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The 23rd Fighter Group (23 FG) is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 23rd Wing and stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. 23rdFighterGroup FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Forthe"23rdFighterGroup"thatexistedfrom1997to2006,see23rdWing. 23rdFighterGroup 23rd FighterGroupA-10CThunderboltIIattachedtothe332ndAirExpeditionaryWingtakesofffromaforward-deployedlocationduringOperationIraqiFreedom.Active1942–1946,1946–1949,1951–1952,1955–1959,1991–1997,2006–presentCountryUnitedStatesBranch UnitedStatesAirForceRoleCloseAirSupportSize900personnel48A-10CaircraftGarrison/HQMoodyAirForceBase,GeorgiaNickname(s)FlyingTigersEngagementsChinaOffensiveWesternPacificChinaDefensiveIndia-BurmaDecorationsDistinguishedUnitCitationCommandersCurrentcommanderColonelRyanE.Haden[1]NotablecommandersCol.RobertL.ScottGeneralBruceK.HollowayBrig,Gen.DavidLee"Tex"HillCol.EdwardF.RectorInsignia23rdWingemblem(approved24January1957)[2]Militaryunit The23rdFighterGroup(23FG)isaUnitedStatesAirForceunit.Itisassignedtothe23rdWingandstationedatMoodyAirForceBase,Georgia. The23rdFighterGroupwasestablishedinWorldWarIIasthe23rdPursuitGroupoftheUnitedStatesArmyAirForces(USAAF).[3]Redesignatedthe23rdFighterGroupbeforeitsactivation,thegroupwasformedinChinaon4July1942,[3]asacomponentoftheChinaAirTaskForceandreceivedasmallcadreofvolunteerpersonnelfromthesimultaneouslydisbanded1stAmericanVolunteerGroup(AVG)–the"FlyingTigers"[3]oftheChineseAirForce. TocarryonthetraditionsandcommemoratethehistoryoftheAVG,aircraftoftheUSAF23rdFighterGroupcarrythesame"SharkTeeth"noseartoftheAVG'sCurtissP-40Warhawks,alongwiththe"FT"(FlyingTiger)tailcode.The23rdFighterGroup'saircraftaretheonlyUnitedStatesAirForceaircraftcurrentlyauthorizedtocarrythisdistinctiveandhistoricalaircraftmarking. Contents 1Overview 2History 2.1WorldWarII 2.2PostwarEra 2.2.1AirDefenseCommand 2.3Modernera 2.3.123rdOperationsGroup 2.3.223rdFighterGroup 2.3.3MoodyAirForceBase 3Lineage 3.1Assignments 3.2Components 3.3Stations 3.4Awardsandcampaigns 4Seealso 5References 5.1Notes 5.2Citations 5.3Bibliography 6Externallinks Overview[edit] CurrentlybasedatMoodyAirForceBase,Georgia,thegroupisassignedasoneoftwooperationsgroupsofthe23rdWingatMoody.[nb1]BothorganizationsserveaspartoftheNinthAirForceandAirCombatCommand.The23rdFighterGroup'sprimarymissionsareforwardaircontrol,closeairsupport,airinterdictionandcombatsearchandrescueoperations. Thegrouphastwooperationalsquadronsassigned:the74thandthe75thFighterSquadronsbothflyingA-10ThunderboltIIattackaircraft. History[edit] WorldWarII[edit] GroundcrewsservicingaP-40ofthe23rdFGin1942. By15June1942,underordersfromTenthAirForce,anadvancecadreofpilotsandaircrafthadproceededovertheHumptoKunming,China,forcombatfamiliarization.Withoutceremony,the23rdFighterGroupwasactivated4July1942,markingthefirstsuchactivationofaUnitedStatesfighterunitonafieldofbattleinWorldWarII.[4][nb2] ClaireL.Chennault,meanwhile,hadbeenrecalledtoactivedutywiththerankofbrigadiergeneralandplacedattheheadoftheChinaAirTaskForce(latertogrowintoFourteenthAirForce).The23rdFighterGroupbecameacomponentoftheTaskForceandwasassignedthreesquadrons,the74th,75th,and76thFighterSquadrons.[5][6][7][8] ThegroupinheritedthemissionoftheAmericanVolunteerGroup"FlyingTigers"(AVG).FiveofChennault'sstaffofficers,fivepilots[4]and19groundcrewmenenteredtheUnitedStatesArmyAirForcesandbecamemembersofthe23rdFighterGroup.Approximately25FlyingTigerpilots,stillincivilianstatus,volunteeredtoextendtheircontractsfortwoweekstotrainthenewgroupfollowingthedisbandingoftheirorganization.TheoriginalaircraftofthegroupwereamixtureofCurtissP-40Warhawksfromabatchof50senttoChinafortheAVGbetweenJanuaryandJune1942,andafollow-upshipmentof68P-40Estransferredfromthe51stFighterGroupinIndiaandflownovertheHumpbypersonneltobeassignedtothe23rd,alsomostlyfromthe51stGroup.