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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a><br /><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Decorations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-Awards_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Awards-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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;">313th Expeditionary Operations Group emblem <small>(approved 3 February 1943)</small><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png/165px-313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png/248px-313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png/330px-313_Tactical_Airlift_Gp_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="401" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>313th Expeditionary Operations Group</b> is a Provisional <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> unit, assigned to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> to activate or inactivate as needed. It was last active at <a href="/wiki/Moron_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Moron Air Base">Moron Air Base</a>, Spain, supporting <a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operations Odyssey Dawn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Protector" title="Operation Unified Protector">Unified Protector</a> to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya. It was inactivated on 31 October 2011. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the group was assigned to both <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Forces</a> in North Africa, Italy and Western Europe. The 313 TCG was highly decorated for its combat parachute infantry drops during the Invasion of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a>); Invasion of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche" title="Operation Avalanche">Operation Avalanche</a>); Invasion of France (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>); the airborne invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Market-Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Market-Garden">Operation Market-Garden</a>); and the airborne crossing of the <a href="/wiki/Rhine_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhine River">Rhine River</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>For related history and lineage, see <a href="/wiki/313th_Tactical_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="313th Tactical Airlift Wing">313th Tactical 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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was activated at <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Field" title="Daniel Field">Daniel Field</a>, Georgia in March 1942 as the <b>313th Transport Group</b>, with only a <a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> and a single <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>, the <a href="/wiki/29th_Transport_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="29th Transport Squadron">29th Transport Squadron</a>, assigned. In June, the group added three additional squadrons (the <a href="/wiki/47th_Airlift_Flight" title="47th Airlift Flight">47th</a>, <a href="/wiki/48th_Airlift_Squadron" title="48th Airlift Squadron">48th</a> and <a href="/wiki/49th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron" title="49th Troop Carrier Squadron">49th Transport Squadrons</a>) and moved to <a href="/wiki/Bowman_Field_(Kentucky)" title="Bowman Field (Kentucky)">Bowman Field</a>, Kentucky to begin training.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group trained under Air Transport Command with <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a> and the C-53 Skytrooper modification of the C-47. In July, the <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> gave the "transport" designation to its strategic airlift units, and the group became the <b>313th Troop Carrier Group</b> under <a href="/wiki/I_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="I Troop Carrier Command">I Troop Carrier Command</a>. The 313th trained in the southeastern United States until April 1943, when it deployed to North Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mediterranean_operations">Mediterranean operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mediterranean operations"><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:47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg/220px-47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg/330px-47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg/440px-47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_C-47A-70-DL_Skytrain_42-100646.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1045" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>47th Troop Carrier Squadron C-47<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The group began flying combat missions from <a href="/wiki/Oujda_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Oujda Airfield">Oujda Airfield</a> in French Morocco. It performed troop carrier and transport airlift of supplies to ground forces advancing through Algeria into Tunisia as part <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>. it also evacuated wounded from the battle area.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 313th took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a>, the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. Although blown far off course on the first airdrops on the island by strong winds, the group managed to drop its paratroops near <a href="/wiki/Avola" title="Avola">Avola</a>, where they were able to assist British forces in seizing that town.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, 11 July 1943, the 313th Group led the stream of troop carrier units of the <a href="/wiki/52d_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Troop Carrier Wing">52d Troop Carrier Wing</a> bringing reinforcements, planning to drop <a href="/wiki/Paratroop" class="mw-redirect" title="Paratroop">paratroops</a> near <a href="/wiki/Gela" title="Gela">Gela</a>. However, attacks in the Gela area by enemy aircraft had sunk two ships and forced other ships in the invasion force to disperse. The heaviest enemy attack came at 2150 hours. Fifty minutes later, the first 313th Group aircraft approached the <a href="/wiki/Drop_zone" title="Drop zone">drop zone</a>. The group was able to successfully make its drop on Farello Airfield. Mistaking the troop carriers for another enemy attack, ships of the assault force and antiaircraft units ashore began a heavy fire on the group's C-47s as they departed. Of the 144 planes of the 52d Wing that participated in the mission, 23 were shot down and an additional 37 were heavily damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For its completion of this mission the group earned its first <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> (DUC).<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It moved to Sicily for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche" title="Operation Avalanche">Operation Avalanche</a>, the invasion of Italy. It dropped <a href="/wiki/Paratrooper" title="Paratrooper">paratroopers</a> of <a href="/wiki/82d_Airborne_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Airborne Division">82d Airborne Division</a> south of <a href="/wiki/Salerno" title="Salerno">Salerno</a> on the night of 13 September 1943 and flew a reinforcement mission the following night.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="European_operations">European operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: European operations"><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:47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg/220px-47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg/330px-47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg/440px-47th_Troop_Carrier_Squadron_Curtiss_C-46D-10-CU_Commando_44-77541.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1018" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption>313th Troop Carrier Group C-46 Commando<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In February 1944, the group moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">RAF Folkingham</a>, England, where it became part of <a href="/wiki/IX_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="IX Troop Carrier Command">IX Troop Carrier Command</a> and began training for the assault on the continent of Europe. On <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a> the group dropped paratroopers near <a href="/wiki/Picauville" title="Picauville">Picauville</a>, Normandy and dropped reinforcements the following day. The group's efforts during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a> earned it a second DUC.