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57th Operations Group

January 01, 1970

The 57th Operations Group (57 OG) is the operational component of the 57th Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command. The group is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

57th Operations Group
Air traffic controllers assigned to the group's 57th Operations Support Squadron monitor traffic at Nellis AFB during a Red Flag exercise in 2021
Active1941 – 1945
1946 – 1953
1961 – 1968
1991 – present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
RoleAggressor training
Part ofAir Combat Command
Garrison/HQNellis Air Force Base, Nevada
Motto(s)First in the Blue[citation needed]
Engagements
World War II – EAME Theater
See Awards for more detail
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation


Air Force Outstanding Unit Award


French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Insignia
57th Operations Group emblem[a]
Patch with 57th Fighter Group emblem (Approved 2 February 1950)[2]

The Group provides direct oversight of the Nellis flying mission through the 57th Operations Support Squadron. They manage the airfield, operate the air traffic control tower, and the Nellis Air Traffic Control Facility providing radar service to local flying operations and the National Airspace System. It is responsible for scheduling, training, life support, weapons, tactics and planning staff functions. In addition to these functions, it also maintains administrative oversight of the 57th ATG staff and the 57th Wing staff.[needs update] The 57th OG also directs execution of two of the world's premier combat training exercises, Red Flag and Green Flag.

Units edit

As of July 2022 the 57th Operations Group is made up of the below units. Unless otherwise stated, the units are based at Nellis AFB, Nevada.[3]

History edit

See 57th Wing for associated lineage and timeline information.

World War II edit

 
P-40C of the 57th Pursuit Group, probably taken at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, 1941
 
Pilots of the 64th FS, 57th FG, in North Africa, April 1943.
 
P-47D of the 57th Fighter Group, Italy, 1944

The group was first activated as the 57th Pursuit Group in January 1941, flying P-40 Warhawks as part of the Army Air Corps Northeast Defense Sector (later assigned to the I Fighter Command) at Mitchel Field, New York.[2] It trained in New England and provided air defense of the northeast after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was redesignated as the 57th Fighter Group (FG) in May 1942.[2]

The 57th FG was reassigned to the U.S. Army Middle East Force in Egypt. In June 1942 the pilots and 72 new P-40Fs loaded aboard the aircraft carrier Ranger at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, sailing 1 July. On 19 July, off the Gold Coast, they launched in four sections of 18 aircraft and flew to Accra, thence across Equatorial Africa to Palestine, officially becoming part of IX Fighter Command. However, prior to the group officially commencing operations, individual 57th FG pilots were attached to, and flew combat sorties with, P-40 squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF), South African Air Force (SAAF) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), belonging to No. 211 Group, Desert Air Force.[2]

In October 1942, the 57th FG officially began combat operations as a formation. The group took part in the Battle of El Alamein and, as part of Ninth Air Force, supported the Commonwealth Eighth Army's drive across Egypt and Libya, escorting bombers and flying strafing and dive-bombing missions against airfields, communications, and troop concentrations until Axis defeat in Tunisia in May 1943. The unit participated in the reduction of Pantelleria (May–June 1943) and the conquest of Sicily (July–August 1943). For front-line operations in direct support of the Eighth Army from the Battle of El Alamein to the capitulation of enemy forces in Sicily, the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC).[2]

In an aerial battle over the Gulf of Tunis at Cape Bon in April 1943, the group destroyed approximately 74 of the enemy's transport and fighter aircraft[2] while sending an equal number down to the sea and beaches to escape by crash landing. The 57th lost just six aircraft in this melee. Forever known by the 57th as the 18 April 1943 Goose Shoot – "The Palm Sunday Massacre," it received another DUC[2] and it added four newly created aces. This action broke the German's aerial supply line and they surrendered Tunisia thirty days later.

The 57th supported the British Eighth Army's landing at Termoli and subsequent operations in Italy, being reassigned to Twelfth Air Force in August 1943.[2] It flew dive-bombing, strafing, patrol, and escort missions.

