13th Air Expeditionary Group

304th EAS C-17 sits on the Ice Runway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 21, 2011.

An LC-130 Hercules is unloaded Nov. 27 on the ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze.

World War II unit emblem of the 13th Bombardment Group

The 13th Air Expeditionary Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Mobility Command, based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.

Overview

The 13 AEG was re-activated by Air Mobility Command as the air component of Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica (JTF-SFA). The 13 AEG commander is dual hatted as the deputy commander, JTF-SFA.^[1][2]

Units

• 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, C-17 Globemaster III
• 139th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, LC-130 Hercules (New York Air National Guard)

History

Organized in early 1941 as a First Air Force bombardment group equipped with B-18 Bolos. After the United States entered World War II the group was ordered to search for German U-Boats and to fly aerial coverage of friendly convoys off the east coast. Reassigned to Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command in October 1942 and inactivated shortly afterwards, its component squadrons being redesignated Antisubmarine Squadrons and reassigned to the 25th Antisubmarine Wing.

Lineage

• Constituted as 13th Bombardment Group (Medium) on 20 November 1940

Inactivated on 30 November 1942

• Re-designated 13th Air Expeditionary Group, and converted to provisional status in 2007

Assignments

• First Air Force, 15 January 1941
• I Bomber Command, 6 June 1941
• Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command, 15 October–November 1942
• Air Mobility Command to activate or inactivate at any time, 2007.

Attached to: Thirteenth Air Force, 2007-Present

Squadrons

• 39th Bombardment: 15 January 1941 – 30 November 1942
• 40th Bombardment: 15 January 1941 – 30 November 1942

An air echelon was attached to the: Caribbean Sea Frontier, United States Navy, 30 August-9 October 1942 and 16 October-15 November 1942

An air echelon was attached to the: 99th Bombardment Squadron, 9–16 October 1942

• 41st Bombardment: 15 January 1941 – 30 November 1942
• 3d Reconnaissance, later 393d Bombardment: 15 January 1941 – 30 November 1942

Stations

• Langley Field, Virginia, 15 January 1941
• Orlando Army Air Base, Florida, c. 6 June 1941
• Westover Field, Massachusetts, 20 January-30 November 1942.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of 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 0-89201-092-4.

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