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 September, the 313th participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>, the airborne assault on the Netherlands, when it dropped troopers near <a href="/wiki/Arnhem" title="Arnhem">Arnhem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a>. In February 1945, the unit moved to Achiet Airfield in France, where it began converting to <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46 Commandos</a> in preparation for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a>, the airborne assault across the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>. On 24 March 1945 it dropped elements of the <a href="/wiki/17th_Airborne_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Airborne Division">17th Airborne Division</a> near <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The group continued to operate from Achiet during 1945, performing transportation of personnel and supplies within Europe. It evacuated wounded and former <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> and brought gasoline, ammunition to forward areas. After <a href="/wiki/V-E_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="V-E Day">V-E Day</a>, it continued to transport medical equipment and other supplies. In September, the squadron's personnel returned to the United States and it was inactivated on arrival at the port of embarkation.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Berlin_Airlift">Berlin Airlift</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Berlin Airlift"><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:C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg/220px-C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg/330px-C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg/440px-C-54_landing_at_Tempelhof_1948.jpg 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="422" /></a><figcaption>C-54 landing at <a href="/wiki/Tempelhof_Central_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tempelhof Central Airport">Tempelhof Central Airport</a> in 1948.</figcaption></figure> <p>The group was reactivated at <a href="/wiki/Tulln_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulln Air Base">Tulln Air Base</a>, Austria, although one of its squadrons was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Capodichino_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Capodichino Airport">Capodichino Airport</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy and another at <a href="/wiki/Tempelhof_Central_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tempelhof Central Airport">Tempelhof Central Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer29TCS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer29TCS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer47TCS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer47TCS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Military_occupation" title="Military occupation">occupation forces</a> and served as part of the European Air Transport Service, returning to operating the C-47. In May, all squadrons gathered at Tulln and in June 1947, the group was moved (less its personnel and equipment) back to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July, it moved to <a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergstrom Field">Bergstrom Field</a>, Texas, where it was manned and began to train with <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">Fairchild C-82 Packet</a> aircraft and gliders.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after its arrival at Bergstrom, the group and its supporting units were reorganized under the <a href="/wiki/Hobson_Plan" title="Hobson Plan">wing base organization</a>, with both operational and support elements reporting to the <a href="/wiki/313th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="313th Troop Carrier Wing">313th Troop Carrier Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein313TAW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1948, group deployed its 48th Squadron to <a href="/wiki/Rhein-Main_Air_Base" title="Rhein-Main Air Base">Rhein-Main Air Base</a> to reinforce <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Airlift" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Airlift">Berlin Airlift</a>. As winter approached and the demand for supplies increased, the group and its squadrons moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">RAF Fassberg</a>, Germany, and began to operate <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymasters</a>, with which it flew food, medicine and coal into Berlin. In January 1949, the 313th Wing was inactivated and the group was assigned directly to the 1st Airlift Task Force, but attached to the <a href="/wiki/60th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="60th Troop Carrier Wing">60th Troop Carrier Wing</a> at Rhein Main.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein313TAW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein60TCW_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein60TCW-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Berlin Airlift operations continued until September 1949, with the Soviet blockade of Berlin ended, and, faced with President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Truman's</a> smaller 1949 defense budget, the Air Force was required to reduce the number of its groups to 48. The group was inactivated in September 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tactical_Air_Command">Tactical Air Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tactical Air Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was activated at <a href="/wiki/Mitchel_Air_Force_Base" title="Mitchel Air Force Base">Mitchel Air Force Base</a>, New York on 1 February 1953,<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when it replaced the <a href="/wiki/514th_Troop_Carrier_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="514th Troop Carrier Group">514th Troop Carrier Group</a>, a reserve unit that had been mobilized for the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 514th was in the process of converting from C-46 Commandos to <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars</a>, and the 313th took over its personnel and equipment. Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a> (TAC) was preparing the <a href="/wiki/465th_Troop_Carrier_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="465th Troop Carrier Group">465th Troop Carrier Group</a> at <a href="/wiki/Donaldson_Air_Force_Base" title="Donaldson Air Force Base">Donaldson Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina for deployment to France, but no <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (military aviation unit)">wing</a> headquarters was at Donaldson for the 465th Group and its support units. In August, TAC inactivated the 313th Troop Carrier Wing at Mitchel and replaced it and its support units with the <a href="/wiki/465th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="465th Troop Carrier Wing">465th Troop Carrier Wing</a>. The 313th Group was reassigned directly to <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth Air Force</a>, but was attached to the new wing for the remainder of the group's stay at Mitchel.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein465TAW_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein465TAW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1953, the group moved to <a href="/wiki/Sewart_Air_Force_Base" title="Sewart Air Force Base">Sewart Air Force Base</a>, Tennessee. While it remained assigned to Eighteenth Air Force, but was attached to the <a href="/wiki/314th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="314th Troop Carrier Wing">314th Troop Carrier Wing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein314TAW_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein314TAW-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) The group trained with C-119s at Sewart until inactivated in June 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_theater_airlift">European theater airlift</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: European theater airlift"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group was redesignated the <b>313th Tactical Airlift Group</b> and activated in September 1978 at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall" title="RAF Mildenhall">RAF Mildenhall</a>, England when it replaced the <a href="/wiki/435th_Tactical_Airlift_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="435th Tactical Airlift Group">435th Tactical Airlift Group</a> controlling <a href="/wiki/Military_Airlift_Command" title="Military Airlift Command">Military Airlift Command</a> (MAC) <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a> crews and aircraft rotating from the United States to provide theater airlift support in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-EndOfAnEra_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EndOfAnEra-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was assigned a maintenance squadron and an aerial port squadron to support the Hercules, who were organized into a provisional "Bravo" Squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1983, it also was assigned the 627th Military Airlift Support Squadron, that provided enroute support to <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">Lockheed C-5 Galaxy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">Lockheed C-141 Starlifter</a> flights to and from the United States and other worldwide destinations. In 1983, the 627th was inactivated and its mission was assumed by the other elements of the group. