History 513th Air Control Group

an e-3 sentry airborne warning , control system aircraft breaks away mississippi air national guard kc-135 stratotanker during presidential support mission argentina

constituted , activated in india in 1944. supported ground forces during battle northern burma , subsequent allied drive southward. flew allied troops , materiel front, transporting gasoline, oil, vehicles, engineering , signal equipment, , other items group either landed or dropped in burma. evacuated wounded personnel india. moved burma in june 1945. after liberation of burma, group hauled critical supplies such gasoline china. late 1945, continued airlift missions needed in china until april 1946 when inactivated.

redesignated 513th troop carrier group (special). activated in germany on 19 november 1948. assigned united states air forces in europe. using c-54 s, transported food, coal, , other supplies during berlin airlift, operation vittles. inactivated in germany in october 1949.

activated in continental united states on 8 november 1955. assigned tactical air command , equipped c-123 aircraft. november 1955 november 1958, participated in numerous tactical exercises , operations, including troop drops , airlift in support of construction of distant warning line stations in canadian arctic regions.

an e-3 sentry lands here on tinker runway on 23 march 2007, after completing 1 of many missions done aircraft since arrival @ tinker 30 years ago

from april 1966 january 1976, group provided intra-theater airlift in support of air forces in europe, european command, , north atlantic treaty organization operations , exercises, using c-130s , crews rotating europe tactical air command , military airlift command wings based in united states , c-124s , crews air force reserve groups. maintained , operated ec-135s airborne command post , acted host organization american units @ raf mildenhall february 1992. in addition, group collected samples atmosphere purpose of detecting , identifying nuclear explosions.

in march 1996 air force re-activated 513th air control group (513th acg) airborne warning , control system (awacs) reserve associate command , control unit in concert active-duty airmen. march 1996 april 1997, group assigned u.s. air force reserve s 507th air refueling wing. took part in worldwide contingency operations , counter-drug missions. in 1997, group reassigned under command of active duty 552nd air control wing, while remaining part of air force reserve. reserve unit fly boeing e-3 sentry awacs aircraft.

the 513th acg s subordinate units include 970th airborne air control squadron, 513th operations support squadron, 513th aircraft maintenance squadron , 513th maintenance squadron.

the air force s fiscal year 2015 budget request called inactivation of 513th acg , retirement of 7 e-3 sentrys. house armed services committee passed amenedment in may 2014 block inactivation of group , save 3 e-3s slated retirement.