[citationneeded] OthersfromtheranksoftheoriginalFlyingTigersleftChinawhentheircontractsexpired,[4]althoughsomereturnedtodutylaterwiththeArmyAirForcesintheChina-Burma-IndiaTheater.InadditiontoinheritingoperationalresponsibilitiesfromtheAVG,the23rdFighterGroupalsobenefitedfromtheknowledgeandexperienceoftheAVGpilots,andtookonthenicknameofthedisbandedunit. Col.RobertL.ScottJr.,alreadyinIndiaasacommanderoftheHumpoperation,becamethefirstcommanderofthe23rdFighterGroup.[4]Hewouldlaterauthorthemilitaryclassic,"GodIsMyCo-Pilot."Ontheveryfirstdayofitsactivation,the23rdFighterGroupengagedthreesuccessivewavesofenemyaircraftandpromptlyrecordedthedestructionoffiveenemyaircraftwithnolossestoitself.[citationneeded] GeneralClaireChennaultwithaP-51Mustangandpilotsofthe23rdFG Thenextthreeyearssawthe23rdFighterGroupinvolvedinmuchoftheactionoversoutheastandsouthwestAsia.ItprovidedairdefensefortheChineseterminusoftheHumproute,[3]butitsoperationsextendedbeyondChinatoBurma,FrenchIndochinaandasfarasTaiwan.[3]Theunithelpedpioneeranumberofinnovativefighterandfighter-bombertactics.Thegroupuseditsso-called"B-40"(P-40'scarrying1,000-poundbombs)todestroyJapanesebridgesandkillbridgerepaircrews,sometimesdemolishingtheirtargetwithasinglebomb.[9]TheunitgainedanotherincreaseincapabilitywithitsconversiontotheNorthAmericanP-51MustangaircraftinNovember1943. Representativeoftheencountersundertakenbythissmallandoftenill-equippedgroupwasthedefenseagainstamajorJapanesepushdowntheHsiangValleyinHunan17–25June1944.[3]Ignoringinhibitingweatherconditionsandheavygroundfire,the23rdFighterGroupprovidedairsupportforChineselandforcesandrepeatedlystruckatenemytroopsandtransportation.ItseffortsinthisinstanceearnedittheDistinguishedUnitCitation.[3]In1945ithelpturntheJapanesespringoffensiveandharassedtheretreatingJapanesebystrafingandbombingtheircolumns.[3] Beforethe23rdFighterGroupreturnedtotheUnitedStatesinDecember1945,itwascreditedwithdestroying621enemyplanesinaircombat,plus320moreontheground;withsinkingmorethan131,000tonsofenemyshippinganddamaginganother250,000tons;andwithcausinganestimatedenemytrooplossofmorethan20,000.[4]Thesestatisticswerecompiledthroughatotalofmorethan24,000combatsorties,requiringmorethan53,000flyinghours,andatacostof110aircraftlostinaerialcombat,90shotdownbysurfacedefenses,and28bombedwhileontheground.[4]Thirty-twopilotsofthegroupachievedacestatusbyshootingdownfiveormoreenemyaircraft.[4] The23rdFighterGroupleftthetheaterinDecember1945andwasinactivated5January1946,atFortLewis,Washington.[3] PostwarEra[edit] The23rdFighterGroupwasreactivated10October1946,inGuamandassignedtotheTwentiethAirForce,equippedwiththelong-rangeRepublicP-47NThunderbolt,replacingthe21stFighterGroupandassumingitsequipment,personnel,andmission.[3][10]WhilestationedinGuam,the23rdbecameapartoftheUnitedStatesAirForce(USAF)whenitbecameaseparatemilitaryserviceon18September1947.In1948itwasassignedtothe23rdFighterWing[2]aspartoftheUSAFWing/BaseReorganization,[5][11]whichwasintendedtounifycommandandcontrolonairbasesbyassigningoperationalandsupportgroupstoasingleheadquarters.[12]InApril1949,thegroupmovedwiththewingtoHowardAirForceBase[3]inthePanamaCanalZone,whereitassumedtheairdefensemissionofthePanamaCanal,takingoverthepersonnelandequipmentofthe5600thCompositeGroup.