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, Bravo Squadron was expanded by additional forces from the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Reserve">Air Force Reserve</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a>, when 30 aircraft and 44 crews were attached to the 313th Group.<sup id="cite_ref-EndOfAnEra_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EndOfAnEra-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1993, the group was inactivated after earning four <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Outstanding Unit Award">Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Awards_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Awards-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The enroute support mission was transferred to the reactivated 627th Airlift Support Squadron, which also managed Bravo Squadron until the rotation of C-130s to Mildenhall ended on 1 April.<sup id="cite_ref-EndOfAnEra_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EndOfAnEra-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expeditionary_operations">Expeditionary operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Expeditionary operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/313th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing#Expeditionary_operations" title="313th Air Expeditionary Wing">313th Air Expeditionary Wing § Expeditionary operations</a></div> <p>The group was converted to provisional status as the <b>313th Expeditionary Operations Group</b>. It was activated on 19 March 2011 at <a href="/wiki/Moron_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Moron Air Base">Moron Air Base</a>, Spain to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a>, a mission to enforce a no-fly zone put in place to protect the civilian population of Libya.<sup id="cite_ref-Owen78_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Owen78-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of March Odyssey Dawn became a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> operation as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Protector" title="Operation Unified Protector">Operation Unified Protector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR0411-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group flew more than 2200 sorties and offloaded over 110,000,000 pounds of fuel to aircraft flying Unified Protector missions before inactivating on 31 October.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR1111-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>313th Transport Group</b> on 28 January 1942</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 2 March 1942.</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>313th Troop Carrier Group</b> on 4 July 1942<sup id="cite_ref-date_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on 15 November 1945</dd></dl> <ul><li>Activated on 30 September 1946</li></ul> <dl><dd>Redesignated <b>313th Troop Carrier Group</b>, Heavy on 30 July 1948<sup id="cite_ref-date_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>313th Troop Carrier Group</b>, Special on 1 February 1949<sup id="cite_ref-date_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on 18 September 1949</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>313th Troop Carrier Group</b>, Medium on 25 November 1952<sup id="cite_ref-date_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 February 1953</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 8 June 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>313th Tactical Airlift Group</b> on 24 August 1978<sup id="cite_ref-DAF190q_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF190q-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 15 September 1978<sup id="cite_ref-DAF190q_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF190q-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on 16 January 1993<sup id="cite_ref-DAF323r_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF323r-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Converted to provisional status and redesignated <b>313th Expeditionary Operations Group</b> on 12 June 2002<sup id="cite_ref-DAF303s_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF303s-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 19 March 2011<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR0411-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on 31 October 2011<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR1111-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>I Troop Carrier Command, 2 March 1942</li> <li>52d Transport Wing (later 52d Troop Carrier Wing), 15 June 1942<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer52TCW_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer52TCW-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Troop Carrier Wing">53d Troop Carrier Wing</a>, September 1942<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer53TCW_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer53TCW-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>52d Troop Carrier Wing, November 1942<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer52TCW_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer52TCW-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (attached to XII Troop Carrier Command (Provisional) April 1943 – 4 February 1944)</li> <li>I Troop Carrier Command, 14 September – 15 November 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="51st Troop Carrier Wing">51st Troop Carrier Wing</a>, 30 September 1946<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer51TCW_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer51TCW-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>, 25 June 1947</li> <li>313th Troop Carrier Wing, 28 July 1947<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein313TAW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1 Airlift Task Force 20 January 1949 – 18 September 1949 (attached to 60th Troop Carrier Wing)<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein60TCW_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein60TCW-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>313th Troop Carrier Wing, 1 February 1953<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein313TAW-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eighteenth Air Force, 25 August 1953 – 8 June 1955 (attached to 465th Troop Carrier Wing<sup id="cite_ref-Ravenstein465TAW_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ravenstein465TAW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 30 September 1953, 314th Troop Carrier Wing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/322d_Airlift_Division" title="322d Airlift Division">322d Airlift Division</a>, 15 September 1978<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-First_Air_Force" title="Twenty-First Air Force">Twenty-First Air Force</a>, 1 April 1992 – 16 January 1993</li> <li>Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate as needed, 12 June 2002<sup id="cite_ref-DAF303s_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF303s-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd>313th Air Expeditionary Wing, 19 March–31 October 2011<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR0411-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR1111-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Stations"><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>Daniel Field, Georgia, 2 March 1942</li> <li>Bowman Field, Kentucky, 21 June 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence Army Air Field">Florence Army Air Field</a>, South Carolina, 4 August 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg-Maxton_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base">Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base</a>, North Carolina, 13 December 1942 – 24 April 1943</li> <li>Oujda Airfield, French Morocco, 9 May 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan Airfield</a>, Tunisia, 16 June 1943</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sciacca_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sciacca Airfield (page does not exist)">Sciacca Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, Italy, 23 August 1943</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trapani/Milo_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trapani/Milo Airfield (page does not exist)">Trapani/Milo Airfield</a>, Sicily, Italy, 3 October 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">RAF Folkingham</a> (AAF-484),<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, 4 February 1944</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Achiet_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Achiet Airfield (page does not exist)">Achiet Airfield</a> (B-54),<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France, 28 February – 5 August 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baer_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Baer Field">Baer Field</a>, Indiana, 14 September – 15 November 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulln_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulln Air Base">Tulln Air Base</a>, Austria, 30 September 1946 – 25 June 1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Langley Field">Langley Field</a>, Virginia, 25 June 1947</li> <li>Bergstrom Field (later Bergstrom Air Force Base), Texas, 15 July 1947 – 22 October 