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512th Operations Group
A 709th Airlift Squadron crew boards the wing's first C-5M Super Galaxy[note 1]
Active
1944–1945; 1949–1951; 1952–1959; 1993–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Airlift
Part of
Air Force Reserve Command
Garrison/HQ
Dover Air Force Base
Engagements
China-Burma-India Theater
Decorations
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
512th Operations Group emblem (approved 21 December 1993)[1][note 2]
512th Troop Carrier Group emblem (Approved 21 January 1958)[2]
Military unit
The 512th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the 512th Airlift Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve. The group is stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
During World War II as the 1st Combat Cargo Group, the group fought in the China-Burma-India Theater transporting supplies and reinforcements to and evacuating casualties flying combat operations in Burma and China assigned to the Tenth Air Force. [3] After the war, the unit was redesignated as the 512th Troop Carrier Group (Medium) and allotted to the reserve.
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^Haulman, Daniel L. (2 January 2008). "Factsheet 512 Operations Group (AFRC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
^Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 20–21
^Maurer, Maurer (21 September 2010). "Air Force Command Units of World War II" (PDF). Office of Air Force History. 1: 20 – via Defence.gov.
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