403 Operations Group (AFRC)

Lineage.  Established as 403 Troop Carrier Group on 7 Dec 1942.  Activated on 12 Dec 1942.  Inactivated on 15 Oct 1946.  Redesignated as 403 Troop Carrier Group, Medium on 10 May 1949.  Activated in the Reserve on 27 Jun 1949.  Ordered to active service on 1 Apr 1951.  Inactivated on 1 Jan 1953.  Activated in the Reserve on 1 Jan 1953.  Inactivated on 14 Apr 1959.  Redesignated as:  403 Military Airlift Group on 31 Jul 1985; 403 Operations Group on 1 Aug 1992.  Activated in the Reserve on 1 Aug 1992.   

Assignments.  I Troop Carrier Command, 12 Dec 1942; 50 Troop Carrier Wing, 1 May 1943; XIII Air Force Service Command, Sep 1943; Far East Air Service Command, 13 Dec 1945; 322 Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jan 1946; 54 Troop Carrier Wing, 26 Jan-15 Oct 1946.  403 Troop Carrier Wing, 27 Jun 1949-1 Jan 1953.  403 Troop Carrier Wing, 1 Jan 1953-14 Apr 1959.  403 Airlift Wing (later, 403 Wing), 1 Aug 1992-.            

Operational Components.  Squadrons.  6 Troop Carrier:  15 May-15 Oct 1946.  9 Troop Carrier:  31 May-15 Oct 1946.  13 Troop Carrier:  22 Aug 1943-15 Oct 1946.  19 Troop Carrier:  31 May-15 Oct 1946.  53 Weather Reconnaissance:  1 Nov 1993-.  63 Troop Carrier:  12 Dec 1942-15 May 1946 (detached 10 Oct 1943-3 Jul 1944); 27 Jun 1949­-1 Jan 1953; 1 Jan 1953-14 Apr 1959.  64 Troop Carrier:  12 Dec 1942-15 May 1946; 27 Jun 1949-1 Jan 1953; 1 Jan 1953-14 Apr 1959.  65 Troop Carrier:  12 Dec 1942-26 Jul 1943; 20 Feb 1945-27 Jan 1946; 27 Jun 1949-1 Jan 1953; 1 Jan 1953-16 Nov 1957.  66 Troop Carrier:  12 Dec 1942-21 Jul 1943; 20 Feb 1945-15 Jan 1946; 27 Jun 1949-17 Apr 1951.  815 Airlift:  1 Aug 1992-. 

Stations.  Bowman Fld, KY, 12 Dec 1942; Alliance, NE, 18 Dec 1942; Pope Fld, NC, 3 May 1943; Baer Fld, IN, 20 Jun 1943; Camp Stoneman, CA, 18 Jul-24 Aug 1943; Espiritu Santo, 15 Sep 1943; Los Negros, 30 Aug 1944; Biak, 4 Oct 1944; Leyte, 25 Jun 1945; Clark Fld, Luzon, 1 Feb 1946; Manila, Luzon, c. Jun-15 Oct 1946.  Portland Muni Aprt, OR, 27 Jun 1949-29 Mar 1952; Ashiya AB, Japan, 14 Apr 1952-1 Jan 1953.  Portland Intl Aprt, OR, 1 Jan 1953; Selfridge AFB, MI, 16 Nov 1957-14 Apr 1959.  Keesler AFB, MS, 1 Aug 1992-.  

Service Streamers.  None. 

Campaign Streamers.  World War II:  New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines.  Korea:  Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter.   

Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers.  None.

Decorations.  Distinguished Unit Citation:  Philippine Islands, 17 Apr-30 Jun 1945.  Navy Unit Commendation: [Sep 1943]-15 Jul 1944.  Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: [1 Aug] 1992-30 Apr 1994; 1 May 1994-30 Apr 1996; 1 May 1996-31 Aug 1997; 1 Jan 2004-31 Dec 2005; 1 Oct 2008-30 Sep 2010; 1 Jan 2015-31 Dec 2017.  Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation [1952].  Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.

Lineage, Assignments, Components, Stations, and Honors through 22 Jun 2023.

Supersedes statement prepared on 7 Mar 2012.

Emblem.  Approved on 8 Mar 2023.

Prepared by Melissa Lahue.

Reviewed by Margaret Ream.