1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fassberg" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Fassberg">RAF Fassberg</a>, Germany, 9 November 1948 – 18 September 1949</li> <li>Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, 1 February 1953</li> <li>Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, 2 October 1953 – 8 June 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG2_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>RAF Mildenhall, England, 15 September 1978 – 16 January 1993</li> <li>Moron Air Base, Spain, 19 March–31 October 2011<sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR0411-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFOCSR1111-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>29th Transport Squadron (later 29th Troop Carrier Squadron), 2 March 1942 – 22 September 1945; 30 September 1946 – 18 September 1949; 1 February 1953 – 8 June 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer29TCS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer29TCS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>47th Transport Squadron (later 47th Troop Carrier Squadron), 15 June 1942 – 22 September 1945; 30 September 1946 – 18 September 1949; 1 February 1953 – 8 June 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer47TCS_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer47TCS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>48th Transport Squadron (later 48th Troop Carrier Squadron), 15 June 1942 – 22 September 1945; 30 September 1946 – 18 September 1949; 1 February 1953 – 8 June 1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer48TCS_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer48TCS-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>49th Transport Squadron (later 49th Troop Carrier Squadron), 15 June 1942 – 22 September 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer49TCS_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer49TCS-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>313th Aerial Port Squadron, 15 September 1978 – 16 January 1993<sup id="cite_ref-DAF190q_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF190q-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DAF323r_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF323r-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>313th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 15 September 1978 – 16 January 1993<sup id="cite_ref-DAF190q_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF190q-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DAF323r_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAF323r-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>627th Military Airlift Support Squadron, 15 September 1978 – 1 August 1983</li></ul> <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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1945, 1946–1947</li> <li>Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, 1942–1945</li> <li>Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1945, 1953</li> <li>Douglas C-54 Skymaster, 1946–1947, 1848–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_CG-4" title="Waco CG-4">Waco CG-4</a> (Glider) 1947–1949</li> <li>Fairchild C-82 Packet, 1947–1949</li> <li>Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1953–1955<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer313TCG2_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer313TCG2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lockheed C-130 Hercules (attached), 1978–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a>, 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a>, 2011</li></ul> </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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=14" 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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <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"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aircraft is Douglas C-47A-70-DL Skytrain serial 42-100646, at <a href="/wiki/AAF_Station_Nordholz" class="mw-redirect" title="AAF Station Nordholz">AAF Station Nordholz</a>, Germany in July 1945.</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">Aircraft is Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando serial 44-77541 at Achiet Airfield in April 1945. Shortly after this picture was taken the plane was damaged and written off.</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">Lettered squadron names for airlift assets rotating to Europe began with Alpha and Bravo Squadrons at <a href="/wiki/Evreux-Fauville_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Evreux-Fauville Air Base">Evreux-Fauville Air Base</a> France in 1961. Bravo Squadron moved to RAF Mildenhall when <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">President de Gaulle</a> expelled U.S. forces from France in 1963. Kusumoto.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Maurer313TCG-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG_1-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 188–190</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Awards-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Awards_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Awards_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</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 no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .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://access.afpc.af.mil/AwardsDMZNet40/SearchAwards.aspx">"Air Force Personnel Services: Unit Awards"</a>. Air Force Personnel Center<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Air+Force+Personnel+Services%3A+Unit+Awards&rft.pub=Air+Force+Personnel+Center&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faccess.afpc.af.mil%2FAwardsDMZNet40%2FSearchAwards.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A313th+Expeditionary+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span> (search)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 147, 207–208, 210, 214</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Warren, p. 35</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Garland & Smyth, pp. 177–181</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Warren, p. 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer29TCS-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer29TCS_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer29TCS_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 147</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer47TCS-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer47TCS_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer47TCS_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 207–208</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ravenstein313TAW-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein313TAW_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ravenstein, pp. 160–161</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ravenstein60TCW-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein60TCW_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein60TCW_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ravenstein, p. 95</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">Knaack, p. 25</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEndicott2008" class="citation web cs1">Endicott, Judy G. (2 January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433967/514-operations-group-afrc/">"Factsheet 514 Operations Group (AFRC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Factsheet+514+Operations+Group+%28AFRC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2008-01-02&rft.aulast=Endicott&rft.aufirst=Judy+G.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F433967%2F514-operations-group-afrc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A313th+Expeditionary+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ravenstein465TAW-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein465TAW_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein465TAW_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ravenstein, p. 260</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ravenstein314TAW-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ravenstein314TAW_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ravenstein, p. 162</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EndOfAnEra-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EndOfAnEra_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EndOfAnEra_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EndOfAnEra_17-2"><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="CITEREFKusumoto1993" class="citation web cs1">Kusumoto, MSG Mark (13 May 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.veterans/61BxjaNNU4s">"End of an Era"</a>. Air Force News Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=End+of+an+Era&rft.pub=Air+Force+News+Agency&rft.date=1993-05-13&rft.aulast=Kusumoto&rft.aufirst=MSG+Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fforum%2F%23%21topic%2Fsoc.veterans%2F61BxjaNNU4s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A313th+Expeditionary+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span> (republished on Google Groups)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Owen78-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Owen78_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Owen, pp. 78–79</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFOCSR0411-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR0411_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, April 2011, Maxwell AFB, AL</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUptegraff2011" class="citation web cs1">Uptegraff, B.G. Roy E. III (22 August 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amc.