Early in 1944, the group converted to P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft and flew interdiction operations in Italy.[2] The group moved to Corsica on 30 March 1944 to operate as a separate task force. It flew interdiction missions against railroads, communication targets, and motor vehicles behind enemy lines, providing a minimum of 48 fighter-bomber sorties per day. During 9 days of combat operations during early April 1944, the 57th exceeded 50 sorties per day. While the group was stationed on Corsica, director William Wyler made a 45-minute long Technicolor documentary film, Thunderbolt!. filming combat missions of the 57th. The film concentrated on Operation Strangle. The film was released for the military in 1945 and for general release in 1947.[4]

The group earned a third DUC c. 14 April 1944 for attacks in the Florence-Arezzo area. The group participated in the French campaign against Elba in June 1944 and in the invasion of Southern France in August.[2] It engaged in interdiction and support operations in northern Italy from September 1944 to May 1945. For its operations in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, the 57th earned the French Croix de Guerre with Palm (awarded in late 1967).[1] It was inactivated on 13 April 1953.[2]

The group remained in northern Italy after the end of the European War, demobilizing throughout the summer of 1945. It was reassigned to the United States in August 1945 and was inactivated at the end of August.[2]

Cold War edit

 
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars of the 57th Fighter-interceptor Group, 1950

The group was reactivated in August 1946 and assigned to Alaskan Air Command[2] as part of the air defense forces in the northwest Pacific. The group assumed the mission, personnel and equipment of the 343d Fighter Group, which was simultaneously inactivated at Shemya Army Air Base.[5] It provided air defense initially in the Aleutian Islands, then moved in 1947 to Elmendorf Air Force Base. In 1948, as a result of the wing/base reorganization of the Air Force (Hobson Plan), the group became part of the 57th Fighter Wing, which included three support groups in addition to the group.[2] In January 1950, it was redesignated as the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group. In January 1951, its parent 57th Fighter-Interceptor Wing inactivated, although the group remained active as part of the AAC air defense until 1 November 1952 when its personnel were reassigned and it became a paper unit.[1] It was inactivated on 13 April 1953.[2]

The group was reactivated at Paine Field, WA as the 57th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and assigned to Air Defense Command's Seattle Air Defense Sector, assuming the equipment and personnel of the 326th Fighter Group, which was simultaneously inactivated. It was assigned the 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, which was already at Paine with the 326th flying Convair F-102 Delta Daggers[6] as its operational element and also several support units as it assumed USAF host unit duties at Paine.[7][8][9][10] It provided air defense over the Pacific Northwest. In June 1966, it briefly became non-operational when its 64th Squadron moved to Southeast Asia and was assigned away from the group. However, after two weeks, the 498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying Convair F-106 Delta Darts,[11] moved to Paine and became the group's new operational squadron. It was inactivated 30 September 1968[1] when Air Defense Command closed its facilities at Paine AFB.

From 1991 edit

On 1 November 1991, the group was redesignated the 57th Operations Group and activated[1] as a result of the 57th Fighter Wing implementing the USAF objective wing organization. The 57 OG was assigned control of the wing's tactical units.

Upon activation, the 57th OG managed Air Force tactical training through Red Flag and Air Warrior exercises.[1] Between July 1995 and March 2002, the group gained the three MQ-1 Predator reconnaissance squadrons.[1] The Group deployed the Predator elements of the 11th and 15th Squadrons in support of operations in Bosnia (April 2000), Kuwait (October 2000), and Pakistan, September 2001 – January 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.[1] The 57th Group's 66th Helicopter Squadron also deployed for operations in Northern Watch and Enduring Freedom.[1] While at Nellis, the Group continued to provide air combat units for US and Allies with realistic, large force combat training at Red Flag.[1]

From 1 July 2005 to 1 March 2018 the group was non-flying as the flying squadrons of the 57th were split off into the new 57th Adversary Tactics Group, which consolidated all Aggressor activities under one group to provide the Combat Air Forces with the opportunity to train against a realistic, fully integrated threat array during large- and small-scale exercises such as Red Flag – Nellis, Red Flag – Alaska, Maple Flag, Green Flag and dissimilar air combat training deployments.

On 2 March 2017 the group activated the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and once again is flying the F-16.

