57th Operations Group

the 57th Operations Group is made up of the below units. Unless otherwise stated, the units are based at Nellis AFB, Nevada. • 6th Combat Training Squadron • 12th Combat Training Squadron (Fort Irwin, California) • 57th Information Aggressor Squadron • 57th Operations Support Squadron • 64th Aggressor Squadron (F-16 Fighting Falcon) • 65th Aggressor Squadron (F-35 Lightning II) • 414th Combat Training Squadron • 507th Air Defense Aggressor Squadron • 548th Combat Training Squadron (Green Flag East) (Fort Johnson, Louisiana) • 549th Combat Training Squadron (Green Flag West) • United States Air Force Thunderbirds ==History==

:See 57th Wing for associated lineage and timeline information. World War II The group was first activated as the 57th Pursuit Group in January 1941, flying P-40 Warhawks as part of the Army Air Corps Northeast Defense Sector (later assigned to the I Fighter Command) at Mitchel Field, New York. The group earned a third DUC c. 14 April 1944 for attacks in the Florence-Arezzo area. The group participated in the French campaign against Elba in June 1944 and in the invasion of Southern France in August. It provided air defense initially in the Aleutian Islands, then moved in 1947 to Elmendorf Air Force Base. In 1948, as a result of the wing/base reorganization of the Air Force (Hobson Plan), the group became part of the 57th Fighter Wing, which included three support groups in addition to the group. as its operational element and also several support units as it assumed USAF host unit duties at Paine. It provided air defense over the Pacific Northwest. In June 1966, it briefly became non-operational when its 64th Squadron moved to Southeast Asia and was assigned away from the group. However, after two weeks, the 498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying Convair F-106 Delta Darts, moved to Paine and became the group's new operational squadron. It was inactivated 30 September 1968 ==Lineage==

