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data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="970" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PZL_M28_USAF.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/PZL_M28_USAF.JPG/300px-PZL_M28_USAF.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/PZL_M28_USAF.JPG/450px-PZL_M28_USAF.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/PZL_M28_USAF.JPG/600px-PZL_M28_USAF.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1309" data-file-height="721" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/PZL_M28_Skytruck" title="PZL M28 Skytruck">PZL C-145A</a> flown by the 6th Special Operations Squadron</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945; 2017–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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/Special_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Operations">Special Operations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-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><br /><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1939%E2%80%931945_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)">French Croix de Guerre with Palm</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<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;">492nd Special Operations Wing emblem <small>(approved 13 July 2017)</small><sup id="cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492SOWfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png/165px-492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png/248px-492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png/330px-492_Special_Operations_Wg_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="1823" data-file-height="1799" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>492nd Special Operations Wing</b> is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces">United States Air Forces</a> unit stationed at <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida. It was activated in May 2017 to replace the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Air_Warfare_Center" title="Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center">Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center</a>. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the unit entered combat in May 1944, and sustained the heaviest losses of any <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> group for a three-month period. The <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was withdrawn from combat with its personnel and equipment being reassigned to other units. The 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) was replaced by the 492nd Bombardment Group, and the group performed special operations missions throughout the remainder of the war in Europe. It was inactivated on 17 October 1945. </p><p>In June 2017 official USAF descriptions said that the wing organized, trained and equipped forces to conduct <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> missions. It led <a href="/wiki/Major_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Major Command">Major Command</a> irregular warfare activities and executes special operations test and evaluation programs. It also developed doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> special operations forces.<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOC492SOW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bombardment_training">Bombardment training</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bombardment training"><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:Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg/220px-Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg/330px-Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg/440px-Consolidated_B-24D-65-CO_Liberator_-_42-40509_-Cookie_-_492bg_858_bs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="228" /></a><figcaption>858th Squadron B-24D Liberator used during training<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 <a href="/wiki/Group_(military_aviation_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Group (military aviation unit)">group</a> was established in October 1943 at <a href="/wiki/Alamogordo_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamogordo Army Air Field">Alamogordo Army Air Field</a>, New Mexico<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_bomber" title="Heavy bomber">heavy bomber</a> unit, drawing its <a href="/wiki/Cadre_(military)" title="Cadre (military)">cadre</a> from the <a href="/wiki/859th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="859th Bombardment Squadron">859th Bombardment Squadron</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Antisubmarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisubmarine">antisubmarine</a> squadron located at <a href="/wiki/Blythe_Army_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Blythe Army Air Base">Blythe Army Air Base</a>, California.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer859BS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its other original squadrons were the <a href="/wiki/856th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="856th Bombardment Squadron">856th</a>, <a href="/wiki/857th_Bombardment_Squadron" title="857th Bombardment Squadron">857th</a> and <a href="/wiki/858th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="858th Bombardment Squadron">858th Bombardment Squadrons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer856BS_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer856BS-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer857BS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer857BS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer858BS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer858BS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December, the 859th moved from Blythe to join group <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> and the other three squadrons.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer859BS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 492nd was one of seven heavy bombardment groups<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> activated in the autumn of 1943. These were to be the last <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a> heavy bomb groups established.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The group air echelon trained for combat at Alamogordo until April 1944, although the ground echelons of its four squadrons were withdrawn to form other bomber units. New ground elements were organized from other groups of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Bombardment Division">2nd Bombardment Division</a> already in theater.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman262_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman262-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group's air echelon departed for England on 1 April, flying the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_air_ferry_route_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic air ferry route in World War II">South Atlantic ferrying route</a> through South America and Africa. Only about 120 members of the group's ground echelon shipped overseas, however, leaving New Mexico on 11 April and sailing on the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth" title="RMS Queen Elizabeth">RMS <i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a> on 20 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman262_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman262-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bombardment_operations">Bombardment operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bombardment 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:492bgb24-harrington.