513th Air Control Group
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The 513th Air Control Group (513 ACG) is United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
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predecessor, the 3d Combat Cargo Group was a United States Army Air Forces
combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II
. In 1948, the group was redesignated as the 513th Troop Carrier Group.
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The 513 ACG's mission is to provide theater and Air Force commanders with trained aircrews and maintenance personnel and systems for airborne surveillance, warning and control of U.S. and allied military aviation assets.
The 513th's subordinate units include the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron (AACS), which includes the 513th Operations Support Flight (OSF), the 513th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), and the 513th Maintenance Squadron (MXS).
Constituted and activated in India in 1944. Supported ground forces during the battle for northern Burma and the subsequent Allied drive southward. Flew Allied troops and materiel to the front, transporting gasoline, oil, vehicles, engineering and signal equipment, and other items that the group either landed or dropped in Burma. Also evacuated wounded personnel to India. Moved to Burma in June 1945. After the liberation of Burma, the group hauled critical supplies such as gasoline to China. From late 1945, it continued airlift missions as needed in China until April 1946 when inactivated.
Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group (Special). Activated in Germany on 19 November 1948. Assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Using C-54's, transported food, coal, and other supplies during the Berlin airlift, Operation Vittles. Inactivated in Germany in October 1949.
Activated in the US on 8 November 1955. Assigned to Tactical Air Command and equipped with C-123 aircraft. From November 1955 to November 1958, participated in numerous tactical exercises and operations, including troop drops and airlift in support of construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line stations in the American Arctic.
From April 1966 to January 1976, provided intra-theater airlift in support of US Air Forces in Europe, European Command, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations and exercises, using C-130s and crews rotating to Europe from Tactical Air Command and Military Airlift Command wings based in the United States and C-124s and crews from Air Force Reserve groups. Maintained and operated EC-135s as an airborne command post and acted as host organization for American units at RAF Mildenhall to February 1992. In addition, the group collected samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions.
Beginning March 1996, trained to fulfill an air control mission through the use of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. Took part in worldwide contingency operations and counter-drug missions.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma 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...
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World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
predecessor, the 3d Combat Cargo Group was a United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....
combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
The Pacific Ocean theatre was one of four major naval theatres of war of World War II, which pitted the forces of Japan against those of the United States, the British Commonwealth, the Netherlands and France....
. In 1948, the group was redesignated as the 513th Troop Carrier Group.
Overview
In March 1996, the Air Force activated the 513th Air Control Group, an AWACS Reserve Associate Program unit, which performs duties on active-duty aircraft. It comes under the operational command of the 552d Air Control Wing552d Air Control Wing
The 552d Air Control Wing is an operational wing of the United States Air Force based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The wing flies the E-3 Sentry aircraft.-History:...
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The 513 ACG's mission is to provide theater and Air Force commanders with trained aircrews and maintenance personnel and systems for airborne surveillance, warning and control of U.S. and allied military aviation assets.
The 513th's subordinate units include the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron (AACS), which includes the 513th Operations Support Flight (OSF), the 513th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), and the 513th Maintenance Squadron (MXS).
Lineage
- Established as 3d Combat Cargo Group on 1 June 1944
- Activated on 5 June 1944
- Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group on 19 September 1945
- Inactivated on 15 April 1946
- Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group, Special, and activated, on 19 November 1948
- Inactivated on 16 October 1949
- Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group, Assault, Fixed Wing on 30 June 1955
- Activated on 8 November 1955
- Inactivated on 8 October 1957
- Consolidated (31 January 1984) with the 513th Troop Carrier Wing, Assault, Fixed Wing, which was established on 26 September 1957
- Activated on 8 October 1957
- Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Wing, Assault on 1 July 1958
- Inactivated on 1 December 1958
- Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Wing, and activated, on 6 April 1966
- Organized on 15 April 1966
- Redesignated: 513th Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 July 1967
- Redesignated: 513th Airborne Command and Control Wing on 18 June 1987
- Inactivated on 1 February 1992
- Redesignated 513th Air Control Group on 7 March 1996
- Activated in the Reserve on 15 March 1996.
Assignments
- Army Air Forces, India-Burma Sector, China-Burma-India Theater, 5 June 1944
- Attached to: Third Tactical Air Force, 5 June 1944-unkn
- Attached to: Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
, c. 20 August-21 September 1944- Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
, 22 September 1944
- Tenth Air Force
- Attached to: Air Cargo Headquarters, Tenth Air Force, 1 November 1944 – 30 April 1945
- Attached to: North Burma Air Task Force, Tenth Air Force, 1 May – 11 June 1945
- Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater, 12 June 1945
- Attached to: India-China Division, Air Transport Command, 12 June 1945–
- Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
, 16 June-1 August 1945
- Tenth Air Force
- Remained attached to India-China Division, Air Transport Command
- Unknown (probably Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater), 1 August-c. 1 November 1945
- Remained attached to India-China Division, Air Transport Command, to 1 November 1945
- Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
, c. 1 November 1945 - Army Air Forces, China Theater, c. 12 November 1945 – 15 April 1946
- 1 Airlift Task Force, 19 November 1948
- Tenth Air Force
- Attached to: 61st Troop Carrier Wing, 19–25 November 1948
- Attached to: Airlift Wing [Provisional], 26 November 1948 – 19 January 1949
- Attached to: 7497 Airlift Wing, 20 January – 9 July 1949
- Attached to: 61st Troop Carrier Wing, 10 July 1949–
- United States Air Forces in EuropeUnited States Air Forces in EuropeThe United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...
