513th Air Control Group

513th Air Control Group
Active	1944 - 1946
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Air Forces

The 513th Air Control Group is United States Air Force Reserve unit assigned to Tinker AFB, Oklaholma.

It's World War II predecessor, the 3d Combat Cargo Group was a United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the China Burma India Theater and Pacific Ocean Theater of World War II. In 1948, the group was redesignated as the 513th Troop Carrier Group.

History

Lineage

• Established as 3 Combat Cargo Group on 1 Jun 1944

Activated on 5 Jun 1944

Redesignated 513 Troop Carrier Group on 19 Sep 1945

Inactivated on 15 Apr 1946

• Redesignated 513 Troop Carrier Group, Special, and activated, on 19 Nov 1948

Inactivated on 16 Oct 1949

• Redesignated 513 Troop Carrier Group, Assault, Fixed Wing on 30 Jun 1955

Activated on 8 Nov 1955

Inactivated on 8 Oct 1957

• Consolidated (31 Jan 1984) with the 513 Troop Carrier Wing, Assault, Fixed Wing, which was established on 26 Sep 1957

Activated on 8 Oct 1957

Redesignated 513 Troop Carrier Wing, Assault on 1 Jul 1958

Inactivated on 1 Dec 1958

• Redesignated 513 Troop Carrier Wing, and activated, on 6 Apr 1966

Organized on 15 Apr 1966

Redesignated: 513 Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 Jul 1967

Redesignated: 513 Airborne Command and Control Wing on 18 Jun 1987

Inactivated on 1 Feb 1992

• Redesignated 513 Air Control Group on 7 Mar 1996

Activated in the Reserve on 15 Mar 1996.

Assignments

• Army Air Forces, India-Burma Sector, China-Burma-India Theater, 5 Jun 1944

Attached to: Third Tactical Air Force, 5 Jun 1944-unkn

Attached to: Tenth Air Force, c. 20 Aug-21 Sep 1944

• Tenth Air Force, 22 Sep 1944

Attached to: Air Cargo Headquarters, Tenth Air Force, 1 Nov 1944-30 Apr 1945

Attached to: North Burma Air Task Force, Tenth Air Force, 1 May-11 Jun 1945

• Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater, 12 Jun 1945

Attached to: India-China Division, Air Transport Command, 12 Jun 1945-

• Tenth Air Force, 16 Jun-1 Aug 1945

Remained attached to India-China Division, Air Transport Command

• Unknown (probably Army Air Forces, India-Burma Theater), 1 Aug-c. 1 Nov 1945

Remained attached to India-China Division, Air Transport Command, to 1 Nov 1945

• Tenth Air Force, c. 1 Nov 1945
• Army Air Forces, China Theater, c. 12 Nov 1945-15 Apr 1946
• 1 Airlift Task Force, 19 Nov 1948

Attached to: 61st Troop Carrier Wing, 19-25 Nov 1948

Attached to: Airlift Wing [Provisional], 26 Nov 1948-19 Jan 1949

Attached to: 7497 Airlift Wing, 20 Jan-9 Jul 1949

Attached to: 61st Troop Carrier Wing, 10 Jul 1949-

• United States Air Forces in Europe, 26 Sep-16 Oct 1949

Remained attached to 61st Troop Carrier Wing to 16 Oct 1949

• Eighteenth Air Force, 8 Nov 1955

Attached to 314th Troop Carrier Wing, 8 Nov 1955-

• Ninth Air Force, 1 Sep 1957

Remained attached to 314th Troop Carrier Wing to 8 Oct 1957

• 839th Air Division, 8 Oct 1957-1 Dec 1958
• United States Air Forces in Europe, 6 Apr 1966

