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  • 5 Operations Group (ACC)

    Lineage.  Authorized (established) as 2 Group (Observation), and organized, on 15 Aug 1919.  Redesignated as: 5 Group (Observation) on 14 Mar 1921; 5 Group (Pursuit and Bombardment), c. 9 Jun 1922; 5 Group (Composite) on 11 Jul 1922; 5 Composite Group on unkn date; 5 Bombardment Group on 9 Mar 1938;

  • 23 Bomb Squadron (AFGSC)

    Lineage.  Organized as 18 Aero Squadron on 16 Jun 1917.  Redesignated as 23 Aero Squadron (Repair) on 22 Jun 1917.  Demobilized on 22 Mar 1919.  Reconstituted, and consolidated (1924) with 23 Squadron, which was authorized on 30 Aug 1921, organized on 1 Oct 1921, redesignated as 23 Bombardment

  • 451 Air Expeditionary Group (ACC)

    Lineage.  Established as 451 Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 Apr 1943.  Activated on 1 May 1943.  Redesignated as 451 Bombardment Group, Heavy on 10 May 1943.  Inactivated on 26 Sep 1945.  Consolidated (31 Jan 1984) with the 451 Strategic Missile Wing (ICBM-Titan), which was established, and

  • 75 Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (USAFE)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 75 Ferrying Squadron (Special) on 30 Jan 1943.  Activated on 8 Feb 1943.   Redesignated as 75 Transport Transition Squadron on 4 Jun 1943.  Disbanded on 31 Mar 1944.  Reconstituted, and redesignated as 75 Air Transport Squadron, Medium, on 20 Jun 1952. Activated on 20 Jul

  • 721 Air Mobility Operations Group (AMC)

    Lineage.   Established as 608 Military Airlift Group on 1 Jul 1983.  Activated on 1 Aug 1983.  Redesignated as: 608 Airlift Support Group on 1 Jun 1992; 621 Air Mobility Support Group on 1 Jul 1994; 721 Air Mobility Operations Group on 15 Mar 2001.                Assignments.   322 Airlift Division,

  • 2 Audiovisual Squadron (AFPAA)

    Lineage.   Constituted as 2 Army Air Forces Combat Camera Unit on 4 Feb 1943.  Activated on 12 Feb 1943.  Redesignated as 2 Combat Camera Unit on 1 Aug 1945.  Inactivated on 30 Nov 1945.  Activated on 1 Jun 1949.  Inactivated on 26 Sep 1949.  Activated on 1 Sep 1950.  Redesignated as 2 Photographic

  • 2 Bomb Wing (ACC)

    Lineage.  Established as 2 Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy on 15 Oct 1947.   Organized on 5 Nov 1947.   Redesignated as: 2 Bombardment Wing, Medium on 12 Jul 1948; 2 Bombardment Wing, Heavy on 1 Apr 1963; 2 Wing on 1 Sep 1991; 2 Bomb Wing on 1 Oct 1993.Assignments.  Eighth Air Force, 5 Nov 1947

  • 8 Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron (AMC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 8 Air Cargo Resupply Squadron on 14 Sep 1944.  Activated on 24 Sep 1944.  Inactivated on 15 Mar 1946.  Redesignated as 8 Military Airlift Support Squadron (Mobile Enroute), and activated, on 3 May 1966.  Organized in the Reserve on 1 Jul 1966.  Inactivated on 1 Jul 1973. 

  • 5 Expeditionary Air Mobility Sq (AMC)

    Lineage.  Constituted as 5 Air Cargo Resupply Squadron on 31 Jul 1944.  Activated on 29 Aug 1944.  Inactivated on 25 Mar 1946.  Redesignated as 5 Military Airlift Support Squadron (Mobile Enroute), and activated, on 3 May 1966.  Organized in the Reserve on 1 Jul 1966.  Inactivated on 1 Jul 1973. 

  • 521 Air Mobility Operations Wing (AMC)

    Lineage. Established as 555 Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (Separate) on 28 Feb 1942. Activated on 4 Jul 1942. Redesignated as: 555 Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion on 11 Mar 1943; 501 Tactical Control Group on 31 Dec 1945. Inactivated on 25 Sep 1947. Redesignated as 501 Aircraft Control and