On 31 March 2020, the 57th Adversary Tactics Group merged back into the 57th Operations Group, bringing the 64th Aggressor Squadron and its F-16s with it.[12]

Lineage edit

  • Constituted as the 57th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940
Activated on 15 January 1941
Redesignated as 57th Fighter Group (Single Engine) on 15 May 1942
Inactivated on 7 November 1945
  • Activated on 15 August 1946
Redesignated as 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group on 20 January 1950
Inactivated on 13 April 1953
  • Redesignated as 57th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated on 24 February 1961 (not organized)
Organized on 1 April 1961
Discontinued and inactivated on 30 September 1968
Redesignated as 57th Fighter Weapons Group on 31 July 1985 (remained inactive)
  • Redesignated as 57th Operations Group on 1 November 1991 and activated[1]

Assignments edit

Components edit

Stations edit

Aircraft assigned edit

Awards edit

 

  • Distinguished Unit Citation[2]
  • North Africa and Sicily, 24 October 1942 – 17 August 1943
  • Tunis and Cape Bon Area, 18 April 1943
  • Italy, 14 April 1944

 

  • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award[2]
  • 1 January 1995 – 31 May 1997
  • 1 June 1998 – 31 May 2000
  • 1 June 2001 – 31 May 2003
  • 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2004
  • 1 June 2004 – 31 May 2006

 

  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, October 1942 – May 1945

 

  • European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
  • Campaigns[2]
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Egypt-Libya
Tunisia
Sicily
Naples-Anzio
Rome-Arno
Southern France
Northern Apennines
Po Valley

See also edit

References edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ The 57th Operations Group uses the 57th Wing emblem with the group name on the scroll.[1]

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Robertson, Patsy (27 July 2009). "Factsheet 57 Operations Group (ACC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 120–121
  3. ^ "57th Wing". www.nellis.af.mil. January 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ^ YouTube Movie, "Thunderbolt". Retrieved 20 May 2012
  5. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, 221–222
  6. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 118
  7. ^ a b "Abstract, History 57 Dispensary Jul–Dec 1962". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Abstract, History 57 Combat Support Squadron 1958–1968". Air Force History Index. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  9. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 137
  10. ^ a b Cornett & Johnson, p. 145
  11. ^ Cornett & Johnson, p. 130
  12. ^ West, Master Sgt. Heidi (3 April 2020). "57th OG, ATG merge functions, streamlines mission readiness". US Air Force. from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

Bibliography edit

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). (PDF). Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979.
  • Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947-1977. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.\

External links edit

  • Nellis AFB Home Page
  • Official website of the 57th Fighter Group
  • "AF to grow, enhance Nellis group with close air support focus". Air Force News Service. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

