Lineage. Constituted as Base Hq & 19 Air Base Squadron (Single), and activated, on 1 Feb 1940. Redesignated as: 19 Air Base Group on 1 Sep 1940; 19 Service Group on 10 Jul 1942; 19 Air Service Group on 14 Jan 1945. Disbanded on 22 May 1945. Reconstituted, and redesignated as, 19 Maintenance Group on 18 Sep 2008. Activated on 1 Oct 2008.
Assignments. General Headquarters (GHQ) Air Force, 1 Feb 1940; II Air Force Service Command, 1 Oct 1941; XII Air Force Service Command, 15 Aug 1943; Twelfth Air Force, 28 Oct 1944; Fifteenth Air Force, 10-22 May 1945. 19 Airlift Wing, 1 Oct 2008-.
Stations. Hamilton Field, CA, 1 Feb 1940; McChord Field, WA, 5 Jun 1940; Pendleton Field, OR, 4 Jun 1941; Columbia AAB, SC, 21 Feb 1942; Fort Dix, NJ, 22 May-4 Jun 1942; Atcham, England, 11 Jun 1942; Aldermaston, England, 9 Aug 1942; Liverpool, England, 11 Nov 1942; Mers el Khebir, North Africa, 22 Nov 1942; Tafaraoui, North Africa, 4 Dec 1942; Telergma, North Africa, 8 Dec 1942; Youks la Bain Afld, Algeria, 2 Jan 1943; Sousse, Tunisia, 10 Jun 1943; Pantelleria, Sicily, 16 Jun 1943; Foch Field, Tunisia, 6 Sep 1943; Cercola AB, Italy, 1 Dec 1943; La Banca AB, Italy, 27 May 1944; Ciampino AB, Italy, 19 Jun 1944; St Martinella, Italy, 10 Jul 1944; Porto Vecchio, Corsica, 19 Jul 1944; Calvia, Corsica, 21 Jul 1944; Le Luc Afld, France, 20 Aug 1944; St Ylie, France, 14 Sep 1944; Iesi, Italy, 10 Oct 1944; Fano, Italy, 5 Dec 1944; Cesenatico, Italy, 17 Mar-22 May 1945. Little Rock AFB, AR, 1 Oct 2008-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. World War II: Naples-Foggia; North Apennines; Po Valley; Rhineland; Rome-Arno; Sicily; Southern France; Tunisia.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Meritorious Unit Award: 1 Aug 2009-31 Jul 2011.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through Feb 2014.
Emblem. Group will use the wing emblem with the group designation in the scroll.
Prepared by Patsy Robertson.
Reviewed by Daniel Haulman.