325th Operations Group

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325th Operations Group
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43d Fighter Squadron F-22 Raptor with a group F-15 Eagle [note 1]
Active1942–1945, 1947–1952, 1955–1960, 1991–present
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Role Fighter
Part of Air Combat Command
Ninth Air Force
325th Fighter Wing
Garrison/HQ Tyndall Air Force Base
Nickname(s)Checkertail Clan (World War II) [1]
Motto(s)Locare et Liquidare Latin Locate and Liquidate (1951-present) Consilium Conficitur Plan - Contest (World War II) [1]
EngagementsWorld War II Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Decorations Distinguished Unit Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Insignia
325th Operations Group emblem [note 2] [2] USAF - 325th Operations Group.png
325th Fighter Group emblem (World War II) [1] 325 Fighter Gp emblem.png

The 325th Operations Group is the flying component of the 325th Fighter Wing, assigned to Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force . The group is stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. It conducts training on the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and commands one operational Raptor squadron. It directs the flying and support operations of two F-22 squadrons, a fighter training squadron, an operations support squadron and a training support squadron.

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The group was first activated in August 1942 as the 325th Fighter Group at Mitchel Field, New York. After training at Hillsgrove Army Air Field, Rhode Island, the group moved to North Africa in 1943, where it flew combat missions with the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for actions over Sardinia for engaging a superior force of enemy aircraft and destroying more than half of them. The group was withdrawn from combat in the fall of 1943 and re-equipped with the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. After moving to Italy, the group re-entered combat, earning a second Distinguished Unit Citation in January 1944. The group continued in combat until VE Day, returning to the United States in the fall for inactivation.

The 325th was again activated in 1947 as an all-weather fighter unit, moving late in the year to Hamilton Air Force Base. California. It assumed responsibility for air defense of the northern Pacific coast after moving to Moses Lake Air Force Base, Washington. With the beginning of the Korean War, a number of Air National Guard units were activated, one of which was attached to the group. In December 1951, the group dispatched one of its squadrons to Korea to provide all-weather air defense for the Seoul region. However, Air Defense Command (ADC) was finding that the single group and wing organization did not fit its model of dispersed fighter squadrons. Accordingly, it replaced its fighter wings and groups with regionally oriented defense wings and inactivated the group in February 1952.

In 1955, ADC implemented Project Arrow, which replaced its Air Defense Groups organized in the early 1950s with fighter groups that had been active during World War II. The 325th was activated once again at McChord Air Force Base, Washington to replace the 567th Air Defense Group, whose personnel, equipment and mission it assumed. The following year, the 325th Fighter Wing was again activated, and until 1957 the group was a paper organization, used to staff various wing offices. It was inactivated in 1960, with its sole remaining squadron assigned directly to the 325th Wing.

The 325th remained in inactive status until 1991 when it was again activated as the 325th Operations Group.

Assigned units

The 325th Operations Group commands three flying squadrons and two support squadrons.

The 95th Fighter Squadron activated in June 2023 as an operational F-35A squadron. [3]
The 325th Training Support Squadron manages training resources and conducts academic and simulator training for F-22 pilots, air battle managers and intelligence officers. [4]
The 325th Operations Support Squadron supports F-35 pilots. The squadron controls all air traffic at Tyndall, manages the airfield complex, and provides weather observation and forecasting. The squadron also provides operations, weapons and tactics, life support and water survival training and scheduling. [5]

History

World War II

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Restored Curtiss P-40
325th Fighter Group P-47 at an Allied airfield in Italy 325fightergroup-p-47-1943.jpg
325th Fighter Group P-47 at an Allied airfield in Italy
325th Fighter Group P-51D Mustang 325fightergroup-p-51-1945.jpg
325th Fighter Group P-51D Mustang

The 325th was first activated as the 325th Fighter Group at Mitchel Field, New York in August 1942 with the 317th, [6] 318th, [7] and 319th Fighter Squadrons [8] assigned. It trained at Hillsgrove Army Air Field with Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft [9] before moving to North Africa by ship and transport planes in January through February 1943. The group entered combat in April 1943 and began escorting medium bombers, flying strafing missions, and conducting sea sweeps from bases in Algeria and Tunisia. [9] The 325th participated in the defeat of Axis forces in Tunisia, the reduction of Pantelleria, and the conquest of Sicily. [9] The 325th received a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for action over Sardinia on 30 July 1943 when the group, using diversionary tactics, forced a superior number of enemy planes into the air and destroyed more than half of them. [9] The group did not fly combat missions from the end of September to mid-December 1943 as the 325th converted to Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft and moved to Italy. [9]