January 01, 1970
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The 57th Operations Group 57 OG is the operational component of the 57th Wing assigned to the United States Air Force s Air Combat Command The group is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base Nevada 57th Operations GroupAir traffic controllers assigned to the group s 57th Operations Support Squadron monitor traffic at Nellis AFB during a Red Flag exercise in 2021Active1941 19451946 19531961 19681991 presentCountry United StatesBranch United States Air ForceRoleAggressor trainingPart ofAir Combat Command United States Air Force Warfare Center 57th WingGarrison HQNellis Air Force Base NevadaMotto s First in the Blue citation needed EngagementsWorld War II EAME TheaterSee Awards for more detailDecorationsDistinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award French Croix de Guerre with PalmInsignia57th Operations Group emblem a Patch with 57th Fighter Group emblem Approved 2 February 1950 2 The Group provides direct oversight of the Nellis flying mission through the 57th Operations Support Squadron They manage the airfield operate the air traffic control tower and the Nellis Air Traffic Control Facility providing radar service to local flying operations and the National Airspace System It is responsible for scheduling training life support weapons tactics and planning staff functions In addition to these functions it also maintains administrative oversight of the 57th ATG staff and the 57th Wing staff needs update The 57th OG also directs execution of two of the world s premier combat training exercises Red Flag and Green Flag Contents 1 Units 2 History 2 1 World War II 2 2 Cold War 2 3 From 1991 3 Lineage 3 1 Assignments 3 2 Components 3 3 Stations 3 4 Aircraft assigned 3 5 Awards 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Footnotes 5 2 Citations 5 3 Bibliography 6 External linksUnits editAs of July 2022 update the 57th Operations Group is made up of the below units Unless otherwise stated the units are based at Nellis AFB Nevada 3 6th Combat Training Squadron 12th Combat Training Squadron Fort Irwin California 57th Information Aggressor Squadron 57th Operations Support Squadron 64th Aggressor Squadron F 16 Fighting Falcon 65th Aggressor Squadron F 35 Lightning II 414th Combat Training Squadron 507th Air Defense Aggressor Squadron 548th Combat Training Squadron Green Flag East Fort Johnson Louisiana 549th Combat Training Squadron Green Flag West History editSee 57th Wing for associated lineage and timeline information World War II edit nbsp P 40C of the 57th Pursuit Group probably taken at Windsor Locks Connecticut 1941 nbsp Pilots of the 64th FS 57th FG in North Africa April 1943 nbsp P 47D of the 57th Fighter Group Italy 1944 The group was first activated as the 57th Pursuit Group in January 1941 flying P 40 Warhawks as part of the Army Air Corps Northeast Defense Sector later assigned to the I Fighter Command at Mitchel Field New York 2 It trained in New England and provided air defense of the northeast after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor It was redesignated as the 57th Fighter Group FG in May 1942 2 The 57th FG was reassigned to the U S Army Middle East Force in Egypt In June 1942 the pilots and 72 new P 40Fs loaded aboard the aircraft carrier Ranger at Quonset Point Rhode Island sailing 1 July On 19 July off the Gold Coast they launched in four sections of 18 aircraft and flew to Accra thence across Equatorial Africa to Palestine officially becoming part of IX Fighter Command However prior to the group officially commencing operations individual 57th FG pilots were attached to and flew combat sorties with P 40 squadrons of the Royal Air Force RAF South African Air Force SAAF and Royal Australian Air Force RAAF belonging to No 211 Group Desert Air Force 2 In October 1942 the 57th FG officially began combat operations as a formation The group took part in the Battle of El Alamein and as part of Ninth Air Force supported the Commonwealth Eighth Army s drive across Egypt and Libya escorting bombers and flying strafing and dive bombing missions against airfields communications and troop concentrations until Axis defeat in Tunisia in May 1943 The unit participated in the reduction of Pantelleria May June 1943 and the conquest of Sicily July August 1943 For front line operations in direct support of the Eighth Army from the Battle of El Alamein to the capitulation of enemy forces in Sicily the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation DUC 2 In an aerial battle over the Gulf of Tunis at Cape Bon in April 1943 the group destroyed approximately 74 of the enemy s transport and fighter aircraft 2 while sending an equal number down to the sea and beaches to escape by crash landing The 57th lost just six aircraft in this melee Forever known by the 57th as the 18 April 1943 Goose Shoot