349th Operations Group

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|dates=1943–1946; 1949–1951; 1952–1959; 1992—present

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The 349th Operations Group (349 OG) is a United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing. The unit is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California.

The 349 OG controls all operational flying squadrons of the 349 AW.

The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 349th Troop Carrier Group was a C-46 Commando transport unit assigned to Ninth Air Force in Western Europe.

Units

70th Air Refueling Squadron (KC-10 Extender)
79th Air Refueling Squadron (KC-10 Extender)
349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
301st Airlift Squadron (C-17 Globemaster III)
312th Airlift Squadron (C-5 Galaxy)
349th Operations Support Flight
349th Air Mobility Operations Flight

History

: See the 349th Air Mobility Wing for additional history and lineage

=World War II=

Trained at various bases for troop carrier operations, participating in maneuvers and practicing paratroop drops, glider towing, and flying training, until moving to Europe in March 1945. In western Europe, transported vehicles, gasoline, and supplies. At the end of the war, evacuated patients and allied former prisoners of war. Returned to America in July and August 1945.

=Air Force Reserve=

In 1946, trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Between June 1949 and April 1951, trained reservists in troop carrier operations. Between June 1952 and September 1957, trained for fighter-bomber operations, but returned to troop carrier training from September 1957 to April 1959.

Activated in 1992 to manage strategic airlift squadrons, and in 1994 also acquired air refueling squadrons. Since then the group has taken part in joint training exercises, channel and special assignment airlift missions, and humanitarian and contingency operations worldwide.

Lineage

Established as the 349th Troop Carrier Group on 23 October 1943

: Activated on 1 November 1943

: Inactivated on 7 September 1946

Redesignated 349th Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 10 May 1949

: Activated in the reserve on 27 June 1949

: Ordered to active service on 1 April 1951

: Inactivated on 2 April 1951

Redesignated 349th Fighter-Bomber Group on 26 May 1952

: Activated in the reserve on 13 June 1952

: Redesignated 349th Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 1 September 1957

: Inactivated on 14 April 1959

: Redesignated: 349th Military Airlift Group on 31 July 1985 (Remained inactive)

Redesignated: 349th Operations Group on 1 August 1992

: Activated in the Reserve on 1 August 1992{{cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9960|last1=Robertson|first1=Patsy|title=Factsheet 349 Operations Group (AFRC)|date=24 January 2011|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency|access-date=5 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929012046/http://www.afhra.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9960|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

=Assignments=

61st Troop Carrier Wing, 1 November 1943
60th Troop Carrier Wing, 11 March 1944
I Troop Carrier Command, November 1944
IX Troop Carrier Command, April 1945
52d Troop Carrier Wing, 30 April 1945
50th Troop Carrier Wing, 20 May 1945
52d Troop Carrier Wing, 31 January 1946
Third Air Force, 27 August – 7 September 1946
349th Troop Carrier Wing, 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951
349th Fighter-Bomber Wing (later 349 Troop Carrier Wing), 13 June 1952 – 14 April 1959
349th Airlift Wing (later 349 Air Mobility Wing), 1 August 1992 – present

=Components=

70th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 September 1994 – present
79th Air Refueling Squadron: 1 April 1995 – present
23d Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 December 1944 – 7 September 1946
97th Troop Carrier Squadron : 25 March 1958 – 14 April 1959
301st Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – present
311th Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 November 1943 – 1 December 1944; 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951
312th Troop Carrier Squadron (later 312th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 312th Troop Carrier Squadron, 312th Airlift Squadron): 1 November 1943 – 7 September 1946; 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951; 13 June 1952 – 14 April 1959; 1 August 1992 – present
313th Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 November 1943 – 7 September 1946; 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951; 13 June 1952 – 14 April 1959
314th Troop Carrier Squadron: 1 November 1943 – 31 July 1946; 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951; 13 June 1952 – 14 April 1959
328th Troop Carrier Squadron: 16 November 1957 – 25 March 1958
708th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 30 September 1996
710th Airlift Squadron: 1 August 1992 – 1 January 1998

=Stations=

Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 1 November 1943
Alliance Army Air Field, Nebraska, 20 January 1944
Pope Field, North Carolina, 11 March 1944
Baer Field, Indiana, 4 – 15 March 1945
RAF Barkston Heath (AAF-483),Station number in Anderson England, 3 April 1945

Roye-Amy Airfield (A-73),Station number in Johnson France, April-13 July 1945
Bergstrom Field, Texas, September 1945 – 7 September 1946
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 27 June 1949 – 2 April 1951
Hamilton Air Force Base, California, 13 June 1952 – 14 April 1959
Travis Air Force Base, California, 1 August 1992 – present

=Aircraft=

C-53 Skytrooper, 1943–1944
C-47 Skytrain, 1943–1946; 1955–1956
C-46 Commando, 1944–1946; 1949–1951; 1952–1958
CG-4 Waco (Glider), 1944–1946
Waco CG-13 (Glider), 1944–1945
B-17 Flying Fortress, 1944
B-24 Liberator, 1944
C-109 Liberator Express, 1945

F-51 Mustang, 1953–1954
F-80 Shooting Star, 1953–1956
C-45 Expeditor, 1954–1956
F-84 Thunderjet, 1956–1957
C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1958–1959
C-141 Starlifter, 1992–1998
C-5 Galaxy, 1992–present
KC-10 Extender, 1994–present

References

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; Citations

=Bibliography=

{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Capt. Barry|title=Army Air Forces Stations: A Guide to the Stations Where U.S. Army Air Forces Personnel Served in the United Kingdom During World War II|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf|access-date=7 July 2012|year=1985|publisher=Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center|location=Maxwell AFB, AL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123155923/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-027.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=dead}}
{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=1st Lt. David C.|title=U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO) D-Day to V-E Day|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-026.pdf|year=1988|publisher=Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center|location=Maxwell AFB, AL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929064443/http://www.afhra.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-081010-026.pdf|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Air Force Combat Units of World War II|orig-year= 1961|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180735/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Sep/21/2001330256/-1/-1/0/AFD-100921-044.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition=reprint|year=1983|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-02-1|lccn=61060979}}
{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230820144531/https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 20 August 2023|edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
{{cite book|last=Ravenstein|first=Charles A.|title=Air Force Combat Wings, Lineage & Honors Histories 1947–1977|url=https://archive.org/details/airforcecombatwi0000rave|year=1984|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-912799-12-9|url-access=registration}}

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