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/149491/answering-the-call-the-birth-of-a-calico-wing/">"Answering the call: The birth of a 'Calico' wing"</a>. Air Mobility Command Public Affairs<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Answering+the+call%3A+The+birth+of+a+%27Calico%27+wing&rft.pub=Air+Mobility+Command+Public+Affairs&rft.date=2011-08-22&rft.aulast=Uptegraff&rft.aufirst=B.G.+Roy+E.+III&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amc.af.mil%2FNews%2FCommentaries%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F149491%2Fanswering-the-call-the-birth-of-a-calico-wing%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A313th+Expeditionary+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFOCSR1111-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFOCSR1111_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Research Division, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Organization Change Status Report, November 2011, Maxwell AFB, AL</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-date-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-date_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-date_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-date_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-date_23-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer does not give the exact date for redesignation, however this is the date all the group's squadrons were redesignated. Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 147, 207–208, 210, 214</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer313TCG2-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG2_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG2_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer313TCG2_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lineage, including stations, through 1955 in Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 188–190, except as noted</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAF190q-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAF190q_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAF190q_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAF190q_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAF190q_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">DAF/MPM Letter 190q, 24 August 1978, Subject: Organization Actions Affecting Certain Military Airlift Command Units.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAF323r-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAF323r_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAF323r_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAF323r_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">DAF/MO Letter 323r-1, 14 October 1992, Subject: Organization Actions Affecting Certain Units.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DAF303s-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DAF303s_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DAF303s_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">DAF/XPM Letter 303s, 12 June 2002, Subject: Air Mobility Command Expeditionary Units.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer52TCW-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer52TCW_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer52TCW_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 395–396 (year only)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer53TCW-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer53TCW_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 396–397 (year only)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer51TCW-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer51TCW_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 394–395 (year only)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121030120159/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10138">"Factsheet 322 Airlift Division"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency. 12 October 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=10138">the original</a> on 30 October 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Factsheet+322+Airlift+Division&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2007-10-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2Ffactsheets%2Ffactsheet.asp%3Fid%3D10138&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A313th+Expeditionary+Operations+Group" class="Z3988"></span></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> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Station number in Johnson.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer48TCS-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer48TCS_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 210</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer49TCS-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer49TCS_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 214</span> </li> </ol></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=313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group&action=edit&section=16" 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. 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href="/wiki/Luke_Air_Force_Base" title="Luke Air Force Base">Luke</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moody_Air_Force_Base" title="Moody Air Force Base">Moody</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Field" title="Pope Field">Pope</a> (AMC) <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonopah_Test_Range_Airport" title="Tonopah Test 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Base">Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Air_Force_Base" title="George Air Force Base">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Air_Force_Base" title="Howard Air Force Base">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grenier_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Grenier Air Force Base">Grenier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach_Air_Force_Base" title="Myrtle Beach Air Force Base">Myrtle Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando Air Force Base">Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewart_Air_Force_Base" title="Sewart Air Force Base">Sewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Air Force Base">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williams_Air_Force_Base" title="Williams Air Force Base">Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Inactive,<br />but with a military presence</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/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Bunker Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godman_Army_Airfield" title="Godman Army Airfield">Godman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Lockbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Otis Air National Guard Base">Otis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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EC-135">EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">F-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-5_Tiger" class="mw-redirect" title="F-5 Tiger">F-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-80_Shooting_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star">F-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderstreak" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic F-84 Thunderstreak">F-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">F-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">F-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">F-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">F-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">F-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">F-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">F-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk" title="Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk">F-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">H-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_H-5" title="Sikorsky H-5">H-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_OH-6_Cayuse" title="Hughes OH-6 Cayuse">H-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_H-19_Chickasaw" title="Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw">H-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaman_HH-43_Huskie" title="Kaman HH-43 Huskie">H-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">H-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_MH-53" title="Sikorsky MH-53">H-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">KB-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing KB-50 Superfortress">KB-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_O-1_Bird_Dog" title="Cessna O-1 Bird Dog">O-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_O-2_Skymaster" title="Cessna O-2 