Attached to 322d Air Division, 15 Apr 1966-

• Third Air Force, 1 Jul 1966

Remained under 322d Air Division

• United States Air Forces in Europe, 1 Jul 1967

Remained under 322d Air Division

• Third Air Force, 1 Nov 1968-1 Feb 1992

Remained under 322d Air Division to 24 Dec 1968

• 507th Wing, 15 Mar 1996
• Tenth Air Force, 1 Apr 1997-Present

Components

• Naval Air Transport Squadron VR-6: attached 19 Nov 1948-31 Jul 1949. 9 (later, 330): 5 Jun 1944-15 Apr 1946 (detached 13 Jul-11 Aug 1944); 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949; 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958
• 10 Airborne Command Control (later, 10 Airborne Command and Control): 1 Jan 1970-31 Dec 1991
• 10 (later, 331): 5 Jun 1944-6 Jan 1946 (detached 15 Dec 1945-6 Jan 1946); 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949; 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958. 11 (later, 332): 5 Jun 1944-2 May 1945 (detached 16 Jun-12 Aug 1944; C. 1 Nov 1945-15 Apr 1946; 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949; 8 Nov 1955-1 Dec 1958
• 12 (later, 333): 5 Jun 1944-6 Jan 1946 (detached 5 Jul-11 Aug 1944 and 15 Dec 1945-6 Jan 1946); 19 Nov 1948-16 Oct 1949 (detached 20 Dec 1948-26 Sep 1949)
• 32: attached 5 Nov 1973-15 Jan 1974 and 5 Sep-14 Nov 1975
• 36: attached 21 Mar-22 Jun 1967; 26 Feb-19 Jun 1969; 13 Jul-14 Sep 1971; 5 Mar-16 May 1973; 3 Jan-15 Mar 1974
• 37: attached 21 Sep-21 Dec 1967; 2 Dec 1968-26 Feb 1969; 2 Mar-13 May 1970; 13 Jan-14 Mar 1972; and (by 5) Sep-15 Nov 1973
• 38: attached 5 Nov 1970-7 Jan 1971; 13 Sep-16 Nov 1971; 11 Mar-6 May 1972; 7 May-15 Jul 1973
• 39: attached 27 May-8 Jul 1968; 7 Jul-15 Sep 1974; 4 Jul-14 Sep 1975
• 40: attached 11 Mar-27 May 1968; 5 Mar-15 May 1975
• 41: attached 12 Nov 1971-17 Jan 1972; 3 Mar-15 May 1974; 5 Nov 1974-16 Jan 1975
• 47: attached 12 May-16 Jul 1971
• 48: attached 10 Jun-c. Jul 1972
• 61: attached 6 May-11 Aug 1967; 8 Apr-c. 29 Jun 1968; 27 May-6 Jul 1970; 5 Jan-16 Mar 1973
• 345: attached 8 Oct 1956-12 Nov 1958
• 346: attached 8 Oct 1956-30 Jun 1958 and 13 Feb-11 Mar 1968
• 347: attached 22 Jun-23 Sep 1967; 15 Jun-6 Sep 1969; 5 Sep-15 Nov 1970
• 348: attached 6 Sep-16 Nov 1969; 17 Feb-4 Mar 1970; 7 May-13 Jul 1970; 5 Jan-15 Mar 1971; 6 May-1 Jun 1972
• 530 Fighter: attached 15 Dec 1945-16 Feb 1946
• 772: attached 5 Jul-21 Sep 1972; 3 Nov 1972-16 Jan 1973; 5 Jan-16 Mar 1975; 5 Nov 1975-15 Jan 1976. * 773: attached 1 Jun-14 Jul 1972; 28 Aug-16 Nov 1972; 5 Jul-5 Sep 1973; 5 May-15 Jul 1974; 5 May-14 Jul 1975
• 774: attached 5 Sep-15 Nov 1974
• 777: attached 6 Aug-13 Nov 1967; 10 May-7 Aug 1969; 11 Jan-19 Mar 1970; 1-31 Oct 1970; 13 Mar-12 May 1971
• 778: attached 7 Nov 1967-13 Feb 1968; 18 Oct-21 Dec 1969; 7 Jul-16 Sep 1970
• 779: attached 26 Sep-2 Dec 1968; 7 Aug-18 Oct 1969
• 970 Airborne Air Control: 15 Mar 1996-Present
• 1648 Military Airlift Squadron Provisional: attached 8 Jul 1968-10 May 1969
• 7120 Airborne Command Control: 1 Jul 1966-1 Jan 1970
• 7441 Troop Carrier Squadron Provisional1: attached 20 Jul 1966-1 Mar 1967
• 7442 Troop Carrier Squadron Provisional: attached 20 Jul 1966-1 Jun 1967

Aircraft Flown

• Douglas C-47/C-53 Skytrain

Stations Assigned

• Sylhet, India 5 Jun 1944
• Dinjan Airfield, India 2 Aug 1944
• Myitkyina, Burma 3 Jun 1945
• Shanghai, China 1 Nov 1945-15 Apr 1946

Operational History

Emblem of the 3d Combat Cargo Group

Constituted as 3rd Combat Cargo Group on 1 Jun 1944 and activated in India on 5 Jun. Equipped with C-47's.

Supported ground forces during the battle for northern Burma and the subsequent Allied drive southward. Flew Allied troops and materiel to the front, transporting gasoline, oil, vehicles, engineering and signal equipment, and other items that the group either landed or dropped in Burma. Also evacuated wounded personnel to India. Moved to Burma in Jun 1945. Hauled gasoline and other supplies to bases in western China.

Redesignated 513th Troop Carrier Group in Sep 1945. Moved to China in Nov. Inactivated on 15 Apr 1946.

See also

• Objective, Burma!

References

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

• Martin, John G. Through Hell's Gate to Shanghai: History of the 10th Combat Cargo Squadron, 3rd Combat Cargo Group, CBI Theater, 1944-1946. Athens, Ohio: Lawhead Press, 1983.
• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.