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/492bgb24-harrington.jpg/220px-492bgb24-harrington.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/492bgb24-harrington.jpg/330px-492bgb24-harrington.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/492bgb24-harrington.jpg 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="361" /></a><figcaption>Group B-24 on a mission over Nazi Occupied Europe.</figcaption></figure> <p>The group was the first in <a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a> group to arrive with aircraft in natural metal finish on all their aircraft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 14 April, the ground echelon that had been formed in England arrived at <a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">RAF North Pickenham</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The air echelon began arriving on 18 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman262_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman262-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 492nd entered combat on 11 May 1944, operating primarily against industrial targets in central Germany. During the first week in June, the group was diverted from strategic targets to support <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>, the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> by attacking airfields and <a href="/wiki/V-weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="V-weapon">V-weapon</a> launching sites in France. On <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a> it bombed <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_and_fortification" title="Coastal defence and fortification">coastal defenses</a> in Normandy and attacked bridges, railroads, and other <a href="/wiki/Interdiction" title="Interdiction">interdiction</a> targets in France until the middle of the month. The group resumed bombardment of strategic targets in Germany and, except for support of the infantry during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">Operation Cobra</a> the <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%B4" title="Saint-Lô">Saint-Lô</a> breakthrough on 25 July 1944, and continued these operations until August 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, during its three months of strategic operations the 492nd Group suffered the heaviest losses of any <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a> group. The group's heavy losses had begun with one of the group's earliest missions, an attack on <a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Braunschweig</a>, in which it lost eight Liberators to enemy <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the 492nd Group returned to strategic operation, on 20 June <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> fighters, primarily <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Messerschmitt Bf 110s</a>, using <a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">air to air rockets</a> shot down fourteen of the 492nd Group's B-24s, the equivalent of losing an entire squadron on one raid.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heavy losses, this time to fighters from <a href="/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_3" title="Jagdgeschwader 3">Jagdgeschwader 3</a>, were again suffered on 29 June.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After only 89 days of combat, the 492nd had lost 52 aircraft to enemy action, with 588 men killed or missing. In the words of one veteran, "the whole group was wiped out".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 5 August, the decision was made to withdraw the 492nd Group from combat.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeman262_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeman262-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rather than try to rebuild the shattered group, the group was stood down and the surviving members were reassigned to other units in theater.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Special_operations_(Operation_Carpetbagger)"><span id="Special_operations_.28Operation_Carpetbagger.29"></span>Special operations (Operation Carpetbagger)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Special operations (Operation Carpetbagger)"><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:Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T,_Harrington_Airdrome,_England,_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T%2C_Harrington_Airdrome%2C_England%2C_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T%2C_Harrington_Airdrome%2C_England%2C_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T%2C_Harrington_Airdrome%2C_England%2C_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T%2C_Harrington_Airdrome%2C_England%2C_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T%2C_Harrington_Airdrome%2C_England%2C_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Jedburghs_in_front_of_B-24_just_before_night_takeoff._Area_T%2C_Harrington_Airdrome%2C_England%2C_circa_1944._-_NARA_-_540066.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2414" /></a><figcaption>Jedburghs in front of a B-24 before takeoff from Harrington.)</figcaption></figure> <p>Subsequently, the 492nd was transferred without personnel or equipment, to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">RAF Harrington</a> on 5 August 1944 and assumed the personnel, equipment, and the Carpetbagger <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> mission of the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) that was discontinued. With black-painted aircraft configured with engine flame dampeners and optimized for night operations, the group operated chiefly over southern France with B-24's and C-47's, transporting agents, supplies, and propaganda leaflets to patriots. The occupation of most of France and Belgium brought an effective end to these missions on 16 September 1944.<ref.Warren, p. 63/> The group's aircraft were used to transport fuel and other supplies to the <a href="/wiki/US_Third_Army#World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="US Third Army">US Third Army</a> in France, whose advance had outpaced its supply base. This operation resulted in the aircraft carrying 80 octane fuel in their wing fuel tanks, and having it pumped out to waiting storage tanks and tanker trucks at the advanced airfields in France. Unfortunately, the 80 octane fuel resulted in the wing tanks being chemically degraded so that they could no longer carry aviation fuel. This drastically decreased the range of the aircraft. It being too expensive to change out the wing tanks, the aircraft were flown to a depot area and the entire group was issued new B-24 aircraft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In December 1944, the 859th Squadron was detached to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a>, where it supported <a href="/wiki/Guerilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerilla">guerilla</a> operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer859BS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout 1944 the group's missions intermittently