The Palm Sunday Massacre it received another DUC 2 and it added four newly created aces This action broke the German s aerial supply line and they surrendered Tunisia thirty days later The 57th supported the British Eighth Army s landing at Termoli and subsequent operations in Italy being reassigned to Twelfth Air Force in August 1943 2 It flew dive bombing strafing patrol and escort missions Early in 1944 the group converted to P 47 Thunderbolt aircraft and flew interdiction operations in Italy 2 The group moved to Corsica on 30 March 1944 to operate as a separate task force It flew interdiction missions against railroads communication targets and motor vehicles behind enemy lines providing a minimum of 48 fighter bomber sorties per day During 9 days of combat operations during early April 1944 the 57th exceeded 50 sorties per day While the group was stationed on Corsica director William Wyler made a 45 minute long Technicolor documentary film Thunderbolt filming combat missions of the 57th The film concentrated on Operation Strangle The film was released for the military in 1945 and for general release in 1947 4 The group earned a third DUC c 14 April 1944 for attacks in the Florence Arezzo area The group participated in the French campaign against Elba in June 1944 and in the invasion of Southern France in August 2 It engaged in interdiction and support operations in northern Italy from September 1944 to May 1945 For its operations in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations the 57th earned the French Croix de Guerre with Palm awarded in late 1967 1 It was inactivated on 13 April 1953 2 The group remained in northern Italy after the end of the European War demobilizing throughout the summer of 1945 It was reassigned to the United States in August 1945 and was inactivated at the end of August 2 Cold War edit nbsp Lockheed P 80 Shooting Stars of the 57th Fighter interceptor Group 1950 The group was reactivated in August 1946 and assigned to Alaskan Air Command 2 as part of the air defense forces in the northwest Pacific The group assumed the mission personnel and equipment of the 343d Fighter Group which was simultaneously inactivated at Shemya Army Air Base 5 It provided air defense initially in the Aleutian Islands then moved in 1947 to Elmendorf Air Force Base In 1948 as a result of the wing base reorganization of the Air Force Hobson Plan the group became part of the 57th Fighter Wing which included three support groups in addition to the group 2 In January 1950 it was redesignated as the 57th Fighter Interceptor Group In January 1951 its parent 57th Fighter Interceptor Wing inactivated although the group remained active as part of the AAC air defense until 1 November 1952 when its personnel were reassigned and it became a paper unit 1 It was inactivated on 13 April 1953 2 The group was reactivated at Paine Field WA as the 57th Fighter Group Air Defense and assigned to Air Defense Command s Seattle Air Defense Sector assuming the equipment and personnel of the 326th Fighter Group which was simultaneously inactivated It was assigned the 64th Fighter Interceptor Squadron which was already at Paine with the 326th flying Convair F 102 Delta Daggers 6 as its operational element and also several support units as it assumed USAF host unit duties at Paine 7 8 9 10 It provided air defense over the Pacific Northwest In June 1966 it briefly became non operational when its 64th Squadron moved to Southeast Asia and was assigned away from the group However after two weeks the 498th Fighter Interceptor Squadron flying Convair F 106 Delta Darts 11 moved to Paine and became the group s new operational squadron It was inactivated 30 September 1968 1 when Air Defense Command closed its facilities at Paine AFB From 1991 edit On 1 November 1991 the group was redesignated the 57th Operations Group and activated 1 as a result of the 57th Fighter Wing implementing the USAF objective wing organization The 57 OG was assigned control of the wing s tactical units Upon activation the 57th OG managed Air Force tactical training through Red Flag and Air Warrior exercises 1 Between July 1995 and March 2002 the group gained the three MQ 1 Predator reconnaissance squadrons 1 The Group deployed the Predator elements of the 11th and 15th Squadrons in support of operations in Bosnia April 2000 Kuwait October 2000 and Pakistan September 2001 January 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 1 The 57th Group s 66th Helicopter Squadron also deployed for operations in Northern Watch and Enduring Freedom 1 While at Nellis the Group continued to provide air combat units for US and Allies with realistic large force combat training at Red Flag 1 From 1 July 2005 to 1 March 2018 the group was non flying as the flying squadrons of the 57th were split off into the new 57th Adversary Tactics Group which consolidated all Aggressor