, 26 September-16 October 1949
- Remained attached to 61st Troop Carrier Wing to 16 October 1949
- 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...
, 8 November 1955
- Eighteenth Air Force
- Attached to 314th Troop Carrier Wing, 8 November 1955–
- 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 1957
- Ninth Air Force
- Remained attached to 314th Troop Carrier Wing to 8 October 1957
- 839th Air Division839th Air DivisionThe 839th Airlift Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Military Airlift Command, assigned to Twenty-First Air Force, being stationed at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee...
, 8 October 1957 – 1 December 1958 - United States Air Forces in EuropeUnited States Air Forces in EuropeThe United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...
, 6 April 1966
- 839th Air Division
- Attached to 322d Air Division, 15 April 1966–
- Third Air ForceThird Air ForceThe Third Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe . It is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany....
, 1 July 1966
- Third Air Force
- Remained under 322d Air Division
- United States Air Forces in EuropeUnited States Air Forces in EuropeThe United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...
, 1 July 1967
- United States Air Forces in Europe
- Remained under 322d Air Division
- Third Air Force, 1 November 1968 – 1 February 1992
- Remained under 322d Air Division to 24 December 1968
- 507th Wing507th Air Refueling WingThe 507th Air Refueling Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. It is one of two Air Force Reserve flying units in the state of Oklahoma....
, 15 March 1996 - Tenth Air ForceTenth Air ForceThe Tenth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve Command . It is headquartered at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas....
, 1 April 1997–present
- 507th Wing
Components
- Naval Air Transport Squadron VR-6: attached 19 November 1948 – 31 July 1949.
- 9 (later, 330): 5 June 1944 – 15 April 1946 (detached 13 July-11 August 1944); 19 November 1948 – 16 October 1949; 8 November 1955-1 December 1958
- 10 Airborne Command Control (later, 10 Airborne Command and Control): 1 January 1970 – 31 December 1991
- 10 (later, 331): 5 June 1944 – 6 January 1946 (detached 15 December 1945 – 6 January 1946); 19 November 1948-16 October 1949; 8 November 1955 – 1 December 1958.
- 11 (later, 332): 5 June 1944 – 2 May 1945 (detached 16 June-12 August 1944; C. 1 November 1945 – 15 April 1946; 19 November 1948-16 October 1949; 8 November 1955 – 1 December 1958
- 12 (later, 333): 5 June 1944 – 6 January 1946 (detached 5 July-11 August 1944 and 15 December 1945 – 6 January 1946); 19 November 1948-16 October 1949 (detached 20 December 1948 – 26 September 1949)
- 32: attached 5 November 1973-15 January 1974 and 5 September-14 November 1975
- 36: attached 21 March – 22 June 1967; 26 February – 19 June 1969; 13 July-14 September 1971; 5 March-16 May 1973; 3 January-15 March 1974
- 37: attached 21 September-21 December 1967; 2 December 1968 – 26 February 1969; 2 March-13 May 1970; 13 January-14 March 1972; and (by 5) September-15 November 1973
- 38: attached 5 November 1970 – 7 January 1971; 13 September-16 November 1971; 11 March-6 May 1972; 7 May – 15 July 1973
- 39: attached 27 May – 8 July 1968; 7 July-15 September 1974; 4 July-14 September 1975
- 40: attached 11 March-27 May 1968; 5 March-15 May 1975
- 41: attached 12 November 1971 – 17 January 1972; 3 March-15 May 1974; 5 November 1974 – 16 January 1975
- 47: attached 12 May – 16 July 1971
- 48: attached 10 June-c. July 1972
- 61: attached 6 May-11 August 1967; 8 April-c. 29 June 1968; 27 May – 6 July 1970; 5 January-16 March 1973
- 345: attached 8 October 1956 – 12 November 1958
- 346: attached 8 October 1956-30 June 1958 and 13 February-11 March 1968
- 347: attached 22 June-23 September 1967; 15 June-6 September 1969; 5 September-15 November 1970
- 348: attached 6 September-16 November 1969; 17 February-4 March 1970; 7 May – 13 July 1970; 5 January-15 March 1971; 6 May – 1 June 1972
- 530 Fighter: attached 15 December 1945 – 16 February 1946
- 772d Tactical Airlift Squadron: attached 5 July-21 September 1972; 3 November 1972 – 16 January 1973; 5 January-16 March 1975; 5 November 1975 – 15 January 1976.
