419th Operations Group
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The 419th Operations Group (419 OG) is an operational component of the 419th Fighter Wing
, stationed at Hill Air Force Base
, Utah
.
The 419 OG plans and organizes operational programs and establishes policies and procedures for operational training functions. It directs, monitors and supports operations programs, including flight operations, standardization/evaluation, weapons and tactics, intelligence, operations and training and life support.
The group's designated flying squadron is the 466th Fighter Squadron. Pilots from the unit train for both air-to-air and air-to-ground attack missions in the F-16 C/D model aircraft.
When activated again, the 419th controlled several Reserve units at five separate locations. In mid-1949 the group moved without personnel or equipment to Scott AFB, IL, where it became the combat component of the new 419th Troop Carrier Wing. Group pilots trained in T-6, T-7, T-11, and C/TC-47 aircraft until c. March 1951.
Beginning July 1956, the group (and its three squadrons) trained in C-123 assault airlift operations. For the next 16 months the group airlifted, airdropped, and airlanded troops and cargo to support tactical operations, special missions, and U.S. Army and joint airborne exercises, worldwide.
From August 1992 it trained for and flew fighter missions. Between December 1994 and February 1995, took part patrols to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq.
419th Fighter Wing
The 419th Group trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from 1949 to 1951. Since 1982, the 419th, now as a wing, trained for worldwide combat fighter operations. It was the last wing to fly F-105 aircraft, and in early 1984 was the first Air Force Reserve wing to fly F-16s. Personnel of...
, stationed at Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force Base located in northern Utah, just south of the city of Ogden, and near the towns of Clearfield, Riverdale, Roy, Sunset, and Layton. It is about north of Salt Lake City. The base was named in honor of Major Ployer Peter Hill of the U.S. Army Air...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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The 419 OG plans and organizes operational programs and establishes policies and procedures for operational training functions. It directs, monitors and supports operations programs, including flight operations, standardization/evaluation, weapons and tactics, intelligence, operations and training and life support.
The group's designated flying squadron is the 466th Fighter Squadron. Pilots from the unit train for both air-to-air and air-to-ground attack missions in the F-16 C/D model aircraft.
Lineage
- Established as 419 Troop Carrier Group on 1 December 1944
- Activated on 31 January 1945
- Inactivated on 15 February 1946
- Activated in the Reserve on 22 March 1947
- Redesignated 419 Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 27 June 1949
- Ordered to active service on 1 May 1951
- Inactivated on 2 May 1951
- Redesignated 419 Troop Carrier Group, Assault, Fixed Wing on 24 February 1956
- Activated on 9 July 1956
- Inactivated on 11 December 1957
- Redesignated: 419 Military Airlift Group on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive)
- Redesignated: 419 Operations Group on 1 August 1992
- Activated in the Reserve on 1 August 1992.
Assignments
- Central Pacific Base Command, 31 January 1945
- Twentieth Air ForceTwentieth Air ForceThe Twentieth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command . It is headquartered at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.20 AF's primary mission is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operations...
, 6 December 1945 - Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army, 1 January 1946
- Far East Air Service Command, 1–15 February 1946
- Eleventh Air ForceEleventh Air ForceThe Eleventh Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . It is headquartered at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska....
, 22 March 1947
- Attached to 69th Troop Carrier Wing, 22 March – 16 October 1947
- 69 Troop Carrier Wing (later, 69 Air Division), 17 October 1947
- 419th Troop Carrier Wing, 27 June 1949 – 2 May 1951
- Eighteenth Air ForceEighteenth Air ForceEighteenth 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...
, 9 July 1956
- Attached to 463d Troop Carrier Wing, 9 July 1956–
- Ninth Air ForceNinth Air ForceThe Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
, 1 September – 11 December 1957
- Ninth Air Force
- Remained attached to 463d Troop Carrier Wing, to 25 September 1957
- Attached to 838th Air Division838th Air DivisionThe 838th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, assigned to Twelfth Air Force, being stationed at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas. It was inactivated on December 24, 1969....
, 26 September – 11 December 1957- 419th Fighter Wing419th Fighter WingThe 419th Group trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from 1949 to 1951. Since 1982, the 419th, now as a wing, trained for worldwide combat fighter operations. It was the last wing to fly F-105 aircraft, and in early 1984 was the first Air Force Reserve wing to fly F-16s. Personnel of...
, 1 August 1992–present
- 419th Fighter Wing
Components
- 12 Rescue Squadron: 22 March 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 15 Fighter Squadron: 30 September 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 63 Troop Carrier Squadron: 21 June 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 64 Troop Carrier Squadron: 3 August 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 65 Troop Carrier Squadron: 9 August 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 66 Troop Carrier Squadron: 3 August 1947 – 27 June 1949
- 79 Troop Carrier Squadron: 11 April 1948 – 27 June 1949
- 339 Troop Carrier Squadron: 27 June 1949 – 2 May 1951; 9 July 1956-11 December 1957
- 340 Troop Carrier Squadron: 27 June 1949 – 2 May 1951; 9 July 1956-11 December 1957
- 341 Troop Carrier Squadron: 27 June 1949 – 2 May 1951; 9 July 1956-11 December 1957
- 342 Troop Carrier Squadron: 27 June 1949 – 2 May 1951
- 466 Fighter Squadron: 1 August 1992–present
Stations
- Agana Airfield, GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
, Marianas Islands, 31 January 1945 – 15 February 1946 - Richmond AAB (later, Byrd Field), VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, 22 March 1947 - Scott AFB, IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, 27 June 1949 – 2 May 1951 - Ardmore AFB, OklahomaOklahomaOklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, 9 July 1956 – 11 December 1957 - Hill AFB, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, 1 August 1992–present
Aircraft
- C/TC-46 Commando, 1949–1951
- C-123 ProviderC-123 ProviderThe C-123 Provider was an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and subsequently built by Fairchild Aircraft for the United States Air Force...
, 1956–1957 - F-16 Falcon, 1992–present
Operations
Activated on Guam on 31 January 1945. Assigned to Seventh Air Force. From late January 1945 to mid-February 1946 the 419th Troop Carrier Group's headquarters was assigned neither squadrons nor aircraft, but was composed primarily of a few detachments on Saipan, Tinian, Guam (all in the Mariana Islands), and Angaur (in the Palau Islands), the latter detachment moving to Iwo Jima in March 1945. The detachments operated transportation terminals that assisted in moving troops, equipment, food, and mail to, and in evacuating personnel from, combat areas.When activated again, the 419th controlled several Reserve units at five separate locations. In mid-1949 the group moved without personnel or equipment to Scott AFB, IL, where it became the combat component of the new 419th Troop Carrier Wing. Group pilots trained in T-6, T-7, T-11, and C/TC-47 aircraft until c. March 1951.
Beginning July 1956, the group (and its three squadrons) trained in C-123 assault airlift operations. For the next 16 months the group airlifted, airdropped, and airlanded troops and cargo to support tactical operations, special missions, and U.S. Army and joint airborne exercises, worldwide.
From August 1992 it trained for and flew fighter missions. Between December 1994 and February 1995, took part patrols to enforce the no-fly zone over northern Iraq.