activities under one group to provide the Combat Air Forces with the opportunity to train against a realistic fully integrated threat array during large and small scale exercises such as Red Flag Nellis Red Flag Alaska Maple Flag Green Flag and dissimilar air combat training deployments On 2 March 2017 the group activated the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and once again is flying the F 16 On 31 March 2020 the 57th Adversary Tactics Group merged back into the 57th Operations Group bringing the 64th Aggressor Squadron and its F 16s with it 12 Lineage editConstituted as the 57th Pursuit Group Interceptor on 20 November 1940 Activated on 15 January 1941 Redesignated as 57th Fighter Group Single Engine on 15 May 1942 Inactivated on 7 November 1945 Activated on 15 August 1946 Redesignated as 57th Fighter Interceptor Group on 20 January 1950 Inactivated on 13 April 1953 Redesignated as 57th Fighter Group Air Defense and activated on 24 February 1961 not organized Organized on 1 April 1961 Discontinued and inactivated on 30 September 1968 Redesignated as 57th Fighter Weapons Group on 31 July 1985 remained inactive Redesignated as 57th Operations Group on 1 November 1991 and activated 1 Assignments edit 7th Pursuit Wing 15 January 1941 I Interceptor Command later I Fighter Command 1 September 1941 IX Fighter Command c 16 July 1942 U S Army Middle East Force July 1942 Attached to Desert Air Task Force 22 October 1942 IX Fighter Command 12 November 1942 Attached to Western Desert Air Force 21 February 1943 Attached to Desert Air Force c April 1943 Attached to 7 South African Air Force No 7 South African Wing 21 May 1943 Attached to XII Air Support Command 22 August 1943 Twelfth Air Force 30 August 1943 XII Air Support Command 1 September 1943 57th Bombardment Wing 1 November 1943 Unknown probably XII Air Support Command 2 January 4 March 1944 Attached to 64th Fighter Wing 2 March 1944 XII Air Support Command later XXII Tactical Air Command 5 March 1944 Remained attached to 64th Fighter Wing until 28 March 1944 87th Fighter Wing 23 April 1944 XII Tactical Air Command 10 September 1944 XII Fighter later XII Tactical Air Command 15 September 1944 Twelfth Air Force 7 June 7 August 1945 Unknown 8 22 August 1945 Third Air Force 23 August 7 November 1945 Alaskan Air Command 15 August 1946 Attached to Yukon Sector Alaskan Air Command 16 21 April 1947 Headquarters Fort Richardson Alaska later 57th Fighter Wing Provisional 20 November 1947 19 April 1948 57th Fighter Wing 20 April 1948 Attached to 10th Air Division Defense 10 December 1950 Alaskan Air Command 1 January 1951 Remained attached to 10th Air Division Defense until 1 March 1951 10th Air Division Defense 1 November 1952 13 April 1953 Air Defense Command 24 February 1961 Seattle Air Defense Sector 1 April 1961 30 September 1968 57th Fighter Wing 1 November 1991 present Components edit Operational Squadrons 11th Reconnaissance Squadron 29 July 1995 1 May 2007 12th Combat Training Squadron present 15th Reconnaissance Squadron 1 August 1997 1 May 2007 17th Reconnaissance Squadron 8 March 2002 1 May 2007 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron 2 March 2018 23 December 2020 58th Rescue Squadron 14 June 2002 1 October 2003 64th Fighter later 64th Fighter Interceptor 64th Aggressor Squadron 15 January 1941 7 November 1945 15 August 1946 13 April 1953 1 April 1961 10 June 1966 3 October 2003 15 September 2005 31 March 2020 present 65th Fighter later 65th Fighter Interceptor 65th Aggressor Squadron 15 January 1941 7 November 1945 15 August 1946 13 April 1953 9 June 2022 present 66th Fighter later 66th Fighter Interceptor Squadron 15 January 1941 7 November 1945 15 August 1946 13 April 1953 57th USAF Dispensary 1 April 1961 30 September 1968 7 57th Air Base Squadron later 57th Combat Support Squadron 1 April 1961 30 September 1968 8 57th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 1 April 1961 30 September 1968 9 57th Materiel Squadron 1 April 1961 1 August 1964 10 57th Operations Support Squadron 1 November 1991 present 57th Supply Squadron 1 August 1964 30 September 1968 66th Rescue Squadron 1 February 1993 1 October 2003 414th Combat Training Squadron 4 October 2007 present 498th Fighter Interceptor Squadron 25 June 1966 30 September 1968 547th Intelligence Squadron 1 November 1991 15 September 2005 548th Combat Training Squadron 4 October 2007 present 549th Combat Training Squadron 4 October 2007 present 561st Fighter Squadron 1 February 1993 1 October 1996 Stations edit Mitchel Field New York 15 January 1941 Bradley Field Connecticut 19 August 1941 Boston Airport Massachusetts 8 December 1941 c 1 July 1942 Fort Dix Army Air Field New Jersey 5 July 1942 New York Port of Embarkation New York 15 16 July 1942 Muqeible Airfield British Mandate of Palestine c 20 July 1942 Landing Ground 174 Egypt 16 September 1942 RAF El Daba Egypt 5 November 