The 325th began operations with Fifteenth Air Force in December 1943, and primarily engaged in bomber escort operations. [9] It received a second DUC for a mission on 30 January 1944 when the group flew more than 300 miles at very low altitude to surprise the enemy fighters that were defending German airfields near Villaorba, Italy; by severely damaging the enemy's force, the 325th enabled heavy bombers to strike vital targets in the area without encountering serious opposition. [9] The group converted to North American P-51 Mustang aircraft in May 1944 and provided the fighter escort on the first shuttle bombing mission from Italy to Russia in early June 1944, and became the first American group to score a victory while flying from a Russian base. [10] It escorted heavy bombers during long-range missions to attack the Messerschmitt factory at Regensburg, the Daimler-Benz tank factory at Berlin, oil refineries at Vienna, and other targets, such as airfields, marshalling yards, and communications targets in Italy, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia. It also covered operations of reconnaissance aircraft and strafed such targets as trains, vehicles, and airfields. The group continued combat operations until May 1945. [9] The group moved back to the U.S. and was inactivated after V-E Day. [9]

325th Ftr Gp Aerial Victories

Aerial VictoriesNumberNote
Group Hq19 [11]
317th Fighter Squadron209 [12]
318th Fighter Squadron173 [13]
319th Fighter Squadron119 [14]
Group Total520

Cold War

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318th Fighter Squadron P-61B
325th Fighter Group F-94 Starfires and F-82 Twin Mustang 317th FAWS North American F-82F Twin Mustang 46-418 with F-94 Starfires.jpg
325th Fighter Group F-94 Starfires and F-82 Twin Mustang

The group was inactive from 1945 until 1947, when it was activated as an all-weather fighter group equipped with Northrop P-61 Black Widows. [9] In 1948, the group converted to North American F-82 Twin Mustang aircraft [9] and moved to Washington, to provide air defense for the Atomic Energy Commission Hanford Plant. [15] In 1948, the US Air Force unified operational and support organizations under a single wing under what is called the Hobson Plan. As a result, the 325th Fighter Wing became the parent for the 325th Group and three other supporting groups [16]

Beginning in Spring 1949, it conducted the All Weather Combat Crew Training School, while participating in air defense operations, exercises and training. [2] In 1951, as ADC expanded its mission, the Federalized 123d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying World War II era F-51Ds, was attached to the group (now named the 325th Fighter-Interceptor Group). [17] Although the 123d received some day fighter North American F-86 Sabres in July, it continued to fly Mustangs while attached to the 325th. [17] Meanwhile, the other three squadrons of the 325th converted from their Twin Mustangs to early model Lockheed F-94 Starfires in June and December 1951. [18]

In December 1951, Fifth Air Force, engaged in the Korean War, indicated to Headquarters, United States Air Force that it needed all-weather interceptors to defend the Seoul area. In response, ADC dispatched the group's 319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron to Suwon Air Base, although the squadron remained assigned to the 325th group. [19] The 325th group and wing inactivated in February 1952 [9] as part of a major Air Defense Command (ADC) reorganization that replaced its fighter wings with regional air defense wings, responding to ADC's difficulty under the existing wing base organizational structure in deploying fighter squadrons to best advantage. [20] Its operational squadrons were transferred to the 4704th Defense Wing at McChord Air Force Base and the 4703d Defense Wing at Larson Air Force Base, Washington. [21]

F-102s of the group's 318th FIS in 1958 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Convair F-102A-75-CO Delta Daggers.jpg
F-102s of the group's 318th FIS in 1958

In 1955 the personnel and equipment of the inactivating 567th Air Defense Group, [22] including the 317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron [6] were transferred to the newly designated 325th Fighter Group (Air Defense), [9] which activated once again at McChord as result of ADC's Project Arrow, which was designed to bring back on the active list the fighter units which had compiled memorable records in the two world wars. [23] Because one purpose of Project Arrow was to reunite fighter squadrons with their traditional groups, [23] the 318th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was moved from Presque Isle Air Force Base. [7] to assume the personnel and equipment of the 567th's 465th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. [24] Both of the group's squadrons flew the radar equipped and rocket armed F-86D version of the Sabre. [18] The 325th served as the USAF "host" group at McChord Air Force Base until October 1956, when the 325th Fighter Wing was reactivated [2] and was assigned several support organizations to fulfill its duties. [25] [26] [27] At the same time it conducted air defense operations. [2]

The group became subordinate to the 325th Fighter Wing again in October 1956 and was non-operational as all group headquarters personnel were used to man the wing headquarters until about June 1957. [2] The squadrons upgraded to Convair F-102 Delta Daggers, the 317th Squadron in December 1956 and the 318th in March 1957. [18] In August 1957, the 317th Squadron moved to Alaska and was reassigned from the group, [6] while the 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron simultaneously moved from Alaska to McChord. [28] The group regained control over its tactical squadrons in June 1957 and continued air defense operations of the wing, with annual squadron deployments to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida for firing practice. [2] Just before the group was discontinued, the 64th Squadron moved to Paine Field, Washington, where it was reassigned to the 326th Fighter Group. [28] The group was in the process of converting to Convair F-106 Delta Darts [18] when it was discontinued in March 1960, with its remaining tactical squadron being transferred directly to 325th Fighter Wing control. [2]