[11]ItwasinactivatedalongwiththewingafewmonthslaterwhentheAirForceconsolidateditsoperationsinthePanamaCanalZoneatAlbrookAirForceBase.[3][11] AirDefenseCommand[edit] Thegroupwasredesignatedasthe23rdFighter-InterceptorGroup(FIG),activatedonceagain[3]andassignedtothe23rdFighter-InterceptorWing(FIW)atPresqueIsleAirForceBase,MaineaspartofAirDefenseCommand(ADC),withthe74thand75thFighter-InterceptorSquadrons(FIS)assigned,flyingNorthAmericanF-86ESabreaircraft.[13]Beforetheyearwasover,bothsquadronshadconvertedtoolderF-86As.[13]InFebruary1952,thewingandgroupwereinactivated,[3]inamajorreorganizationofAirDefenseCommand(ADC)respondingtoADC'sdifficultyundertheexistingwingbaseorganizationalstructureindeployingfightersquadronstobestadvantage.[14] InAugust1955,ADCimplementedProjectArrow,whichwasdesignedtobringbackontheactivelistthefighterunitswhichhadcompiledmemorablerecordsinthetwoworldwars.[15]Asaresultofthisproject,thegroup,nowdesignatedthe23rdFighterGroup(AirDefense),replacedthe528thAirDefenseGroupatPresqueIsleandonceagainassumedcommandofthe75thand76FIS,[3][16]whichalsoreturnedtoPresqueIsletoreplacethe82ndand319thFIS,[17]becauseProjectArrowwasalsodesignedtoreunitewartimesquadronswiththeirtraditionalheadquarters.[15]However,thetwosquadronswerenowoperatingNorthropF-89Scorpions[13]Inaddition,thegroupassumedUSAFhostresponsibilityforPresqueIsleandwasassignedthe23rdUSAFInfirmary[18](laterUSAFDispensary),23rdAirBaseSquadron,[19]23rdMaterielSquadron,[20]andin1957,the23rdConsolidatedAircraftMaintenanceSquadron[21]tocarryouttheseduties.In1957,thegroupconvertedfromtheF-89DtothenuclearcapableF-89H[13]armedwithAIR-2Genierockets.In1958,the76thFISmovedtoMcCoyAirForceBase,Floridaandwasassignedawayfromthegroup.The75thFISwasintheprocessofconvertingtoF-101VooDoos,whenthegroupwasinactivatedin1959[22]asPresqueIslewasbeingtransferredtoStrategicAirCommandashostbasefortheSM-62SnarkMissileandthe702ndStrategicMissileWing. Modernera[edit] 23rdOperationsGroup[edit] 23rdFighterGroupA-10ThunderboltIIsonalert On1June1992,the23rdTacticalFighterGroupwasredesignatedthe23rdOperationsGroupandactivatedatPopeAirForceBase,NorthCarolinaundertheredesignated23rdWingundertheUSAFObjectiveWingplan.Itwasgiventhemissionofcontrollingtheflyingcomponentsoftheparent23rdWing.Theseincludedbothfightersprovidingcloseairsupportandtheaterairliftaircraft.[5] InDecember1992,LockheedC-130Herculessfromthegroup's2ndAirliftSquadrondeployedtoMombasa,Kenya,toparticipateinOperationProvideRelief.TheaircraftandcrewsdeliveredtonsoffoodandotherreliefsuppliestosmallairstripsthroughoutSomalia.23rdWingC-130swerealsotaskedtoassistinotherhumanitarianreliefefforts,toincludeHurricaneAndrewinFlorida.TheyalsoairdroppedreliefsuppliesintoBosniaandHerzegovinaandflewreliefmissionsintoSarajevoformorethan28months.[citationneeded] InSeptember1994,itsC-130sparticipatedinwhatwastobethelargestcombatpersonneldropsinceWorldWarII,OperationUpholdDemocracy.Theyweretoassistindroppingmorethan3,000paratroopersfromthe82ndAirborneDivisionontoPortauPrinceAirport,Haiti.TheinvasionforcewasrecalledatthelastminuteafterwordthattheHaitianpresidenthadresigneduponhearingthattheaircraftwereontheirway.The75thFighterSquadron'sA-10sdeployedtheiraircrafttoShawAirForceBase,SouthCarolina,wheretheywerescheduledtolaunchcloseairsupportoperationsfortheinvasionforcebeforerecoveringinPuertoRico.[citationneeded] ThefirstoperationaldeploymentofacompositewinghappenedinOctober1994,whenIraqitroopsbeganmassingneartheKuwaitiBorder.Within72hours,56aircraftand1,500personneldeployedtothePersianGulfregionforOperationVigilantWarrior.Eventually,the75thFighterSquadronredeployedtoAlJaberAirBase,Kuwait,becomingthefirstU.S.fixed-wingaircrafttobestationedinthatcountrysincetheendoftheGulfWar.