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58th Operations Group
Emblem of the 58th Operations Group
Active1941–1945; 1946–1952; 1955–1961; 1991–1994; 1994–present
Country58th Operations Group United States
Branch58th Operations Group United States Air Force
RoleSpecial Operations
EngagementsWorld War II
Korean War
58 SOW Boeing CV-22B Osprey 04-0026

The 58th Operations Group (58 OG) is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 58th Special Operations Wing. It is stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

During World War II, the units predecessor unit, the 58th Fighter Group operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater as part of Fifth Air Force. The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation strafing a Japanese naval force off Mindoro in the Philippines on 26 December 1944 to prevent destruction. During the Korean War, the unit bombed and strafed enemy airfields and installations and supported UN ground forces, remaining in South Korea after the 1953 Armistice.[1]

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