1942 Sidi Haneish Airfield Egypt 8 November 1942 Sidi Azeiz Airfield Libya 12 November 1942 RAF Gambut Libya 13 November 1942 Martuba Airfield Libya 16 November 1942 Belandah Airfield Libya 3 December 1942 Hamraiet Airfield Libya 3 January 1943 Darragh Airfield Libya 19 January 1943 Ben Gardane Airfield Tunisia 9 March 1943 Soltane Airfield Tunisia 21 March 1943 Hazbub Airfield Tunisia 4 April 1943 Chekira Airfield Tunisia 10 April 1943 El Djem Airfield Tunisia 14 April 1943 Hani Airfield Tunisia 21 April 1943 Bou Grara Airfield Tunisia May 1943 Malta 27 June 1943 Pachino Airfield Sicily 19 July 1943 Scordia Airfield Sicily August 1943 Milazzo Airfield Sicily 12 September 1943 Messina Airfield Sicily 15 September 1943 Reggio Airfield Italy 16 September 1943 Rocca Bernardo Airfield Italy 17 September 1943 Gioia del Colle Air Base Italy c 25 September 1943 Foggia Airfield Italy 30 September 1943 Amendola Airfield Italy c 27 October 1943 Cercola Airfield Italy 1 March 1944 Alto Airfield Corsica 30 March 1944 Ombrene Airfield Italy 9 September 1944 Grosseto Airfield Italy 24 September 1944 Villafranca di Verona Airfield Italy 29 April 1945 Grosseto Airfield Italy 7 May 1945 Bagnoli Airfield Italy 15 July 1945 Naples Capodichino Airport Italy 5 6 August 1945 Camp Miles Standish Massachusetts 18 August 1945 Drew Field Florida 23 August 7 November 1945 Shemya Army Air Base Aleutian Islands Alaska 15 August 1946 Elmendorf Field Alaska 25 March 1947 13 April 1953 Paine Field Washington 1 April 1961 30 September 1968 Nellis Air Force Base Nevada 1 November 1991 present Aircraft assigned edit Curtiss P 40 Warhawk 1941 1944 Republic P 47 Thunderbolt 1944 1945 Lockheed P 38 Lightning 1946 North American P 51 Mustang 1946 1948 Lockheed F 80 Shooting Star 1948 1951 Lockheed F 94 Starfire 1951 1952 Convair F 102 Delta Dagger 1961 1966 Convair F 106 Delta Dart 1966 1968 McDonnell F 4 Phantom II 1993 1996 Sikorsky HH 60 Pave Hawk 1993 2003 General Atomics MQ 1 Predator 1995 2005 General Dynamics F 16 Fighting Falcon 2003 2005 2018 present Lockheed Martin F 35 Lightning II 2022 present Awards edit nbsp Distinguished Unit Citation 2 North Africa and Sicily 24 October 1942 17 August 1943 Tunis and Cape Bon Area 18 April 1943 Italy 14 April 1944 nbsp Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 2 1 January 1995 31 May 1997 1 June 1998 31 May 2000 1 June 2001 31 May 2003 1 June 2003 31 May 2004 1 June 2004 31 May 2006 nbsp French Croix de Guerre with Palm October 1942 May 1945 nbsp European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaigns 2 Air Combat EAME Theater Egypt Libya Tunisia Sicily Naples Anzio Rome Arno Southern France Northern Apennines Po ValleySee also editAerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons SS Sea OwlReferences editFootnotes edit The 57th Operations Group uses the 57th Wing emblem with the group name on the scroll 1 Citations edit a b c d e f g h i j k Robertson Patsy 27 July 2009 Factsheet 57 Operations Group ACC Air Force Historical Research Agency Archived from the original on 19 January 2018 Retrieved 18 January 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Maurer Combat Units pp 120 121 57th Wing www nellis af mil January 2021 Retrieved 17 July 2022 YouTube Movie Thunderbolt Retrieved 20 May 2012 Maurer Combat Units 221 222 Cornett amp Johnson p 118 a b Abstract History 57 Dispensary Jul Dec 1962 Air Force History Index Retrieved 20 May 2012 a b Abstract History 57 Combat Support Squadron 1958 1968 Air Force History Index Retrieved 20 May 2012 a b Cornett amp Johnson p 137 a b Cornett amp Johnson p 145 Cornett amp Johnson p 130 West Master Sgt Heidi 3 April 2020 57th OG ATG merge functions streamlines mission readiness US Air Force Archived from the original on 5 April 2020 Retrieved 1 May 2020 Bibliography edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Cornett Lloyd H Johnson Mildred W 1980 A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 1980 PDF Peterson AFB CO Office of History Aerospace Defense Center p 118 Archived from the original PDF on 23 November 2006 Retrieved 20 May 2012 Maurer Maurer ed 1983 1961 Air Force Combat Units of World War II PDF reprint ed Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 02 1 LCCN 61060979 Ravenstein Charles A 1984 Air Force Combat Wings Lineage amp Honors Histories 1947 1977 Washington DC Office of Air Force History ISBN 0 912799 12 9 External links editNellis AFB Home Page 57th Wing Official website of the 57th Fighter Group 57th Fighter Group 57th Fighter Group Exhibit at the New England Air Museum AF to grow enhance Nellis group with close air support focus Air Force News Service 16 August 2016 Retrieved 19 August 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 57th Operations Group amp oldid 1208792891, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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