[citationneeded] On1July1996,the74thFighterSquadron'sF-16C/DFightingFalconsweretransferredtothe27thFighterWing's524thFighterSquadronatCannonAirForceBase,NewMexico,andthesquadrontransitionedtoFairchildRepublicA-10ThunderboltIIreceivedfromthe20thFighterWing's55thFighterSquadronatShaw.[citationneeded]Thisgavethe23rdGroupasecondA-10squadron.[5] 23rdFighterGroup[edit] On1April1997,the23rdOperationsGroupwasinactivatedandreplacedbythedownsized23rdWing,whichwasredesignatedasthe23rdFighterGroup.[5]The23rdFighterGroupwasassignedtothe347thWingofAirCombatCommandatMoodyAirForceBase,GeorgiabutthegroupremainedatPopeasaGeographicallySeparatedUnit(GSU).ItsC-130sandPopeAirForceBasewererealignedtoAirMobilityCommandandassignedtothe43rdAirliftWing. MoodyAirForceBase[edit] On1October2006,the347thRescueWingatMoodyredesignatedasthe347thRescueGroup,whilethe23rdFighterGroupwasexpandedandredesignatedthe23rdWing.Alongwiththe347thRescueGroup,theoriginal23rdFighterGroupwasreactivated,thistimeatMoodyAirForceBase,[5]foronlythesecondtimeinoverfiftyyears.The23rdFighterGroupwasthenassignedasoneofthe23rdWing'soperationsgroups,althoughretainingthedesignationof"FighterGroup".[5] Boththe23rdWingand23rdFighterGrouparechargedwithcarryingonthehistoricFlyingTiger'sheritage.[23] Lineage[edit] Constitutedasthe23rdPursuitGroup(Interceptor)on17December1941 Redesignated23rdFighterGroupon15May1942 Activatedon4July1942 Inactivatedon5January1946 Redesignated23rdFighterGroup,SingleEnginein1946 Activatedon10October1946 Redesignated23rdFighterGroup,Jeton3May1949 Inactivatedon24September1949 Redesignated23rdFighter-InterceptorGroupon19December1950 Activatedon12January1951 Inactivatedon6February1952 Redesignated23rdFighterGroup(AirDefense)on20June1955 Activatedon18August1955 Inactivatedon1July1959 Redesignated23rdTacticalFighterGroupon31July1985(remainedinactive) Redesignated23rdOperationsGroup,andactivated,on1June1992 Inactivatedon1April1997 Redesignated:23rdFighterGroupon26September2006 Activatedon1October2006[24] Assignments[edit] TenthAirForceChinaAirTaskForce,4July1942 FourteenthAirForce,10March1943 –5January1946 20thFighterWing(later46thFighterWing),10October1946 23rdFighterWing,16August1948 –24September1949 23rdFighter-InterceptorWing,12January1951 –6February1952 4711thAirDefenseWing,18August1955 32ndAirDivision(Defense),1March1956 BangorAirDefenseSector,1August1958 –1July1959 23rdWing,1June1992 –1April1997 23rdWing,1October2006–present[24] Components[edit] 2ndAirliftSquadron:1June1992 –1April1997 16thFighterSquadron:attached,4July1942 –19October1943 41stAirliftSquadron:16July1993 –1April1997 74thFighterSquadron:4July1942 –5January1946;10October1946 –24September1949;12January1951 –6February1952;15June1993 –1April1997;1October2006–present 75thFighterSquadron(later75thFighter-InterceptorSquadron,75thFighterSquadron):4July1942 –5January1946;10October1946 –24September1949;12January1951 –6February1952;18August1955 –1July1959;1June1992 –1April1997;1October2006–present 76thFighterSquadron(later,76thFighter-InterceptorSquadron):4July1942 –5January1946;10October1946 –24September1949;18August1955 –9November1957 118thTacticalReconnaissanceSquadron:attached,May1945–Aug1945 132ndFighter-InterceptorSquadron:attached,21July1951 –2August1951 134thFighterInterceptionSquadron:attached,Jan1951-2August1951 449thFighterSquadron:attached,Jul1943–19October1943[24] 598thRangeSquadron:22Sep2015–present[25] Stations[edit] KunmingAirport,China,4July1942 