512th Operations Group

512th Operations Group
Emblem of the 512th Operations Group
Active	1944-1959; 1993-Present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force Reserve
Garrison/HQ	Dover AFB

A 709th Airlift Squadron aircrew here boards The Spirit of Global Reach (Lockheed C-5M Galaxy 86-0025) for their first local training mission on 17 Feb 2009. The aircraft arrived at Dover Air Force Base on 9 Feb and is the first of three C-5M Super Galaxies the base will receive for operational testing and evaluation.

The 512th Operations Group (512 OG) 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. After the war, the unit was redesignated as the 512th Troop Carrier Group (Medium) and allotted to the reserve.

Overview

The unit is the operational component of the 512th Airlift Wing, and consists of 2 airlift squadrons and 2 support squadrons. Members of the group work side-by-side their active duty counterparts in the 436th Airlift Wing. The unit flies the C-5 Galaxy

• 709th Airlift Squadron
• 326th Airlift Squadron
• 512th Operations Support Flight
• 512th Airlift Control Flight

History

Lineage

• Established as 1 Combat Cargo Group on 11 Apr 1944

Activated on 15 Apr 1944

Redesignated 512 Troop Carrier Group on 19 Sep 1945

Inactivated on 24 Dec 1945

• Redesignated 512 Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 4 Aug 1949

Activated in the Reserve on 2 Sep 1949

Ordered to Active Service on 15 Mar 1951

Inactivated on 1 Apr 1951

• Activated in the Reserve on 14 Jun 1952

Inactivated on 14 Apr 1959

• Redesignated: 512 Military Airlift Group on 31 Jul 1985 (Remained inactive)
• Redesignated: 512 Operations Group on 1 Aug 1992

Activated in the Reserve on 1 Aug 1992.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947-1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.