• Constituted as the 57th Pursuit Group (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940 : Activated on 15 January 1941 : Redesignated as 57th Fighter Group (Single Engine) on 15 May 1942 : Inactivated on 7 November 1945 • Activated on 15 August 1946 : Redesignated as 57th Fighter-Interceptor Group on 20 January 1950 : Inactivated on 13 April 1953 • Redesignated as 57th Fighter Group (Air Defense) and activated on 24 February 1961 (not organized) : Organized on 1 April 1961 : Discontinued and inactivated on 30 September 1968 : Redesignated as 57th Fighter Weapons Group on 31 July 1985 (remained inactive) • Redesignated as 57th Operations Group on 1 November 1991 and activated Assignments • 7th Pursuit Wing, 15 January 1941 • I Interceptor Command (later I Fighter Command, 1 September 1941 • IX Fighter Command, c. 16 July 1942 • U.S. Army Middle East Force, July 1942 : Attached to Desert Air Task Force, 22 October 1942 • IX Fighter Command, 12 November 1942 : Attached to: Western Desert Air Force, 21 February 1943 : Attached to: Desert Air Force, c. April 1943 : Attached to: 7 South African Air Force No. 7 (South African) Wing?, 21 May 1943 : Attached to: XII Air Support Command, 22 August 1943 • Twelfth Air Force, 30 August 1943 • XII Air Support Command, 1 September 1943 • 57th Bombardment Wing, 1 November 1943 • Unknown (probably XII Air Support Command), 2 January – 4 March 1944 : Attached to 64th Fighter Wing, 2 March 1944 • XII Air Support Command (later XXII Tactical Air Command), 5 March 1944 : Remained attached to 64th Fighter Wing] until 28 March 1944 • 87th Fighter Wing, 23 April 1944 • XII Tactical Air Command, 10 September 1944 • XII Fighter (later, XII Tactical Air) Command, 15 September 1944 • Twelfth Air Force, 7 June – 7 August 1945 • Unknown, 8–22 August 1945 • Third Air Force, 23 August – 7 November 1945 • Alaskan Air Command, 15 August 1946 : Attached to Yukon Sector, Alaskan Air Command, 16–21 April 1947 • Headquarters, Fort Richardson, Alaska (later 57th Fighter Wing, Provisional), 20 November 1947 – 19 April 1948) • 57th Fighter Wing, 20 April 1948 : Attached to 10th Air Division [Defense], 10 December 1950 • Alaskan Air Command, 1 January 1951 : Remained attached to 10th Air Division [Defense] until 1 March 1951 • 10th Air Division (Defense), 1 November 1952 – 13 April 1953 • Air Defense Command, 24 February 1961 • Seattle Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1961 – 30 September 1968 • 57th Fighter Wing, 1 November 1991–present Components Operational Squadrons • 11th Reconnaissance Squadron: 29 July 1995 – 1 May 2007 • 12th Combat Training Squadron: ? - present • 15th Reconnaissance Squadron: 1 August 1997 – 1 May 2007 • 17th Reconnaissance Squadron: 8 March 2002 – 1 May 2007 • 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron: 2 March 2018 – 23 December 2020 • 58th Rescue Squadron: 14 June 2002 – 1 October 2003 • 64th Fighter (later 64th Fighter-Interceptor, 64th Aggressor) Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 7 November 1945; 15 August 1946 – 13 April 1953; 1 April 1961 – 10 June 1966; 3 October 2003 – 15 September 2005; 31 March 2020 - present • 65th Fighter (later, 65th Fighter-Interceptor, 65th Aggressor) Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 7 November 1945; 15 August 1946 – 13 April 1953; 9 June 2022 - present • 66th Fighter (later 66th Fighter-Interceptor) Squadron: 15 January 1941 – 7 November 1945; 15 August 1946 – 13 April 1953 • 57th USAF Dispensary: 1 April 1961 – 30 September 1968 • 57th Air Base Squadron (later 57th Combat Support Squadron): 1 April 1961 – 30 September 1968 • 57th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron: 1 April 1961 – 30 September 1968 • 57th Materiel Squadron: 1 April 1961 – 1 August 1964 • 57th Operations Support Squadron: 1 November 1991 – present • 57th Supply Squadron 1 August 1964 – 30 September 1968 • 66th Rescue Squadron: 1 February 1993 – 1 October 2003 • 414th Combat Training Squadron: 4 October 2007 – present • 498th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron: 25 June 1966 – 30 September 1968 • 547th Intelligence Squadron, 1 November 1991 – 15 September 2005 • 548th Combat Training Squadron: 4 October 2007 – present • 549th Combat Training Squadron: 4 October 2007 – present • 561st Fighter Squadron: 1 February 1993 – 1 October 1996. Stations • Mitchel Field, New York, 15 January 1941 • Bradley Field, Connecticut], 19 August 1941 • Boston Airport, Massachusetts, 8 December 1941-c. 1 July 1942 • Fort Dix Army Air Field, New Jersey, 5 July 1942 • New York Port of Embarkation, New York, 15–16 July 1942 • Muqeible Airfield, British Mandate of Palestine, c. 20 July 1942 • Landing Ground 174, Egypt, 16 September 1942 • RAF El Daba, Egypt, 5 November 1942 • Sidi Haneish Airfield, Egypt, 8 November 1942 • Sidi Azeiz Airfield, Libya, 12 November 1942 • RAF Gambut, Libya, 13 November 1942 • Martuba Airfield, Libya, 16 November 1942 • Belandah Airfield, Libya, 3 December 1942 • Hamraiet Airfield, Libya, 3 January 1943 • Darragh Airfield, Libya, 19 January 1943 • Ben Gardane Airfield, Tunisia, 9 March 1943 • Soltane Airfield, Tunisia, 21 March 1943 • Hazbub Airfield, Tunisia, 4 April 1943 • Chekira Airfield, Tunisia, 10 April 1943 • El Djem Airfield, Tunisia, 14 April 1943 • Hani Airfield, Tunisia, 21 April 1943 • Bou Grara Airfield, Tunisia, May 1943 • Malta, 27 June 1943 • Pachino Airfield, Sicily, 19 July 1943 • Scordia Airfield, Sicily, August 1943 • Milazzo Airfield, Sicily, 12 September 1943 • Messina Airfield, Sicily, 15 September 1943 • Reggio Airfield, Italy, 16 September 1943 • Rocca Bernardo Airfield, Italy, 17 September 1943 • Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy, c. 25 September 1943 • Foggia Airfield, Italy, 30 September 1943 • Amendola Airfield, Italy, c. 27 October 1943 • Cercola Airfield, Italy, 1 March 1944 • Alto Airfield, Corsica, 30 March 1944 • Ombrene Airfield, Italy, 9 September 1944 • Grosseto Airfield, Italy, 24 September 1944 • Villafranca di Verona Airfield, Italy, 29 April 1945 • Grosseto Airfield, Italy, 7 May 1945 • Bagnoli Airfield, Italy, 15 July 1945 • Naples Capodichino Airport, Italy, 5–6 August 1945 • Camp Miles Standish, Massachusetts, 18 August 1945 • Drew Field, Florida, 23 August – 7 November 1945 • Shemya Army Air Base, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 15 August 1946 • Elmendorf Field, Alaska, 25 March 1947 – 13 April 1953 • Paine Field, Washington, 1 April 1961 – 30 September 1968 • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 1 November 1991 – present Aircraft assigned • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1941–1944 • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, 1944–1945 • Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1946 • North American P-51 Mustang, 1946–1948 • Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, 1948–1951 • Lockheed F-94 Starfire, 1951–1952 • Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, 1961–1966 • Convair F-106 Delta Dart, 1966–1968 • McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, 1993–1996 • Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk, 1993–2003 • General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, 1995–2005 • General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, 2003–2005, 2018–present • Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, 2022–present Awards • Distinguished Unit Citation • North Africa and Sicily, 24 October 1942 – 17 August 1943 • Tunis and Cape Bon Area, 18 April 1943 • Italy, 14 April 1944 • Air Force Outstanding Unit Award • 1 January 1995 – 31 May 1997 • 1 June 1998 – 31 May 2000 • 1 June 2001 – 31 May 2003 • 1 June 2003 – 31 May 2004 • 1 June 2004 – 31 May 2006 • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, October 1942 – May 1945 • European-African-Middle Eastern Theater • Campaigns : Air Combat, EAME Theater : Egypt-Libya : Tunisia : Sicily : Naples-Anzio : Rome-Arno : Southern France : Northern Apennines : Po Valley ==See also==