KweilinAirfield,China,c.Sept1943 LiuchowAirfield,China,8September1944 LuliangAirfield,China,14September1944 LiuchowAirfield,China,Aug1945 HanchowAirfield,China,c.10October–12December1945 FortLewis,Washington,3–5January1946 NorthwestField(later,NorthwestGuamAirForceBase),Guam,10October1946 –3April1949 HowardAirForceBase,CanalZone,25April–24September1949 PresqueIsleAirForceBase,Maine,12January1951 –6February1952;18August1955 –1July1959 PopeAirForceBase,NorthCarolina,1June1992 –30July2007 MoodyAirForceBase,Georgia,30July2007–present[24] Awardsandcampaigns[edit] Awardstreamer Award Dates Notes DistinguishedUnitCitation 17June1944–25June1944 23rdFighterGroupHunanProvince,China[3] AirForceMeritoriousUnitAward 1June2008–31May2010 23rdFighterGroup[26] AirForceOutstandingUnitAward 31May1995–31March1997 23rdOperationsGroup[5] AirForceOutstandingUnitAward [30July2007]-31May2008 23rdFighterGroup[26] CampaignStreamer Campaign Dates Notes India-Burma 2April1943–28January1945 23rdFighterGroup[3] ChinaDefensive 4July1942–4May1945 23rdFighterGroup[3] WesternPacific 17April1944–2September1945 23rdFighterGroup[3] ChinaOffensive 5May1945–2September1945 23rdFighterGroup[3] Seealso[edit] WorldWarIIportal References[edit] Notes[edit] ^TheothergroupatMoodyisthe347thRescueGroup.Thewing'sthirdoperationsgroup,the563rdRescueGroup,islocatedatDavis-MonthanAirForceBase,Arizona ^The103rdAeroSquadronreceiveditspilotsinFranceinFebruary1918frommembersoftheLafayetteEscadrilleandtheLafayetteFlyingCorps,althoughitsenlistedmembershadbeenwiththesquadronsincethesummerof1917.Maurer,CombatSquadrons,pp.314–317.AlloftheAmericanExpeditionaryForcesAirServicegroupsthatfoughtinWorldWarI,includingthe1stPursuitGroupand1stDayBomardmentGroup,bothofwhicharecurrentlyactive,wereformedinFranceaswell.[citationneeded]Theactivationofthe23rdFighterGroupinChinaprecededthatofthe4thFighterGroupinEngland(fromtheformerRAFEagleSquadrons)byalmostthreemonths.Maurer,CombatUnits,pp.35–37,73–75 Citations[edit] ^"ColonelRyanE.Haden".Retrieved29February2020. ^abHaulman,DanielL.(9April2012)."Factsheet23FighterWing(ACC)".AirForceHistoricalResearchAgency.Retrieved28July2012. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstMaurer,CombatUnits,p.72 ^abcdefgMolesworth[page needed] ^abcdefghRobertson,Patsy(7August2008)."Factsheet23FighterGroup(ACC)".AirForceHistoricalResearchAgency.Retrieved5April2012. ^Maurer,CombatSquadrons,pp.271–272 ^Maurer,CombatSquadrons,pp.273–274 ^Maurer,CombatSquadrons,pp.275–276 ^CBIRoundup,Vol.II,No.32,20April1944 ^MaurerCombatUnits,p.72 ^abcRavenstein,pp.43–45 ^Goss,p.59 ^abcdCornett&Johnson,p.118 ^Grant,p.33 ^abBuss,etal.,p.6 ^Maurer,CombatSquadrons,pp.274–275 ^Maurer,CombatSquadrons,pp.287,389 ^See"Abstract,History23InfirmaryAug–Dec1955".AirForceHistoryIndex.Retrieved7April2012. ^"Abstract,History23AirBaseSquadronJanuary1958–June1959".AirForceHistoryIndex.Retrieved7April2012. ^Cornett&Johnson,p.145 ^Cornett&Johnson,p.136 ^Cornett&Johnson,p.70 ^USAFReleaseref23rdWing.Archived4June2011attheWaybackMachine ^abcdLineage,includingassignment,components,andstationsareinRobertson,Factsheet,23rdFighterGroup ^Tinsley,SRACeaira(23September2015)."598thRANSreactivatesaftersevendecades".23rdWingPublicAffairs.Archivedfromtheoriginalon26September2015.Retrieved25September2015. ^ab"AirForceRecognitionPrograms".AirForcePersonnelCenter.Retrieved2November2012.(search) Bibliography[edit]  Thisarticleincorporates publicdomainmaterialfromtheAirForceHistoricalResearchAgencywebsitehttp://www.afhra.af.mil/. 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