- 773d Tactical Airlift Squadron: attached 1 June – 14 July 1972; 28 August-16 November 1972; 5 July-5 September 1973; 5 May – 15 July 1974; 5 May – 14 July 1975
- 774th Tactical Airlift Squadron: attached 5 September-15 November 1974
- 777th Tactical Airlift Squadron: attached 6 August-13 November 1967; 10 May-7 August 1969; 11 January-19 March 1970; 1–31 October 1970; 13 March-12 May 1971
- 778th Tactical Airlift Squadron: attached 7 November 1967 – 13 February 1968; 18 October-21 December 1969; 7 July-16 September 1970
- 779th Tactical Airlift Squadron779th Tactical Airlift SquadronThe 779th Tactical Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last was assigned to the 464th Tactical Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. It was inactivated on 31 August 1971...
: attached 26 September-2 December 1968; 7 August-18 October 1969 - 970 Airborne Air Control: 15 March 1996–present
- 1648 Military Airlift Squadron Provisional: attached 8 July 1968 – 10 May 1969
- 7120 Airborne Command Control: 1 July 1966 – 1 January 1970
- 7441 Troop Carrier Squadron Provisional1: attached 20 July 1966 – 1 March 1967
- 7442 Troop Carrier Squadron Provisional: attached 20 July 1966 – 1 June 1967
Aircraft flown
- C-47 SkytrainC-47 SkytrainThe Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...
, 1944–1946 - C-46 CommandoC-46 CommandoThe Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C...
, 1945–1946 - C-54 SkymasterC-54 SkymasterThe Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces and British forces in World War II and the Korean War. Besides transport of cargo, it also carried presidents, British heads of government, and military staff...
, 1948–1949 (included Navy R5D of Naval Squadron VR-6) - C-119 Flying BoxcarC-119 Flying BoxcarThe Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute...
, 1955–1956 - 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...
, 1956–1958
- C-130 HerculesC-130 HerculesThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...
, 1966–1976 - Boeing EC-135Boeing EC-135The Boeing EC-135 was a command & control version of the C-135 Stratolifter. Modified for the "Looking Glass" program, during the Cold War EC-135 were airborne 24 hours a day to serve as flying command platforms for the military in the event of nuclear war...
, 1966–1992 - C-124 Globemaster IIC-124 Globemaster IIThe Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shakey", was a heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California....
, 1968–1969 - WC-135 Constant PhoenixWC-135 Constant PhoenixThe WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions...
, 1989–1992 - E-3 SentryE-3 SentryThe Boeing E-3 Sentry is an airborne warning and control system developed by Boeing as the prime contractor. Derived from the Boeing 707, it provides all-weather surveillance, command, control and communications, and is used by the United States Air Force , NATO, Royal Air Force , French Air Force...
, 1996–present
Stations
- Sylhet Airfield, India 5 June 1944
- Dinjan AirfieldDinjan AirfieldDinjan Airfield was a World War II airfield, located approximately seven miles northeast of Chabua, in the state of Assam, India.It was abandoned after the war and, though unused, is part of an Indian Air Force base.-History:...
, India 2 August 1944 - Myitkyina AirfieldMyitkyina Airport-Airlines and destinations:-History:Built before World War II as Myitkyina Airfield, the airfield was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army on 8 May 1942 during the Japanese conquest of Burma...
, Burma 3 June 1945 - Shanghai Airport, China 1 November 1945 – 15 April 1946
- Rhein-Main AB, Germany, 19 November 1948 – 16 October 1949
- Sewart AFB, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, 8 November 1955 – 1 December 1958 - Évreux-Fauville Air BaseEvreux-Fauville Air BaseÉvreux-Fauville Air Base is a French Air Force base located about 2 miles east of the town of Évreux in the Eure département, on the north side of the Route nationale 13 Highway....
, France, 15 April 1966 - RAF MildenhallRAF MildenhallRAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing...
, England, 1 July 1966 – 1 February 1992 - Tinker 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...
, 15 March 1996–present
Operational history
Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group (Special). Activated in Germany on 19 November 1948. Assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe. Using C-54's, transported food, coal, and other supplies during the Berlin airlift, Operation Vittles. Inactivated in Germany in October 1949.
Activated in the US on 8 November 1955. Assigned to Tactical Air Command and equipped with C-123 aircraft. From November 1955 to November 1958, participated in numerous tactical exercises and operations, including troop drops and airlift in support of construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line stations in the American Arctic.
From April 1966 to January 1976, provided intra-theater airlift in support of US Air Forces in Europe, European Command, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations and exercises, using C-130s and crews rotating to Europe from Tactical Air Command and Military Airlift Command wings based in the United States and C-124s and crews from Air Force Reserve groups. Maintained and operated EC-135s as an airborne command post and acted as host organization for American units at RAF Mildenhall to February 1992. In addition, the group collected samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions.
Beginning March 1996, trained to fulfill an air control mission through the use of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. Took part in worldwide contingency operations and counter-drug missions.
See also
- Objective, Burma!Objective, Burma!Objective, Burma! is an Oscar-nominated 1945 war film which was loosely based on the six month raid by Merrill's Marauders in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War...