43d Operations Group

43d Operations Group

The 43d Operations Group (43 OG) was the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 43d Airlift Wing. It was stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and is assigned to the Air Mobility Command (AMC) Eighteenth Air Force.The unit was Air Mobility Command's only active-duty C-130 Hercules group and is composed of two flying squadrons, an aerial port squadron, the only active Air Force aeromedical evacuation squadron, and an operations support squadron.

The 43 OG was rolled in the 43d Airlift Group, which activated on 1 March 2011.

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