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The 724th Special Tactics Group is one of the special operations ground components of the 24th Special Operations Wing, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The Group is headquartered at Pope Field, North Carolina. The Group is composed of four squadrons, also located on Pope Field.
The squadron was first activated in May 1943 as the 724th Bombardment Squadron during World War II. After training in the United States, it deployed to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations , where it participated in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany.
39th Intelligence Squadron: Hurlburt Field: Redesignated 39th Info Ops Sq 41st Intelligence Squadron: Fort Meade: Vikings: Activated 8 October 2014 42d Intelligence Squadron: Langley AFB: 43d Intelligence Squadron
The group provided intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control, remotely piloted aircraft operations, and airborne data link capabilities. During the Cold War , the Strategic Air Command 451st Strategic Missile Wing was the first fully operational HGM-25A Titan I ICBM wing in 1962.
B Flight, 6167th Operations Squadron: 1 April 1952 – 31 December 1953; 6004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron: c. March 1951 – 1955; 6006th Air Intelligence Service Squadron: c. 1953–1955; 22nd Crash Rescue Boat Squadron: c. July 1952 – 1954; 581st Air Supply and Communications Wing: July 1951 – September 1955
The squadron was first activated at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona as one of the four original squadrons of the 451st Bombardment Group. [1] [2] Although original plans were for the squadron to be an Operational Training Unit at Davis-Monthan, instead a cadre of the 451st Group moved to Dyersburg Army Air Base, Tennessee, where the 726th and other elements of the group were filled out by ...
In 1959 the aircraft was taken out of storage and flown to the museum for restoration and display. It was the last B-24 flight made by the USAF. Indoor display of above aircraft. Aircraft markings are of the Ninth Air Force 512th Bombardment Squadron, 376th Bombardment Group, to which it was originally assigned in September 1943.
A bombardment group or bomb group was a unit of organizational command and control group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. A bombardment group was normally commanded by a colonel. The table of allowances (TOA) for personnel, aircraft and equipment grew steadily over the course of the war doubling from 35 aircraft ...