Skymaster">O-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiller_OH-23_Raven" title="Hiller OH-23 Raven">OH-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Rockwell_OV-10_Bronco" title="North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco">OV-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">P-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">P-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_R-4" title="Sikorsky R-4">R-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-62" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky S-62">S-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">T-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-28_Trojan" title="North American T-28 Trojan">T-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_T-29" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair T-29">T-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_T-33" title="Lockheed T-33">T-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_T-38_Talon" title="Northrop T-38 Talon">T-38</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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Base">Kabrit</a></li> <li>* <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ground_174" title="Landing Ground 174">Landing Ground 174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport" title="Cairo International Airport">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Haneish_Airfield" title="Sidi Haneish Airfield">Sidi Haneish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baheira_Airfield" title="Baheira Airfield">Baheira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belandah_Airfield" title="Belandah Airfield">Belandah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benina_International_Airport" title="Benina International Airport">Benina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito" title="RAF Castel Benito">Castel Benito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berca_Airfield" 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Haouaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medenine_Airfield" title="Medenine Airfield">Medenine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Heurr_Airfield" title="Menzel Heurr Airfield">Menzel Heurr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sfax%E2%80%93Thyna_International_Airport" title="Sfax–Thyna International Airport">Sfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soltane_Airfield" title="Soltane Airfield">Soltane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Aldermaston" title="RAF Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andrews_Field" title="RAF Andrews Field">Andrews Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ashford" title="RAF Ashford">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balderton" title="RAF Balderton">Balderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath" title="RAF Barkston Heath">Barkston Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Beaulieu" title="RAF Beaulieu">Beaulieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Birch" title="RAF Birch">Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bisterne" title="RAF Bisterne">Bisterne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boreham" title="RAF Boreham">Boreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bottesford" title="RAF Bottesford">Bottesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boxted" title="RAF Boxted">Boxted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down" title="RAF Charmy Down">Charmy Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalgrove_Airfield" title="Chalgrove Airfield">Chalgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chilbolton" title="RAF Chilbolton">Chilbolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chipping_Ongar" title="RAF Chipping Ongar">Chipping Ongar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Christchurch" title="RAF Christchurch">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cottesmore" title="RAF Cottesmore">Cottesmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Airport" title="Exeter Airport">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">Folkingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fulbeck" title="RAF Fulbeck">Fulbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gosfield" title="RAF Gosfield">Gosfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Grove" title="RAF Grove">Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Halden" title="RAF High Halden">High Halden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Headcorn" title="RAF Headcorn">Headcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Holmsley_South" title="RAF Holmsley South">Holmsley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hurn" title="RAF Hurn">Hurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kingsnorth_(World_War_II)" title="RAF Kingsnorth (World War II)">Kingsnorth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Langar" title="RAF Langar">Langar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headcorn_Aerodrome" title="Headcorn Aerodrome">Lashenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lymington" title="RAF Lymington">Lymington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Matching" title="RAF Matching">Matching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Merryfield" title="RAF Merryfield">Merryfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Wallop_Flying_Station" title="Middle Wallop Flying Station">Middle Wallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Witham" title="RAF North Witham">North Witham</a></li> <li><a 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title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Weston Zoyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MDP_Wethersfield" title="MDP Wethersfield">Wethersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Winkton" title="RAF Winkton">Winkton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodchurch" title="RAF Woodchurch">Woodchurch</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;text-align:center;">Europe</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/Advanced_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Landing Ground">Advanced Landing Grounds</a> (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">9th Air Division (was IX Bomber Command)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Air_Defense_Command" title="IX Air Defense Command">IX Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="IX Troop Carrier Command">IX Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XIX Tactical Air Command">XIX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIX_Tactical_Air_Command_(Provisional)" title="XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional)">XXIX Tactical Air</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="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:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</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/97th_Bombardment_Wing_(U.S._Army_Air_Forces)" title="97th Bombardment Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)">97th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="98th Combat Bombardment Wing">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Air_Division" title="44th Air Division">99th Bombardment </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">8th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/348th_Tactical_Electronics_Group" title="348th Tactical Electronics Group">9th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Fighter_Wing" title="70th Fighter Wing">70th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Fighter_Wing" title="71st Fighter Wing">71st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" title="84th Fighter Wing (World War II)">84th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">100th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Fighter_Wing" title="303rd Fighter Wing">303d Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop carrier</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/50th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="50th Troop Carrier Wing">50th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="52nd Troop Carrier Wing">52d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Fighter_Wing" title="53rd Fighter Wing">53d Troop Carrier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="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" 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<li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="387th Air Expeditionary Group">387th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/111th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Fighter Wing">391st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Rescue_Wing" title="106th Rescue Wing">394th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="409th Air Expeditionary Group">409th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="416th Air Expeditionary Wing">416th Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</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/36th_Operations_Group" title="36th Operations Group">36th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Operations_Group" title="50th Operations Group">50th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group" title="53rd