+Publishing+Ltd.&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7643-1987-7&rft.aulast=Watkins&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A445th+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Freeman, Roger A. (1978) <i>Airfields of the Eighth: Then and Now</i>. After the Battle <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900913-09-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-900913-09-6">0-900913-09-6</a></li> <li>Freeman, Roger A. (1991) <i>The Mighty Eighth The Colour Record</i>. Cassell & Co. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-304-35708-1">0-304-35708-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=445th_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.445bg.org/index.html">Tribute to the 445th Bomb Group</a> (retrieved 16 August 2013)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170510085032/http://www.kasselmission.com/home.html">The Kassel Mission Historical Society: Dedicated to the 445th 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air National Guard Squadrons">ANG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Civilian_auxiliaries_distinguished" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Civilian auxiliary</a>: <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel and<br /> training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of United States Air Force personnel">Personnel</a></li> <li>Rank <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Insignia" title="United States Air Force Academy Cadet Insignia">cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li> <li><a 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Air Reserve Base">Westover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youngstown%E2%80%93Warren_Air_Reserve_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Youngstown–Warren Air Reserve Station">Youngstown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Command</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Reserve_Personnel_Center" title="Air Reserve Personnel Center">Air Reserve Personnel Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings/Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Refueling</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/434th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="434th Air Refueling Wing">434th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/459th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="459th Air Refueling Wing">459th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/507th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="507th Air Refueling Wing">507th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/916th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="916th Air Refueling Wing">916th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/939th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="939th Air Refueling Wing">939th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/940th_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="940th Wing">940th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Airlift</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/94th_Airlift_Wing" title="94th Airlift Wing">94th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/302nd_Airlift_Wing" title="302nd Airlift Wing">302nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/315th_Airlift_Wing" title="315th Airlift Wing">315th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/433rd_Airlift_Wing" title="433rd Airlift Wing">433rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439th_Airlift_Wing" title="439th Airlift Wing">439th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440th_Airlift_Wing" title="440th Airlift Wing">440th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/445th_Airlift_Wing" title="445th Airlift Wing">445th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/446th_Airlift_Wing" title="446th Airlift Wing">446th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/512th_Airlift_Wing" title="512th Airlift Wing">512th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/908th_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="908th Airlift Wing">908th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/910th_Airlift_Wing" title="910th Airlift Wing">910th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/911th_Airlift_Wing" title="911th Airlift Wing">911th</a></li> <li><a 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title="RAF Rackheath">Rackheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rattlesden" title="RAF Rattlesden">Rattlesden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ridgewell" title="RAF Ridgewell">Ridgewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Seething" title="RAF Seething">Seething</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shipdham" title="RAF Shipdham">Shipdham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Snetterton_Heath" title="RAF Snetterton Heath">Snetterton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Steeple_Morden" title="RAF Steeple Morden">Steeple Morden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Sudbury" title="RAF Sudbury">Sudbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">Thorpe Abbots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thurleigh" title="RAF Thurleigh">Thurleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tibenham" title="RAF Tibenham">Tibenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wattisham" title="RAF Wattisham">Wattisham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Watton" title="RAF Watton">Watton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wendling" title="RAF Wendling">Wendling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Westhampnett" title="RAF Westhampnett">Westhampnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">Wormingford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolo_Airfield" title="Bolo Airfield">Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield" title="Ie Shima Airfield">Ie Shima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadena_Air_Base" title="Kadena Air Base">Kadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Futenma">Futenma</a></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Air_Support_Command" title="VIII Air Support Command">VIII Air Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Air_Division" title="2nd Air Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Air_Division" title="3rd Air Division">3rdf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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