Lineage. Established as 18 Air Base Group on 10 Aug 1948. Activated on 14 Aug 1948. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1957. Redesignated as 18 Combat Support Group on 30 Apr 1974. Activated on 30 Sep 1974. Redesignated as: 18 Combat Support Wing on 15 Jan 1985; 18 Support Group on 1 Oct 1991; 18 Mission Support Group on 19 Aug 2002.
Assignments. 18 Fighter (later, 18 Fighter-Bomber) Wing, 14 Aug 1948-1 Oct 1957 (attached to Thirteenth Air Force, 16 May-c. 1 Jul 1949; 24 Air Depot Wing, c. 1 Jul-16 Dec 1949; 6332 Air Base Wing, 1-9 Nov 1954; 313 Air Division, 1 Feb-1 Oct 1957). 18 Tactical Fighter Wing, 30 Sep 1974; 313 Air Division, 11 Feb 1981; 18 Wing, 1 Oct 1991-.
Stations. Clark AFB, PI, 14 Aug 1948; Pusan AB, Korea, 1 Dec 1950; East Pyongyang, Korea, 1 Dec 1950; Suwon AB, Korea, 5 Dec 1950; Chinhae, Korea, 15 Dec 1950; Osan-ni, Korea, 27 Dec 1952; Kadena AB, Okinawa, 30 Oct 1954-1 Oct 1957 (deployed at Yonton Aux AB, Okinawa, 10 Nov-11 Dec 1954; in Formosa, 1-15 Feb 1955). Kadena AB, Japan, 30 Sep 1974-.
Service Streamers. None.
Campaign Streamers. Korea: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1953.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Sep 1978-30 Sep 1979; 1 Oct 1979-31 May 1981; 1 Jun 1981-31 May 1983; 1 Jun 1983-31 May 1984; 1 Jun 1984-31 May 1986; 1 Jun 1987-31 May 1989; 1 Jun 1989-31 May 1991;1 Oct 2000-30 Sep 2002; 1 Oct 2002-30 Sep 2004; 1 Oct 2005-30 Sep 2007; 31 Oct 2009-[1 Nov] 2010; 2 Nov 2010-1 Nov 2012. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations: 1 Dec 1950-31 Jan 1951; 1 Feb 1951-31 Mar 1953.
Lineage, Assignments, Stations, and Honors through Feb 2014.
Supersedes statement prepared on 18 Dec 1974.
Emblem. Approved on 5 Sep 2019.
Prepared by Patsy Robertson.
Reviewed by Daniel Haulman.