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442d Operations Group
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Emblem of the 442d Operations Group
Active 1943–1946; 1949–1951; 1952–1959; 1982–1984; 1992–present
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force Reserve
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Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 442d Fighter Wing, fly formation

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A 303rd Fighter Squadron A-10 over Whiteman Air Force Base

The 442d Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Tenth Air Force 442d Fighter Wing, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 442d Troop Carrier Group was a C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to Ninth Air Forces in Western Europe. The 442d TCG group carried 82nd Airborne paratroopers into France for the 6 June 1944, D-Day invasion. In September 1944, the 442d flew units of the 101st Airborne into Belgium during Operation Market Garden. After D-Day, the 442d TCG flew resupply missions, hauled freight, and evacuated casualties in support of the Allied efforts in France and Belgium. While continuing its transport duties until V-E Day, it also released gliders filled with troops in the airborne assault across the Rhine River in March 1945, carried supplies to ground forces in Germany during April and May, and evacuated liberated prisoners of war.

Units[]

The 442d Operations Group (Tail Code: KC), operates A-10 Thunderbolt II Aircraft.

History[]

For additional lineage and history, see 442d Fighter Wing

World War II[]



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