Test and Evaluation Group">79th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="103d Airlift Wing">324th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Operations_Group" title="354th Operations Group">354th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="122d Fighter Wing">358th Fighter</a></li> 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title="137th Special Operations Wing">404th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="405th Air Expeditionary Group">405th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="406th Air Expeditionary Group">406th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/474th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="474th Air Expeditionary Group">474th Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop carrier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/61st_Air_Base_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="61st Air Base Group">61st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="64th Air Expeditionary Group">64th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">313th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/314th_Operations_Group" 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Field">Louis Gentil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marnia_Airfield" title="Marnia Airfield">Marnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9diouna_Airfield" title="Médiouna Airfield">Médiouna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_V_International_Airport" title="Mohammed V International Airport">Nouasser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Port_Lyautey" title="Naval Air Station Port Lyautey">Port Lyautey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angads_Airport" title="Angads Airport">Oujda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Royal_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="First Royal Air Force Base">Rabat Sale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ras_el_Ma_Airfield" title="Ras el Ma Airfield">Ras el Ma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Algeria</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/Ain_M%27lila_Airfield" title="Ain M'lila Airfield">Ain M'lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berteaux_Airfield" title="Berteaux Airfield">Berteaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biskra_Airport" title="Biskra Airport">Biskra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canrobert_Airfield" title="Canrobert Airfield">Canrobert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield">Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Boudiaf_International_Airport" title="Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport">Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Es_S%C3%A9nia_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Oran Es Sénia Airport">Es Sénia (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houari_Boumediene_Airport" title="Houari Boumediene Airport">Maison Blanche (Algiers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostaganem_Airport" title="Mostaganem Airport">Matemore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montesquieu_Airfield" title="Montesquieu Airfield">Montesquieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouvion_Airfield" title="Nouvion Airfield">Nouvion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orleansville_Airfield" title="Orleansville Airfield">Orleansville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skikda_Airport" title="Skikda Airport">Philippeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relizane_Airport" title="Relizane Airport">Relizane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rerhaia_Airfield" title="Rerhaia Airfield">Rerhaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Donat_Airfield" title="Saint-Donat Airfield">Saint-Donat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Leu_Airfield" title="Saint-Leu Airfield">Saint-Leu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ain_Beida_Airport" title="Ain Beida Airport">Sedrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte-Barbe_du_Tl%C3%A9lat_Airfield" title="Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat Airfield">Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Tafraoui_Airport" title="Oran Tafraoui Airport">Tafaraoui (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheikh_Larbi_T%C3%A9bessi_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheikh Larbi Tébessi Airport">Tébessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telergma_Airport" title="Telergma Airport">Telergma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghriss_Airport" title="Ghriss Airport">Thiersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youks-les-Bains_Airfield" title="Youks-les-Bains Airfield">Youks-les-Bains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Tunisia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bizerte-Sidi_Ahmed_Air_Base" title="Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base">Bizerte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dar_el_Koudia_Airfield" title="Dar el Koudia Airfield">Dar el Koudia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depienne_Airfield" title="Depienne Airfield">Depienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedeida_Airfield" title="Djedeida Airfield">Djedeida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djilma_Airfield" title="Djilma Airfield">Djilma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebba_Ksour_Airfield" title="Ebba Ksour Airfield">Ebba Ksour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Bathan_Airfield" title="El Bathan Airfield">El Bathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfidaville_Airfield" title="Enfidaville Airfield">Enfidaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goubrine_Airfield" title="Goubrine Airfield">Goubrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grombalia_Airfield" title="Grombalia Airfield">Grombalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korba_Airfield" title="Korba Airfield">Korba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunis-Carthage_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunis-Carthage International Airport">La Marsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Sebala_Airfield" title="La Sebala Airfield">La Sebala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Sers_Airfield" title="Le Sers Airfield">Le Sers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borj_El_Amri_Airport" title="Borj El Amri Airport">Massicault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mateur_Airfield" title="Mateur Airfield">Mateur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Temime_Airfield" title="Menzel Temime Airfield">Menzel Temime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastir_Habib_Bourguiba_International_Airport" title="Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport">Monastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudna_Airfield" title="Oudna Airfield">Oudna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pont_du_Fahs_Airfield" title="Pont du Fahs Airfield">Pont du Fahs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protville_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protville Airfield (page does not exist)">Protville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte_Marie_du_Zit_Airfield" title="Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield">Sainte Marie du Zit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Arba_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Arba Airfield">Souk-el-Arba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Khemis_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Khemis Airfield">Souk-el-Khemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soliman_Airfield" title="Soliman Airfield">Soliman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sousse_Airfield" title="Sousse Airfield">Sousse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelepte_Airfield" title="Thelepte Airfield">Thelepte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Italy</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/Agrigento_Airfield" title="Agrigento Airfield">Agrigento (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnoli_Airfield" title="Bagnoli Airfield">Bagnoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Barcelona Landing Ground">Barcelona LG (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo-Boccadifalco_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport">Boccadifalco (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borizzo_Airfield" title="Borizzo Airfield">Borizzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples Airport">Capodichino (Naples)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castel_Volturno_Airfield" title="Castel Volturno Airfield">Castel Volturno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelvetrano_Airfield" title="Castelvetrano Airfield">Castelvetrano (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassibile_Airfield" title="Cassibile Airfield">Cassibile (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattolica_Airfield" title="Cattolica Airfield">Cattolica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catania-Fontanarossa_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Catania-Fontanarossa