Reactivation

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McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle, 325th Operations Group

On 1 September 1991, the group was redesignated the 325th Operations Group and activated when the 325th Fighter Wing implemented the USAF Objective Wing organization. [2] The 325th Group was assigned control of the wing's tactical units. [2] The group was originally part of Tactical Air Command, but in an Air Force realignment of advanced crew training responsibilities, it transferred to Air Education and Training Command in June 1992. The group mission was to train McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle pilots. It continued this mission until 2010, adding F-22 Raptor training in 2003. When F-15 training ended, the group was reduced to a single flying squadron. [2] The group also conducted battle management training through its 325th Air Control Squadron. This mission ended in October 2012 and transferred to the 33d Operations Group. [29]

In October 2012, the Air Force combined both combat and training F-22 Raptor squadrons into a single group, and realigned the group under Air Combat Command. [30]

Lineage

Activated on 3 August 1942
Inactivated on 28 October 1945
Activated on 21 May 1947
Redesignated: 325th Fighter Group, All Weather, on 10 May 1948
Redesignated: 325th Fighter-All Weather Group on 20 January 1950
Redesignated: 325th Fighter-Interceptor Group on 1 May 1951
Inactivated on 6 February 1952
Activated on 18 August 1955
Discontinued on 25 March 1960 [note 4]
Activated on 1 September 1991. [31]

Assignments

Components

Stations

Aircraft

Awards and campaigns

Award streamerAwardDatesNotes
Streamer PUC Army.PNG Distinguished Unit Citation 30 July 1943Sardinia, 325th Fighter Group [9]
Streamer PUC Army.PNG Distinguished Unit Citation30 January 1944Italy, 325th Fighter Group [9]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 1 July 1993–30 June 1995355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1995–30 June 1996355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1996–30 June 1997355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1997–30 June 1999355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 1999–30 June 2001355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 2001–30 June 2002355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 2002–30 June 2004355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 2004–30 June 2005355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 2005–30 June 2006355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 2006–30 June 2007355th Operations Group [2]
AFOUA Streamer.JPG Air Force Outstanding Unit Award1 July 2008–30 June 2009355th Operations Group [2]
Campaign StreamerCampaignDatesNotes
Streamer AC.PNG American Theater without inscription3 August 1942 – 7 February 1946325th Fighter Group
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Tunisia28 February 1943 – 13 May 1943325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Sicily14 May 1943 – 17 August 1943325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Naples-Foggia18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Rome-Arno22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Southern France15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png North Apennines10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Central Europe22 March 1944 – 21 May 1945325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Po Valley3 April 1945 – 8 May 1945325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Air Combat, EAME Theater28 February 1943 – 11 May 1945325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Normandy6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Northern France25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Rhineland15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945325th Fighter Group [9]
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal streamer.png Air Offensive, Europe28 February 1943 – 5 June 1944325th Fighter Group [9]

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References

Notes

Explanatory notes
  1. ↑ Aircraft in foreground is Lockheed Martin F/A-22A LRIP Lot 2 Block 10 Raptor 02-2029.
  2. ↑ Approved 1 October 1951.
  3. ↑ Aircraft is P-61B-20-NO Black Widow serial 43-8293 at Hamilton Field
  4. ↑ The group is not related to a 325th Fighter Group (Air Defense), Provisional that was organized at McChord on 1 November 1960 and discontinued on 1 February 1961. see Cornett & Johnson, p. 78.
Citations
  1. 1 2 3 Watkins, p. 40
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Kane, Robert B. (14 January 2011). "Factsheet 325 Operations Group (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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  5. 1 2 "Factsheet 325th Operations Support Squadron". Tyndall AFB Public Affairs. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
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  7. 1 2 3 Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 388-389
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  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Maurer, Combat Units, pp. 206–208
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  31. 1 2 3 4 Lineage, including assignments, components, stations and aircraft in Kane, AFHRA Factsheet 325 Operations Group, except as noted.
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  38. ↑ Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 390-391. The online copy includes a handwritten notation of the attachment of the squadron.
  39. 1 2 3 4 5 See Mueller, p. 395 for a list of support units activated in August 1955 along with the group.
  40. ↑ Warnock, A. Timothy (7 July 2009). "Factsheet 325 Air Control Squadron (AETC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  41. ↑ Cornett & Johnson, p. 142

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