22nd Bomb Group (Red Raiders) 5th Army Air Force

Overview

The 22d Operations Group (22 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

22d Air Refueling Wing

The 22d Air Refueling Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force. It is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas and also functions as the host wing for McConnell AFB....

. It is stationed at McConnell Air Force Base

McConnell Air Force Base

McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. The base was named in honor of Wichita brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell, both Air Force pilots and World War II...

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Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

, and is assigned to the Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command is a Major Command of the U.S. Air Force. AMC is headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois, east of St. Louis....

(AFGSC) Eighteenth Air Force

Eighteenth Air Force

Eighteenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force component of the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It was activated on 1 October 2003 and headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois...

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The 22d OG primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. The group directs the 22d Refueling Wing's KC-135R Stratotanker refueling and airlift operations in support of worldwide AMC, U.S.

Unanswered Questions

Hi My father M/Sgt Raymond D. Fuller was in the 22nd BG 19th BS, from 1941 until 1944. He was a line chief with the ground crews. He was at Langley...

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Discussions

My father, Lloyd F Newell severed in the 22 during WWII. He was in his middle to late 30s. Was a Sargent when released from duty. He had the nickna...

I have a older friend who is now 87. He tells me that he served in the 33 squadron and the 22 bomber division of the army air force in World War II a...

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