Airport">Catania (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercola_Airfield" title="Cercola Airfield">Cercola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comiso_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Comiso Airfield">Comiso (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_Ciampino_Airport" title="Rome Ciampino Airport">Ciampino (Rome)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervia_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervia Air Force Base">Cesenatico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decimomannu_Air_Base" title="Decimomannu Air Base">Decimomannu (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagliari-Elmas_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cagliari-Elmas Airport">Elmas (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconara_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Falconara Airport">Falconara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Fano Airport">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Airport" title="Florence Airport">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Foggia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Follonica_Airfield" title="Follonica Airfield">Follonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudo_Airfield" title="Gaudo Airfield">Gaudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerbini_Airfield" title="Gerbini Airfield">Gerbini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioia_del_Colle_Air_Base" title="Gioia del Colle Air Base">Gioia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosseto_Airport" title="Grosseto Airport">Grosseto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport" title="Taranto-Grottaglie Airport">Grottaglie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iesi_Airfield" title="Iesi Airfield">Iesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Banca_Airfield" title="Le Banca Airfield">Le Banca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lecce_Airfield" title="Lecce Airfield">Lecce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licata_Airfield" title="Licata Airfield">Licata (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manduria_Airfield" title="Manduria Airfield">Manduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcianise_Airfield" title="Marcianise Airfield">Marcianise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siena-Ampugnano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Siena-Ampugnano Airport">Malignano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazzara_Airfield" title="Mazzara Airfield">Mazzara (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milazzo_Airfield" title="Milazzo Airfield">Milazzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina_Airfield" title="Messina Airfield">Messina (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montalto_Di_Castro_Airfield" title="Montalto Di Castro Airfield">Montalto Di Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nettuno_Airfield" title="Nettuno Airfield">Nettuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salerno_Costa_d%27Amalfi_Airport" title="Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport">Montecorvino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ombrene_Airfield" title="Ombrene Airfield">Ombrene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbetello_Airfield" title="Orbetello Airfield">Orbetello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paestum_Airfield" title="Paestum Airfield">Paestum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisa_International_Airport" title="Pisa International Airport">Pisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria_Airport" title="Pantelleria Airport">Pantelleria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pignataro_Maggiore_Airfield" title="Pignataro Maggiore Airfield">Pignataro Maggiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piombino_Airfield" title="Piombino Airfield">Piombino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Galeria_Airfield" title="Ponte Galeria Airfield">Ponte Galeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontedera_Airfield" title="Pontedera Airfield">Pontedera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompeii_Airfield" title="Pompeii Airfield">Pompeii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Olivo_Airfield" title="Ponte Olivo Airfield">Ponte Olivo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggio_Calabria_Airport" title="Reggio Calabria Airport">Reggio Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocca_Bernardo_Airfield" title="Rocca Bernardo Airfield">Rocca Bernardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosia_Airfield" title="Rosia Airfield">Rosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pancrazio_Airfield" title="San Pancrazio Airfield">San Pancrazio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airfield" title="Santa Maria Airfield">Santa Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scordia_Airfield" title="Scordia Airfield">Scordia (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sele_Airfield" title="Sele Airfield">Sele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serretella_Airfield" title="Serretella Airfield">Serretella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarquinia_Airfield" title="Tarquinia Airfield">Tarquinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Termini_Airfield" title="Termini Airfield">Termini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortorella_Airfield" title="Tortorella Airfield">Tortorella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrente_Comunelli_Airfield" title="Torrente Comunelli Airfield">Torrente Comunelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tre_Cancello_Landing_Strip" title="Tre Cancello Landing Strip">Tre Cancello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voltone_Airfield" title="Voltone Airfield">Voltone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesuvius_Airfield" title="Vesuvius Airfield">Vesuvius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aghione_Airfield" title="Aghione Airfield">Aghione (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amb%C3%A9rieu-en-Bugey_Air_Base" title="Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base">Amberieu (Y-5)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiens-Glisy_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Amiens-Glisy Airport">Amiens (B-48)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Simon_-_Clastres_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Simon - Clastres Air Base">Clastres (A-71)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dijon_Bourgogne_-_Longvic_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dijon Bourgogne - Longvic Airport">Dijon (Y-9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B4le-Tavaux_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dôle-Tavaux Airport">Dôle-Tavaux (Y-7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghisonaccia_Alzitone_Airport" title="Ghisonaccia Alzitone Airport">Ghisonaccia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventiseri-Solenzara_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base">Gisonochia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istres-Le_Tub%C3%A9_Air_Base" title="Istres-Le Tubé Air Base">Istres (Y-17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Vallon_Airfield" title="La Vallon Airfield">La Vallon (Y-18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Luc_-_Le_Cannet_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Luc - Le Cannet Airport">Le Luc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lun%C3%A9ville-Croismare_Airport" title="Lunéville-Croismare Airport">Luneville (Y-2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyettes_Airfield" title="Loyettes Airfield">Loyettes (Y-25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastia_-_Poretta_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Bastia - Poretta Airport">Poretta (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Dizier_-_Robinson_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Dizier - Robinson Air Base">Saint-Dizier (A-64)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salon-de-Provence_Air_Base" title="Salon-de-Provence Air Base">Salon de Provence (Y-16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serragia_Airfield" title="Serragia Airfield">Serragia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solonzara_Airfield" title="Solonzara Airfield">Solonzara (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantonville_Airfield" title="Tantonville Airfield">Tantonville (Y-1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_-_Ochey_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy - Ochey Air Base">Toul-Ochey (A-96)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Units" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Units</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/XII_Bomber_Command" title="XII Bomber Command">XII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XII Tactical Air Command">XII Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XXII Tactical Air Command">XXII Tactical Air</a></li> <li>XII Troop Carrier (Provisional)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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