included attacks on airfields, oil refineries, seaports, and other targets in France, the Netherlands and Germany. These operations continued until February 1945. In addition, in October 1944 the group began training for night bombardment operations. These operations concentrated on marshaling yards and goods depots in Germany, which the group undertook from February through March 1945. In September 1944 until mid winter 1945 a small Detachment of men from the group, mainly from the 856th bombardment squadron, was sent on a personnel recovery mission in Southeast France near the Swiss border to recover USAAF crews who had been interned in Switzerland that had started coming across the border into France during the Invasion of Southern France to the American Lines. </p><p>Two of the Squadrons continued night bombardment missions into 1945. The main OSS/Carpetbagger operations over Germany and German-occupied territory had been handed over to the 856th Bombardment Squadron from the 25th Bombardment Group, which used B-24, A-26, and British Mosquito aircraft for "Red Stocking" missions to drop leaflets, demolition equipment, and agents. The 856th Squadron received a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Unit_Citation" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Unit Citation">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> for operations during March and April 1945, performed at night despite adverse weather and vigorous opposition from enemy ground forces. It was also cited by the French government for similar operations over France in 1944. It flew its last Carpetbagger mission in April 1945 and then ferried personnel and equipment to and from the Continent until July. </p><p>The group left England in July 1945 and was stationed at <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirtland Field">Kirtland Field</a>, New Mexico in August. The group became a very heavy bomb group on arrival at Kirtland.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 492nd was programmed for <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a> operations in the Pacific, but apparently was not equipped when Japan surrendered. It was inactivated on 17 October 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expeditionary_unit">Expeditionary unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Expeditionary unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2002, the group was converted to provisional status as the <b>492nd Air Expeditionary Group</b> and assigned to <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC) to activate or inactivate as needed for contingency operations. AMC activated the unit once, at <a href="/wiki/Lajes_Field" title="Lajes Field">Lajes Field</a> in the Azores from March through May 2003 during the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOC492SOW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_special_operations">Return to special operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Return to special operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2017, the group was withdrawn from provisional status and returned to its old designation for one day. It became the <b>492nd Special Operations Wing</b> and was activated on 17 May at <a href="/wiki/Hurlburt_Field" title="Hurlburt Field">Hurlburt Field</a>, Florida, where it replaced the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Air_Warfare_Center" title="Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center">Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOC492SOW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to its assigned units, the wing is responsible for the training of two <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> squadrons, the <a href="/wiki/209th_Special_Operations_Civil_Engineer_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="209th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron">209th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron</a> and the <a href="/wiki/280th_Combat_Communications_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="280th Combat Communications Squadron">280th Combat Communications Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOC492SOW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>492nd Bombardment Group</b> (Heavy) on 14 September 1943</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 October 1943</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>492nd Bombardment Group</b>, Heavy on 20 August 1944</li></ul> <dl><dd>Redesignated <b>492nd Bombardment Group</b>, Very Heavy on 17 August 1945</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 17 October 1945</dd></dl> <ul><li>Redesignated <b>492nd Air Expeditionary Group</b> and converted to provisional status on 12 June 2002</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 1 March 2003</dd> <dd>Inactivated on 27 May 2003</dd></dl> <ul><li>Withdrawn from provisional status and redesignated <b>492nd Bombardment Group</b>, Very Heavy on 3 May 2017</li> <li>Redesignated <b>492nd Special Operations Wing</b> on 4 May 2017</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 10 May 2017<sup id="cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492SOWfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 1 October 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, April 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a>, April 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Bombardment Division">2nd Bombardment Division</a>, April 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Air_Force_Composite_Command" title="VIII Air Force Composite Command">VIII Air Force Composite Command</a>, c. 10 August 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIII_Fighter_Command" title="VIII Fighter Command">VIII Fighter Command</a>, 1 October 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Bombardment_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Bombardment Division">1st Bombardment Division</a> (later 1st Air Division), c. 22 October 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, c. 14 August–17 October 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> 12 June 2002 – 3 May 2017</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Attached to <a href="/wiki/Twenty-First_Air_Force" title="Twenty-First Air Force">Twenty-First Air Force</a>, 1 March–27 May 2003</dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">Air Force Special Operations Command</a>, 17 May 2017 – present<sup id="cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492SOWfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Groups">Groups</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>492nd Special Operations Group</b>, 17 May 2017 – present</li> <li><b>492nd Special Operations Training Group</b>, 17 May 2017 – present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Squadrons">Squadrons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Squadrons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="6th Special Operations Squadron">6th Special Operations Squadron</a>: 10 May 2017<sup id="cite_ref-AFSOC492sow_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOC492sow-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – October 2022.