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1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group information


1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group
Postwar testing of the Republic-Ford JB-2 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Active1946–1949
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force

The 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Proving Ground Command and stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It was inactivated on 22 July 1949.

The 1st EGMG was the initial United States Army Air Forces (later United States Air Force) dedicated missile unit.

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