The 13 AEG was re-activated by Thirteenth AF

Thirteenth Air Force

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 as the air component of Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JTF-SFA). The 13 AEG includes the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and the 139th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron

139th Airlift Squadron

The 139th Airlift Squadron flies the LC-130H Hercules. It is a unit of the New York Air National Guard. Its parent unit is the 109th Airlift Wing.-Mission:...

 who fly the C-17 and LC-130 aircraft supporting the operation, respectively. The 13 AEG commander is dual hatted as the deputy commander, JTF-SFA. The 13th Bombardment Group's last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was a direct reporting agency of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Its mission was to deal with the German Navy U-boat threat.-Lineage:...

, based in Westover Field, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. It was inactivated on 30 November 1942

Lineage

• Constituted as 13th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 20 November 1940

Inactivated on 30 November 1942

Assignments

• First Air Force
  First Air Force
  The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....
  
  , 15 January 1941
• I Bomber Command
  XX Bomber Command
  The XX Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Far East Air Forces, based on Okinawa. It was inactivated on July 16, 1945.- History:...
  
  , 6 June 1941
• Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
  Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command
  The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was a direct reporting agency of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Its mission was to deal with the German Navy U-boat threat.-Lineage:...
  
  , 15 October–November 1942

Squadrons

• 39th Bombardment
  819th Bombardment Squadron
  The 819th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 30th Bombardment Group, based at Kahuku Army Airfield, Hawaii Territory...
  
  : 15 January 1941-30 November 1942
• 40th Bombardment
  4th Antisubmarine Squadron
  The 4th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 479th Antisubmarine Group, based at RAF Podington, England...
  
  : 15 January 1941-30 November 1942

An air echelon was attached to the: Caribbean Sea Frontier, United States Navy

United States Navy

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, 30 August-9 October 1942 and 16 October-15 November 1942

An air echelon was attached to the: 99th Bombardment Squadron, 9–16 October 1942

• 41st Bombardment: 15 January 1941-30 November 1942
• 3d Reconnaissance, later 393d Bombardment
  6th Antisubmarine Squadron
  The 6th Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 479th Antisubmarine Group, based at RAF Podington, England...
  
  : 15 January 1941-25 February 1942

Stations

• Langley Field, Virginia
  Virginia
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  , 15 January 1941
• Orlando AAB
  Orlando Executive Airport
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  , c. 6 June 1941
• Westover Field, Massachusetts
  Massachusetts
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  , 20 January-30 November 1942.

Operational history

Organized in early 1941 as a First Air Force

First Air Force

The First Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida....

 bombardment group equipped with B-18 Bolo

B-18 Bolo

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s. After the United States entered World War II

World War II

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 the group was ordered to search for German U-Boat

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

s and to fly aerial coverage of friendly convoys off the east coast. Reassigned to Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was a direct reporting agency of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Its mission was to deal with the German Navy U-boat threat.-Lineage:...

 in October 1942 and inactivated shortly afterwards, it's component squadrons being redesignated Antisubmarine Squadrons and reassigned to the 25th Antisubmarine Wing

25th Antisubmarine Wing

The 25th Anti-Submarine Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, based in New York City, New York. It was inactivated on 15 October 1943-History:...

.