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Flight_Test_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Flight Test Squadron">18th Special Operations Test and Evaluation Squadron</a> ?? - present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="19th Special Operations Squadron">19th Special Operations Squadron</a>: ?? - present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/406th_Bombardment_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="406th Bombardment Squadron">406th Bombardment Squadron</a>: 5 August – 17 October 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/524th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="524th Special Operations Squadron">524th Special Operations Squadron</a><sup id="cite_ref-AFSOC492sow_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFSOC492sow-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/551st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="551st Special Operations Squadron">551st Special Operations Squadron</a>: ?? - present</li> <li>856th Bombardment Squadron: 1 October 1943 – 17 October 1945</li> <li>857th Bombardment Squadron: 1 October 1943 – 17 October 1945 (attached to 1st Air Division 10 March–c. August 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer857BS_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer857BS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>858th Bombardment Squadron: 1 October 1943 – 19 June 1944; 5 August 1944 – 17 October 1945</li> <li>859th Bombardment Squadron: 1 October 1943 – 14 August 1945 (attached to 15th Special Group (Provisional) (later <a href="/wiki/2641st_Special_Group" title="2641st Special Group">2641st Special Group</a> [Provisional]) after 17 December 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer859BS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-492SOWfacts2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492SOWfacts2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, 1 October 1943 – April 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">RAF North Pickenham</a> (AAF-143),<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, 18 April 1944 (air echelon), 28 April 1944 (ground echelon)</li> <li>RAF Harrington (AAF-179),<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> England, c. 10 August 1944 – July 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sioux_Falls_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Sioux Falls Army Air Field">Sioux Falls Army Air Field</a>, South Dakota, 14 August 1945</li> <li>Kirtland Field, New Mexico, 17 August-17 October 1945.</li> <li>Lajes Field, Azores, 1 March–27 May 2003</li> <li>Hurlburt Field, Florida, 10 May 2017 – present<sup id="cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492SOWfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a>, 1943–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a>, 1944–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader" title="Douglas A-26 Invader">Douglas A-26 Invader</a>, 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a>, 1945<sup id="cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-492SOWfacts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=15" 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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=16" 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 Consolidated B-24D-65-CO Liberator serial 42-40509, nicknamed "Cookie". This airplane was lost in an accident on 7 October 1943.</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">Freeman says the group was organized at <a href="/wiki/Clovis_Army_Air_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Clovis Army Air Field">Clovis Army Air Field</a>, New Mexico and did not move to Alamogordo until November. Freeman, p. 262. Maurer and Haulman both give Alamogordo as the organization station.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The others were the <a href="/wiki/488th_Tactical_Missile_Wing" title="488th Tactical Missile Wing">488th</a>, <a href="/wiki/489th_Bomb_Group" title="489th Bomb Group">489th</a>, <a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st</a>, <a href="/wiki/493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd Bombardment Group">493rd</a> and <a href="/wiki/494th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Group">494th Bombardment Groups</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Although North Pickenham had been the squadrons' nominal station since 1 January, it was actually being assembled at other 2nd Bombardment Division stations. Freeman, p. 262.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Superstitious persons speculated that the hard luck group reputation had passed from the <a href="/wiki/44th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Bombardment Group">44th Bombardment Group</a> to the <a href="/wiki/392nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="392nd Bombardment Group">392nd Bombardment Group</a> and it was now resting on the 492nd Group. Freeman, p. 160. Others speculated that the Luftwaffe was concentrating on the 492nd Group because it was the first Liberator group to arrive in the theater with uncamouflaged B-24s. However, other groups were receiving uncamouflaged planes to replace their losses. Postwar review of Luftwaffe records does not support the theory that the Luftwaffe singled out any unit for particular attention. However, Luftwaffe fighter controllers, naturally, directed fighters to what they perceived as the most vulnerable portions of the American bomber formations, a position that the 492nd Group seems to have occupied a disproportionate number of times. Freeman, p. 172.</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: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Maurer492BG-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer492BG_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Units</i>, pp. 361-362</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-492SOWfacts-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-492SOWfacts_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</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 id="CITEREFHaulman2017" class="citation web cs1">Haulman, Daniel L. (17 May 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1185436/492-special-operations-wing-afsoc/">"Factsheet 492 Special Operations Wing (AFSOC)"</a>. Air Force Historical Research Agency<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 August</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+492+Special+Operations+Wing+%28AFSOC%29&rft.pub=Air+Force+Historical+Research+Agency&rft.date=2017-05-17&rft.aulast=Haulman&rft.aufirst=Daniel+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afhra.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FFact-Sheets%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F1185436%2F492-special-operations-wing-afsoc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A492nd+Special+Operations+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFSOC492SOW-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFSOC492SOW_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer,_no_byline" class="citation web cs1">Staff writer, no byline. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afsoc.af.mil/Units/492nd-Special-Operations-Wing/">"Units: 492nd Special Operations Wing"</a>. Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 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=Units%3A+492nd+Special+Operations+Wing&rft.pub=Air+Force+Special+Operations+Command+Public+Affairs&rft.au=Staff+writer%2C+no+byline&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afsoc.af.mil%2FUnits%2F492nd-Special-Operations-Wing%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A492nd+Special+Operations+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer859BS-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer859BS_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 785</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer856BS-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer856BS_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 783-784</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer857BS-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer857BS_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Maurer857BS_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, p. 784</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Maurer858BS-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maurer858BS_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maurer, <i>Combat Squadrons</i>, pp. 784-785</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Freeman262-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman262_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman262_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman262_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Freeman262_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Freeman, p. 262</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">Freeman, p. 142</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">Freeman, p. 156</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Freeman, p. 160</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AFSOC492sow-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFSOC492sow_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFSOC492sow_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afsoc.af.mil/Units/492nd-Special-Operations-Wing/">"Air Force Special Operations Command Units: 492nd Special Operations Wing"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 June</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+Special+Operations+Command+Units%3A+492nd+Special+Operations+Wing&rft.pub=Air+Force+Special+Operations+Command+Public+Affairs&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afsoc.af.mil%2FUnits%2F492nd-Special-Operations-Wing%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A492nd+Special+Operations+Wing" class="Z3988"></span></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">Assignments in Bailey, except as noted.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-492SOWfacts2-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-492SOWfacts2_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Information on component squadrons in Haulman, Factsheet, 492 Special Operations Wing except as noted.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Anderson-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Station number in Anderson.</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=492nd_Special_Operations_Wing&action=edit&section=17" 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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Wing (World War II)">301st</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;">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" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</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/34th_Training_Wing" title="34th Training Wing">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Bomb_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Bomb Group">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a></li> <li><a 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title="382nd Bombardment Group">382nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/383rd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="383rd Bombardment Group">383rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="384th Air Expeditionary Group">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="387th Air Expeditionary Group">387th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/388th_Operations_Group" title="388th Operations Group">388th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392nd_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392nd Strategic Missile 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Expeditionary Group">458th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/466th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="466th Bombardment Group">466th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/482nd_Operations_Group" title="482nd Operations Group">482nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/486th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="486th Air Expeditionary Wing">486th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/487th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="487th Air Expeditionary Wing">487th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/489th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="489th Bombardment Group">489th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/490th_Bombardment_Group" title="490th Bombardment Group">490th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/491st_Bombardment_Group" title="491st Bombardment Group">491st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/492nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="492nd Bombardment Group">492nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/493rd_Bombardment_Group" title="493rd 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/720th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="720th Special Tactics Group">720th STG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/724th_Special_Tactics_Group" title="724th Special Tactics Group">724th STG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;line-height:1.2em; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_special_operations_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force special operations squadrons">Operations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="1st Special Operations Squadron">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="2nd Special Operations Squadron">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="3rd Special Operations Squadron">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="4th Special Operations Squadron">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="5th Special Operations Squadron">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="6th Special Operations Squadron">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="7th Special Operations Squadron">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="8th Special Operations Squadron">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="9th Special Operations Squadron">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="15th Special Operations Squadron">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="16th Special Operations Squadron">16th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="17th Special Operations Squadron">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="19th Special Operations Squadron">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="20th Special Operations Squadron">20th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="21st Special Operations Squadron">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Special_Operations_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Special Operations Squadron">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="33rd Special Operations Squadron">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="34th Special Operations Squadron">34th</a></li> <li><a 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